b.1942(Guangdong, China)

Kwok Ti Hong was born in Shantou, Guangdong, and graduated from Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts. He settled in Hong Kong in 1976. He is now the art consultant of Guangdong Lingdong Museum of Arts, the founding director of the Hong Kong Artists Association, the executive director of the Overseas Chinese Artists Association, the vice president and art director of the Chinese Buddhist Painting and Calligraphy Academy. In 2015, he won the "4th World Outstanding Chinese Artist Award".

As a painter proficient in Chinese and Western art as well as an outstanding sculptor, Kwok Ti Hong not only has profound painting skills, but also is good at inclusively connecting art concepts and sculpture techniques with sociology, ethology, and anatomy. His paintings not only inherit the charm of traditional Chinese brush and ink, but also skillfully incorporate elements of Western painting, which are full of the spirit of the times.

Kwok Ti Hong went to Dunhuang three times for exploring and sketching. He got the rich materials for his creation from the Gobi and desert along the way. He has also read a lot of historical materials about the Silk Road and has handily embodied his profound understanding of the Silk Road in his iconic Silk Road series paintings.  

Kwok Ti Hong has profound artistic literacy and in-depth observation of life. His sculptures have accurate figures and vivid expressions, and are highly respected. He was entrusted by governments and institutions from many countries to design large-scale sculptures such as Buddha statues and celebrities. The Maitreya Buddha statue in Thailand's Wanfo Cien Temple (the largest Buddha statue in the world at that time) and more than 100 colorful human statues in Cambodia's Angkor Wat ethnic cultural village are all his classic works. The statues that he has created, such as famous Chinese mathematician Hua Luogeng, Chinese painting and calligraphy masters Liu Haisu, Zhao Shaoang, Shiwan Shanren, Hong Kong philanthropist Zhuang Jingan, traditional Chinese culture master Rao Zongyi, are all really true to life, and highly praised.

In the past few decades, Kwok Ti Hong has held solo exhibitions in mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and South Korea. His works have been collected by national institutions, private art museums and individual collectors such as the Hong Kong Museum of Art, the Thai Imperial Palace, the Angkor Wat Ethnic Culture Village in Cambodia, and the Tianshui Chengji Museum in Gansu Province.