Sands Gallery at Art Central

Sands China is committed to driving the development of Macao’s arts and culture while cultivating the next generation of arts talent. Established in 2022, Sands Gallery serves as a platform, channeling the richness of Macao’s arts and culture to global audiences. In this showcase, the gallery presents three distinguished young Macao artists — Lei Ieng Wai, Leong Chi Mou and Dor Lio Hak Man — making their debut at Art Central Hong Kong.

As the first integrated tourism and leisure enterprise from Macao to participate in this prestigious international art event as an Associate Partner, Sands China brings Macao’s rising generation of contemporary artists onto the international stage, highlighting the vitality and distinctive character of the city’s emerging art scene while strengthening Macao’s cultural presence worldwide.

Date: 25 to 29 March, 2026
Location: Art Central, Central Harbourfront, Hong Kong
Booth: C3
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Sands Gallery at Art Central

Artist Introduction

Lei Ieng Wai

Graduated from the Oil Painting Department of the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts in China with both a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree. He currently serves as director of the Macau Artist Society, and vice president of the Macau Youth Art Association, and is a renowned and influential artist in Macao.

Lei acquires creative inspirations from the tension of light and shadow in everyday life. He draws on scientific theory as the foundation of aesthetics, transforming artificial spectra, proportional values, and geometric structures into repetitive and precise blocks of colour and surfaces of light, exploring urban changes and the lives of city dwellers.

He has held solo exhibitions in Portugal, Taiwan, and Macao, and participated in group exhibitions in the Chinese mainland, Macao, Portugal, the United Kingdom, Spain, Australia, and the United States, including Art Madrid 2018, Affordable Art Fair New York, Affordable Art Fair Hampstead, and the collateral exhibition of “Art Macao: Macau International Art Biennale 2023.”

Past Exhibition:

• 2025 “Art TAI CHUNG 2025”, Taiwan, China

• 2024 “Coordinates of Color” Lei Ieng Wai Solo Exhibition, Taiwan, China

• 2023 “Behind the Forms: Aesthetics of Contemporary Art – Trio Exhibition by Lei Ieng Wai, Leong Chi Mou and Lai Sio Kit”, Macao, China

• 2021 “Time Spectrum” Lei Ieng Wai Solo Exhibition, China

• 2017 “Dimensional sequence” Lei Ieng Wai Solo Exhibition, Portugal

#Rainbow 2022-05 Oil on canvas 100X80cm/ 2022

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Dimensional Sequence2021-08 Oil on canvas 130X95cm/ 2021

Viewed 2025-06 Oil on canvas 100X80cm /2025

#Rainbow 2022-05 Oil on canvas 100X80cm/ 2022

Dimensional Sequence2021-08 Oil on canvas 130X95cm/ 2021

Viewed 2025-06 Oil on canvas 100X80cm /2025

Leong Chi Mou

Graduated from the Faculty of Art and Design at the Macao Polytechnic University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Visual Arts (Oil Painting). He is a member of the Macau Artist Society, and one of Macao's most influential emerging artists.

His work encompasses painting and installation art, with core inspiration revolving around the concepts of “value” and “cultural interfaces.” Drawing on his own experiences of migration and Macao's unique position in the post-colonial context, his work delves into the existential state between regional cultures and the complex interplay between the essence of art and value systems.

Beyond his solo exhibitions in Macao, he has participated in group exhibitions across Chinese mainland, Portugal, Belgium, Japan, and other countries and regions. Notable appearances include the 23rd Shanghai Art Fair, the Shenzhen Art Fair, the Guangzhou International Art Fair, the collateral exhibition of “Art Macao: Macao International Art Biennale 2023,” and the Belgian exhibition” Surrealistic Chinoiserie: Golden City of Seres – A Cultural and Artistic Exchange Exhibition and Performance between Macao and Antwerp.”

