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While 1a space is known for our commitment to work with young and emerging artists, we also see the need to provide continuous support to mid-career artists as they often lack sustained exposure. 1a space therefore aims to provide a decent space and professional curatorial support to these artists who persevere in producing high-quality works. The upcoming solo exhibition of Hong Kong artist Chris Chan Kam-shing demonstrates our commitment to this belief. ‘Know Thyself’ suggests a possible way to see and interpret the world. Chan uses fragile and volatile materials to reveal the uncertainty and malleability of the physical world. In this way Chan constructs an unstable and dynamic field, in which one can embark on a journey of self-discovery and exploration. Opening reception: 15th March, 2013 (Friday), 7pm Artist sharing : 23rd March, 2013 (Saturday) Exhibition dates: 16th March – 7th April, 2013 Venue: Unit 14, Cattle Depot Artist village, 63 Ma Tau Kok Road, To Kwa Wan, Kowloon, Hong Kong

'Critics as… and ​vice versa' hosted by wen yau, includes two sessions of guest talk. These sessions will explore how art criticism responds to the ever-changing ecology of the art world, as well as the impact that arises when art critics shift between different roles and positions. Register within Individual registration for these specific sessions is now open! Register within the promotion period to enjoy the flash offer*! If you wish to engage in exchanges with experienced art practitioners, remember to sign up before 14 January! ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿ 【Workshop 4】Critic as an Archivist/Documenter? Speaker｜Phoebe Wong Date｜17 January 2026 (Saturday) Time｜3:00pm–5:00pm Venue｜1a space (Unit 14, Cattle Depot Artist Village, 63 Ma Tau Kok Road, To Kwa Wan) How does criticism function as a historical footnote by documenting and preserving contemporary art? 【Workshop 11】Critic as a Curator?｜Critique Before Exhibition: A Curatorial Conversation with Artists Speaker｜Chloe Chow @chloechowcls Date｜21 March 2026 (Saturday) Time｜3:00pm–5:00pm Venue｜WYNG Space (Sheung Wan) In the dual role of critic/curator, how do they navigate the intricate relationships within the art world? In this talk, Chloe Chow reflects on what it means to “critic as a curator” when critique is directed first and foremost towards artists rather than audiences. She will share how curatorial work can become an ongoing, conversational form of criticism embedded in the creative process, rather than a verdict on the final exhibition. The session will explore how dialogue, trust, and tension between curator and artist can open up new possibilities for making, reframing critique as a relational and generative practice. ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿ Language｜Cantonese Fee｜HK$380 per session (Flash offer*: HK$300 per session) Application deadline｜11am on Monday, 14 January 2026 How to apply | Complete the registration form ( https://forms.gle/oXZKybu3dAP8jJso9 ) *Flash offer available only during the specified period (today until 11:59 pm on 4 January 2026) For full programme details, see the website page .   Follow   @1a_artcritic and share with friends who interested in art, criticism, or writing.

Since the late 80s after martial law, Taiwan has focused on the development of its economy. Under the cultural policy, which encourages the art industry, collaboration with the private sector has become a trend. A proliferation of private foundations and museums has been founded to provide various platforms for the exchange and practice of art and discussion. These private initiatives function to fill the gap left by bureaucracy and scarce resources from the government, serving as a parallel force in cultivating the field. This talk will introduce the background and discuss how these private initiatives interact with the art infrastructure in Taiwan. The talk is co-presented by Asia Art Archive and 1a space. About the Speaker: Lai Hsiangling is an independent curator based in Taiwan. She received her Master’s degree in art history from the University of Kansas and studied at the Museum Studies Program at George Washington University. Formerly a curator at the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts and the Taipei Fine Arts Museum, she has more than 20 years of experience in curatorial practice and management in Taiwan. In addition, she served as Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Taipei, Executive Director of the Dimension Endowment of Art, and Head of the Grant Department of the National Culture and Arts Foundation in Taiwan. She was also the Founding Director of Rockbund Art Museum in Shanghai. In 2001, she was the recipient of a joint fellowship from the National Culture and Arts Foundation and the Fulbright Commission for travel and research in the US. Ms. Lai currently serves on the Boards of the Dimension Endowment of Art and the Spring Foundation in Taiwan. Date: 7th March, 2013 (Thursday) Time: 6:30-8pm Venue: A Space, 10/F, 233 Hollywood Road, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong *The talk will be conducted in Mandarin.

1a space is currently undergoing renovation in an effort to adapt the interior for future programmes and development. The work will allow more effective use of space in exhibitions and events, as well as improve viewing experience. 1a space will re-open to the public in mid-March with an exhibition.

