12/20/2025
We're starting to turn our attention to the new year, and getting very excited for the next exhibition in the CE Gallery, Hung Kei Shiu: "Color Field," opening January 15! This will the first solo exhibition for Shiu, who was one of the first artists to join Creativity Explored almost 40 years ago.
This is a particularly fun moment for us, as the pieces that will be on view are currently with our framing partner , getting top-tier display treatment for their public debut. We can't wait to get them back and start hanging!
Known for his layered fields of dashes, dots, circles and small color blocks, Shiu’s signature style is instantly recognizable throughout his long career. His delicate build-up of marks create structured screens, often with layers of washed color behind. Reminiscent of Impressionism’s accumulation of dabbed paint or the angled marks pressed into wet clay on a Mesopotamian tablet, Shiu communicates an atmosphere and environment with a vocabulary of marks. He occasionally works from reference imagery and in his early works, the occasional animal, figure or Chinese character appears. But for the majority of his work, he embroiders a purely abstract and dense tapestry of color and gesture.
Artworks:
Hung Kei Shiu, Untitled, 2025, watercolor and ink on paper, 17.50 x 23 in
Hung Kei Shiu, Untitled, ca. 2016, gel pen and oil pastel on paper, 10 x 12 in
Hung Kei Shiu, Untitled, 2024, ink on paper, 14 x 22 in
Hung Kei Shiu, Untitled, 2010, colored pencil on paper, 16 x 195 in
Hung Kei Shin, Untitled, acrylic and marker on paper, 15 x 22.25 in
