Wilson Shieh Ka-ho usually spends Monday to Saturday drawing or painting in his Fo Tan studio. Since the end of January, however, he's taken up residency at Central's Osage gallery for 'Wilson Shieh Live in SoHo'.
At one end of the gallery he's set up a table with art supplies, put up a painted calendar detailing his activities for the year and made a chart of works in progress. The space is meticulously organised and tidy, much like his studio. There's also a stereo hidden under a drawing of a tape deck (a paper replica of the one that he owned when he was 13); The Queen is Dead by The Smiths is playing.
Shieh is dressed in what he says are pyjamas, with a blue patterned apron on top. He's wearing flip-flops and looks more casual and relaxed than he does during a private view.
The result is part performance art, part exhibition.
'I've done two shows here at Osage,' says Shieh, who studied fine art at the Chinese University of Hong Kong for his bachelor's and master's degrees. 'So this time I wanted to conceive of something different - the other two shows were primarily paintings and drawings. Aside from changing the theme, I decided I would stay here and work. Then people can see me work and I can interact with visitors.'
His previous solo exhibitions were 'Mortal Coil' (2011), which featured drawings of former Hong Kong governors and the late Bruce Lee, and 'Chow Yun-fat's Fitting Room' (2009), a tribute to the actor.