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.