CHAN Wai Lap 陳惠立
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BIOGRAPHY
CHAN Wai Lap Born in 1988, Hong Kong CHAN received his Bachelor of Art (Hons) in Visual Communication from Birmingham City University in 2011. CHAN’s creative practice primarily involves painting and drawing, while he also explores making artist books and installations. CHAN’s works are often inspired by his personal experience, memories, and everyday happenings, investigating the concept of power dynamics—between public and private, self and others, and the inter-relationships of these notions. CHAN is particularly keen on documenting public swimming pools. His pool installations have been so well-received that he crossed over into the popular culture realm through showcasing at a Cantopop concert in 2022, and his public installation ‘Some of us are looking at the stars’, commissioned by the Hong Kong Museum of Art in March 2023, brings his swimming pool to the harbourfront, thereby creating a public intimate space for passersby. CHAN’s works have been included in solo and group exhibitions in various art institutions. Selected notable solo exhibitions include ‘Some of us are looking at the stars’, (Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 2023), ‘The Lonesome Changing Room’ (Contemporary by Angela Li & Art Central, Hong Kong, 2021), ‘I cannot Wait for Three Months!’ (halka sanat projesi, Istanbul, 2019), ‘I say Marco, You say Polo’ (Fringe Club, Hong Kong, 2019, School of Visual Arts, New York, 2018), ‘Everything’s Alright’ (chi K11 art space, Hong Kong, 2016), and ‘Yesterday’s – Dirty Paper Exhibition’ (Osage Gallery, Hong Kong, 2013). Group exhibition participations include: ‘Oi! Spotlight: encounters: oi! oi! oi!’ (Oil Street Art Space, Hong Kong, 2024), ‘White Holes: The Mysteries and Modern Perceptions of Oracle Bone Script’ (798 CUBE, Beijing, 2023), ‘A Collection in Two Acts’ (Rossi & Rossi, Hong Kong, 2022), ‘The Sunshine is still there’ (SC Gallery, Hong Kong 2022), ‘Let’s Try Catching Steam with Bare Hands’ (Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong, 2021), ‘I Will Always Be On Your Side’ (part of the 55 Squared Project, commissioned by Tai Kwun Contemporary, Hong Kong, 2020), ’The Bacteriology Drawing Lab’ (Hong Kong Museum of Medical Sciences, 2019) and ‘ASYAAF & Hidden Artist Festival 2018’ (Dongdaemun Design Plaza, Seoul), and more. He was the winner of the inaugural Winsor & Newton x Paul Smith's Foundation International Art Prize in 2024 and the Award for Young Artist (Visual Arts) of the Hong Kong Arts Development Awards in 2019, and the finalist for the 2022 Sovereign Asian Art Prize and 2021 SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2025 LOVEGUARD, Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong 2023 Some of us are looking at the stars, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong 2021 The Lonesome Changing Room2, Contemporary by Angela Li, Hong Kong The Lonesome Changing Room, Contemporary by Angela Li & Art Central, Hong Kong 2019 I Cannot Wait For Three Months! halka sanat projesi, Istanbul I say Marco, you say Polo , Fringe Club, Hong Kong 2018 I say Marco, you say Polo , School of Visual Arts, New York 2016 Everything's Alright , K11 Art Foundation & chi art space, Hong Kong 2013 Yesterday’s - Dirty Paper Exhibition, Osage Gallery, Hong Kong 2011 Dirty Classroom, Detour 2011, Hong Kong Memorial College Exhibition, Kubrick APM, Hong Kong GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2025 Art Basel Hong Kong 2025, Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong 2024 West Bund Art & Design 2024, Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong Art Basel Hong Kong 2024, Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong 2023 A Moonlit Stroll, Abu Dhabi Art Fair, The SHOPHOUSE, Manarat Al Saadiyat White Holes: The Mysteries and Modern Perceptions of Oracle