In the early nineties, Catherine Kwai bid adieu to a comfortable career in finance to take on a new role as a gallerist. With no background in the arts, Kwai had her work cut out for her. “When you work for a bank, you don’t leave to open another bank. I didn’t want to work for other people, so I became an entrepreneur,” she says. The gallery became known for its representation of leading Chinese artists like Zao Wou-ki, Ju Ming and Li Huayi, and has also been a champion of new talents. Over three decades, Kwai Fung Hin has staged hundreds of exhibitions, with Kwai curating more than 100 of them. These include collaborations with the Shanghai Art Museum, Suzhou Museum and Asia Society Hong Kong. In 2021, the…
