- Member of HKPM Board
Professor Harold Mok received his BA and MPhil degrees from The University of Hong Kong and DPhil degree from University of Oxford, UK. An historian of Chinese art, he taught at The University of Hong Kong before joining the Department of Fine Arts, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, in 1989. Professor Mok taught courses on the history of Chinese painting and calligraphy, methodology in art studies, etc. He was Head of Division of Fine Arts in 2002-2008 and Chairman in 2008-2017, and is now Emeritus Professor of the Department. His research focuses on Chinese literati’s art since the Song Dynasty, particularly the art of calligraphy, as well as Hong Kong calligraphy and contemporary ink art. In addition to academic papers, Professor Mok’s major book publications include The Bei Shan Tang Legacy: Chinese Painting (2019), Enduring Presence: The Art of Professor Jao Tsung-i in the Collection of the Department of Fine Arts and Art Museum, CUHK (2017), Double Beauty: Qing Dynasty Couplets from the Lechangzai Xuan Collection (2007 & 2016), The Bei Shan Tang Legacy: Chinese Calligraphy (2014), Chronology of Hong Kong Calligraphy 1901-1950 (2009), Hong Kong Visual Arts Yearbook (2000-2006), etc. Professor Mok had once been Member of the Advisory Committee on Arts Development and Member of Art Museum Advisory Panel, Home Affairs Bureau, HKSAR, and is now Museum Expert Adviser to the Leisure and Cultural Services Department.
