ABOUT
Pete Ross is an award winning Hong Kong artist. In 2013 he won the People's Prize at Asia Contemporary and was selected in 2017 as 40 under 40 creative leaders of today and tomorrow. His work has been exhibited in Hong Kong, London and New York and he is the cofounder of the Hong Kong Arts Collective, an art organization working to put Hong Kong emerging artists on the map.
BIOGRAPHY
Pete Ross was born in Hong Kong in 1985. Captivated by the constant evolving city, Pete was drawn towards architecture and its relation with people during a time of change and political uncertainty as the territory struggled to find its identity and forge its future.
Pete is now a RIBA architect in Hong Kong with a keen interest in socio-urban interactions. His art focuses on his thoughts and observations on his home town Hong Kong and the seeming juxtaposition of the masterplan city and the unpredictable nature of people. His style uses traditional, detailed drawing techniques in contrast to urban stencil work. He brings to the forefront cultural mixes, diversity, memory and contradictions of city life, drawing from his own inspirations of Chinese and Western art. His work often references old ways of life, traditions and cultures against the fast paced perceptions of modern life and poses questions to the viewer of our own sense of belonging and identity within an ever-changing urban landscape.
EXHIBITIONS
2021 Driven, HKARTS, Mercedes Brand Center and Showroom, Hong Kong.
2020 Square Print Exhibition, HKARTS, Wan Chai, Hong Kong.
2020 Christmas Exhibition, HKARTS, Water Street, Hong Kong.
2019 Solo Show, The Hong Kong Club
2019 Home Grown, The Nate, Hong Kong
2018 Affordable Art Fair, Blue Lotus Gallery, Hong Kong
2018 Hong Kong Dimensions, Blue Lotus Gallery, Hong Kong
2018 Artist of the Month, Brickhouse, Hong Kong
2017 Affordable Art Fair, Blue Lotus Gallery, Hong Kong
2016 HK Reflected, Voxfire Gallery, Hong Kong​
2016 Signal 8, Cat Street, Hong Kong​
2016 Affordable Art Fair, Cat Street Gallery, Hong Kong
2015 Slideluck, Hong Kong
2015 MobArt, PMQ, Hong Kong
2015 Signal 8, Cat Street, Hong Kong​
2015 Affordable Art Fair, Cat Street Gallery, Hong Kong
2015 Blueprint, Swire Properties, Hong Kong
2014 Celebration, Artists Abroad, Hong Kong
2014 Cracker, Cat Street, Hong Kong
2014 Slideluck, Hong Kong
2014 Somewhere in Time, Hong Kong History Museum, Hong Kong
2014 Open Door Cafe, Hong Kong
2014 Signal 8, Cat Street, Hong Kong
2014 Somewhere in Time, PMQ, Hong Kong
2014 Solo Show, The Hong Kong Club
2013 Artist of the Month, Brickhouse, Hong Kong
2013 Juxtapose, Above Second, Hong Kong
2013 The Asia Contemporary Art Show, Hong Kong
2013 The Affordable Art Fair, Hong Kong
2013 Mandarin Oriental Hotel Art Fair, Hong Kong
2012 Private Commission
2011 (RE)volution, Zetter, Hong Kong
