The Artist
Law Wai Hin, AWS, SFCA - born in 1939, he began painting in 1956. Graduate of the Hong Kong Fine Arts Academy, he studied Western and Chinese painting under Ng Po Wan, Kwok Yan Leuna, and Leung Part Yu. Law Wai Hin is a full-time professional artist who also taught watercolors at the Department of Extramural Studies of the Chinese University in Hong Kong, as well as by giving private lessons.
From 1976 and continuing until 1990, Law Wai Hin exhibited and sold his artwork through his own art gallery in Hong Kong.
He has had a numerous one-man and group exhibitions in the Contemporary Hong Kong Art Biennial Exhibitions, Monte Carlo Art Biennial, Macau Museum, National Art Gallery in Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, Ayala Museum in Philippines. He also participated in the Asian Watercolour Confederation and exhibited in Korea, Malaysia, Japan, Taiwan, Thailand Macau, Indonesia, and Hong Kong.
Since his immigration to Canada in 1990, Law Wai Hin had numerous one-man and group art exhibitions both in Canada and the United States. As well, he has been awarded numerous prizes for his work such as:
1994
First Prize
Annual Watercolor Exhibition
Vancouver,BC
1995
Second Prize
Annual Winter Juried Exhibition
Vancouver,BC
1995
Spilsbury Bronze Medal Award
Annual FCA Juried Exhibition
Vancouver,BC
1998
Spilsbury Bronze Medal Award
Annual FCA Juried Exhibition
Vancouver,BC
2003
Spilsbury Bronze Medal Award
Annual FCA Juried Exhibition
Vancouver,BC
2003
Millard Sheets Memorial Medal Award
American Watercolor Society
New York
2004
Elsie & David Wu Ject–Key Award
American Watercolor Society
New York
Signature status and Memberships:
1995
SFCA
Federation of Canadian Artists
1996
NWWS
Northwest Watercolor Society
2004
AWS
American Watercolor Society
Law Wai Hin mainly works in watercolors and acrylics. His style explores and depicts a subtle East-West balance that is apparent in his delicate, yet confident, brushwork and in his beautifully transparent, yet intense color