Ranee is a visual artist and practitioner from Hong Kong, currently based in London, UK. She is a core member of ZINE COOP, an independent publishing collective based in Hong Kong, and a Cultural Leadership Academy fellow of The University of Hong Kong.

Having grown up in Hong Kong and more recently living in Canada - two former British Colonies, she has witnessed and experienced the legacy of colonialism and post-colonial lives, more specifically, the rising of socio-cultural challenges and tensions which greatly impacted her work. In the past 5 years especially, her work disseminates and explores the themes of abuse of powers, censorship and intimate partner violence (IPV), across Asia, Europe and North America.

To her, the role of artist and practitioner are inseparable, as she considers a holistic journey of print and zine making includes creation, education, circulation, and archival. There in her projects she provide opportunities for the public as well as peer up-and-coming artists.

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Media Coverage

News

Rachel Lau (2019, July 18). From Hong Kong, With Dissent. The Tyee
https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2019/07/18/Dissent-From-Hong-Kong/?PageSpeed=noscript

Joanne Lee-Young (2019, July 9). Hong Kong artist brings collection of protest leaflets and posters to Vancouver. Vancouver Sun
https://vancouversun.com/entertainment/local-arts/hong-kong-artist-brings-collection-of-protest-leaflets-and-posters-to-vancouver

Bridgette Watson (2019, July 6). Vancouver zine exhibition highlights turmoil in Hong Kong. CBC News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/zine-exhibition-vancouver-hong-kong-protests-1.5200432

Noreen Mir (2018, April 18). Zines and the zine culture in Hong Kong. In 123 Show - Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) Radio 3


Journals and Magazines

Jiney Chu (2020). Let’s begin with the 70s. A Chinese Romance between Artists’ book and Independent Publishing, 115-119

Kin-long Tong (2020). DIY print activism in digital age: zines in Hong Kong’s Social Movements. ZINES - An international journal on amateur and DIY Media, 1, 67-78