Hong Kong Museum of Art (HKMoA)

Born in Macau in 1952, Liu Siu-jane obtained a B.A. (Hons.) degree in Fine Arts from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1976. In 1979, she earned the Sir Robert Black Trust Fund Postgraduate Scholarship to study painting and printmaking at St. Martin’s School of Art, London, and went on to study at the University of Illinois in Chicago, obtaining her Master of Fine Arts in Printmaking. Liu received the Urban Council Fine Arts Award – Printmaking (1985) and the Lu Xun Prints Prize (1999), etc. She was also awarded the Hong Kong Arts Development Council Award for Arts Development in 2000.

Liu specialises in lithography, and her artworks demonstrate touches inspired by the traditional brushwork of ink wash painting, successfully incorporating Chinese art spirit into her works.

Artist Introduction

Let’s get to know more before your art-making. 

Introduction to surrealism

Video Viewing and appreciation

We will make prints of objects and images related to old Hong Kong (you can pick another city) to represent the collective memories of the city. Let’s do it together!

Your Art-making Activity: Surreal art print

The printmaking techniques have evolved with technological advances. Advances in photography and computer art have changed the concept of painting, and the definition of prints has widened as well. Nowadays, prints can be made by computer. So, what is a print? What are traditional prints? 

Introduction to prints

Resource Kit Overview

Based on the HKMoA collection, this series, ‘In Touch with Hong Kong Artists’, provides education materials and activity sets designed with the aim to raise the interest in artists and art and culture in Hong Kong. In this resource kit, Liu Siu-jane will be introduced.

Resource Kits

Object Library

Museums

In Touch with Hong Kong Artists: Liu Siu-jane

Artist Introduction

Background Knowledge