Silia Ka Tung is an established artist, originally from China who lives and works permanently in London. She is a graduate of Chelsea College; for her painting is about play, chance and fun. Over time she started to be attracted to painting on objects, making the soft sculptures to paint on.
Read MoreThe installations created in the various museum exhibitions are amazing; [they] include the Royal Academy of Arts in London; Arti et Amicitiae of Amsterdam; the Galerie Karsten Greve, in Paris; the Creative Center Osaka, The Rubin Museum, Tel Aviv; MoCA Shanghai and Jerwood Space, London. Her works are a fusion of elements from different cultures: from Chinese to Greek mythology, Japanese manga, Korean media to Hindu philosophy. She personifies magic, wisdom and traditional religions in contemporary morphologies that foreground a contrasting naivety and innocence.
Text courtesy Mimmo Scognamiglio Artecontemporanea.
