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To Art House welcomes Rex CHAN Hon Biu 陳漢標, Natalie CHU Lok Ting 朱樂庭, Giraffe LEUNG Lok Hei 梁洛熙, and Victor SZE Mok Ham 施鏌涵 to our Residency Programme. During their residency, the artists actively contribute to shaping an artistic experiment and articulating the vision for this new space, culminating in the second exhibition in the Quartet series The Sovereign Grid 絕地, which opened in April 2026 at To Art House.
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陳漢標 Rex CHAN Hon Biu
b.1958, Hong Kong
Lives and works in Hong Kong
Rex’s practice is rooted in decades of sustained drawing, encompassing sketches, collages, oil paintings, and extended to small sculptural objects that together form a personal archive of interwoven materials. His fascination with mythical fauna and flora reflects an interest in their peculiar traits and the resonances they share across cultures. His recent works draw on the Classics of Mountains and Seas, an ancient Chinese text of myth and geographical lore, distinguished by obscure names, arbitrary structures, and a detached tone, qualities that invite reinterpretation. His engagement with ancient writings highlights the historical depth of language, while imbuing his work with humor and openness that speak to the present.
Rex studied graphic design in the late 1970s, marking a prolific career spanning design and visual art. He debuted his first solo exhibition in 1985 at Zuni Icosahedron, Hong Kong. His work has been exhibited at the Hong Kong Museum of Art, the Hong Kong Heritage Museum, and the Hong Kong Arts Centre. In 2025, he presented his large-scale solo exhibition Portraits of the World Skin at To Art House.
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朱樂庭 Natalie CHU Lok Ting
b.1999, Hong Kong
Lives and works in Hong Kong
As the artist noted in a recent interview, 'The inexorable passage of time and the succession of generations remain forces beyond human control.' Natalie transmutes historical traces into works that prioritise cultural context and emotional resonance. She describes her research-based methodology as “quasi‑archaeology,” mirroring traditional field practices while breathing life into history through artistic interventions. By integrating found objects, relics, archival records, texts, and antiquities into her installations, sculptures, and ink works, she interweaves and juxtaposes materials from different times, developing a palimpsest that prompts viewers to reflect on historical transitions while probing the tension between memory and oblivion.
Natalie obtained her BA in Fine Arts from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2022. Her work has been featured in several group exhibitions across Hong Kong, including Memory Smuggler (To Art House, 2025), Hardworking Aesthetics (Art Central, 2024), and By the People: Creative Chinese Character (Hong Kong Museum of Art, 2023). She is the recipient of the HART Award (2022).
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Giraffe LEUNG Lok Hei 梁洛熙
b.1993, Hong Kong
Lives and works in Hong Kong
Using found paper maps as both primary medium and intellectual framework, Giraffe transforms these cartographic records into sites of cultural inquiry. Beyond their geographic utility, these maps serve as metaphors for reimagining the perceived world. By meticulously deconstructing and reconfiguring fragments, he suggests new narratives that remain faithful to their own inherent structures. Once-familiar topographies—place names, coastlines, highways, and mountain silhouettes—are rendered anew, encouraging a total relearning of a known space. Through diverse material manipulations coupled with conceptual exploration, the artist reflects on how an individual's relationship with the place is, simultaneously, a collective experience.
Giraffe earned his MA in Fine Arts from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2021. He has presented solo exhibitions at Parallel Space (2025, 2020), PMQ (2022), and La Galerie Paris 1839 (2021). His work has been featured in group shows including Why do trees grow till the end of time? (Gallery Exit, 2026) and Art Taipei ( 2024). His work is held in the Vancouver Art Gallery and various private collections.
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Victor SZE Mok Ham 施鏌涵
b.2003, Hong Kong
Lives and works in Hong Kong
Victor’s practice integrates video, photography, performance and installation to look beyond the obvious and uncover the quiet, often overlooked tensions that remain concealed within the fabric of the ordinary. By manipulating light, form, and space, he creates encounters that encourage the audience to question their immediate reality. Through this combined lens-based and spatial inquiry, he challenges the boundaries between what is seen and what is sensed. His work serves as a bridge between tangible materials and the intangible emotions they evoke, prompting an awareness of the subtle complexities found in the interstices of everyday life.
Victor obtained his BA in Fine Arts from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2025. He presented the solo show The Cave of Forgiveness at the New Asia College Ch’ien Mu Library, the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2025. He is the recipient of the WMA Graduate Awards (Lens-based media) and To Art Prize (2025).