Ngai Wing Lam Ant 蟻穎琳
蟻穎琳，1986年生於香港，2008年獲香港浸會大學視覺藝術文學士（榮譽）學位。作品曾於香港、倫敦等地展出，現生活與工作於香港。
藝術家的創作以超現實且內省的繪畫為主。受童年成長經驗與夢境的記憶啟發，她筆下經常出現的錦鯉魚頭角色，逐漸成為其創作中極具辨識度的視覺符號。這些混種形象承載了她對關係、身分認同與曖昧狀態的探索。魚人角色沉默而難以辨識情緒的面孔，既隱藏其內在感受，也映照出人際關係的複雜性，以及個體面對差異與不被接納時的恐懼。以香港的都市景觀為背景，蟻穎琳的畫作捕捉現實與幻想之間若即若離的張力，藉由遊移於夢境感與現實感間的敘事，探討個人經驗與社會處境，並邀請觀者進入一則既疏離又私密的故事。
Ngai Wing Lam was born in Hong Kong in 1986. She received a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Visual Arts from the Academy of Visual Arts at Hong Kong Baptist University in 2008. Her work has been exhibited in Hong Kong, London, and elsewhere. She currently lives and works in Hong Kong.
Ngai’s practice centers on surreal and introspective painting. Inspired by her childhood experiences, dreams, and memories of keeping ornamental fish, she frequently depicts humanoid figures with koi heads, which have become a distinctive visual motif in her work. These hybrid figures embody her exploration of relationships, identity, and states of ambiguity. Their silent, emotionally inscrutable faces both conceal their inner feelings and reflect the complexities of human relationships, as well as the fear of difference and rejection. Set against the urban landscapes of Hong Kong, Ngai’s paintings capture the elusive tension between reality and fantasy. Through narratives that shift between dreamlike and quotidian registers, she explores personal experience and broader social conditions, inviting viewers into stories that are at once alienating and intimate.
