Kate originates from the UK but has been living in Hong Kong for 13 years. She has had solo and group exhibitions in Hong Kong before as well as in London , exploring political and social issues through her mixed media, printing and painting work.

With three daughters, it’s apt that the latest exhibition by Hong Kong-based artist Kate Sparrow is all about girl power.“I have girls so of course I worry about what future they will have. But I also want them to know they can do whatever they want in life,” says the British-born art teacher and mother to Matilda, 13, Maggie, 11, and three-year-old Violet.
At her village home and studio in Sai Kung, Sparrow says she was inspired to create a collection celebrating local heroes after meeting “ordinary women doing extraordinary things”.

“Over a year, I met all these amazing women who kept recommending other amazing women and it just sort of snowballed. A common thread among them was they woke up each morning feeling grateful,” says Sparrow.The result is “I Am Woman”, 10 oil and acrylic portraits of subjects who include powerlifter and former Hong Kong rugby player Daniella Means; performance artist Giselle Lui; and Hong Kong Youth Arts Foundation founder Lindsey McAlister. Also part of the collection is a portrait of Gemma Abade Calajate, Sparrow’s helper and an artist in her own right, who has a show coming up at The Mills, in Tsuen Wan, and is a member of the domestic worker artist collective Guhit Kulay.Sparrow says another motivation for the show was the under-representation of female artists in the city. “Only 22 per cent of solo art shows supported by galleries in Hong Kong feature women artists; and yet about 80 per cent of [graduates from Chinese University’s department of fine arts – the city’s most established art school] are female,” says Sparrow. “I wanted to play my part in tackling this imbalance.”

—— Kylie Knott, South China Morning Post

I am woman 2019

Hong Kong Human Rights Prize 2017 and 2018

Asia Contempoary 2018

Unity and Diversity 2017

Beyond the Fold 2015

Brick Lane Gallery London

Sketchbook Project 2013

TOPOGRAPHY 2013