Street Arts of Hong Kong

Street Art in Hong Kong

Hong Kong’s modern history is quite complicated. After decades of British rule and Japanese occupation during the World War 2, Hong Kong returned to Chinese rule as a Special Administrative Region. Up until now, Hong Kong is notorious for a lot of street graffiti and gang-related art, but efforts by the local and international society has started to paint new life and rejuvenate the street art culture in Hong Kong.

An example of graffiti painted by vandalists.

In 2015, a street art festival and event dubbed HKWalls was held to encourage both local and international artists to take part and put on a new coat of paint on the walls of Sheung Wan, Hong Kong. Sheung Wan is widely considered as a hipster place where urban and trendy culture frequently appear. This post will take you on a virtual tour around Sheung Wan.

An artist painting the boom gates of a retail art outlet.

A man with a crown with a HK Walls T-shirt

Street artists also contributed their work to be sold for charity.

A striking and deep colour paint of a mountain.

An artist wishing passer-bys a good day.

A before-and-after shot of a painting by artist exld from the Philippines.

Before-and-after shot of artist Artime Joe from the South Korea hard at work.

A look at how street art is created by Barlo from Italy in this before-and-after shot.

Artist Jay Flow from South Korea painting an ominous shark.

Some random works on a wall in Sheung Wan.