Chu Bo Wo
Since 2006
Favourite things:
Watching "Captain Football"
Specialised in: Ceramic demonstration, exhibition guide, tailor-made works
Subject: Figuring, animal, utensils
Bo Wo's works are candid and gleeful, with figures in bubbly and vivid movements that cheers one up. A specialist in small talks, he talks with captivating wit and charm and is able to render everything lively and interesting under his delivery. Family is and always will be his first priority and the fount of his creative inspirations.
He has served as an assistant tutor in 100 sessions of the workshop series sponsored by the Labour and Welfare Bureau Hong Kong, teaching basic ceramic skills to students, women, the elderly, children, and people in rehabilitation.
Exhibition:
| 2007 | Ni Gao Olympics The Pottery Workshop, Shang Hai |
| 2009 | Clay Gives Characters Pottery Gives Joy |
| 2010 | The City Germinates |
| 2012 | Clayfunland |
Lantern Luminos | |
| 2013 | The Various Walks of Life St. James’ Creation Gallery, Hong Kong |
Outdoor Ceramic Sculpture | |
| 2014 | Being II |
Clay Story |
| 2015 | Gyeonggi International Ceramic Biennale 2015 Icheon, South Korea |
| 2016 |
The Wind Blows From Shigaraki |
| Of this World Taiwan, Japan and Hong Kong Art Brut Exhibition New Taipei City Yingge Ceramics Museum ,Taiwan |
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| 2018 | Echigo-tsumari Art Field - Gift from Land Tsunan-machi Nakauonuma-gun, Niigata, Japan |
| 2019 |
Gift from Land X Gift from Earth |
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Our Stories – Memories in Clay Tai Yau Plaza, HK Tram, Local shops, Hong Kong |
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Design Inspire Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong |
Project:
| 2009 | Workshop series bu Labour and Welfare Bureau Hong Kong |
| 2012 | Library Etiquette, Central Library Hong Kong |
The Back Story
Bo Wo began creating his Owls series of works in 2012, but never explained where the idea came from, until 2015 when the work was invited to be exhibited at the Gyeonggi International Ceramic Biennale. It was then that he revealed the origin of this series of works.
Bo Wo shared that while visiting the Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens with his family one time, he saw five owls that he felt mirrored his own family - his father, his mother, his two sisters, and himself. From there, the creation of the owl tribe hence began.
As much as Bo Wo appears as if he could not care less, he loves his family deeply. His family is his number one always and the source of his inspirations.
Ceramic Works
GHOSTY POTATO BUDDY
2018
Stoneware
13cm x 15cm x 18cm
NURSE
2015
Stoneware
22cm x 20cm x 33cm
SHHH......QUIET
2014
Stoneware
31cm x 37cm x 70cm
WRITING LETTER
2014
Stoneware
48cm x 40cm x 75cm
LOUD HAILER
2012
Stoneware
47cm x 40cm x 70cm
FISH TEA SET
2009
Stoneware
18cm x 17cm x 14cm
COCK & MOTHER HEN
2017
Stoneware
10cm x 7cm x 8cm
OWLS
2015
Stoneware
36cm x 13cm x 16cm
Gyeonggi International Ceramic Biennale 2015
FLYING PIG
2019
Stoneware
15cm x 9cm x 8cm
MAN'S VASE
2016
Stoneware
6cm x 6cm x 10cm
NEW BUILDING
2016
Stoneware
8cm x 14cm x 16cm