ABOUT RONA HU

Rona Hu started her painting pursuit at the age of 8, studying under professional artists. Her multi-award-winning paintings have lent her the opportunity to exhibit her artwork at the National Art Museum of China. After completing her Master’s degree in the US, she continued her studies at the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, to pursue her aspirations in painting. In the 1990s, Hu moved to Hong Kong and embarked on a professional painting career.

Having spent her life roaming between the East and West, Rona enjoys a unique perspective of both cultures. Her distinctive and beautifully orchestrated style is particularly reflected in her versatile use of colours, acute spatial expression, and precise characterisation in her oil paintings and sculptures. Beyond profound oil painting skills, she is also adept at drawing inspiration from contemporary society and daily life. Through her remarkable artistic language, she employs narrative composition and diverse visual expressions to explore with the audience ideological perceptions.

In recent years, Rona Hu has held exhibitions across Shanghai, Beijing, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Vietnam, the US, and Europe, garnering much media attention.

In 2009, she hosted “China Melody”, a solo oil painting exhibition in Hong Kong, along with a book premiere, drawing so many art lovers that it created a huge media sensation. In 2010, she held “Spliced”, a solo exhibition at the Times Art Museum in Beijing. Again, it was so well received that the exhibition was described as “not only a story of imagination, but also offers a kind of visual clue to construct a personalised understanding of historical cognition”. In 2014, she held “Migrant Workers”, a solo exhibition at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, which attempted to explore the growing conflict between the elite and the grassroots.

Li Song, a renowned art critic and professor in the Department of Art at Peking University, described Rona’s works as “standing at the intersection for an ultra-wide perspective, attempting to connect a multitude of orientations“.