Taiwan-Hong Kong Curator Exchange Programme Official Partner 1a space Presents: A Talk by Wu Mali ‘Art as Social Engagement: Working in Community’ Date & Time: 19 January 2013 (Saturday), 3-5pm Venue: 1a space (Unit 14, Cattle Depot Artist Village, 63 Ma Tau Kok Road, To Kwa Wan, Hong Kong) The talk is conducted in Mandarin and Cantonese. Background 1a space is proud to present a talk by renowned Taiwanese curator and multi-disciplinary artist Wu Mali, titled ‘Art as Social Engagement: Working in Community’ on 19th January. The talk is the first in a series of eventsdesigned for the inaugural ‘Taiwan-Hong Kong Curator Exchange Programme’ in 2012-13. The exchange programme is organized by the National Culture and Arts Foundation (NCAF) in Taiwan. Theme In recent years, there has been a number of attempts to bring art into communities in Hong Kong, while social engagement has become something of a hot topic in art. Wu Mali will explore the topic of community art in her talk based on her experience in organizing art projects for various Taiwanese local groups, and discuss the different facets of socially engaging art with the audience in Hong Kong. Contact local artists The exchange programme will culminate in an exhibition curated by Wu Mali on community art in Taiwan and Hong Kong. As preparation for the exhibition, she is keen to get in touch with community art practitioners in Hong Kong, in order to gain a better understanding of the current condition in which this type of art operates. Artists and all those who are interested in this kind of projects are welcome to contact her during her stay in Hong Kong. Wu Mali’s Bio Wu Mali is currently Assistant Professor and Head of Graduate Institute of Interdisciplinary Art in the National Kaohsiung Normal University. After graduating from the National Art Academy, Dusseldorf, Germany, Wu returned to Taiwan in 1985 and focused on creating critical artworks that respond to the political and social reality at the time. In recent years she has devoted much of her energy to organizing community art activities, with the aim of going beyond criticism and use creative thinking to push for real changes. Her community art projects include ‘Awakening from Your Skin’ (2000-2004), which encouraged local women to explore and reconsider their own bodies and minds through playing with textiles; ‘Tracing Danshui River’ (2006), ‘A Cultural Action on Tropic of Cancer’ (2006-7), and more recently ‘A Cultural Action on Plum Tree Creek’ (2011). Upcoming Events Celebrated local writer and critic Mr. Ma Kwok Ming will give a talk on 26th January (3-5pm) at 1a Space, where he will discuss art’s intervention in the public sphere from the perspective of Walter Benjamin’s seminal essay ‘The Author as Producer’. The in-depth discussion may inspire practitioners to think about community art from an unusual point of view. Ms. Lai Hsiang-ling, the director of Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Taipei, will give a talk on 7th March (time to be confirmed) in Hong Kong upon the invitation of 1a Space and Asia Art Archive. She will speak about the development of curating as a practice in Taiwan. The talk will take place at Asia Art Archive.

Do come to 1a space gallery to visit "Destination Berlin" exhibition if you haven't! Last day of the exhibition will be on 23 Dec 2012, there's only one week left, Don't miss it! 1a space gallery will close at 4pm for the Midwinter Festival on 21 Dec 2012. Thank you for your attention.

Due to special program arrangement, 1a space gallery will close at 2pm on Thursday, 29/11/2012. Normal opening hours will resume on Friday, 30/11/2012. Sorry for any inconvenience caused.

