Man, Chi Wah
Flat B, 6/F, Block 5, Sceneway Gardens, Lam Tin,
Kowloon, Hong Kong
(852) 62883515
Man, Chi Wah
Flat B, 6/F, Block 5, Sceneway Gardens,
Lam Tin, Kowloon, Hong Kong
(852) 62883515
Titles & Description
Title: ChineseGarden_1
ChineseGarden_2
The idea of Chinese garden reflects the
philosophy of how Chinese people preceive the world: they desire
to relate a cosmic ideal with manŐs own
image and role within it. They made all effort to harmonize nature
with them on a reduced scale or in a
modified form. It never meant to be monumental. The art of
gardening in China is intimate, human and
sophisticated thing. It is not mainly a place for recreation. It is
essentially for contemplation and
solitude. To the Chinese, the whole world was a garden and the beauties
of nature were everybodyŐs proporty.
I think that it is very interesting for me
who live in a synthetic world and use such high end
technology as computer to convey the idea
of how people enjoy nature and his attempt to enhance it.
Title: SelfPortrait
All my works are my self portraits: they
reflect and give me access to examine my feelings, my thoughts,
my experience, my conditions -- my life. I
strive to overcome fears and embrace dicoveries and changes.
...... The flying motif happened several
times in my digital prints. I always dreamt that I could fly. In real
life I experienced a lot of restrictions.
When I was a kid, I was told what my role was, what was right or
wrong, what I should or shouldnŐt do. I
had to fullfil othersŐ wishes. My family, my teachers and my friends
had a lot of expectations for me. I felt
heavy with a whole bunch of burdens. I wanted to get rid of
everything and fly freely.
Experience
2002 Fall - now Instructor I, Dept of Cinema & TV,
Hong Kong Baptist University
Courses teaching: 3D Animation, Adv. Animation and
Special
effects, Art Direction and Production Design, 2D
Computer
Graphics, Motion Graphic Design
2002 Summer PT Lecturer, IVE(Shatin)
Courses taught: Applied Design Technology, Creative
Illustration
2002 Spring PT Teacher, Supreme Professional Computer
College
Course taught: Web Design
1999 Fall Teaching Assistant, Dept of Print Making,
Pratt Institute
Course taught: Computer and Art
1983 - 1998 Art & Design Subject Panel, Lingnan
Secondary School
Education
2002 Feb MFA in Computer Graphics and Interactive
Media
Pratt Institute, NY
1991 Oct Dip. Ed. in Fine Arts
School of Education, Chinese University of Hong Kong
1983 Dec Bachelor of Arts in Fine Art
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Professional Skills
Traditional Skills: Drawing, Painting(Watercolor, Oil,
Acrylic, Mixed Media), Ceramic, Photography,
Printmaking(Woodcut, Etching, Silkscreen), Monotype
Software proficiency: Adobe After Effects 6, Adobe
Golive 5, Adobe Illustrator CS, Adobe Photoshop CS,
Adobe Premiere Pro, Apple Final Cut Pro 4, Apple QTVR
Authoring Studio 1,
Alias Maya 6, ArtMatic 3, BBEdit 6, BIAS Deck 3.0,
BIAS Peak 2.6, Corel Bryce 5,
Corel Knockout 2, Corel Painter 8, Fontographer,
Macromedia Director MX,
Macromedia Dreamweaver MX, Macromedia Fireworks MX,
Macromedia Flash MX,
Macromedia Freehand 11, MetaSynth 2.7, Poser 5,
QuarkXPress 5, Rebirth 2,
Studio Artist 2, SoundEdit 16, soundsaVR 1.2, Quantel
EditBox, HTML/Javascript
OS proficiency: Macintosh OS 9 Classic & OS X,
Windows XP
2004 -- Bishkek
International Exhibition of Graphic Art, Kyrgyzian
National Museum of Fine Arts, Bishkek, Kyrgyzian
2003 -- aniGma - The First International Festival of
Digital Imaging
& Animation, Novosibirsk, Russia
2002 -- The New York Digital Salon Live Exhibition
& Online Aution
2001 -- InnerSpace, CGIM Gallery, Pratt Institute, USA
-- Contemporary Hong Kong Art Biennial Exhibition 2001
-- The Eighth New York Digital Salon, Madrid, Spain
-- The Eighth New York Digital Salon, Universidad de
Valladolid,
Valladolid, Spain
-- The Eighth New York Digital Salon, Instituto de
Cultura Jovellanos,
Gijon, Spain
-- Digital Mural Project, the Print Center, Philadelphia,
USA
Exhibitions