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Stephen Yau
Stephen Yau, an international award winning artist, art competitions juror and fine art instructor. He is a member of the Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolours CSPWS, International Watercolour Masters IWM England, MONDIAL Art Academia France, honourable director of the Dynasty Watercolour Association DWA Toronto and Art to fly HK.
His paintings have been exhibited in 42 solo and more than 300 group exhibitions in various countries and are in the collections of Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong Heritage Museum, Galerie D'Art Sepia (Paris), Diploma Collection of Canada, City of Markham (Canada), Philippe Charriol Foundation (France), private and corporate collections worldwide.
He has started watercolour since 1977, being hailed as a genius of light and established himself as one of the international watercolour masters. Since moving to Canada in 1994, he has been exploring different series of acrylic works – Land and Dreamland are his most important and popular series.
Land Series
Birch Song and White Dream are two significant categories in this series. They have been inspired by his textural watercolours since 2008, are characterized by means of different weave complex webs of colour, spattered, splashed and washed through the dense background jungle that interpret the nature in an semi abstract way, leading people to the deepest part of his world.
Awards
2025 King Charles III Coronation Medal, Canada
2023 Artistic Career Award - Fondazione Effetto Arte, Italy
2023 Artist of the Month - MONDIAL Art Academia, France
2020 Merit Award 'Flora' - Malaysia International Online Juried Art Competition (Malaysia)
2010 2nd Place - Art Fair by West Shore Art League (Michigan, USA)
2008 Best in Show - Art Fair by West Shore Art League (Michigan, USA)
2004 Sam Black Award - Open Water Exhibition by CSPWC (Toronto, Canada)
2000 Woolfitt's Award - Best in Watercolor - Scarborough Arts Council Exhibition (Toronto, Canada)
