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Richard Winkworth
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Introduction
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Paintings
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Biography
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Image: Ann Tsang
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Introduction Richard Winkworth was born in Bombay and spent his childhood in South-East Asia where his aesthetic and sense of colour developed. After an Art Foundation course at Hastings, a Fine Art BA from Brighton and an MA at Chelsea School of Art, Richard spent two years teaching in London. In 1990 he moved to France and a year later he won the prestigious Spectator Art Prize. In 1995, a Hong Kong holiday confirmed his long-held belief that he needed to return to Asia. He began working and showing in Hong Kong in 1996, where in the following decade he achieved four sell-out one-man shows. Since relocating his studio to Hong Kong in 2007, Richard has become celebrated as a painter of Hong Kong subjects. After his last one-man show at The Cat Street Gallery in 2012/2013, he embarked on some extensive travelling, with visits to the USA, Japan and around South-East Asia, working on the sketch books and ideas which inform his latest show. Richard’s current work can be seen as a contribution to a Hong Kong maritime tradition - arguably the SAR’s only traditional subject – a 150-year heritage going back through Luis Chan, Eika Kato to Marciano Antonio Baptista. His show at Ping Pong features some 40 new works. These are a result of a period of intense reflection and mark a return to the artist’s initial inspiration - the waters and the islands of Hong Kong.
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Ap Lei Chau from Lamma Island Encaustic on panel 33 cm x 33 cm
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Dawn
Encaustic on panel 33 cm x 33 cm
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Luk Chau Tsuen Encaustic on panel 46 cm x 36 cm
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Lung Shan Pai, Noon Encaustic on panel 42 cm x 32 cm
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Night Fishing Boats, Summer Solstice Encaustic on panel 46 cm x 36 cm
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Night Fishing Boats, Summer Solstice Detail
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Low Cloud Over East Lamma Straits Oil on canvas 220 cm x 110 cm 10
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The ‘Lady Kadoorie’, East Lamma Straits Oil on canvas 192 cm x 258 cm
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Late Afternoon Lantau Encaustic on panel 48 cm x 38 cm
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Lantau Dawn Oil on canvas 220 cm x 110 cm 14
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Night Fishing Boats Oil on canvas 160 cm x 61 cm 16
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Ap Lei Chau 1 Encaustic on panel 46 cm x 36 cm
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Tankers in Moonlight Encaustic on panel 42 cm x 32 cm
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Chinese New Year 2016 Encaustic on panel 46 cm x 36 cm
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Towards Lung Shan Pai Encaustic on panel 46 cm x 36 cm
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Lung Shan Pai, Late Afternoon Encaustic on panel 46 cm x 36 cm
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Fishing Boats in East Lamma Straits Encaustic on panel 46 cm x 36 cm
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Mo Tat Wan, Dusk Encaustic on panel 46 cm x 36 cm
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Boats at Anchor, Entrance to Aberdeen Harbour Encaustic on panel 46 cm x 36 cm
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From Ap Lei Chau Towards Lantau Encaustic on panel 46 cm x 36 cm
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Fishing Boats and Radio Station, Lamma Encaustic on panel 46 cm x 36 cm
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Dawn, East Lamma Straits Encaustic on panel 46 cm x 36 cm
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Lamma Island
Encaustic on panel [framed] 71 cm x 35.5 cm
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Ap Lei Chau 2
Encaustic on panel [framed] 46 cm x 36 cm 30
Ap Lei Chau 3 Oil on linen 46 cm x 36 cm
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Kau Yi Chau Encaustic on panel 46 cm x 36 cm
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Kau Yi Chau Detail
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Full Moon Over East Lamma Straits Encaustic on panel 46 cm x 36 cm
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Full Moon Over East Lamma Straits Detail
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East Lamma Straits Encaustic on panel 46 cm x 36 cm
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Entrance to Aberdeen Harbour Oil on linen 122 cm x 160 cm
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Tanker, Passing Lamma Island Oil on canvas 71 cm x 61 cm
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Pollution White-Out Encaustic on panel 47 cm x 37 cm
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Fishing Boats, Aberdeen Harbour Encaustic on panel 46 cm x 36 cm
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Biography Educated: Brassey Institute Hastings (Arts Foundation Course 1980 – 1982) Brighton University (BA Hons. Fine Art/Painting 1982 – 1985) Chelsea School of Art (MA 1985 – 1986) Work represented in the Collections of: Unilever, Xerox, The Mandarin Oriental, Adam & Co, and in private collections in Switzerland, Hong Kong, Australia, the UK, France, Ireland, Thailand, India and the USA.
