Wing Shya
Images and Writing by Wing Shya
About the Artist:
Wing Shya transmutes between film, art and fashion. Born in Hong Kong 1964, Shya returned to Hong Kong following his fine art studies at Emily Carr Institute in Canada and founded the award-winning design studio, Shya-la-la Workshop. In 1997, appointed as the exclusive photographer and graphic designer; Shya began his collaboration with the renowned movie director, Wong Kar-Wai on Happy Together, continued then on In the Mood for Love, Eros and 2046. A now-recognized director, Shya began his venture in filmmaking by collaborating with musicians and artistes like Karen Mok, Jacky Cheung and Vanessa Mae on music videos. In Spring 2010, Shya debuted his block-buster movie, Hot Summer Days and continued to work on the sequel, Love in Space, released in Fall 2011. In 2010, invited by Rodarte; Wing Shya conceived of a fashion-art film for their Maggie Cheung Collection, and in 2011, he was invited by YOOX to contemplate Lost Paradise, another fashion-art initiative for thecorner.com in China.
About the Project:
Youth is now taking a central position in his work, to Shya, they offer an authentic inroads into life as it is now, something even the most gifted of actors couldn't possibly offer. When he shoots youth, he also talks to them and learns from them, as if his newest works aren't directed by him at all, nor written by, but instead star Shya as a character involved in a story unravelling in real-time. This curiosity lead him into teaching positions and he thoroughly embraces the symbiotic relationship - where both parties can learn from each other.
Shya has long been an inspiration to those cutting their teeth in the Hong Kong artistic world, now he's returned to the role of a teacher-student, learning about his city all over again from the newest crop of emerging artists.
