Arts | MAM to launch printmaking exhibition tomorrow

The Macau Museum of Art (MAM) will launch another edition of its “Macao Arts Window” entitled “Encounter – Printmaking by Catherine Cheong Cheng Wa” at 6:30 p.m. tomorrow.
According to a statement issued by the Cultural Affairs Bureau, the exhibition portrays the artist’s experiences and perceptions during her four-year stay in France: landlords, tenants and their homes, and people she met throughout the duration of her stay. Through her printmaking and engraving works, the artist describes each person she encountered in a “kind of portrait” in which she adds elements which are significant and valuable to herself or her subject in order to illustrate the story between those people and the artist.
Catherine Cheong Cheng Wa has actively participated in different types of art exhibitions. Specializing in printmaking, she has participated in “Macau Stories 2 – Love in the City” and other films as artistic director. She has also supported the organization of art exhibitions. In 2015, she won first prize in the international competition “The 2nd Macau Printmaking Triennial” with her work “Macau People”.
The artist obtained a degree in Graphic Design at the Macao Polytechnic Institute in 2003, and went to France to further her studies in Visual Arts, specializing in video installations from the School of Art and Design, Toulon Provence Mediterranee, (l’ÉSTADTPM).
“Macau Arts Window”, launched in 2012, aims to provide open and diverse exhibition spaces and a platform for exchange, as well as to encourage local artists to explore and express concepts in various forms of contemporary art.