Szeto Nigel - Biography,Professional artist. Member of China Artists Association.Szeto Nigel was born to a scholarly family in Kaiping, Guangdong. His grandfather, Szeto Mei, was a famous poet and an honored student in the regional public exam during the late Qing Dynasty; his father, Szeto Kei (courtesy name Cang Cheng) , was a master of Lingnan School of painting. Szeto Nigel learned from Chinese painting masters such as Chao Shao-an, Guan Shanyue, Yang Shanshen, Li Xiongcai, Chen Jinghong and Lin Jin. He attended Capilano University(formerly Capilano College)in Canada majoring in art and Emily Carr University of Art and Design(formerly Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design)majoring in painting and graduated from both with distinction.He has held many solo exhibitions and joint exhibitions in Switzerland, America, Britain, Canada,Australia, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, Guangzhou, Beijing, Nanjing, Shanghai, Jiangmen, Dongguan, Shenzhen and Yantai. His works are collected by museums and galleries such as the Canadian Museum of History(formerly the Canadian Museum of Civilization) , Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong Heritage Museum, Hong Kong Maritime Museum, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall Taipei(臺北國父紀念館), Taiwan Pingtung County Council(臺灣屏東省議會大樓), Republic of China Military Academy Taiwan(臺灣鳳山陸軍軍官學校), Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region,(中央人民政府駐香港特別行政區聯絡辦公室)Office of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in Beijing,(香港特區政府駐北京辦事處)the Great Hall of the People (北京人民大會堂), National Art Museum of China (中國美術館), Nanjing Museum(南京博物院), Dongguan Lingnan Art Gallery(東莞嶺南畫院), Yantai Mass Art Gallery(山東煙臺群眾藝術館), Memorial Art Gallery of Lingnan School in Guangzhou (廣州嶺南畫派紀念館) , Garden of Ten Fragrance Memorial Art Gallery (廣州十香園紀念館) , Kaiping Museum of Art (開平市美術館), Jiangmen Art Gallery (江門市美術館)and Macau Foundation(澳門基金會) .
In recent years, Szeto Nigel has been very active in the art field. He is now the Director of Cang Cheng (Hong Kong) Art Studio(香港蒼城畫院) , the Vice-president of Cang Cheng(Hong Kong)Art Association(香港蒼城畫會) , the Founding President of Cang Cheng(Canada) Art Association(加拿大蒼城畫會), the expert member of the Committee of the Chinese Culture and Art Association (中華文化藝術學會) , a member of Hong Kong Association of Contemporary Ink Wash Painting(現代水墨香港學會) , the Founding President of International WuYi Artists Association( 國際五邑書畫家協會) , a master class tutor of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts( 廣州大學美術學院), a researcher of Lingnan School of painting and Honorary Artist of GuangZhou Fine Art Institute(廣州畫院) , a committee member of the Professional Selection Panel of Garden of Ten Fragrance Memorial Art Gallery(廣州市十香園紀念館), the Honorary President of Guangzhou Hai Ri Painting Association(廣州海日書畫會), the Honorary Dean of Guangzhou Zhi Gong Art Studio(廣州致公畫院), a member of director council, Liwan District, GuangZhou CPPCC Art Association(廣州市荔灣區政協書畫院理事), the Honorary Dean of GuangDong Heng Xin Art museum(廣東恆鑫書畫院), a Visiting Artist of Shenzhen Fine Art Institute(深圳畫院), a contract artist of Dongguan Lingnan Art Studio(東莞嶺南畫院) , the Vice President of the West Lake Gallery of Zhejiang Provincial Museum (中國浙江省博物館西湖畫院), an Associated Member of Federation of Canadian Artists (A.F.C.A.), (加拿大藝術家聯盟會), an Honorary Consultant of Asia Research of the Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis(美國印第安那波里斯大學亞洲研究院), the President of the Cultural, Art and Society Event Committee of the Lions Club International District 303-Hong Kong & Macao, China(國際獅子總會中國港澳三○三區文化藝術及社會活動委員會)and the Vice President of Lingnan Art (Macau)Association(澳門嶺南畫派美術研究會).