In 2024, He was invited to present his iconic artwork collection "Maneki-Neko 50:50" on the main stage of World Art Dubai 2024. He was one of the most popular artists among collectors' choices at the Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong 2024. Billy was invited by the City of Aomori in Japan to become the first foreign artist to perform live painting at the historical site of Uto Shrine, and has also exhibited in Hanshin Umeda, Osaka and Matsuzakaya, Nagoya.

 

 

Ceramics: Joey Lai
 
Joey Lai graduated from the Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art) programme co-presented by Hong Kong Art School and RMIT University, majoring in ceramics. She is currently a part-time tutor at Hong Kong Arts Centre for Kids ceramics courses. 
 
As a participant of several ceramic exhibitions in Hong Kong and overseas, Joey’s solo exhibitions to date are Tone on Tone in 2021 and Still Movements in 2014. She has also been in group exhibitions that include Intimacy in the Distance (2019), Asia Contemporary Art Show (2012) and Fine Art Asia (2011).

Comics: Ma Sing Yuen
 
Ma is a renowned comic and Chinese ink painting artist in Hong Kong with a wide range of interests and a diverse creative scope. His repertoire includes political cartoons, historical comics, biographical comics, humorous lifestyle comics, and children’s educational comics. In 2004, he founded the publishing house ‘Century Culture’ with his wife Fong She-mei, focusing on the creation of children’s educational publications and publishing over 800 titles to date. In addition to his own comic brand ‘White Cat Black Cat’, Ma also illustrated the ‘Fun with Classical Chinese’ series that has effectively combined education with entertaining comics.  
 
Cartoon statues of his character Q the White Cat appear in Kowloon Park and the Golden Bauhinia Square in Wan Chai and are recognised as an iconic ‘Hong Kong comic character’.   
 
Ma’s Chinese ink paintings have featured in various solo and group exhibitions. His solo shows include Daily Life of Zen (2017), Glimpses of the Bygone (2018), and Happy Ink Paintings (2024). Group exhibitions include the Hong Kong Visual Arts Society 43rd Annual Exhibition, Visions Present and Future (2017), and In Memory of the 105th Anniversary of Master Hongyi’s Ordination: The Li Lijuan-Ma Singyuen Ink Painting and Calligraphy Joint Exhibition (2024). 

Picture Book Creation: Benny Lau
 
Benny Lau is an award-winning artist, picture book maker, graphic and product designer, and community project curator. In 2009, he won the silver award at the inaugural Greater China Illustration Award.  
  
Apart from practising as a multi-disciplinary designer and entrepreneur, Benny has been facilitating creative workshops in Hong Kong and overseas, and is also a part-time teacher at many academies and universities in Hong Kong. Out of personal interest and societal future demand, Benny has been collaborating more with schools and organisations on early years education -- exploring picture books as a new artistic language as well as a learning medium for communication and creativity.   
  
Benny co-founded the Macau House of Childhood in 2017 and has since designed a series of creative workshops and picture books for playful learning. In 2022 he organised “The Beautiful Pages” community project in Sham Shui Po, introducing workshops and activities with other picture book artists. Most recently, Benny curated the “World of Art and Culture” at the Hong Kong Bookfair organised by HKTDC, where he selected and presented outstanding picture books from around the world.