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Biography | Inventory Catalogue | Artists Represented
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Biography:
| Graduated
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Hong
Kong Polytechnic
College (Graphic Design) |
| Lutheran
Vocational
Training Center (Photography) |
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Employment History:
Art Graphic Designer, Advertising Department, Shaw Brother (HK) Ltd.
Art Department, Reader's Digest (Chinese)
Art Director, Advertising Company
Art Designer, TV Department, Radio Television HK.
Photo Journalistic Work:
Hong Kong, Japan (Tokyo), Macau, China (Shenzhen, Yunnan, Silk Road,
Yellow River, Guangxi, Yungang Stone Cave, China Town, Grand Canal,
Guizhou), Africa (Sudan, Ethiopia, Burkina Faso, Kenya, Tanzania),
(Thailand, Bangladesh, India, Canada (Vancouver)
Photographic Exhibition was held at:
Hong Kong, Macau, China (Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Guangzhou,
Shenzhen), Taiwan, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Tokyo, Canada (Ottawa,
Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal), USA (Hawaii, Boston, MIT), Australia,
Philippines
His works are also being collected
and exhibited in MIT Art Museum, USA and Museum Lius de Camoes, Macau
Honors and Awards:
1977 self-produced short film was nominated by RTHK as one of the
nominees to present in Iran Film Festival
1985 was awarded Hong Kong Ten Outstanding Professional Youth of
the Year
1988 The Year of Artist (Photographer)
1988 Water Poon Work Shop & Class was founded
1992 Water Poon Studio was established and his personal painting
exhibition was held in Hong Kong
1993 was invited to be the guest of honor of the China Arts
Exhibition Expo in Guangzhou, China.
1994 Water Poon painting exhibition in Letty's Gallery,
Vancouver, Canada
1995 Still Water Runs Deep - Water Poon paintings, Rendez- Vous
Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
1995 Still Water Runs Deep - Water Poon's Show (Photos) Foto Base
Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
1996 Still Water Runs Deep - Water Poon's painting, L'alliance
Francais de Vancouver Birds, Canada
1996 Water Poon Paintings- Foto Base Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
1997 Canadian Rockies - Water Poon Paintings - Vancouver Public
Library, Vancouver, Canada
1997 Still water runs deep - Water Poon's Paintings - Chinatown
Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
1997 Lotus- Water Poon's Show (Photos) - Chinatown Gallery, Vancouver,
Canada
1998 Water Poon's Paintings - Artlam Gallery, Hong Kong
1998 Water Poon's Paintings - Dr. Sun Yat- Sen Classical Chinese
Garden, Vancouver, Canada
1998 Water Poon's Paintings - Wah Ku Po, Macau
1999 Still Water Runs Deep - Water Poon's Paintings - Chinatown
Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
1999 Water Poon's Paintings - Dagmar & China Cultural Arts, Santa
Monica, CA
2000 Water Poon's Paintings - Guandong Museum of Arts, Guangshou,
China
2000 I Can See - Water Poon Photos Show, Harbor City, Hong Kong
2001 Water Poon's Paintings - Dagmar & Chinese Cultural Arts
Center, CA
2001 Water Poon's Paintings - J. Gallery, Shanghai, China
2002 Water Poon's Paintings - Arts Center. G8. CA
2002 Water Metamorphosis Photo Works Exhibition - Shenzhen Fine Art
Institute, China
2003 V-10 Revisited (30 years of Group Visual -10) - Taipei Fine
Arts Museum, Taiwan
2003 Photographic Exhibition of Water Poon - Shanghai Library, China
2003 Water Poon's Painting - Arts Center, G8, CA
2004 Water Poon's Painting Exhibition in China Yee Hing Yeung Shen
Tea House
2004 Photographic Exhibition in HK Times Square for Suzhou, TONG
LI
2004 Photographic Exhibition in Harbour City for XI TANG
For further information, please contact:
Canada: tel: (1) 604.688.2633, fax: (1) 604.688.2685