Past Exhibition:

• 2025 “Surrealistic Chinoiserie: Golden City of Seres – A Cultural and Artistic Exchange Exhibition and Performance between Macao and Antwerp”, Antwerp, Belgium

• 2023 Collateral Exhibition of "Art Macao: Macau International Art Biennale 2023 “Behind the Forms: Aesthetics of Contemporary Art –Trio Exhibition by Lei Ieng Wai, Leong Chi Mou and Lai Sio Kit”, Macao, China

• 2020 “Unreturned Wanderer – Works by Leong Chi Mou”, Macao, China “Terra Suspensa”, Lisboa, Portugal

• 2019 “Shanghai Art Fair 2019(23rd)”, Shanghai, China

• 2017 “Shenzhen Art Fair”, Shen Zhen, China, “Macau Contemporary”, Tokyo, Japan

Serica Diamond Hill Acrylic on brass mesh with aluminum frame 160X250cm/ 2025

Art Polymer Acrylic, 18K Gold Leaf 150X100cm/ 2023

Stock Chart Shan Shui 2 Aluminum frame, Silk, Acrylic 125X40cm/ 2025

Serica Diamond Hill Acrylic on brass mesh with aluminum frame 160X250cm/ 2025

Art Polymer Acrylic, 18K Gold Leaf 150X100cm/ 2023

Stock Chart Shan Shui 2 Aluminum frame, Silk, Acrylic 125X40cm/ 2025

Dor Lio Hak Man

Currently serving as vice-director of the Macau Artist Society, vice president of the Macau Youth Art Association, council member of the Society of Urban Sketchers Macao, and a member of Comic’s Kingdom Macau. He teaches visual art at a Macao high school and via private lessons.

Born into an artistic family and graduating from City University of Macau, he channels influences from Japanese manga and Western painting into a practice grounded in everyday observation. His work records daily encounters, emotional impressions, and imaginative associations with a relaxed sensibility. He shapes a refined, philosophically attuned visual language that bridges interior experience with an outward-facing openness.

He has held solo exhibitions such as “Festa – Exhibition of Works by Lio Hak Man” in Macao and participated in group exhibitions in the Chinese mainland, Portugal, and South Korea, including “FEBRE: 15 Contemporary Artists from Macao” in Lisbon, “Beijing-Macao Art Teachers Group Exhibition,” and the “South Korea-Hong Kong-Macao Joint Art Exhibition.”

Past Exhibition:

• 2022 Macao Youth Artist Promotion Plan: “Festa - Exhibition of Works by Lio Hak Man”, Macao, China

• 2019 "Joint Exhibition of Art Teachers from Beijing and Macao", Beijing, China

• 2016 “Exhibition of Works by the Art Teacher Communication Association of Macao 2019”, Macao, China

• 2015 "The 4th South Korea-Hong Kong-Macau Joint Art Exhibition ", South Korea

• 2014 "FEBRE: 15 Contemporary Artists from Macao”, Lisbon, Portugal

The Growing Sleeping Baby Acrylic on canvas 50 x 50 cm / 2023

Door Gods’ Game Battle Acrylic on canvas 155 x 100 cm / 2014

Tanuki GOgoGO! Acrylic on canvas 60 x 60 cm / 2017

The Growing Sleeping Baby Acrylic on canvas 50 x 50 cm / 2023

Door Gods’ Game Battle Acrylic on canvas 155 x 100 cm / 2014

Tanuki GOgoGO! Acrylic on canvas 60 x 60 cm / 2017

Seminar

Sands Gallery Presents “Aesthetics in a Square-Inch: A Century of Visual Culture Change Through Macao's Firecracker Packaging”

Date: 29 March 2026, 15:30-16:30

Venue: Theatre (adjacent to Booth P5), Art Central, Central Harbourfront

Language: Cantonese

Speaker: Prof. Ung Vai Meng

This seminar will be delivered by Ung Vai Meng, distinguished Professor of the Faculty of Humanities and Arts at the Macau University of Science and Technology and a renowned artist in Macao. With his profound artistic accomplishments and historical insight, he will guide the audience through the century-long history of Macao's firecracker industry. Beginning with precious collections from the art archives in Macao, the seminar will trace the development of the firecracker trade and focus on the rich aesthetic universe emanating from the square-inch packaging paper. He will analyze how printing techniques embody the craftsmanship of their times, explore the folk symbolism and aesthetic trends behind the exquisite graphics, and examine how the packaging design responded to cross-cultural market demands. These seemingly modest firecracker packages are, in fact, unique artistic vessels reflecting Macao's socio-economic landscape, cultural integration, and nostalgia.

About Art Central

Art Central, a cornerstone event of Hong Kong Art Month, presents the next generation of talent from Asia’s most forward-thinking galleries alongside celebrated artists from across the globe. Since its inaugural edition in 2015, Art Central has established itself as a leading platform for innovation in contemporary art, advancing the profiles of artists and galleries and reinforcing their presence within the international art landscape. Today, the Fair is recognised for the strength of its curatorial programming and as a vital meeting point for discovery and exchange among collectors and curators representing private, corporate, and institutional collections worldwide.