Wuon-Gean Ho

Wuon-Gean Ho
Born1973 (age 50–51)
Oxford, United Kingdom
NationalityBritish
EducationCambridge University
Notable workLunar coin series
Awards
  • 2007 John Purcell Paper prize
  • 2009 Printmakers' Council prize
  • 2010 Birgit Skiöld Memorial Trust Award of Excellence
In this Chinese name, the family name is Ho.

Wuon-Gean Ho (Chinese: 何文津; pinyin: hé wén jīn) (born 1973, Oxford)[1] is a British Chinese artist who specialises in printmaking and whose work has appeared in various international art exhibitions and art collections.[2] She has taken on art residencies at a number of institutions, including the Caldera Arts Center, Crow’s Shadow Institute of the Arts, Bluecoat Arts Centre and Aberystwyth School of Art. Examples of her work are displayed at both the National Art Library and the Tate Library.[3] In 2014 she was commissioned by the Royal Mint to design their annual Lunar coin series for which she has done five years in a row.[4]

  1. ^ "Wuon-Gean Ho Prints and Biography". Warnock Fine Arts. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  2. ^ "About". wuongean.com. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  3. ^ "Ms Wuon-Gean Ho 何文津女士". British Chinese Heritage Centre. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  4. ^ Oliver, Dan (5 February 2016). "Behind the design: The 2016 Lunar Year of the Monkey UK coins". Royal Mint. Retrieved 2 November 2017.