Sharing by Celia Ko

In April we have had Celia Ko  (CSULB BFA, HKU MA) to share with us her background and sources of inspiration for her projects, and her exploration of her family history, while looking at how all three nourish and strengthen her work.

Celia Ko, is a well-known artist and art educator who exhibited in both Hong Kong and overseas. She received formal fine art training in Southern California with extensive knowledge in drawing, painting, print-making and art history. While she considers herself primarily an oil painter of the figurative and portraits, she adopts installation, mix-media, 3D objects and photography for her conceptual creations which constitute her recurring theme of autobiographical quest of identity. Her work demonstrates her diverse yet intense interests and considerations in painting the perceived and the reconstruction of memory.

Ko worked with the most influential multi-cultural/community mural organization SPARC in Los Angeles after her graduation and co-created…