News Releases -- Art Beatus Opens 2nd Exhibition Space in Hong Kong

March 18, 2004

Art Beatus Opens 2nd Exhibition Space in Hong Kong

Art Beatus Gallery opened its second exhibition space on the podium level of the Exchange Square, right in the heart of Hong Kong finance district in mid March. The Gallery hopes to use this space to feature year round exhibitions for artists of Chinese origin bringing their works to meet the general public of Hong Kong in a user-friendly environment and a much more approachable setting.

Art Beatus Gallery was established in Hong Kong in 1992.

In 1996, the gallery chose a direction of showcasing contemporary art while focusing on artists of Chinese origin. A Vancouver gallery was also set up in the same year.

Owner of the gallery, Dr. Annie Wong Leung Kit-Wah, also founded a non-profit art foundation with objectives of promoting contemporary Chinese art and elevating the international status of artists of Chinese origin.

Dr. Wong is an enthusiastic art patron and an accomplished traditional painter.

Since its inception in 1996, the Annie Wong Leung Kit Wah Art Foundation has involved in over one hundred art-related events and programs promoting contemporary Chinese art around the world.

Through active participation in international art fairs such as ARCO, Art Basel, Art Chicago, San Francisco International Art Fair, Melbourne International Art Fair, Art Beatus Gallery assists the Foundation in realizing its mandates of promoting Chinese artists and elevating their international status on a more commercialized level.

Over the past 12 years, Art Beatus Gallery has assisted and worked with dozens of Chinese artists living in China and other countries around the world.

The Chinese artists include Chen Danqing, Fang Lijun, Song dong, Yin Xiuzhen, Luo Brothers, Ji Dachun, Yang Yi, Feng Zhengjie, Feng Zhengquan, Fung Mingchip, Hong Hao, Liang Shaoji, Allen Chan, Sara Tse, Qiu Zhijie and Zhuang Hui.

International artists who have worked with the Annie Wong Art Foundation and Art Beatus Gallery include:

Xu Bing ( New York , U.S.A.)
Cai Guoqiang ( New York, U.S. A. )
Qiu Shihua ( Switzerland )
Yan Peiming ( Dijon/Paris, France )
Huang Yongping ( Paris, France)
Chen Jianzhong ( Paris, France)
Cha Guojun ( United States )
Feng Xuemin ( Tokyo, Japan )
Ma Tse Lin ( Paris, France )
Ren Rong ( Bonn, Germany )
Yuan Shun  ( Berlin, Germany )
Lok Yitong ( Toronto, Canada )
Jack Zhou ( Toronto, Canada )
Kwong Yeu Ting ( Vancouver, Canada )
Shen Jiawei ( Melbourne, Australia )
Lo Shyh-Charng (Vancouver, Canada )
Qin Chong ( Berlin, Germany )
Qin Feng ( Boston, USA )
Chen Zhen  ( deceased, Paris, France )
Frank Tam ( deceased, Vancouver, Canada )
Ng Po Wan ( deceased, Calgary, Canada )

Up-coming exhibitions in the Exchange Square space include:

Luo Brothers "Happiness" exhibition in April
Qin Feng "Master Strokes" in May
Feng Zhengquan " Faces" in May
Jack Zhou "Good Earth" in June
Ji Dachun "Lighter Aspect" in July.

For more information, please feel free to contact :

Josephine Hau, Public Relations Executive
T. 2526.0818  F. 2905.1761
jhau@artbeatus.com.hk

Dominic Chan, Gallery Executive
T. 2522.1138
art18@biznetvigator.com

Richard Yiu, General Manager
T. 2526.0818  F. 2905.1761  
dyiu@artbeatus.com.hk




For further information, please contact:

Canada: tel: (1) 604.688.2633, fax: (1) 604.688.2685