The Sovereign Art Foundation Students Prize was established in Hong Kong in 2012. Entrants must be enrolled at secondary school in Hong Kong and be nominated by their teacher. To learn more about the Students Prizes, click here.
Welcome to Charity!
2021 Winners
The Judges’ Prize
Hsu Ching Wai Harue – 100¥ Per Day
Public Vote Prize Winner
Nip Tin Yan – Damage of The Ocean
Finalists
Finalists will be announced in September – please stay tuned.
Key Dates
Submission Period
5 July – 23 August
Finalists Notified
Early September
Shortlist Announced
Early October
Finalists Exhibition
26 October – 9 November
Awards Ceremony (invitation only)
To be announced
Events
Finalists Exhibition
8 – 11 October 2021 | HK Convention & Exhibition Centre
Judges
Howard Bilton
Chairman and Founder, The Sovereign Group
Howard Bilton is Chairman and founder of The Sovereign Group – one of the world’s largest privately-owned consultancies specialising in the provision of offshore trusts and companies and associated international tax advice.
Howard currently lives and works in Hong Kong.
Howard holds a joint honours degree in classics and law from the University of Keele and is qualified as a Barrister and called to the Bars of England/Wales and Gibraltar. As a visiting non-resident Professor at Texas A and M University, he assists with their LLM and Master’s degrees in International Tax and Offshore Centres. He is a regular contributor of articles to numerous newspapers and technical news wires.
In Hong Kong in 2003, Howard formed The Sovereign Art Foundation (SAF), a charitable organisation also registered in Guernsey, Malta, Singapore, South Africa and the United Kingdom. SAF runs a range of art prizes designed to increase the exposure of artists in the region, while raising money to help disadvantaged children. SAF has raised over US$9 million and has helped thousands of disadvantaged children using expressive arts as a means of education and rehabilitation.
Howard is also the Founder and Chairman of Howard’s Folly Wines, Portugal. All wines use art on the labels and often feature work by finalists of The Sovereign Asian Art Prize of the same year. A proportion of the wine operations revenue goes to support SAF.
Chairman and Founder, The Sovereign Group
Peggy Chan Pui Leng
Artist and Founder of Art Together
Susanna Lo
Susanna Lo has over 10 years of experience in organising art events. In 2005, Susanna Lo founded Art & Antique International Fair Ltd. (AAIF) with Andy Hei, a professional antique dealer. AAIF was the pioneer of art fairs in Hong Kong: its inaugural fair “Hong Kong International Asian Antiques and Arts Fair” in 2006, which was renamed “Fine Art Asia” in 2010, was the first international art fair in Hong Kong in more than a decade.
In October 2015, Susanna was appointed one of the twelve founding members of the Hong Kong Antique and Art Galleries Association (HKAAGA). The aim of the association is to maximize the collective expertise of its members to deliver the maximum value to art lovers, and raise Hong Kong’s art market to a higher level of recognition. In December 2015, Susanna and her partner founded another art fair, “Ink Asia”, was the first-ever international art fair specialising in ink art, hosting both local and world-renowned galleries and artists, making a new page for the Hong Kong Art Scene. In 2019 and 2020, Susanna established Art Mentor International Ltd. and Art Mentor Education Foundation Ltd. respectively with the aim of improving students’ English proficiency, communication skill and art appreciation through musical theatre education and the production of original music and stories for brand new musicals in Broadway-style.
Founder and CEO, Fine Art Asia
Sara Mao
Director of Christie’s Education Asia
Kevin Leung Sung Yum
Kevin Leung is a veteran arts educator, council member of gifted education group in Curriculum Development Council Committee Education Bureau, mentor of “Enlightening Professionals-Mentorship Scheme” Education University of Hong Kong, as well as a convenor and member of the Visual Arts Education Focus Concern Core Group. Mr. Leung received the Chief Executive’s Award for Teaching Excellence in Arts Education Key Learning Area, Master of Education with Academic Excellence from Education University of Hong Kong, and The Outstanding Arts Teacher Award received from Hong Kong Arts Development Council.
He was previously member of Education Commission in the Arts Education Key Learning Area under the Education Bureau, teaching consultant and external member of the Culture & Creative Arts Department Education University of Hong Kong. He was also a member of HKCEE & HKALE Arts Subject Committee under the Hong Kong Examination & Assessment Authority.
HKSEA Vice President