Ze Ze Lai is an acclaimed watercolor artist from Hong Kong. She draws inspiration from nature, and her expertise is in painting animals and birds. Ze Ze adopts an impressive range of styles in her art practice. From painting soft and dream-like scenes of small birds in the forests, to her use bold dynamic strokes and granulating textures, she takes her viewers on a journey of imagining the peculiar lives and small moments of the little animals in nature. Ze Ze has received numerous awards for her paintings, her works have been widely exhibited around the world.
Experience
Vice President, IMWA ASEAN Watercolour Allaince
Vice President, Hong Kong Artists Federation
Former President, International Watercolor Society Hong Kong
Deputy Secretary General, (IMWA) International Masters of Watercolour Association
Consultant, Hong Kong Teacher’s Watercolor Research Society
Consultant, Yunnan Normal University international watercolor research centre
Founder, International Watercolor Magazine
Chief Editor, The Treasure of Watercolor Masters Book Series
Gallery Director, Rainze Gallery Hong Kong
Signature member of the Society of Animal Artist (SAA)
Signature member of National Watercolor Society (NWS)
Signature member of Northwest Watercolor Society (NWWS)
Award
2024 Stieglitz Academy “Around the world Art without borders” Laureate Award
2024 SPLASH 25 Watermedia Competition Second Place Award
2023 First International Top Experimental Art Online Exhiibition Gold Award
2023 Watercolor International 6 in Thessaloniki Merit Award
2023 Chaoshan Watercolor Exhibition Excellence Award
2023 Golden Bauhinia Cup Morden Ink Competition Silver Award
2023 Wildlife Artist of the Year Finalist
2023 Watercolor International 6 Merit Award
2023 Stieglitz Academy “Art without border” 2nd Place
2022 Stieglitz Academy “Artist View of the World” Bronze Award
2021 IWS Korea International Watercolor Biennale Master Award
2021 Chaoshan Watercolor Exhibition Excellence Award
2021 Albania International Watercolor Festival Best Work Award
2021 Chaoshan Watercolor Exhibition Grand Award
2020 Wildlife Artist of the Year Wings Category Winner
2019 Malaysia Watercolor Online Contest Excellence Award
2019 Genesis of Watercolor, India, Honorable Mention Award
2018 ‘Premio Tláloc’ International exhibition, Mexico Excellence Award
2018 NWWS International Watercolor Exhibition Jury Award
2017 NWWS North West Watercolor Society Special Recognition Award
2017 1st Quito International Watercolor Exhibition 3rd Place Award
2016 Thailand Watercolor Exposition Watercolor Director Award
2016 Society of watercolor artist Juried Exhibition Jury Award
2016 World Watercolor Arts Biennale Thailand Watercolor Director Award
Recent Exhibitions
2024 Feb “Glory in the Flower” international watercolor exhibition
2024 March Stieglitz Academy “Around the world Art without borders”
2024 Feb “Heaven and Man as One” Exhibition
2023 Oct Dalian International Watercolor Master Work Invitation Exhibition
2023 Oct Watercolor International 6 in Thessaloniki
2023 Sept Wildlife artist of the year, London
2023 Jun Hong Kong Federation of Arts Shenzhen Invitation Exhibition
2023 June Joy in art watercolor open exhibition
2023 May The 4th Luxu International Watercolour Masters’ Exhibition
2023 “Goddess of Beauty” International Watercolor Flowers Exhibition
2023 Jan Light upon Shexiang Jingning International watercolor exhibition
2022 Dec 14th International Watercolor Biennial, Mexico
2022 Dec 1st Qingdao China Contemporary Watercolor Invitation Exhibition
2022 Oct Artistsforpainteddogs third annual Autumn Exhibition
2022 Oct Explorer against extinction Annual Exhibition
2022 Sep Society of Animal Artists 62nd Exhibition, California
2022 Aug 2022 New Expression of International Art Exhibition
2022 Aug Soicety of Anial Artists Members Exhibition
2022 July Hong Kong Qingdao International Watercolor Exhibition
2022 Jun Wildlife Artist of the year, London
2022 Jun “Light of Love 愛之光” exhibition
2022 “Goddess of Beauty” International Watercolor Flowers Exhibition
2021 Guangxi Annual Watercolor Exhibition
2021 International Pyrenees watercolor exhibition, France
2021 Shenzhen Solo exhibition -Ze Ze Lai
2021 Ze Ze Lai solo watercolor exhibition – Suzhou South East Art Museum
2021 International watercolor research New Year online exhibition
2021 Japan-Chinese artist online exhibition
2021 Great Bay Area Guangdong Master of watercolor invitation exhibition
2020 Guangxi watercolor annual exhibition
2020 Chaozhou Shantou watercolor annual exhibition
2020 IWS France/Vietnam international watercolor exhibition
2020 SAA Society of animal artist international exhibition
2020 HK Arts Collective
2020 Japan international autumn exhibition
2020 “We are together” Russia international watercolor invitation art exhibition
2020 Hong Kong artist federation mid autumn art exhibition
2020 Watercolor.Continent Russia invitational watercolor exhibition
2020 IWS Poland international watercolor exhibition
2020 IMWA Master of watercolor exhibition
2020 London David Shepherd wildlife artist of the year exhibition
2020 international contemporary art exhibition
2020 Colourful Hope Latin America Online art exhibition
2020 IWS Slovenia watercolor exhibition
2020 IWS Pakistan international watercolor biennale
2020 Jan: Go with the flow international watercolor elite exhibition
2020 Jan: Asia Pacific Art Biennale
2019 Nov: “World of High Watercolor”, Moscow
2019 Oct: NWS international open exhibition, United States
2019 Oct: Beautifully made” Bless Asia Singapore exhibition
2019 Sep: Master Elite Exhibition, Albania
2019 Sep: “Paint the charm of Lijiang heritage city”, Yunnan China
2019 Aug: CASTRA 2019, Slovenia
2019 Aug: 3rd IWS Indonesia watercolor exhibition
2019 July: Malaysia International Watercolor Invited Exhibition
2019 July: IWS Bulgaria Triennale
2019 July: 1st International watercolor grand masters exhibition, Moscow
2019 July: Hong Kong Arts Collective Exhibition, Hong Kong
2019 Mar: Acqua di colore, Edsvik Konsthall, Sweden
2019 Mar: Embrace Life -Story of end-of-life patients watercolor exhibition
2019 Feb: A date with flowers watercolor exhibition,Hong Kong.
2019 Jan: Peaceful Golden Heritage 1st Myanmar Watercolor Festival