The vernissage of the exhibition “Encounter – Printmaking by Catherine, Cheong Cheng Wa”
The Macao Museum of Art (MAM), under the Cultural Affairs Bureau, has launched the “Macao Arts Window” since 2012, which aims to encourage creativity and develop the contemporary arts in Macao. The theme of this edition of the “Macao Arts Window” is the exhibition “Encounter – Printmaking by Catherine, Cheong Cheng Wa”, the vernissage was held on Thursday, 21 April, at 6:30pm, on the third floor of MAM. The artist gave a finishing touch to her works by varnishing them. The “Macao Arts Window” aims to provide an open and diverse exhibition spaces and exchange platform, and encourage local artists to explore and express concepts and forms of contemporary art. Catherine, Cheong Cheng Wa obtained a degree in Graphic Design at the Macao Polytechnic Institute in 2003 and then went to France to further her studies. In 2008, she graduated in Visual Arts, specialised in video installations, from the School of Art and Design, Toulon Provence Mediterranean, (l’ésadtpm), in France. Following her return to Macau, she actively participated in different types of art exhibitions. As specialized in printmaking, she has participated in “Macao Stories 2 – Love in the City” and other films as artistic director in film as well as supporting in the organization of art exhibitions. In 2015, she won the first prize in the international competition “The 2nd Macao Printmaking Triennial” with her work “Macao People”. Printmaking in this exhibition portrays the artist’s experiences and perceptions during her four-year stay in France: landlords, tenants and their homes; friends from all over the world, work colleagues, classmates and teachers of languages and arts schools, etc. Through the exchange with friends from different culture, background and customs, the artist realizes that friendship is without language barriers and learns about herself more deeply through the process of perception of human nature, of experiencing good and evil, of building personal values and of attitude towards life. Through her printmaking and engraving works, the artist tries to describe each person whom she met in a kind of portrait where she adds elements which are significant and valuable to herself or themselves, illustrating the story between those people and the artist. The exhibition “Encounter – Printmaking by Catherine, Cheong Cheng Wa” is open until 5 June at the Macao Museum of Art, located in NAPE, Avenida Xian Xing Hai, and is open daily from 10am to 7pm (no admittance after 6:30pm; closed on Mondays). Admission fee is MOP5 and is free on Sundays and public holidays. For enquiries, please call the MAM through tel. 8791 9814 during office hours, or visit the MAM’s webpage at www.MAM.gov.mo.
