YY9 Gallery is pleased to present a ceramic exhibition by Yokky Wong Mei-han, with the theme “Slow Life”. Works in this series were made last year by Wong in a 2-month artist-in-residence program in France that records her rhythm of a city person to enjoy the natural environment.

Yokky Wong believes, “city life is always busy. We have 24 hours a day but our work is never ending; we always feel sleepy no matter during daytime and night-time; we don’t have enough time to be with friends and family; we can never finish our reading and can never play hard...” 

As an urbanite in a small town in Southern France, she slowed down her pace to enjoy the sunshine, spared some time to being bored and found out there were indeed lots of interesting stuffs in life. She rebuilt the door of her studio; put clay on cauliflower and press it to become coral, sold fake fruit in the food market, made food case for kitty in town, tried to crossover Baguette and Croissant with Chinese bread. Slow down a little bit, she found out there are lots more fun around her.

About the artist:
Wong Mei Han had worked as a graphic designer for more than 10 years and she also studied ceramics under Chan Chung-kong in 1987. Wong obtained a Higher Certificate in Studio Ceramics at the Hong Kong Polytechnic in 1991. She founded her pottery workshop in 1995 and, since then, started to devote all her effort into the creation ceramic works and teaching ceramics. She has held several solo exhibitions and participated in many group shows in both Hong Kong and overseas. And her works are included into the collections of the Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong Heritage Museum and World Ceramic Exposition Foundation, Korea, the Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Japan and private collectors.

About the gallery:
YY9 gallery was founded in 2004, a member of 2B SQUARE. The gallery focuses on local contemporary art and covers a variety of media: paintings, photography, sculpture and ceramics.

“Life is similar to the Splash of ink and naturally around us.” YY9 Gallery creates a comfortable and unique environment for people not just visit or buy, but also a place for them and their friends to gather and share the joy of arts.

Market project, porcelain, 2007