DESTINATION BERLIN: the search of identity. In November 2009, when the city of Berlin was celebrating the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, a twist of the fate brought together six international artists: Jacqueline Kooter (Amsterdam), Shirley Wiebe (Canada), Susana López F. (Spain), Thea Jentjens (Amsterdam), Wai Kit Lam (Hong Kong), Wai Yi Lai (Hong Kong). 1a Space presents Destination Berlin, a group exhibition about the search for individual and collective identity through the work that was created during their shared art residency in the city of Berlin. We start a journey through their different views and we explore different art techniques from graphite to paint to multimedia art, and we travel to investigate the different faces and interpretations of identity. Jacqueline, Shirley, Susana, Thea, Kit and Yi investigate concepts such as communication and integration in a city where the unfamiliar language of German made them vulnerable. At the same time, these circumstances help them to go within in order to express and respond to new complexities. The concept of identity has been an ongoing discussion between artists and philosophers from the early centuries to the present. We define identity as “the state or fact of remaining the same one or ones under varying aspects or conditions”. This exhibition reveals six individual glances and expressions on the theme of identity, through a common platform: the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and the reunification of the German city. The nomadic and fluctuating qualities that define contemporary life often require us to relocate to another city, a different country, with a new language and cultural background that are different from our own. Connections between environment, memory and identity form a continuous thread of questioning in Shirley´s work. Much of it is transient and migratory, reflecting our ability to move and relocate, to shift our lives into new settings. In Destination Berlin, Shirley exhibits two large-scale drawings, the first one created in Berlin, and second, upon returning to Vancouver. The works vividly reflect the experience of being immersed in a new environment and culture through fragmentary elements that appear to float and drift across a surface. Susana López F. shows in her work a reflection of many hours spent at airports waiting for flights. She explores how airports are places where identity is scrutinized and we become anonymous, but at the same time is the centre of contemporary culture. In Destination Berlin, Susana show us Letzter Aufruf. This project is a convergence of both topics from the show: Identity and the reunification of Berlin. In November 2011, Susana travelled to Berlin to give graphic testimony of two airports: Tegel and Schönefeld, which are still memory of that Wall that some day ago divided the city and also the whole world into two: West and East. And perhaps Identity, that we consider so valuable nowadays, was something people from East Berlin wanted to lose in order to have an anonymous life that let them be free. Jacqueline Kooter reflects on the lack of freedom to move around using three videos: “Walled in”, “Blocked off” and “Trapped in the city”. These videos are based on her stay in Berlin during the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall in 2009. Thea, shows us a series of drawings mostly with architectural elements, a reflection of her long walking tours in the formerly divided city. A reflection about how absurd history can be in a city where most of the official buildings are duplicated because of its old leaders´ search of identity. As a result of her constant international trips Wai Kit Lam thinks about who She is very often. she feels as Chinese when she is abroad and when she comes home she feels closer to Western culture than Chinese Traditions. During her stay in Berlin in 2009, Wai Kit continues to examinate her identity in this foreign city through a language she does not speak and is not able to understand. We are going to conclude with Wai Yi Lai´s work. She is a Chinese artist, which work is about the relationship between the environment and people. She looks for her identity through the sorrounding environment, but for her sorrounding environment refers to the correlation between humans and the entities embracing us. In Destination Berlin she shows us a tribute to Mr. and Mrs. Gu . . . and all who have lost their home in China. Curator Susana Lopez Fernandez Participating artists Jacqueline Kooter (Amsterdam) Shirley Wiebe (Canada) Susana López F. (Spain) Thea Jentjens (Amsterdam) Wai Kit Lam (Hong Kong) Wai Yi Lai (Hong Kong) Opening Cocktail Reception Date: 21September 2012 (Friday) Time: 7:00pm Artist Talk Date: 22September 2012 (Saturday) Time: 2:30 - 4:00pm Exhibition Period Date: 21 September to 23 December 2012 Time: 11:00am -7:00pm (Tuesday-Sunday) 1a Space Unit 14, Cattle Depot Artist village 63 Ma Tau Kok Road, To Kwa Wan, Kowloon, Hong Kong Tel: 852-25290087, Email: info@oneaspace.org.hk Fax:852-25290072, Website: www.oneaspace.org.hk Artist Dossier: http://issuu.com/susanalopezfernandez/docs/destinationberlin To Know More: http://destinationberlin2012.blogspot.com.es/

Organizer: Hong Kong Art Network Co-organizer: 1a space Supported by: Hong Kong Arts Development Council Supporting Organizations: Department of Fine Arts, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Academy of Visual Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong Art School, Art Beatus Gallery, Gallery Exit, Schoeni Gallery Curator: Leung Shiu Kee, Eric Artists: Department of Fine Arts, The Chinese University of Hong Kong CHAN Suet Yi, CHAN Wai Yee, CHAN Wing Sang, CHIU Tsz Ting, CHU Ka Ki, KWONG Wing Kwan, LAU Kwan Yin, Anki, LAW Ka Nam, TSANG Lai Wa, WONG Yan Yin, Rachel Academy of Visual Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University CHAN Pak Kin, Brandon, CHAN Yuet Yi, CHONG Wai, Isaac, HSU Wai Lun, KWAN Long Hei, Matthew, LAM Fan Shing, LI Ka Lee, LUI Hong Ling, Joesphine, MAK Lai Ying, Edith, YEUNG Pik Ki, Jovial Hong Kong Art School CHAN Chi Hau, Ivan, CHAN King Wai, CHAN Sum Yan, Tap, CHEUNG Sze Lit, Szelit, CHOW Hoi Lam, Jenny, D' AQUINO Aaron, DING Mei Ling, Dorothy, LAI Hoi Sai, Joey, Kenneth NG,, WONG Fung Chi Venue/ Date: Exhibition Hall, Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre 7A Kennedy Road, Central, HK 15-26/ 8/ 2012 10:00am-9:00pm (Closed on Tue) 27/ 8/ 2012 10:00am-5:00pm 1a space Unit 14, Cattle Depot Artist Village, 63 Ma Tau Kok Road, To Kwa Wan, Kowloon, HK 15/ 8- 2/ 9/2012 11:00am-7:00pm (Closed on Mon) Opening: 19/ 8/ 2012 (Sun) 4:00pm Lecture Theatre, Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre Opening Guests Ms. LAU Fung Ha, Lesley, Chief Curator, Art Promotion Office Mr Richard YIU, General Manager, Art Beatus Gallery Mr Anthony TAO, Curator, Gallery Exit Ms Nicole SCHOENI, Director, Schoeni Art Gallery Mr TAM Wai Ping, Assistant Professor, Department of Fine Arts, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Mr HO Siu Kee, Associate Professor, Academy of Visual Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University Ms LAM Laam, Jaffa, Senior Lecturer, Hong Kong Art School Art Ecology of HK Seminar: 19/ 8/ 2012 (Sun) 2:30pm Lecture Theatre, Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre Speakers Mr TAM Wai Ping, Assistant Professor, Department of Fine Arts, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Mr Anthony TAO, Curator, Gallery Exit Mr CHOW Chun Fai, Artist

