Henrietta is the founder and co-president of the Hong Kong Art Gallery Association and the owner of Galerie Ora-Ora, one of the leading galleries in Hong Kong for Chinese and Western contemporary art. Since inception, Ora-Ora has grown to manage nearly 40 veteran artists from around the world including Barcelona, London, New Mexico, Sydney, Manila, Singapore, Korea, Japan, Hong Kong and China. The gallery curates state-of-the-art exhibitions in Hong Kong approximately once every 2-months and participated in numerous Art Fairs inclusive of Art HK12, Fine Art Asia, Art Asia Miami, Art Singapore and Young Art Taipei etc.

However, Henrietta’s background has not always been in art. Before she took up her passion in art, she spent 11 years in the banking industry with Citigroup and HSBC, with specialization in corporate finance, public sector, real estate and top-tiers local corporations. Currently, Henrietta is a member of The Entrepreneur’s Organization Hong Kong and is completing her Phd degree in art critic and theory at Shanghai University, Chinese Arts Industry Research Institute. She also holds an MBA degree from Kellogg Business School, Northwestern University, and undergraduate degrees in Psychology and Economics from Queens University. Throughout her childhood, she was immersed in art and French and was trained in different media including oils, pastel and sketching.

Due to her unique background in business and art, she has been invited many times to speak and write internationally on issues relating to the art market, its investments, valuation, and development outlook. Panels invited include:

Fine Art Asia 2010 — Art and the Female Perspective – Oct 10

Fine Art Asia 2009 — New Traditions: The Transformation of New Ink – Oct 09

DBS Private Banking — Asian Art Update – Oct 09

HSBC Private Banking — Brief on the Art Market Update – Oct 07

Selected Curated Shows

“Wild Life” — Solo Exhibition of Kum Chi Keung at Art HK 12 | 5/12

“Beyond Form” — Liu De Wei | 12/11

“Step Up”— Xu Hongfei | 7/10

“Woven Sentiments” — Man Fung-yi Solo Exhibition | 5 – 6/10

“Abstraction of Consciousness” — Will Clift & Xu Mao-Ping co-presented with Harbour City | 7 – 9/07

“Sand Play” — Kim Chang-Young | 4 – 5/07

“Heritage Inscriptions” — Liu De Wei co-presented with Swire Properties | 5/07

“All about TAUROMÀQUIA” — Josep Vernis | 10 – 11/06

“Desire for Immortality” — Josep Maria Subirachs | 7 – 8/06

Awards

2012中國收藏年度人物

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