Both the East and the West have traditions of hot-formed, handmade glassmaking, taking advantage of the material’s unique properties, chance, and spontaneity to create brilliant, luminous glassworks from piles of sand and high heat. However, each culture’s approach to the use of color and their understanding of glass art has both similarities and differences, resulting in distinct styles in Eastern and Western glass art.

For this occasion, AEfolio has invited several renowned Chinese glass artists, who combine their deep understanding of Western glass techniques and art with their sensitivity to modern Chinese aesthetics and colors. Using glass as a medium, they blend Eastern artistry with a sense of the new era. They infuse their imagination, personal perspectives, inner musings, fascinations, and dreams into the glass, giving it new life, and present these creations through “Fine Art Asia.”

Eveline Ko

Artist and entrepreneur Eveline Ko, whose father was a master painter, has art deeply ingrained in her DNA. Following a successful finance career, she has dedicated the last decade to exploring traditional craft forms such as ceramics and glass. Her journey into glassblowing, which brought her to the United States to study with glass masters and to China and Hong Kong to establish glass design studios and galleries, revealed its transformative power and further fuelled her creative pursuits.

Exhibit Title: Womb
Year 2024
Dimensions: 24 x 14 x 29cm
Origin: Hong Kong, China
Price: HKD 16,500 / RMB 15,000 / USD 2,100
The artist uses the colors of glass, color contrasts, and abstract shapes to reflect the process of a fetus absorbing nutrients and developing within the womb.

Sun Liang

Sun Liang is a contemporary Chinese artist and a representative figure in Chinese contemporary glass art. Since his debut at the 1993 Venice Biennale, Sun Liang has made a significant impact on contemporary art. He masterfully combines classical Chinese aesthetics with modern themes, creating works that blend Chinese mythical creatures with biblical symbols. This fusion results in dream-like fantasies that transcend cultural and temporal boundaries, captivating viewers with a timeless and profound beauty. He now works in the Art College at University of Shanghai for Science & Technology.

Exhibit Title: Illusion Wings
Year 2024
Dimensions: 36 x 39 x 41cm
Origin: China
Price: HKD 154,000 / RMB 140,000 / USD 19,600

Exhibit Title: Hidden Sea – Pink
Year 2024
Dimensions: 40 x 30 x 47cm
Origin: China
Price: HKD 143,000 / RMB 130,000 / USD 18,200

Exhibit Title: Hidden Sea – Yellow
Year 2024
Dimensions: 44 x 30 x 54cm
Origin: China
Price: HKD 143,000 / RMB 130,000 / USD 18,200

Exhibit Title: Elf•Butterfly
Year 2024
Dimensions: 33 x 35 x 75cm
Origin: China
Price: HKD 176,000 / RMB 160,000 / USD 22,400

Qin Ling

Qin Ling is an esteemed contemporary glass artist and educator. He is an associate professor and Head of Glass and Ceramic Art Design at the Shanghai Institute of Visual Arts, Director at Shanghai Arts and Crafts Association, and Deputy Director of Shanghai Contemporary Glass Art Professional Committee. His work uses contemporary artistic expressions to reflect on cultural issues and aims to oﬀer viewers new perspectives on life.

Exhibit Title: Source II
Year 2024
Dimensions: 49 x 15 x 69cm
Origin: China
Price: HKD 77,000 / RMB 70,000 / USD 9,800

Exhibit Title: Between The Trees (Third Edition)
Year 2024
Dimensions: 50 x 20 x 50cm
Origin: China
Price: HKD 55,000 / RMB 50,000 / USD 7,000

Exhibit Title: Pine & Mist
Year 2010
Dimensions: 98 x 15 x 40cm
Origin: China
Price: HKD 66,000 / RMB 60,000 / USD 8,400

Exhibit Title: Color Gamut 20240602
Year 2024
Dimensions: 140 x 5 x 80cm
Origin: China
Price: HKD 44,000 / RMB 40,000 / USD 5,600

Li Jing

Jing Li is a glass artist, educator and researcher. He earned his Bachelor’s degree from China Central Academy of Fine Arts in 2008, and obtained an MFA degree in Glass Art from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale in 2012. Li was trained based on materials, and studied the traditional Venetian glass blowing and sculpting techniques. In the context of contemporary art and Chinese cultural identity, he has been exploring the use of glass as the main material to express an artist’s idea and concept in various art forms.

Exhibit Title: Spirit Realm No.5
Year 2024
Dimensions: 35 x 35 x 82cm
Origin: China
Price: HKD 94,600 / RMB 86,000 / USD 12,040

Exhibit Title: Spirit Realm No.2
Year 2024
Dimensions: 60 x 60 x 93cm
Origin: China
Price: HKD 84,700 / RMB 77,000 / USD 10,780

Exhibit Title: Spirit Realm No.7
Year 2024
Dimensions: 60 x 60 x 87cm
Origin: China
Price: HKD 140,800 / RMB 128,000 / USD 17,920

At AEfolio, we are passionate about exploring and sharing the art of glass. We are proud to showcase the best contemporary glass artists in the world who are truly masters of their craft – their innovative and thought-provoking work exemplifies the beauty and artistry of handcrafted glass.

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East meets West: Contemporary Masterworks in Fine Art Glass