Liu Ye’s artworks with palettes of bright colours and influences from Vermeer and Mondrian have become iconic. Many of his highly sought after artworks were shown at his solo exhibitions held by Schoeni Art Gallery, not only in Hong Kong but also the previous year in Beijing (2003).

Schoeni Art Gallery and its founder, Manfred Schoeni, was instrumental in assisting the museum of the ‘Stiftung fur Kunst und Kultur’ (Bonn, Germany) and the curator of ChinArt, Walter Smerling, for the introduction and organisation of the Chinese Contemporary artists and their artworks that were included in this travelling museum show.

Schoeni Art Gallery held Cao Jingping’s fifth solo exhibition at its Hong Kong gallery following the solo in Beijing the year before (2003). Prior to that Cao Jingping also had solo exhibitions in Germany (1998), Chong Qing (1999) and Shanghai (2000) in China. A catalogue was published in conjunction with the exhibition.

In 1994, 10 years prior, Schoeni Art Gallery showed Yue Minjun’s work for the first time. This time, as an internationally recognized artist, he returned to Schoeni Art Gallery to present his latest sculptural creations in bronze and fibreglass, as well as a series of paintings in a different style. A catalogue was published conjunction with the exhibition.

With the unexpected and sudden passing of the late founder of Schoeni Art Gallery, his daughter who took the helm of the gallery organised an exhibition in tribute to the extraordinary life of Manfred Schoeni and in commemoration of his immense contributions to the CCA world. Over 40 CCA artists participated, with many of the artworks on display created especially for the exhibition.

Schoeni Art Gallery and its founder, Manfred Schoeni, was instrumental in assisting the museum of the ‘Stiftung fur Kunst und Kultur’ (Bonn, Germany) and the curator of ChinArt, Walter Smerling, for the introduction and organisation of the Chinese Contemporary artists and their artworks that were included in this travelling museum show.