Ge Zhen
Ge Zhen was born in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China in 1965. He graduated from the Xiaozhuang Normal School of Nanjing (now the Xiaozhuang College) in 1984. With his special painting style full of humanistic thinking and profound expression, he has been awarded numberous prizes including: the Excellent Work Prize of Guangzhou First 1990s Biennial Art Fair, Oil Painting Section; Excellent Work Prize of Jiangsu Oil-painting Exhibition 2003; Art Prize of Chinese Oil-painting in the Third Chinese Oil-painting Exhibition; Nomination Prize of First Art Literature Nomination Exhibition; Excellent Work Prize of Fifth Jiangsu Exhibition of Oil Paintings; and Excellent Work Prize of CCTV Chinese Contemporary oil paintings Exhibitions. Ge’s works are also frequently exhibited at various solo and group exhibitions in many major cities of China, including Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong. Now he lives and works in Nanjing.
Outside the Text
Macpro Gallery
Exhibition Opening: 3pm, March 22
Opening Hours: 11am to 7pm
March 23 till April 7
João Fazenda
João Fazenda was born in Lisbon, where he studied Graphic Arts at the António Arroio Arts School and graduated from the Fine Arts Department of the University of Lisbon with a degree in Painting. His work is divided between illustration, animation, comics, drawing and, occasionally, painting. He’s long been an illustrator for publications both at home and abroad, contributing regularly to Público, The New York Times and the Portuguese magazine Visão. His work was awarded by the Society of Newspaper Design, the 3×3 Proshow Competition and Communication Arts, and in 2007 he received the Stuart / El Corte Inglês Press Design Grand Prize. Fazenda has exhibited solo and in group shows in many countries. Recently, he co-authored the children’s show Retrato Falado, which debuted at the Maria Matos Theatre in Lisbon.
Between Words
Old Court Building
Exhibitions Opening: 3pm, March 22
Opening Hours: 11am to 8pm
March 23 till April 7
Xyza Cruz Bacani
Xyza Cruz Bacani is a Filipina street and documentary photographer who has been featured in Lens, the photojournalism blog of The New York Times, and on CNN and in various other media publications. Working as a domestic helper in Hong Kong during the day, she aspires to be a photojournalist and documents the life of her fellow domestic workers who are abused in Hong Kong. She covered the Occupy Hong Kong protests and shoots street photography to nourish her soul. She has been selected as one of the Magnum Fellows in the 2015 Magnum Foundation Fellowship for Human Rights in New York.
Slices of Life
Old Court Building
Exhibition Opening: 3pm, March 22
Opening Hours: 11am to 8pm
March 23 till April 7
Summer Ha
Multimedia creator Ha Tin Cheong graduated from the Macao Polytechnic Institute with a degree in Graphic and Multimedia Design. In recent years, he has focused on presenting multimedia works including audiovisual creations. He has also worked in audio mixing and has given live electronic music performances. His sculptures with 3D audiovisual mapping were featured in the Macau Museum of Art’s Macau Arts Window exhibition and the Collision Ha Tin Cheong multimedia art exhibition.
In Blood / Se Blonde Se Pink
Old Court Building
Exhibition Opening: 3pm, March 22
Opening Hours: 11am to 8pm
March 23 till april 7
Mike Ao Leong
Ao Ieong Weng Fong is a movie director and photographer. He graduated from the Department and Graduate School of Visual Communication Design of NYUST. His experimental film The Mutation was awarded the ‘Jury Recommendation Award’ at the 2008 Macau International Movies and Videos Festival. His photo album About The Girl’s Coin Camera was awarded at the EPSON Color Imaging Contest 2006. He had his first solo exhibition Silly Goods on the supposed ‘day of apocalypse’ in 2012.
Passing
Old Court Building
Exhibition Opening: 3pm, March 22
Opening Hours: 11am to 8pm
March 23 till april 7
