Master Simon Wong
Master Simon Wong was born in a small village outside Shenzhen in the Guangdong province in southern China. When Master Simon Wong was only a few years old Master Simon Wong escaped from the People's Republic of China, with his family to live in Hong Kong during the Great Leap Forward. This was a time of great suffering for the Chinese people under an economic and social plan which aimed to use China's vast population to rapidly transform mainland China from a primarily agrarian economy dominated by peasant farmers into a modern, industrialized communist society. This era of change inspires his back to nature scenes and how pre-industrial landscapes felt.
This depravation in the early part of Master Simon Wong’s life motivated him to practice and perfect his martial arts to strengthen his poor health and artistically realize his full potential. Master Simon Wong started painting at 6 years old, regularly having his work displayed in school and winning competitions out of the whole school. At Art College Master Simon Wong trained in traditional oil painting and classical Chinese painting under Master Pang Jade-Sip who in turn trained under Master Jewe Siu-Ong who was the founder of the Southern Chinese painting style, turning professional after leaving college. Master Simon Wong sold paintings in Hong Kong prior to coming to England.
Master Simon Wong has been learning and developing his passion for Chinese Philosophy over 30 years and is now integrating this into his artwork. Master Simon Wong’s vibrant style comes from a deep spiritual tradition that evokes strong feelings of love and beauty and a sense of joy from nature. It is hard not to be inspired by the feelings that his paintings captivate and he truly believes in the artist’s duty to inspire the viewer. Re-emerging as an artist after spending so much time understanding compassion and wisdom gives Master Simon Wong a unique understanding and sensitivity to his art. Master Simon Wong uses the colours popular in the Tang Dynasty when the cultural and the spiritual arts were at their peak and the primary subject matter of Chinese painting was the landscape, known as shanshui (mountain-water) painting. In these landscapes, usually monochromatic and sparse, the purpose was not to reproduce exactly the appearance of nature but rather to grasp an emotion or atmosphere so as to catch the "rhythm" of nature. Then as now Master Simon Wong used brushes and bright green and blue paint to show high rocky mountains and cliffs, with rivers, rocks, and trees. Master Simon Wong is not interested in showing what nature really looks like, like a photograph. Instead, he conveys the spirit of that place - what it felt like to be there. Master Simon Wong does not put in all the details, just enough to give you the appropriate feeling and believes it is better art if you can express the same feeling with fewer lines. Master Simon Wong's qualities move freely between splash ink techniques, abstract an...
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Master Simon Wong was born in a small village outside Shenzhen in the Guangdong province in southern China. When Master Simon Wong was only a few years old Master Simon Wong escaped from the People's Republic of China, with his family to live in Hong Kong during the Great Leap Forward. This was a time of great suffering for the Chinese people under an economic and social plan which aimed to use China's vast population to rapidly transform mainland China from a primarily agrarian economy dominated by peasant farmers into a modern, industrialized communist society. This era of change inspires his back to nature scenes and how pre-industrial landscapes felt.
This depravation in the early part of Master Simon Wong’s life motivated him to practice and perfect his martial arts to strengthen his poor health and artistically realize his full potential. Master Simon Wong started painting at 6 years old, regularly having his work displayed in school and winning competitions out of the whole school. At Art College Master Simon Wong trained in traditional oil painting and classical Chinese painting under Master Pang Jade-Sip who in turn trained under Master Jewe Siu-Ong who was the founder of the Southern Chinese painting style, turning professional after leaving college. Master Simon Wong sold paintings in Hong Kong prior to coming to England.
Master Simon Wong has been learning and developing his passion for Chinese Philosophy over 30 years and is now integrating this into his artwork. Master Simon Wong’s vibrant style comes from a deep spiritual tradition that evokes strong feelings of love and beauty and a sense of joy from nature. It is hard not to be inspired by the feelings that his paintings captivate and he truly believes in the artist’s duty to inspire the viewer. Re-emerging as an artist after spending so much time understanding compassion and wisdom gives Master Simon Wong a unique understanding and sensitivity to his art. Master Simon Wong uses the colours popular in the Tang Dynasty when the cultural and the spiritual arts were at their peak and the primary subject matter of Chinese painting was the landscape, known as shanshui (mountain-water) painting. In these landscapes, usually monochromatic and sparse, the purpose was not to reproduce exactly the appearance of nature but rather to grasp an emotion or atmosphere so as to catch the "rhythm" of nature. Then as now Master Simon Wong used brushes and bright green and blue paint to show high rocky mountains and cliffs, with rivers, rocks, and trees. Master Simon Wong is not interested in showing what nature really looks like, like a photograph. Instead, he conveys the spirit of that place - what it felt like to be there. Master Simon Wong does not put in all the details, just enough to give you the appropriate feeling and believes it is better art if you can express the same feeling with fewer lines. Master Simon Wong's qualities move freely between splash ink techniques, abstract an...
