The Young Creative Entrepreneur (YCE) Award is a business start-up competition established in 2014 with the generous funding of Mr Brandon T.C. Liu.
The Young Creative Entrepreneur (YCE) Award is a business start-up competition established in 2014 with the generous funding of Mr Brandon T.C. Liu. The award aims at encouraging students and recent graduates of the Academy of Visual Arts (AVA) to develop their creative ideas into executable plans and self-sustainable innovative businesses.
This year we will invite creative entrepreneurs to share their experiences on brainstorming innovative concepts, and how to make it a self-sustainable business. Don’t miss it if you’re interested in setting up a creative business yourself.
Wy Lee & Ryan Hui (Ceramic Artists, Founders of Toki Nashiki Ceramic Studio)
Wy Lee Wing Yee and Ryan Hui Chun Kit, a pair of rising new talents in the local art scene who work as a group namely “TOKI NASHIKI”. Graduated from the Hong Kong Baptist University with a Bachelor degree in 2015 and 2016, the duo formed their ceramic studio in the same year. They focus much of their effort in the creation and promotion of functional wares handcrafted in ceramics, based on a strong belief that the goodness in life can be appreciated through the making and usage of functional pottery. Since 2016, the duo has been actively teaching ceramics and holding exhibitions both locally and abroad, such as “AISUMICHA Glaze” (2017) which showed a range of ceramic wares coated in a special blue-green glaze that was newly invented by them. They often work collaboratively with other professionals specialising in different fields including dessert chefs, tea masters and flora masters, in order to extend their creative boundary and broaden their audience range.