賴韋林生於1990年,在2012年和2018年先後於香港中文大學藝術系獲學士及藝術碩士學位,並於2018年獲得大華銀行年度水墨藝術大獎,得獎作品同時捐贈于大華銀行收藏。
賴氏主要以水墨為創作媒介,對於工筆畫創作過程中的程序性尤感興趣,同時他以水墨層層疊加的暈染技法擁有一種他安靜執著的氣質。他的創作概念多以常見事物的細節元素重新組合並呈現,希望從不同角度及技法詮釋水墨創作的可能性。作品主題圍繞著城市、人和大自然的關係,表現城市化的急促與自然環境裡的悠閒之間的對比及衝突。在農村長大的他,大自然給予他的是內心的自由和寧靜,作品正正表現他慢慢步入社會,對快速、人工的發展與其成長環境形成鮮明對比的內心感受。
LAI Wai Lam
Born in 1990, Lai Wai Lam received his B.A. in Fine Arts and Master of Fine Arts from The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2012 and 2018 respectively. In 2018, he was awarded the Bronze Award – Established Artist Category (Landscape or Figurative) in the annual art competition in Hong Kong – The 2018 UOB Art in Ink Awards. The winning artwork is now donated to United Overseas Bank’s collection.
Lai mainly focuses on ink as a medium of creation and is especially interested in the procedure of delineative painting. At the same time, his shading and smudge technique of superimposed ink layers retains a quiet and persistent temperament like himself. Reorganizing visual details of objects encountered in daily life is always presented in his artworks as he makes use of different technique and perspective to explore possibility of ink art creation ink painting. Lai grew up in the countryside which gives him spiritual freedom and peace. As he starts his career in the city, he begins to feel the pace of the rapid and artificial urban development. As a result, he attempted to express his inner feeling with his paintings depicting the relationship between the city, human and nature such as the contrast between urban bustle and leisure in the natural environment.