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TRAVIEE

b. 1984 in Hong Kong

Lives and works in Lisbon, Portugal.

Contemporary Artist (Painting)

ABOUT

TRAVIEE is a Hong Kong-born, Lisbon-based artist working primarily in contemporary painting.

 

His practice explores desire and identity through abstracted forms, gestures, and fragmented visual language. Language, including Chinese characters, is incorporated not as readable text, but as visual elements — shifting between rhythm, memory, and emotional tension. Often drawing from quiet states of longing and a childlike openness of perception, the work resists resolution and remains intentionally incomplete.

Rather than offering direct narratives, the work allows meaning to surface gradually. Through repetition, scale, and compositional restraint, each painting holds a space for reflection, where interpretation remains open and unresolved.

 

*A selected PDF portfolio is available upon request.

EDUCATION

2015  Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Scenography | Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts

2007  Bachelor of Education (BEd) in Visual Arts | The Education University of Hong Kong

EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED)

2024  Group Exhibition | Portugal through the Eyes of Chinese Painters | AOMO Gallery, Greater Lisbon, Portugal

2023  Solo Exhibition | Start from Zero | Casa dos Prados, Greater Lisbon, Portugal 

2016  Group Exhibition | Dialogue with Graffiti | Amphitheatre, Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, Hong Kong.

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