浠楠 CHAN Hei Nam, Raina

Artist based in Hong Kong
Art Director and Founder of Merge Art
BA in Visual Communication, Birmingham City University

香港本地藝術家
Merge Art 藝術總監及創辦人
英國伯明翰城市大學視覺藝術系學士

Chan Hei Nam Raina was exposed to different types of art work. She served as an artist-in-residence and also assisted some charity groups in murals Art. She is currently an executive member of the Hong Kong Mural Association and assists in exhibition planning. Promote harmonious development of society through Art organisation and industry cooperation.

陳氏畢業後接觸不同類型的藝術工作，曾任駐校藝術家，及協助一些慈善團體繪製壁畫，現為香港壁畫協會執行委員，協助展覽策劃的工作。透過業界合作推動社會和諧發展。

Chan is the first founder of the social enterprise "Walking Hand in Hand", which was established in 2023. Together with many disabled institutions in Hong Kong, the "Walking Hand in Hand" charity exhibition held at the Hong Kong Central Library in 2024. More than 200 artists, art lovers and people with disabilities participated in this event, which attracted widespread attention in the art world in Hong Kong.

陳氏「心路同行」的首任創辦人，2024年與香港多間殘疾院舍攜手於香港中央圖書館舉辦《心路同行》慈善畫展。200多位藝術家、藝術愛好者與殘疾人士一同參與這次活動，共展出750幅作品，參觀展覽的人數高達5800多人，引起藝術界廣大關注。

心路同行有限公司屬香港 《稅務條例》第88條下獲豁免繳稅的慈善團體（檔案編號：91/19546）。

In the same year, she founded Merge Art, a social enterprise, which is a non-profit organization. She hopes to integrate years of study in different art fields, implement the community as an artist, and further develop high-quality art education, exhibitions and activities.

同年她創立Merge Art社會企業，是一所非牟利組織，她希望融合多年在不同藝術領域的學習，以藝術家身份的途徑落實社區，進一步發展高品質的藝術教育、展覽和活動。

In 2024, She was awarded of "Hong Kong Emerging Artist" organized by Simon Suen Foundation, The Sun Museum, and Jao Tsung-I Cultural Center. One of the five selected participating artists, adhering to the spirit of Professor Jao Tsung-I, a master of Chinese studies, and committed to promoting Chinese culture and intangible culture In order to inherit the heritage, the themes of her latest works are the Mainland and Tibet. In order to pursue more outstanding creations, Chan also supports the development of Hong Kong into a cultural and artistic exchange center between China and foreign countries in line with the outline of the 14th Five-Year Plan. In recent years, she has traveled to Sichuan, Yunnan, and many cities in mainland China for plain air experiences and artistic exchanges.

2024年榮獲孫少文基金會、一新美術館、饒宗頤文化館所舉辦的《港藝新星》第二期，五位入選參展藝術家之一，並秉承國學大師饒宗頤教授的精神，致力推動中華文化及非物質文化遺產的傳承，最新作品主題以內地及西藏為題，陳氏為了追求更卓越的創作，也因應配合國家十四五規劃支持香港發展為中外文化藝術交流中心。近年到四川、雲南、內地多個城市作寫生體驗及藝術交流。

Artist Conversation:

Why did you choose landscape painting as your artistic subject?

Hei Nam: "In front of nature, one always feels humble, and it's this humility that led me to choose watercolor, a smaller medium in the realm of painting. The places I’ve walked—mountains, fields, and seaside—deeply fascinate me. These unremarkable little scenes are like fragments of life that form another way for me to view the world."

It seems that painting increasingly occupies your life and is slowly becoming your profession. Have you ever thought about becoming a full-time artist?

Hei Nam: "Life is full of coincidences, intertwined with inevitability, transforming like watercolor in its enchanting complexity. Every time I think about everything before painting, I find myself reflecting on myself afterward. I know that what I see is not what I think, and what I think is not what I paint. There’s always some force in nature that leads me to move forward."

藝術家對話：

為什麼會選擇風景寫生作你的繪畫題材？

浠楠：「在大自然面前人總是會卑微起來，正是這種卑微讓我選擇了水彩這種繪畫領域里的小畫種，山間、田野、海邊這些留下我足跡的地方都深深令我著迷，這些並不起眼的小景像生活碎片般構成了我另外一種看世界的方法 。」

如今繪畫似乎越來越多地佔據你生活的空間，也慢慢成為你的正職，成為全職藝術家是你意料過嗎？

浠楠：「人生就是如此偶然，必然間穿遞著如水彩般變幻迷離，每一次我想著畫前的一切，卻又是每一次在畫後反思著自己，我知道我看到的並不是我想到的，而我想到的又不是我畫到的，只是自然間總是有某種力量引領著我踟躕前行。」