Shum Kwan Yi (Sim)

Shum Kwan Yi (Sim), born in 1995 in Hong Kong, China. She graduated with a Master of Philosophy (MPhil) and Bachelor of Arts (BA) from the Department of Visual Arts at Hong Kong Baptist University, and completed a semester exchange at Nagoya Zokei University of Art & Design, Japan. Shum’s practice focuses on ink art, through which she explores the contemporary relevance of traditional landscape painting, transforming it into a symbolic language. Her works weave together personal and collective social narratives, addressing themes of societal constraint and displacement.

Her works have been exhibited multiple times at Art Basel and are included in the collection of the Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford. In 2022, she received the Bronze Award at the Liu Kuo-sung Ink Art Award. Her solo exhibition The Unbearable Lightness (2022) was recognised with the D&AD Wood Pencil, New York ADC Bronze Cube, Tokyo TDC, Golden Pin Design Award, and Asian Design Silver Award. In 2024, her publication Dust and Cicada Chirping received the Golden Pin Design Award, New York ADC, and Asian Design Merit Award. In recent years, Shum has actively participated in community art projects, including the “Hong Kong House” at the Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale in Japan (2025), “Art Kuk Po” (in collaboration with the Centre for Chinese Architecture and Urbanism, University of Hong Kong, 2024), the “Sai Kung Hoi Arts Festival” (2023), and “Lamma Mia” (2021), continually exploring the possibilities of ink art and community engagement.

Education

2020-2023 MPhil in Visual Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University

2013-2018 Bachelor of Arts in Visual Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University

Work Experience

2022-2024 Part-time Lecturer, HKBU Academy of Visual Arts

2018-2022 Project Assistant, HKBU Academy of Visual Arts

Award

2022 Liu Kuo-sung Bronze Prize Ink Art Award

2018 Professor Raymond Fung Award for Chinese Painting

2018 Academy of Visual Arts (AVA) Award

2017 Sovereign Art Foundation Hong Kong Students’ Prize

Solo Exhibitions

2026 Sinking in the Floating World, Hive Becoming, Shanghai

2024 Landscape of Haven, Grotto SKW

2023 The Inhabitant Islets, Grotto Fine Art

2022 The Unbearable Lightness, Grotto SKW

2020 Mountains Whispers in the Town, PMQ

2019 “Clouds Say”, Grotto Fine Art

In-site Art Projects

2025 The Whispers of Stone, Hong Kong House at Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale

2024 Is Kuk Po an Island?, Kuk Po Common

2023 Sai Kung Hoi Arts Festival, Yim Tin Tsai

2021 Lamma Mia, Sok Kwu Wan, Lamma Island

Selected Group Exhibitions

2025 Grace Period, Hive Becoming, Shanghai

2025-2018 Art Basel Hong Kong, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre

2025 Paperscape, Koo Ming Kown Exhibition Gallery

2025 On-site, L2 Terrace, Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre

2024-2016 Ink Asia, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre

2023 Couplet Pair Rebus — The Principle of Cause and Effect in Art, University Museum and Art Gallery, HKU

2021 The Drawing Exhibition, Koo Ming Kown Exhibition Gallery

2021 The Nest, WURE AREA

2021 The Unsung, JC Contemporary

2021 Future Memories: Utopia Dystopia Nature, Singing Waves Gallery, Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre

2018 The 1st GBA University Art Exhibition & 3rd Biennial Academy Awards, Art Museum of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts

2018 HKBU AVA BA Graduation Exhibition, Kai Tak Campus

2017 Nagoya Zokei University D Gallery Exhibition, Nagoya, Japan

Publications

2024 Dust and Cicada Chirping

    Foreword by Henry Au-yeung and Dr. Vivian Ting Wing Yan

    Published by Shum Kwan Yi and Grotto Fine Art Ltd.

    Format: 190 x 255 mm, 215 colour pages, Smythe binding

    Design: for&st

    Language: Chinese and English

    Details: https://shumkwanyi.com/dustandcicadachirping

2019 Clouds Say, “

    Foreword by Henry Au-yeung and Dr. Koon Wai Bong

    Published by Grotto Fine Art Ltd.

    Format: 22.5 x 22.5 cm, 96 colour pages, hardcover

    Language: Chinese and English

    Details: https://shumkwanyi.com/cloudssay

Public Collection

The Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford (Oxford, United Kingdom)

Asian Art Museum of San Francisco (San Francisco, United States)

Vancouver Art Gallery (Vancouver, Canada)