Wucius Wong

Wucius Wong (born 1936; (Wang Wuxie)) is a Hong Kong Chinese ink painter and lead figure of the Hong Kong New Ink Movement. He has worked to bring attention to Hong Kong's efforts in Chinese contemporary art, and was one of the first artists to bring modernism to the region. As he grew up, he was surrounded by Chinese culture.

He began studying art in 1955 under Lui Shou-Kwan, the prominent Hong Kong ink artist. and was an inspiration of Rosamond Brown, a British artist who lived in Hong Kong.

He was inspired by the landscape paintings of the Song dynasty, the geometric designs of the Bauhaus movement, and the textured strokes of the Chinese ink movement.

Art and academic career After his studies, Wong returned to Hong Kong and taught design for ten years at Hong Kong Polytechnic (later Hong Kong Polytechnic University). The exhibition also reflected how naturalism in art had become passé and that abstract art was favoured at that moment in time.

From 1966 until 1974, he was assistant curator at the Hong Kong Museum of Art. In 1970, he was received a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation. In 1984, he moved back to the United States. He has been recognised by the Asia Society through their Asia Arts Game Changer Awards. In 2007, he was awarded the Bronze Bauhinia Star by the Hong Kong government.

His works have been sold by Sotheby's in Hong Kong.

Wong also founded a literary magazine. Deep in the Mountains No. 2 Thoughts Across the Lands (1970) Purification #2 (1979) Agitated Waters No. 7 (1989)

Selected awards Bronze Bauhinia Star (2007)