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Master Simon Wong is exhibiting at Untitled, the UK's Largest Artists Fair on Friday 1st June - 5.3Opm - 9pm - Private View [invitation only] Apply for Private View Tickets contact.html Saturday 2nd June - 1Oam - 7pm - Free Public Access Sunday 3rd June - 11am - 5pm - Free Public Access. Stand no. A53 (Located towards the back of the hall, on the left hand side)
Chelsea Old Town Hall King's Road London SW3 5EE Contact Telephone Numbers 07985 197 464, 07967 224 385
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Untitled
Chelsea Old Town Hall King's Road London SW3 5EE
Chelsea:-
Master Simon Wong is exhibiting at Untitled, the UK's Largest Artists Fair on Friday 1st June - 5.3Opm - 9pm - Private View [invitation only] Apply for Private View Tickets contact.html Saturday 2nd June - 1Oam - 7pm - Free Public Access Sunday 3rd June - 11am - 5pm - Free Public Access. Stand no. A53 (Located towards the back of the hall, on the left hand side)
Chelsea Old Town Hall King's Road London SW3 5EE Contact Telephone Numbers 07985 197 464, 07967 224 385
Forman's Smokehouse Gallery show
Stour Road, Hackney Wick, E3 2NT
Smokehouse Gallery Salon Show
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Master Simon Wong will be exhibiting in Brighton as a part of the "Home is where the ART is" show on the seafront at the Fishing Quarter Gallery from 30th April - 12th May 2011.
Hackney Wick:-
On the First Thursday the 5th until 29th May 2011 Master Simon Wong will be having the opening for his group show of Chinese artists at Forman's Smokehouse Gallery.
Chelsea:-
From 5th June 2011 - 18th June 2011 Master Simon Wong is exhibiting his work in the Public Exhibition Space at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital on the Ground Floor hospital foyer.
Chelsea 2012:-
Master Simon Wong is exhibiting at Untitled, the UK's Largest Artists Fair on Friday 1st June - 5.3Opm - 9pm - Private View [invitation only] Apply for Private View Tickets contact.html Saturday 2nd June - 1Oam - 7pm - Free Public Access Sunday 3rd June - 11am - 5pm - Free Public Access. Stand no. A53 (Located towards the back of the hall, on the left hand side)
Chelsea Old Town Hall King's Road London SW3 5EE Contact Telephone Numbers 07985 197 464, 07967 224 385
Press release
Master Simon Wong will be exhibiting in Brighton as a part of the "Home is where the ART is" show on the seafront at the Fishing Quarter Gallery from 30th April - 12th May 2011.
Hackney Wick:-
On the First Thursday the 5th until 29th May 2011 Master Simon Wong will be having the opening for his group show of Chinese artists at Forman's Smokehouse Gallery.
Chelsea:-
From 5th June 2011 - 18th June 2011 Master Simon Wong is exhibiting his work in the Public Exhibition Space at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital on the Ground Floor hospital foyer.
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Empire Gallery, 30-32 Vyner Street 9DR E2
Master Simon Wong's work in group show
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Kate Middleton, Prince William's girlfriend on Master Simon Wong's birthday
Kate Middleton - Prince William's girlfriend and possible future Queen of England, with Master Simon Wong's painting on her 26th birthday.
London Underground exhibition
London Underground stations
Beautiful art to enlightened traveling Londoner's.
Decima Gallery
Decima Gallery's new address in Hackney Wick
Mixed media Gallery opening in the heart of London's East End art district.
Wellington Club
Wellington Club, Knightsbridge
One of London's top nightclubs exhibits art by London's leading artists
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Decima Gallery opening
A very successful opening of the Decima Gallery opening, for "The Famous, The Infamous and the really quite good, was enjoyed by all on Saturday 23rd February afternoon/evening.
Decima Gallery opening
A very successful opening of the Decima Gallery opening, for "The Famous, The Infamous and the really quite good," was enjoyed by all on Saturday afternoon/evening.
Decima Gallery opening
Decima Gallery opening in E3 , for "The Famous, The Infamous and the Really quite good." Sponsored by Gilbert and George and Sandra from the Golden Hart(One of Pete Doherty, Kate Moss and Tracy Emin's favourite Pubs).
Master Simon Wong exhibited his painting 0020 alongside Gilbert and George's "Planed," Aaron Barshak's Porn with Philip Green, Gavin Turk's "Eat the Rich Tea," David Hockney's "The Last Puff," Gary Hart's "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" and Sadie Frost's "Two Ducks." Among another nearly 70 pieces of work.
Up to 800 people turned up to the show with great music, speeches and the ribbon cut by Sandra from the Golden Hart.
Check out the pictures at photos/22900354@N05, it was a fun event!