Wuon-Gean Ho
Wuon-Gean Ho | |
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| Born | 1973 |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Cambridge University |
Notable work | Lunar coin series |
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Wuon-Gean Ho (Chinese: 何文津; pinyin: hé wén jīn) (born 1973, Oxford)[1] is a British Chinese artist who specialises in printmaking and whose work has appeared in various international art exhibitions and art collections.[2] She has taken on art residencies at a number of institutions including the , , Bluecoat Arts Centre and Aberystwyth School of Art. Examples of her work are displayed at both the National Art Library and the Tate Library.[3] In 2014 she was commissioned by the Royal Mint to design their annual Lunar coin series for which she has done five years in a row.[4]
Biography[]
Wuon-Gean Ho was born in Oxford to Malaysian and Singaporean parents who moved to London in the 1960s to study. Her mother was a nurse and her father was a veterinarian. She graduated in 1998 from Cambridge University with a degree in the History of Art and gained a license to practice veterinary medicine. After university she applied for a Japanese scholarship to study traditional woodblock printmaking in Kyoto and later returned to the UK to work in printing.[5]
Commissions[]
- Cover art for 2011 novel The Tiger's Wife[6]
- Animal designs for the Royal Mint's Lunar coin series[7]
References[]
- ^ "Wuon-Gean Ho Prints and Biography". Warnock Fine Arts. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- ^ "About". wuongean.com. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
- ^ "Ms Wuon-Gean Ho 何文津女士". British Chinese Heritage Centre. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
- ^ Oliver, Dan (2016-02-05). "Behind the design: The 2016 Lunar Year of the Monkey UK coins". Royal Mint. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
- ^ "Wuon-Gean Ho". East London Printmakers. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
- ^ "Beasts on Book Covers". The Casual Optimist. 23 September 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- ^ "Royal Mint celebrates next Lunar Year with coins". CoinWorld. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
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- 1973 births
- Living people
- 21st-century British women artists
- Artists from Oxford
- Alumni of the University of Cambridge
- English people of Chinese descent
- English people of Malaysian descent
- English people of Singaporean descent
- British currency designers
- Women graphic designers