Bone Script 798 CUBE, Beijing Along The Way, THE SHOPHOUSE, Hong Kong Since When, Tai Kwun, Hong Kong Art Basel Hong Kong 2023, Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong Poem of Soaring, JCCAC, Hong Kong 2022 A Collection in Two Acts, Rossi & Rossi, Hong Kong Art Basel Hong Kong 2022, Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong The 2022 Sovereign Asian Art Prize Finalists Exhibition, Art Central, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong The Sunshine is still there, SC Gallery, Hong Kong See Words, Hong Kong Design Institude, Hong Kong 2021 Let’s Try Catching Steam with Bare Hands, Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong 2020 Now Showing , Karin Weber Gallery, Hong Kong The Dimensions of Living: A House is, Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre L0 Gallery, Hong Kong I Will Always Be On Your Side, Tai Kwun Contemporary, Hong Kong another day, Contemporary By Angela Li, Hong Kong 2019 Pool In The City The Forest HK, Hong Kong Take 1, Kwai Fung Hin Art Gallery, Hong Kong Factory Forward - JCCAC Festival 2018, Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre L0 Gallery, Hong Kong The Bacteriology Drawing Lab, Hong Kong Museum of Medical Sciences, Hong Kong 2018 ASYAAF 2018 , Dongdaemun Design Plaza, Seoul “Every Tuesday” Joint Exhibition of Chan Wai Lap & Ngai Wing Lam, Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre, Hong Kong 8 Hong Kong Artists, Project Space, China Art Projects, Hong Kong Art in CNCBI, CITIC Bank, Hong Kong 2017 Hong Kong Cancer Fund Art Exhibition & Charity Auction, Ink Asia Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong NEXT+, Art Next Expo 2017 , PMQ Central, Hong Kong Young Talent Hong Kong, Affordable Art Fair , Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong The 7th Art Wall Exhibition: Self-Reflection, Lingnan University, Hong Kong ‘Paper Says’ – metamorphosis of paper in our lives, Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre Central Courtyard, Hong Kong 2016 Hong Kong Cancer Fund Charity Auction, Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong Dirty Paper Open Studio & Exhibition, Foo Tak Building, Hong Kong Gone But Not Forgotten, The Eslite Spectrum, Hong Kong 2015 Affordable Art Basel, Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre L0 Gallery, Hong Kong Jockey Club Community Arts Biennale 2015, Fly the Flyover01, Hong Kong Zine Scene 2015, Odd One Out, Hong Kong 2015 New Art Wave Expo, Costai Expo Venetion Hall D, Macau “Young Talent Hong Kong” Affordable Art Fair, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong 2014 We Are All Outsiders, Open Quote, PMQ, Hong Kong Our Northeast Exhibition, Open Quote, PMQ, Hong Kong Jenga Funland, Sunshine City Plaza, Hong Kong 2013 Inclusive Arts Exhibition 2013, Hong Kong Central Library, Hong Kong KUBRICK Artists Art Jam, The Hong Kong Book Fair, Hong Kong 2012 Market Forces: Response, Summer Pop-up Art Market Osage Kwun Tong, Hong Kong The Dreamer, Youth Square, Hong Kong Dirty Paper Studio Open & Exhibition, Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre, Hong Kong Trinity Exhibition, Fangsuo Commune, Guangzhou 2010 China International Cartoon and Animation Festival Hangzhou, Hangzhou HONOURS AND AWARDS 2022 Finalist, The 2022 Sovereign Asian Art Prize, Hong Kong 2021 Finalist, 2021 Art Sanya Huayu Youth Award, Sanya 2019 Award for Young Artist (Visual Arts), The 14th Hong Kong Arts Development Awards, Hong Kong Professor Mayching Kao Arts Development Fund, Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre, Hong Kong Grant for Emerging Artists, Hong Kong Arts Development Council, Hong Kong RESIDENCY 2020 Tai Kwun Contemporary, Hong Kong 2019 halka sanat projesi, Istanbul 2018 School of Visual Arts (NYC), New York 2015 HKICC Lee Shau Kee School of Creativity, Hong Kong 
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