Hilde Mertens

HILDE MERTENS is a contemporary Chinese calligraphy artist.

She draws from thousands of years of Chinese calligraphy, poems and symbols to explore the energy, flow and empty spaces in the brush strokes of the classical masters and the constant change of the “ten thousand things”. All, to answer one question that intrigued her for a while: is a single brush stroke still art.

Hilde had the unique opportunity to learn from a Chinese master and has exhibited her work at The Hong Kong Club I&II, Le Meridien-Cyberport, Bloomberg, Jebsen & BE Days ‘24, and Hang Lung. The inspiration for her November installation “The Ink Meditation Room” goes back in time to the concepts of change and emptiness in Chinese Daoist and Buddhist philosophy and offers visitors a space to stand still, explore silence and enjoy art.

Born in Belgium, she calls Hong Kong and Asia her home, having worked in Investment & Private Banking and Management Consulting across Beijing, Hong Kong, Singapore, and London. Hilde holds a Master's in Chinese & Economics, is an alumnus of Oxford Said Business School, and serves on the board of Lingnan University. She runs Mind Box, a high performance & change consultancy.

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