Kwok Mang-ho ( a.k.a. Frog King )

Kwok Mang-ho is a renowned multimedia artist popularly known as Frog King. Kwok was born in Guangdong in 1947 and grew up in Hong Kong. From 1980 to 1984, he pursued studies at the Art Students League in New York, where he immersed himself in "Art Life" for 15 years before returning to Hong Kong in 1995. Over the course of his career spanning more than five decades, Kwok has produced a diverse range of artworks, including conceptual pieces, performances, sculptures, paintings, and installations. He has actively participated in more than 5,000 art events worldwide since 1967.

Kwok's artistic concept centres around two key concepts: "Yum Dimension" and "Frog Fun Lum". He employs the motif of "Frog" in his works, continually exploring multi-dimensional and mixed media to embody the idea - "Art is Frog". His creativity has evolved through two-dimensional painting, reliefs, sculptures, environments, space, time and happenings to live art, which then returned to the free spirit of an "ordinary heart". In the process, Kwok has discovered the "Yum Dimension" – any volume, form, medium, idea or dimension in which art can be created, focusing on the ideas of "Time as Art" and "Art as Play".

Source: LCSD
Hong Kong Arts Development Council