Artistic journey

Kwok Se working in his studio in the 1960s.

Kwok Se doing a portrait in the 1960s for Judge Rodrigo Leal de Carvalho (who retired in 1999 as President of the Court of Auditors).

Kwok Se (far left) introduced exhibited paintings to Governor António Adriano Faria Lopes dos Santos (standing beside Kwok) together with fellow artist Herculano Hugo Gonçalves Estorninho (far right).  Held in Leal Senado in 1964, the exhibition was a collaborative showcase with other international artists who lived in Macau at that time. 

Together with well-known artists of the generation, Kam Cheong Ling (far left) and Herculano Hugo Gonçalves Estorninho (beside Kwok), Kwok Se welcomed Governor José Manuel de Sousa e Faro Nobre de Carvalho (far right) and his wife at their joint exhibition held in Escola Comercial Pedro Nolasco in 1968.  

Kwok Se with Substitute President of the Cultural Institute, Francisco Figueira (far left), and Deputy Attorney General Rodrigo Leal de Carvalho in the artist's exhibition in Leal Senado, 1985. 

Awarded in 1987 the Medalha de Mérito Culture, first artist in Macau to receive the honour.

Kwok Se presented his works to Governor Carlos Montez Melancia (far right) in his exhibition in Leal Senado, 1989.

Governor Vasco Joaquim Rocha Vieira (third from the right) together with government Secretaries of Departments and senior officials in the artist's exhibition cutting ceremony in Leal Senado, 1993.