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KAN KIU SIN TOBE
簡喬倩

KAN was born and is based in Hong Kong. She obtained her Bachelor of Fine Art degree co-presented by RMIT University and Hong Kong Art School in 2017. Her practice is rooted in close observation of vegetation that coexists with human environments, often drawn from daily walks and lived surroundings. Through painting, drawing, and installation, she explores themes of liminality and impermanence, reflecting on insecurity, alienation, distance, and questions of identity. Her works evoke subtle, uncanny states that hover between dream and reality, presence and absence. KAN has exhibited in Hong Kong, Dallas, Taipei, Seoul, and Cambridge. She participated in an artist residency at Robinson College, University of Cambridge in 2023, where selected works created during the residency were acquired into the College’s collection.​
 
簡氏出生於香港，於香港生活和工作，2017年畢業於澳洲皇家墨爾本理工大學/香港藝術學院藝術系。簡氏喜愛散步觀察日常生活與人共存的各種植物，創作包括繪畫和裝置，探索模稜兩可的狀態與無常，關注各種與異化或被遺忘有關的狀況、或關於存在、距離與身份認同，意圖呈現游離在半睡半醒和夢境與現實之間的微妙與神秘感覺。簡氏曾在香港、達拉斯、台北、首爾、劍橋等地展出作品。作品被多名私人藏家收藏。簡氏於2023年參與在劍橋大學羅賓遜學院舉行的藝術家註留計劃，期間創作的部分畫作由該學院收藏。



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​SOLO EXHIBITION 
2023
  • "Stillness in Quietude - A Studio showcase by Tobe Kan", Robinson College Chapel, University of Cambridge, Cambridge
  • "Zygomorphic Chromatic", Peter Augustus Gallery, Dallas
  • "Liminal Interval 暮醒朦朧", Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong

2022
  • "of war, of love, of time", Peter Augustus Gallery, Dallas

2021
  • "Panacea 萬靈藥", Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong

2018
  • "Peck-eyes Ravens 啄眼的烏鴉", CL3 Architects Limited, Hong Kong Arts Centre

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026
  • "Why do trees grow till the end of time? 樹為何要生長，直到時間盡頭？", Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong

2025​
  • Abu Dhabi Art Fair, Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong
  • West Bund Art & Design, Gallery EXIT, Shanghai
  • "Inner and Outer Worlds: International Contemporary Paintings 心象外相：國際當代繪畫特展", Juming Museum/Asia Art Center, New Taipei City
  • Art Brussels, Gallery EXIT, Brussels
  • Art Basel, Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong

2024
  • Abu Dhabi Art Fair, Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong
  • West Bund Art & Design, Gallery EXIT, Shanghai
  • Art Taipei 2024, Asia Art Center, Taipei
  • Frieze Seoul, Gallery EXIT, Seoul
  • "The Present", Pao Galleries, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong
  • Taipei Dangdai 台北當代, Gallery EXIT, Taipei
  • "Painted in Hong Kong 香港繪製", Enlighten Gallery, Taipei
  • Art Basel, Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong
 
2023
  • ART021 Shanghai Contemporary Art Fair, Gallery EXIT, Shanghai
  • Collectible Art Fair, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong
  • "The Labyrinth of Solitude 孤獨之宮", Seefood Room, Hong Kong
  • "Botanical Wonders", Karin Weber Gallery, Hong Kong
  • "Confluence Of Voices", Pao Galleries, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong
  • Dallas Art Fair, Peter Augustus Gallery, Dallas
  • Art Basel, Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong
  • "The Collectors Choice Art Exhibition", Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong
  • "In Wonderland", Touch Gallery, Hong Kong
  • "Sweeping Vistas", JPS Gallery, Hong Kong

2022
  • "Gravity 重力", Soluna Fine Art, Hong Kong
  • Intersect Aspen, Peter Augustus Gallery, Dallas
  • "The Sunshine Is Still There 還有陽光", SC Gallery, Hong Kong
  • Art Basel, Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong

2021
  • “+1”, Pao Galleries, Hong Kong
  • "So I say, “It’s a landscape painting.” 而我會說：「這是一幅風景畫。」", The Gallery of Hong Kong Art School, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong
  • "The Unsung 韌生",JC Contemporary, Tai Kwun, Hong Kong

2020
  • "Hong Kong Spotlight by Art Basel", 1a space, Hong Kong
  • "In the course of Dancing, from Nightfall to Darkness 愈‧ 夜舞", The Gallery of Hong Kong Art School, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong

2019
  • "This Bitter Earth", Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong
  • "TAKE 1 • Group Exhibition of Hong Kong Young Artists", Kwai Fung Hin Art Gallery, Hong Kong
  • "By the Window 等待景至", 1a space, Hong Kong

2018
  • "An on-going balance of insecurity", Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong
  • "Social Transformations", Pao Galleries, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong
  • "PROCESSING : on reading art", The Gallery of Hong Kong Art School, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong

2017
  • "Deep Silence", HKAS Alumni Network exhibition, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong
  • "Fresh Trend Art Graduations Joint Exhibition", chi K11 art space, Hong Kong
  • "NEXT+", Art Next Expo, PMQ Central, Hong Kong
  • "HKFOREWORD17", 10 Chancery Lane Gallery, Hong Kong
  • "RMIT & HKAS BAFA Graduation Exhibition 2017", Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong

ARTIST RESIDENCY
  • Robinson College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, Artecal Foundation, 2023

PUBLICATION
  • ​Cosmic Harmony - Collection of Works, 2023

PRESS
  • Vogue Hong Kong, September, 2023, 睡覺的人和植物是相近的 都是靜謐的生靈 by Cathy Huang
  • City Magazine 號外, November, 2022, 556 up and coming 繪畫是一種陪伴 by Samwai Lam
  • ARTOMITY 藝源, Summer Issue 17, 2020, Profile - Tobe Kan Kiu Sin by John Batten
  • South China Morning Post, 30 August, 2017, "Hong Kong galleries showcase up-and-coming local talent in debut exhibitions"

AWARDS
2017
  • Fresh Trend Art Award, Fresh Trend Art Graduations Joint Exhibition

​2016/2017
  • Scholarship, Mr. Jerry Kwan Memorial Scholarship, Hong Kong Art School
  • Scholarship, Talent Development, Education Bureau, Hong Kong
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