About Verdy Leung
 

Verdy Leung is a Professor of Ikebana, and a renowed floral and multimedia artist bases in Hong Kong. He started his training in Ikenobo ikebana with the founder and Head of the Ikenobo Hong Kong Study Group, Prof. Annie Tse. He also studied ikebana in Japan and was graduated from the highest training institution in ikebana - The Ikenobo Center Institute in Kyoto, Japan.

Starting as a multimedia artist, Verdy's creative works have been awarded and exhibited internationally, e.g. Canada, Hong Kong, Korea, Taiwan, Turkey, etc. He has got the “Tachibana Award” (the best performance award) from The Ikenobo Center Institute in 2 consecutive years and is the only person who has got this ikebana award in Hong Kong.

Prof. Leung is also an experienced art educator with extensive teaching experiences in tertiary institutions, e.g. School of Design in Hong Kong Polytechnic University, University of Western Australia, The Middlesex University, etc. With his background in contemporary Western art and design, his floral design works show the spirit of ikebana with skills and creative elements borrowed from contemporary Western art. He has also been invited by the Hospitality Industry Training and Development Centre to hold training course in floral design for hotel and catering professionals.

Currently, Prof. Leung is the Creative Director of Kado Studio. Apart from his profession as a florist, he has been working on promoting ikebana to the public and have started teaching ikebana in secondary school.

 

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