Artist's Reception: Saturday, August 14, 2010

  

TIME: 4 - 6 PM 

 

 

LOCATION: The H Gallery, located inside Hungry's Bistro at 2356 Rice Blvd, Houston, TX 77005

 

 

Artist's Talk at 5PM

 

 

Light refreshments & wine will be served

 

 

Gallery Hours (Best Hours) Mon - Sun 3 - 5 PM

 

 

Regular Hours:

Mon - Thurs 11am-10pm

Fri 11am-11pm

Sat 9am-11pm

Sun 9am-10pm 

 

The H Gallery at Hungry's Bistro proudly presents the opening of its solo exhibition-Leo Chan: Colors and Faces

 

“Being able to create art is a gift. Some of my inspirations come from everyone and everything around me.”

Tak Shing (Leo) Chan, a native from Hong Kong, earned his Ph.D. in Mass Communication and Media Arts. His experiences and background in mass communication and media arts have stimulated his interests in both research and creative work. He is currently an Assistant Professor in the Communication Program and Digital Media Studies at University of Houston --- Clear Lake.

 In addition to his full time teaching and research activity, he is passionate about photography and art. Some of his inspirations come from everyone and everything around him.  His work has been exhibited at different galleries and can be found in various literary publications. He is also very passionate about traveling, learning about and embracing different cultures, and meeting interesting people. 

Leo visited Egypt last summer, which he described as a life enriching experience. He took a series of photographs informed by the faces and culture in Egypt. For this series, he also explored his feeling of being in this unique culture.

In addition to seeing the pyramids and temples, and boating on the Nile, he enjoyed meeting people there immensely. The different emotions on the faces that he saw in Egypt made his trip unforgettable. Leo was very fortunate to be able to capture the emotions of regular people; kids, women and men in his photographs. He said that some faces made him smile, and some made him feel sad. Some faces were gracious, and some were simply adorable. He also loved the colors portrayed in his photographs; the colors represented the uniqueness of the culture in Egypt. He’s forever grateful for all those faces in his photographs. With such a unique experience, he is delighted to share this life enriching journey with the rest of the world through this series of photographs with the connecting theme of “Colors and Faces”. 

Aside from his full time job, photography, and traveling, Leo is involved with non-profit organizations, such as Big Brothers Big Sisters, and GLSEN Houston. He believes that we could never have enough kindness, compassion, understanding, and tolerance.

 

For further information on Leo Chan please visit: www.leochanimages.com