Pen So is an illustrator and graphic designer born in Hong Kong. Autodidact, he started to draw ever since he graduated from HKDI. The creation of each and every one of his artworks has always been, and always is a way to release his instinctive emotions which stirred up inside, yet best let out through his gifted artistry creation. Ma Wing Shing, Makoto Shinkai, and Miyazaki Hayao are the important artists/mentors that inspired him all along his art journey.
In the past couple of years, Pen focuses in the works of creating comics and novel illustration, he published illustration book "Trap", and joined "Wall" art exhibition in Brussels and Berlin.
Pen collaborated with Mercedes-Benz at the “Stars of Hong Kong” show in 2019; and with Audi Hong Kong he participated at the “R4MBLER : The Memory of Tomorrow” exhibition, and in the promotion of the Audi A5 car. Pen joined promotion with Mortal Engines movie.
In 2017, Pen So is one of the Hong Kong artists in participating in “The Pitch of Tension – Hong Kong Comics Power”, and joined the 44th Angoulême International Comics Festival in France organized by Hong Kong Arts Centre and Comix Home Base. In July the same year, he published "The Graphic Novel City Of Darkness: A Romantic Escape" with Yu Yi.
With his new comic book “See You in Memories” published in 2022, Pen won the 16th Japan International Manga Silver Award. Pen published his first individual illustration book "Hong Kong Havoc" in 2016, and won all major Publishing awards in Hong Kong during the year. In 2014, Pen was a member of the elite team in the 3rd Hong Kong Comics Camp; and he organised the exhibition “Memories of My Home (Part 1 & Part 2)”, presenting his artworks together with a series of postcards to stimulate and enlighten readers to recollect the memories of Hong Kong. In 2013, he participated in the Comics Masterclass presented by Comix Home Base.
Pen So’s illustrations had been collected by local and overseas corporations and private collectors.
Pen So 是 一個土生土長 的香港 插畫師及 平面設計師。他從香港知專設計學院畢業後便開始自學繪畫創作。他每一幅創作，每一幅作品都釋放出他內在潛藏醞釀已久的情緒，也是最好的途徑展現其與生俱來的畫畫天賦；而他的創作旅途亦受漫畫界知名大師馬榮成、新海城和宮崎駿 啓發。
在過去幾年，Pen 專注於創作漫畫與小說繪本插畫，當中出版的靈異互動繪本《禁靈書》更獲邀參與「WALL」在比利時及德國的藝術展；而《九龍城寨》作品亦受邀在德國展出。
在2019年，Pen與Mercedes-Benz合作並參與「Star of Hong Kong」展覽；此外，他更受汽車品牌Audi 邀請參加其舉辦的「R4MBLER : The Memory of Tomorrow」展覽，受邀在車身上留下墨寶，用於Audi A5 型號汽車與《移動城市：致命引擎》的電影宣傳。
2017年，Pen So是其中一個香港漫畫家參與「較．量香港漫畫力量」展覽，並獲香港藝術中心與香港動漫基地邀請，代表香港參與第44屆法國安古蘭國際漫畫節。同年7月，他與作者余兒出版了《九龍城寨：場景故事畫集之浪漫大逃亡》。
憑藉於 2022 年出版的新漫畫書《回憶見》，Pen 獲得了第 16 屆日本國際漫畫銀獎。2016年，Pen出版了第一本個人繪本《香港災難》，並奪得所有主要獎項。2014年，他是第三屆香港漫畫研習營比賽優勝隊伍之一。2013年，他參與了由動漫基地舉辦的漫畫大師班，並舉辦了一個個人畫展——《本土回憶》（合共兩部分），同時出版了畫展同名系列明信片，透過畫作讓讀者去回憶細味每段香港美好時光。
Pen 的插畫作品已被本地、海外公司，以及私人收藏家收藏。
Awards
· 2024 Bologna Ragazzi Award – New Horizons
· 2022 16th Japan International Manga Award – Silver Award
· 2019 Hong Kong Publishing Biennial Awards
· 2018 The shortlist for the Hong Kong Human Rights Arts Prize
· 2017 The Best Black and White Book of The 29th Hong Kong Print Awards
· 2017 Hong Kong Publishing Biennial Awards
· 2016 The Best Publishing Concept of The 28th Hong Kong Print Awards
· 2016 The Best Illustrated Book in Hong Kong Golden Book Awards
· 2015 The illustration group in the 7th Original Comic Competition
曾獲獎項
· 2024 意大利博洛尼亞拉加茲獎 一 新視野獎
· 2022 第十六屆日本國際漫畫獎 - 銀獎
· 2019 《九龍城寨：場景故事畫集之浪漫大逃亡》榮獲香港出版雙年獎-圖文書
· 2018 入圍香港人權藝術獎
· 2017 《九龍城寨：場景故事畫集之浪漫大逃亡》榮獲第二十九屆香港印製大獎-黑白及雙色書冠軍
· 2017 《香港災難》榮獲香港出版雙年獎-圖文書
· 2016 《香港災難》榮獲第二十八屆香港印製大獎「優秀出版大獎－最佳出版意念 」獎
· 2016 《香港災難》榮獲香港金閱獎-最佳圖文書藉
· 2015 第七屆漫畫新星大賽繪本組冠軍