Choi Yan-chi
Choi Yan-chi (, born 1949) is "one of few veteran female artists in Hong Kong." Biography. Early Years. She was born in Hong Kong in 1949, and received education in the city. She graduated in 1969 from Northcote College of Education and in 1970 from Grantham College of Education. After having her first solo show at the American Library in 1972, she attended Columbus College of Art and Design in 1973, and then the School of the Art Institute of Chicago from 1974 to 1976. She obtained MFA from the same school in 1978. Career. Choi began  teaching at Hong Kong Polytechnic Swire School of Design, the University of Hong Kong and the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1979. She had her first participation in performance in 1980, at an experimental theatre performance by The Hong Kong Art Centre called "Journey to China"(中國旅程). Afterwards, she participated in stage design for "Parting at River Yi" (易水送別), "Othello" (嫉) and "Fu" (負), before retreating from full-time teaching in 1986. She participated in an RTHK 13-week television art magazine program called 流光聚影 in 1988. Then, she resided in New York and Toronto in the 1990s, and returned  to Hong Kong in 1997. In 1998, she received fundings from Hong Kong Arts Development Council to start 1a space, a non-profit-making art space. She also resumed full-time teaching in the same year, in the Institute of Vocational Education. Afterwards, she moved on to the Hong Kong Baptist University. In 2011, Choi was granted an award by the Hong Kong Secretary of Home Affairs’ Commendation Scheme.