Being Neighbourly’s inaugural exhibition, ‘Transitions’ is about transitions of body, self and place. Visit the show (and accompanying workshops) on November 21-25, 2024 at the Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre and see how our stellar lineup of artists explores transitions using their unique talents.

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The Being Neighbourly art exhibition will be a yearly occurrence that will underline the importance of community for better living. For better living, we advocate for better life balance to reduce stress and depression and make room for simple life pleasures.

Mission

2024 Mission is to create an inaugural multi-media group
exhibition on the topical theme of ‘Transitions’, for which our participating artists may choose to create artwork under the sub themes of: 1. Transitions around body; 2. Transitions
around self; and 3. Transitions around place (Hong Kong). We will start small, with one event in 2024 – a group exhibition of artists who are residents or once were residents of Hong Kong. This will be accompanied by several free and paid-for workshops.

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Participating Artists

Participating
Artists

Andreas
VON
BUDDENBROCK

Vivian
HO

Elsa
JEANDEDIEU

Bharat
KHEMLANI

Francesco
LIETTI

Carol
MAN

Lindsey
MCALISTER,
OBE, JP

Louise
SOLOWAY
CHAN

Peter
SUNG

Andrew
TSE

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EXHIBITION

WORKSHOPS

Meet Our Judges

Bert
BULTHUIS

STUDIO SITEC

Ingrid
CHEN

FindArt App

Pete ROSS
Kyra Campbell

HK Arts Collective

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Don’t miss your chance to see the artworks of our stellar line up and mingle with the artists. Our exhibition is free but you are, nevertheless, asked to book an entry ticket and also book tickets to attend our Artist conversations, exhibition tours, panel discussion and all other workshops, free or paid. Follow Being Neighbourly on Eventbrite to stay up to date with our events.

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Andreas von Buddenbrock, born  and raised in Stockholm, Sweden, graduated from BASIS School of Art in Stockholm in 2011, before persuing  a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Illustration in Hong Kong and the U.S. Andreas subsequently worked as an assistant to Swedish sculptor Anders Krisár in New York, before training as a Gallery Associate at the Museum of Modern Art. Today, Andreas works  as an artist and freelance illustrator in Hong Kong under the pseudonym ‘The Ink Trail’. His clients include FC Barcelona, Hang Seng Bank, AIA Group, Black Sheep Restaurants and Pacific Place. He is the author of the newly published The Ink Trail: Hong Kong and the main illustrator of the World’s Largest Coloring Book (Guinness World Record winner 2018).

Born and raised in Hong Kong, Vivian Ho graduated with High Honors in Painting from Wesleyan University. She has exhibited her vibrant artwork in solo and group shows globally, including prestigious venues in Beijing, Shanghai, Seoul and Rome. Ho’s client portfolio includes Nike, Levi’s, Standard Chartered, The Jockey Club, and her art is featured in collections at M+ in Hong Kong, The Valmont Foundation in Switzerland, Nishiji Collection in Japan, and the Copelouzos Family Art Museum in Greece.

Hong Kong-based French muralist and visual artist Elsa Jeandedieu brings her distinctive textured artworks and wall murals to spaces worldwide, from Hong Kong and Shanghai to Paris and Italy. She collaborates with talented designers and renowned studios, creating commissioned wall designs and luxury art pieces for high-profile clients. Elsa’s work has garnered international and local acclaim, featured in publications like ELLE, The Sunday Times, Wallpaper*, SCMP, and Home Journal. After honing her skills at Paris’s Atelier Lucien Tourtoulou, specializing in unique textures and interior decorating, Elsa relocated to Hong Kong in 2008. In 2015, she launched her namesake atelier, marking a new chapter in her artistic journey.

Since a charitable foundation approached him in 1983 to take photos and footage of their spiritual master, Bharat Khemlani was infused with more of the enthusiasm he had felt for photography as a child, and has never looked back. He has since captured the precious moments of all sorts of clients at all manner of events, capturing images so as to preserve their memory. In 2017, Bharat founded his own photography business through which he conducts product shoots, portrait photography, covers events and teaches. Bharat is a long-time Hong Konger, having arrived in the city at the age of just two months and remains very much in its thrall. He is a dedicated member of the Cathay Camera Club.

Francesco Lietti, a former architect residing in Hong Kong for nearly twenty years, channels his deep affinity for the city into his artwork, blending mnemonic imagery with themes of travel and discovery. His naïve, yet humorous, portrayals of Hong Kong capture its iconic skyline with vibrant colours and playful exaggeration, blurring the line between reality and fantasy. Using acrylics, oils and collage techniques, Lietti infuses his pieces with texture and depth, enhancing them with a glossy resin finish for added brightness.

