Joshua LEUNG

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Joshua Leung (b. 2004, Hong Kong) is an emerging young artist who specializes in paintings and illustrations. Other than the traditional practice of painting, Joshua also works with installation, digital art, and photography. Over the years, he has participated in various art exhibitions and curatorial projects. He wishes to master his art by commencing his Fine Art degree at Goldsmiths, University of London.

Joshua thinks that art is a powerful tool for communicating values and perspectives - a glue that holds communities together. His works not only are narrations of stories rooted in reality but also retain a sense of egotistical spirituality that is interconnected with the abstraction of the subject matter.

His most recent painting series, “SUNYATA”, reveals a strong sense of self-expression, together with the exploration of humanity and our surroundings through the thickness and repetitiveness of brushstrokes and colors, constructing ideologies from a new dimension influenced by neo-expressionism and city nightscapes. Reminiscing about the views of Hong Kong through his consciousness, his paintings contain bottled memories of the city. The idea that human beings should live in harmony with their surroundings is visible in his works.

梁將（2004，生於香港）新晉年輕藝術家，致力繪畫和插畫，亦有涉獵裝置藝術、數碼藝術及攝影。多年來，曾參與不同藝術範疇的展覽及策展項目。他熱切期待負笈倫敦大學金史密斯學院，開展美術學位課程，增進在藝術領域的造詣。

梁將認為，藝術能促進不同見解與價值觀之間的溝通，是凝聚社群的黏合劑。他的作品不僅陳述現實中的故事，還藉著將主題抽象化，去保存一份自我意識的靈性感。

近期系列 “SUNYATA” 受到新表現主義影響，運用厚重色彩及重複筆觸，對人性及所處環境進行了探索，顯露出強烈的自我表現風格。畫作透過抽象的城市夜景，反思並重構一套新的思考系統與生存態度。有意識地觀視香港景色，把這座城市設置為追憶的對象，在畫布上所呈現的是城市的觀照記憶。他希望，人類能與身邊環境和諧相處。