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NIMCHIYUEN
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I would like to celebrate in what we think and feel with laughter and sarcasm. In the figurative paintings, the striking, often macabre images embody the dreams, desires and contradictions of contemporary life. The figures depicted in the painting are in a state of intensity and are depicted in the moment of climax in their gestures and state of mind. It is their reaction towards life in all its glory using their strength, weaknesses and humor.
The difference of art and decoration is the illustrative factor. A decoration is the illustration of the content. Art is the content itself. Traditionally, aesthetic pleasantry is the purpose of art. Decoration would then be the illustration of beauty. It suggests beauty rather than being it. In my work, I am exploring the representational without the literal translation of the representational in an arbitrary accidental manner. In my work, I tried to explore the thin line of art and the suggestion of representation. I am looking for a visual language, which represents the ambiguity of the modern society and the never changing humanity without the denial with what has happened in the history of art while not being dictated by fashion and temporary tendencies of the art world. My background is from mixed cultures which I take references from and use in a distorted manner to dramatize execution.
The brushstrokes are inspired by Chinese painting. In Chinese painting a line is not just a line, it is the result of a mastery of speed, accuracy and strength. When replacing the watery ink with oil paint the effect is more bold and dramatic . The black lines are created by the use of black, shiny paint, which can only be subtly manipulated to draw, define and confuse the images, never to totally control and predict.
The result is a play of lines, colour and imagery.
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Born in 1971 in Hong Kong, Nimchi Yuen moved with her family two weeks after her birth to Ermelo in the Netherlands where she stayed until she went to University in England. She studied B.A. Fine Art at Kent Institute of Art and Design in Canterbury between 1993 -1996 and she started a M.A. Design, Art and Media at the University of Portsmouth in Portsmouth between since 2003.
She has been exhibiting her work at Opera Gallery in Hong Kong, Singapore, London and Paris since 2005. Previously she had exhibited at Art Scene China and LKF the Gallery both in Hong Kong and Agora Gallery in New York. And other exhibition at the Fringe Club such as "llusionistic Realiy", "There is always a Blue Sky", "Serious Rabbits and Confrontation" and "Bad Art". She also had a solo show at the Government Office in Admiralty where she could show more than 90 canvases of 3 by 4 feet which is supported by the Hong Kong Arts Development Council.
She currently lives and works in Hong Kong.
Education
1993-1996
B.A. in Fine Arts, Kent Institute of Art and Design, Canterbury, UK
2004-2005
Creative Writing, Metropolitan University in London, UK
2003-2005
M.A. in Design, Art and Media, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UK
Relevant employment
1996-2002
Part-Time Lecturer
First Institute of Art and Design, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong
Exhibitions
Solo
2009
'Chicken Marching Through Visual Poems', Slowear Gallery, The Fringe Club
'Colour of Silence', Karin Weber Gallery, HK
2001
'Illusions through Pink Spectacles', Government Offices, Admiralty, HK (Supported by Hong Kong Arts Development Council)
1999
'Serious Rabbits and Confrontation', The Fringe Club, Central, HK
1997
'There is always a Blue Sky', The Fringe Club, Central, HK
1996
'Illusionistic Reality', The Fringe Club, Central, HK
1995
'Utopia and the Land of Incognito', LKF the Gallery, Central, HK
Group
2005-2007
Opera Gallery – Hong Kong /Singapore /London / Paris
2002
2002 Hong Kong Art Month, Art Scene China, Central, HK
2001
2001 Hong Kong Art Month, Art Scene China, Central, HK
'Four Women Chinese Artists', Art Scene China, Central, HK
1997
'Artist Spectrum Contest', Agora Gallery, New York
'Allegory Visualization', Agora Gallery, New York
'Bad Art', The Fringe Club, Central, HK
1995
'On the Edge', Margate Art Center, Margate, UK
International Art Competition '95, Gallery 54, New York
Open Studio Exhibition, Paris, France
1993
'Alternative Art', Art space, Liverpool, UK
Awards
1997
Artis Spectrum Contest, New York
1995
International Art Competition '95 in New York
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