Artist and Curator

Mok Wai Hong, Gary was born in Hong Kong in 1977. He graduated from the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing with a BA degree in 2007 and then was awarded a master’s degree in 2010. His works have been met with critical acclaim and he is one of the select few to have been nominated as a finalist for The Sovereign Asian Art Prize in 2005, 2006, 2009 and 2014. His work was also shown at New Art Wave in 2015.

As an artist, Mok knows a career in art is a difficult task. Since 2001, he has been actively involved in curating many important exhibitions and events to uplift fellow artists. In 2009, he curated the opening art exhibition "Endless" for Chow Sang Sang Beijing flagship store at Sanlitun. In 2010, he assisted young artist Chen Fei in developing art toy "Night Owl", which then launched in 2012. This year, Mok was the curator of “Today & Tomorrow”, a thematic show for Art Macao 2013, to promote representative Macau artists on international platforms.

Mok has also been a nominator for The Sovereign Asian Art Prize from 2017 to 2020, focusing primarily in contemporary Chinese art. In 2016-17, four of his nominated artists were finalists and one of his nominees, Li Hong-bo, won the Grand Prize.

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 new 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.

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HKSEA Vice President

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.

Founder and CEO, Fine Art Asia

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 partners 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.