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Chan Kai

Chan Kai’s works not only have a traditional flavor, but also are not bound by tradition. Instead, they are a fusion of ancient and modern China and the West, as well as poetry and painting.

About the artist

Chan Kai’s works not only have a traditional flavor, but also are not bound by tradition. Instead, they are a fusion of ancient and modern China and the West, as well as poetry and painting.

Chan Kai, with pen names as Jiazi and Jiaren, was born in Chaozhou, Guangdong. She settled in Hong Kong in 1979 and is currently a member of the Chinese Women Artists Association, vice chairman of China Gallery Research Institute, senior academician of the Chinese Buddhist Painting and Calligraphy Academy, art consultant of Guangdong Provincial Lingdong Museum of Arts, director of the Overseas Chinese Artists Association and a founding member of the Hong Kong Artists Association.

Chan Kai has learned from Liu Haisu, a master of the Shanghai School. She has made friends and painted together with such hall-level calligraphers and painters as Li Keran, Cheng Shifa, Zhu Qizhan, Guan Liang, Zhao Shaoang, Huang Xuanwu, Li Xiongcai, and is respected. Benefited from her diligent practice in her early years, and the guidance of many famous masters, plus her exploration of poetry creation, Chan Kai’s works not only have a traditional flavor, but also are not bound by tradition. Instead, they are a fusion of ancient and modern China and the West, as well as poetry and painting.

Chan Kai's paintings have been exhibited in mainland China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand, South Korea, Japan and other places, and some of her works have been collected by national art galleries, museums and private collectors.