Date: 22 June - 10 August 2012 Venue: 1a space (Cattle Depot Artist Village) Participating artists: Overseas artists --- Alessandro Carboni(Italy), David Haley(U.K.), Ichi Ikeda(Japan), Yutaka Yano (Japan) Local artists --- Annie Wan, Chris Chan, Kingsley Ng, Chung Wai lan, Lo Chi Kit Artist profiles ---  http://www.kaitakriver.com/participating-artists/ Opening cocktail: 6:30-9:30pm 22 June (With performance by participating overseas artists) Curator's Note: Kai Tak River is approximately 3 kilometers in length running through the old districts of Wong Tai Sin and Kowloon City in East Kowloon. Ten years ago or more, it was notorious for its stinky smell and as other things in Hong Kong, it was seen but not cherished, it was ordinary but without face. Now the nearby living space and ecological environments have been changing drastically. It stands there as a silent witness to all urban developments. The river is both the physical connection of geographies and the embodiment of the community's memory. When artists enter the environment, will turn it into a platform for playing imagination? Or to make a good intention come true? Is it a temporal metaphor for the communal life? How do artists instill their imagination of the future or critical perspectives into the locale with their creativity? Kai Tak River also mirrors many aspects of Hong Kong's spatial development. The surrounding fresco of schools, communities, housing estates, parks and major transportation routes sums up and reflects the life of old communities. Isn't its variety a metaphor for the constant transformation of local communities, and the future development of green lifestyle? As the artists enter the green environment to connect art with education--Is this just a story about symbols, or a source of artistic power that inspires, acts and opens up the public imagination and dialogue?

The seventh of the ‘Hong Kong Visual Art Criticism Incubation Programme’, focuses on the ecology of traditional media and social networks, as well as the differences and transformations in writing art criticism. The 15-session course, led by veteran critics Samwai Lam and wen yau, covers introductory reflections, practical exhibition viewing and seminars, and analysis, dismantling stereotypes of art criticism and reshaping its diverse possibilities. To encourage participants to continue writing art criticism, we will promote the programme on our Instagram page (@1a_artcritic) and website. From November 2025 to April 2026, the tutors will select outstanding participant articles for publication on the platforms. We aim to provide participants with a lasting, autonomous platform for publishing art articles, committed to fostering the local art criticism ecology in Hong Kong. _______________________________________ Workshop Schedule | Total of 15 sessions, 2 hours each Dates & Time | Sundays 11:00am–1:00pm 2025: 16/11, 23/11, 7/12 Saturdays 3:00pm–5:00pm 2025: 13/12, 20/12 2026: 10/1, 17/1, 24/1, 31/1, 7/2, 14/2, 28/2, 14/3, 21/3, 11/4 Venue | 1a space (with some sessions visiting various arts and cultural institutions) Language | Cantonese (some reading materials in English) Writing language | Chinese or English Target Audience | Cultural enthusiasts keen to deepen their knowledge of visual art criticism Fee | HK$6,200 (participants completing all criticism assignments eligible for up to HK$600 tuition rebate) Application deadline |  11:59 pm on Monday, 3 November 2025 How to apply | Complete the application form: https://forms.gle/vkqyVTUBQ2idxBVu6 Read More: ​ https://www.oneaspace.org.hk/hkartcriticism2025-2026

We're thrilled to reveal the results of our highly competitive Open Call for the Second Edition of the Mid-Career Artist Exhibition & Publication Series! Selected Trio:  Artist: Chloë Cheuk  Curator: Yang Yeung  Researcher: Christina Chung  A series of events including exhibition, publication and public programmes will be launched at 1a space.  More information about the Second Edition of Mid-Career Artist Exhibition & Publication Series will be announced on our social media, stay tuned!  Thank you once again for the support!