Wai Wai  慧惠

Illustrator / Artist / Instructor

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​Based in London and Hong Kong, Wai Wai Or is an artist, illustrator, and silhouette artist born and raised in Yau Ma Tei, Hong Kong. She is currently studying for a Master’s degree in Illustration at the University of the Arts London, Camberwell College of Arts.

 

She founded Wai Wai Studio in 2022 and has collaborated with partners including Hang Seng Bank, CLP Power Hong Kong, Prudential Hong Kong, New Balance, Uniqlo, A. Lange & Söhne, Hong Kong Repertory Theatre, Highways Department, Urban Renewal Authority, Diptyque, Ferragamo, and Hong Kong Red Cross. Her projects span illustrations, shutter and mural painting, live silhouette cutting, and teaching.

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Wai Wai Or graduated from the City University of Hong Kong with a Bachelor’s degree in Creative Media, majoring in Film. Her creative practice centres on human connection and community narratives, capturing moments of warmth and resilience in the urban landscape.

 

In 2017, she published her first solo album A Love Letter to Yau Ma Tei, which received an enthusiastic response and was reprinted the following year. Her latest publication, Rendezvous in Old Hong Kong: A Visual Journey through the City’s Historic Neighbourhoods, was awarded the Hong Kong Publishing Biennial Awards 2025 – Illustrated Book Category.

 

Her solo exhibitions include Where? Here. (Tung Nam Lou Art Hotel, 2025), Rendezvous in Old Hong Kong (Galerie Koo, 2024), Dreams Coming True (Loupe, 2020), Vintage Shops with Love (Eslite Bookstore, 2018), Ten Thousand Miles Ahead (Hotel Stage, 2018), and A Love Letter to Yau Ma Tei (Kubrick, 2017). She has also participated in group exhibitions such as Affordable Art Fair – Battersea Autumn (2025), Beyond Fonts Beyond Signboards (JCCAC, 2024), Art That Moves You (Affordable Art Fair, 2023), and Art and City (Times Square, 2022).

 

In June 2020, her mural at 618 Shanghai Street, Mongkok, was shortlisted in the World Illustration Awards.

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香港土生土長的插畫家、藝術家和剪影師，現居倫敦及香港，正於倫敦藝術大學坎伯韋爾藝術學院修讀插畫碩士課程。慧惠工房創辦人。她與多個品牌及機構合作插畫、鐵閘畫、壁畫、教學及剪影項目，曾合作單位包括：恒生銀行、香港中華電力有限公司、路政署、市區重建局、香港紅十字會、香港話劇團、香港青年藝術協會、保誠保險、New Balance、Uniqlo、A. Lange & Söhne、Ferragamo、Tiffany & Co.、Emporio Armani、Diptyque 等。

 

慧惠畢業於香港城市大學創意媒體文學士，主修電影。她的創作關注人與社區之間的情感連結，細緻描繪人情與城市的溫柔日常。

 

2017 年出版首本個人畫集《給油麻地的情書》，廣受歡迎並於翌年再版。其最新作品《香港人的浪漫老區約會地圖》獲頒 「第五屆香港出版雙年獎--圖文書出版獎」，肯定其藝術與文化價值。

 

個人展覽包括：「心之光」（東南樓藝術酒店，2025 年）、「香港．約會地圖」（雍廷序畫廊，2024年）、「當夢不是夢」（Loupe，2020年）、「講港情．繪小店」（誠品生活尖沙咀店，2018年）、「前面尚有一萬里」（登臺酒店，2018年）及「給油麻地的情書」（Kubrick，2017年）等。聯展包括：「Affordable Art Fair – Battersea Autumn」（2025 年）、「拆牌道字」（JCCAC，2024 年）、「藝動心弦」（Affordable Art Fair，2023 年）及「藝與城」（時代廣場，2022 年）等。

 

2020 年 6 月，她於旺角上海街 618 號創作的壁畫作品，入圍 World Illustration Awards 2020。