Selected One Man Exhibitions 2016 2012 2011 2009 2008 2006 2005 2002 2001 2000 1999 1997 1996 1993
Ping Pong, Hong Kong The Cat Street Gallery, ‘Playing with Fire’, Hong Kong Karen Weber Gallery, Hong Kong John Martin Gallery, London Amelia Johnson Contemporary, Hong Kong Amelia Johnson Contemporary, Hong Kong John Martin Gallery, ‘Still Life from the Edge of Heaven’, London Wilson Stephens Fine Art, London Lucy Simmonds Fine Paintings Hong Kong Wilson Stephens Fine Art, London Lucy Simmonds Fine Paintings Hong Kong Lucy Simmonds Fine Paintings Hong Kong Recent Acquisitions, The Unilever Collection, London Lucy Simmonds Fine Paintings Hong Kong Sue Williams Gallery, London
Selected Group Exhibitions 2016 2015 2013 2011 2010 2008
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Yan Gallery, Hong Kong Yan Gallery, Hong Kong Art Basel Hong Kong, The Cat Street Gallery, Hong Kong The Cat Street Gallery, Hong Kong, Mixed Show Hong Kong Art Fair, The Cat Street Gallery Hong Kong Art Fair, Amelia Johnson Contemporary, Hong Kong Art Walk, Amelia Johnson Contemporary, Hong Kong Watchdog Art Show, Chancery Lane Gallery, Hong Kong
Selected Group Exhibitions 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992
Amelia Johnson Contemporary, Hong Kong Art London, John Martin Gallery, London CIGE 2006, Beijing, People’s Republic of China, AJC Art Walk ’05, Amelia Johnson Contemporary, Hong Kong John Martin Gallery, London Art 2003, Wilson Stephens Fine Art London Modern British Art Fair, Wilson Stephens Fine Art/Royal College of Art London Art 2002, Wilson Stephens Fine Art London Art 2001, Wilson Stephens Fine Art London Modern British Art Fair, Wilson Stephens Fine Art /Royal College of Art London Art 2000, Wilson Stephens Fine Art London Art London, Wilson Stephens Fine Art London Panel Paintings, Wilson Stephens Fine Art London Lucy Simmonds Fine Paintings Hong Kong Modern British Art Fair, Wilson Stephens Fine Art /Royal College of Art London Art ‘99, Wilson Stephens Fine Art London Fine Art Fair, Wilson Stephens Fine Art London Modern British Art Fair, Wilson Stephens Fine Art/Royal College of Art London 20th Century Art Fair, Wilson Stephens Fine Art /Royal College of Art London Art ’98, Wilson Stephens Fine Art London Art Expo’, Lucy Simmonds Fine Paintings Los Angeles Works on Panel, Wilson Stephens Fine Art London Lucy Simmonds Fine Paintings Hong Kong 20th Century Art Fair, Wilson Stephens Fine Art/Royal College of Art London Art ’98, Wilson Stephens Fine Art London Lucy Simmonds Fine Paintings Singapore Taipei Art Fair, Lucy Simmonds Fine Paintings, Taiwan Art ’96, Wilson Stephens Fine Art London The Newlyn Gallery, Cornwall Mercury Gallery London The Newlyn Gallery Cornwall Mercury Gallery London Sue Williams Gallery London Mercury Gallery London Young Professional Artists, Spectator Magazine, London
Awards 1991
Spectator Magazine First Prize and Purchase, Edinburgh
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