Born and raised in colonial Hong Kong within a traditional Chinese family, Carol Man cherished and observed numerous Chinese customs.In the early 2000s, Carol converted to Judaism, navigating the challenges of integrating Jewish practices into the Chinese environment. Inspired by both the similarities and differences between these cultures, her artwork aims to bridge the gap, creating a sense of belonging. Drawing from the wisdom of the Chinese I Ching, which notes that all roads lead to the same place, Carol’s work seeks not to discover new roads but to tie up the loose ends upon arrival at the destination.

Lindsey McAlister, a British artist based in Hong Kong for nearly forty years, founded the ‘Hong Kong Youth Arts Foundation’ and has been a trailblazer in the performing arts. Decorated with JP and OBE titles, she works digitally and with diverse materials like acrylic paint, decoractive papers and photographic transfers. Her intuitive process allows colours, textures and compositions to emerge spontaneously, aiming to evoke shared moments of insight and introspection through lyrical visual languages.

Louise Soloway Chan draws inspiration from her immediate environment, carrying small sketch books to capture spontaneous moments. A storytelling artist, she documents the daily lives of people at work, rest, and play in detail to give a sense of time and place in her paintings. Drawn to densely-crowded urban scenes, Louise delves into the intricacies and humor of everyday life. Louise has been commissioned to record a diversity of scenes, from market stalls, a pre-digital trading floor, a pharmaceutical sugar-coating pill laboratory, and even worked on a construction site based out of a studio on an island in the South China Sea.

 

Peter Sung, a veteran photographer with over forty years of experience in the trade, has participated in numerous international photography competitions. Some of his most recent work can be found in the Hong Kong Central Library, while two of his photographs are displayed in the headquarters of the Government Flying Service; yet others are featured across the border, in Shenzhen. Two of Peter’s photos were awarded positions in National Geographic’s Top 5 and Top 50 lists of photographs in 2024. Peter travels widely across China for his work with the Hong Kong China Tourism Press, and beyond.

A former CEO of Macau’s East Asia Airlines, Hong Kong’s Heli Express and founder of Hong Kong Express Airways, Andrew E. Tse has spent much of his time researching the history of his Eurasian family, prominent in Hong Kong society since the mid-1800s.  Recognizing the invaluable historical record of Hong Kong in an amazing collection of photos and film clips taken by his grandfather,  Andrew made it his mission to not only compile and categorise them, but also to conserve them for future generations. Andrew is a keen photographer, who won his first competition at the age of 15 and sold his first images to a local newspaper a year after.

Bert Bulthuis is a native of The Netherlands who has been based in Hong Kong since 2012. Originally from Groningen in the north of The Netherlands, Bert founded his first firm, Architectuur Studio Sitec, in 1993. He established a new practice in Hong Kong to expand on his Dutch building philosophy in 2013. Both companies now operate as one, under the company name STUDIO SITEC. Bert and his team have designed and realized over 350 buildings, urban developments and interiors across the STUDIO SITEC practices, employing and collaborating with many talented architects, engineers and designers along the way. Bert takes a 360-degree perspective on each of the projects he undertakes and is involved in every stage of the building process from meeting and talking to clients, creating concepts and designing and integrating details to monitoring the building process. Bert brings architecture to street level through his architectural walks for Hong Kong residents.

Ingrid Chen is a seasoned professional with 12 years of experience in the art industry. Previously serving as the Editorial and Translation Director at Sotheby’s, she is deeply passionate about art and recently established FindArt, an innovative app that showcases all the visual art-related events in Hong Kong. With FindArt, art lovers can easily search for events based on location or calendar, providing them with all the necessary information to plan their excursions. Before her tenure at Sotheby’s, Ingrid resided in London for 10 years, during which she obtained her MA in Comparative Literature, MRes in Cultural Studies, from prestigious institutions such as University College London and the London Consortium, a program by Architecture Association, Tate Galleries, and the Institute of Contemporary Art. Ingrid has hosted numerous art-themed events, including salons, panel discussions, talks and guided gallery walks. She has curated several exhibitions in London on East Asian contemporary artists.

Born in Hong Kong, Pete Ross is an award winning artist. In 2013 he won the People’s Prize at Asia Contemporary and was selected in 2017 as 40 under 40 creative leaders. His work has been exhibited in Hong Kong, London and New York and has been featured and collected by Cathay Pacific, Hongkong Land and the Hong Kong History Museum.

Kyra Campbell moved to Hong Kong after earning her degrees in London, studying at both Camberwell College of Arts and University of Westminster. Her work is shot on 35mm film and she is an advocate for analogue photography. Her work has been exhibited in London and Hong Kong and in 2024 she was selected by Tatler Gen.T as a Leader of Tomorrow.