Artist bio
Jimmy RICE
Hong Kong artist with more than 20 years of experience in the creative industry. His career spans from advertising art direction, visual merchandising and expanding into designing for shopping mall displays, festive decorations, interior spaces and public spaces.
Jimmy had collaborated with many brands including Lamborghini, K-Swiss, Pony, Ecko, CocaCola, Calvin Klein CK one, Heineken, Eastpak, Ted Baker UK, Converse, HKTDC and Hong Kong Creative commune. The diversity of work have helped Jimmy gained a panoramic perspective.
Living in Hong Kong had also allowed him to become curious and absorbent about cultures and technological advancements. As the founder of a classic b-boy crew in 1999, he has a heart to promote Hong Kong street culture.
Jimmy’s master in art is Mr Liang Yi Chuan, a third generation artist of the Lingnan School. Jimmy merges what he learnt with bold brushstrokes, forming his own wild yet Chinese influenced art style.
In his first exhibition, the R collection, he portrays the irony between human and the natural environment. By creating 3D sculptures of animal decorations with rifles instead of animals parts, it balances out the brutality by giving power back to nature.
His black terracotta army series, “Black Peace”, reflects how humanity are deep rooted with immorality. Using the background of the Warring Period of China and how Emperor Qin settled the ‘unification’ with extreme tactics, Jimmy comments on the irony of what war and peace is.
Jimmy sees that humanity has it many faults, and could benefit from starting over again. He comments on the irony of life seen in his surroundings. Jimmy comments that art should flow with its time and echo its era.