Art Roof Top is delighted to present exhibition “Origa-me” by Seema Mathew.
Seema Mathew is a self-taught Indian artist based in Hong Kong, a key component in her work is experimentation. Seema embraced art as her life’s calling in 2014 after recovery from serious illness. Her work has spiritual and philosophical undertones, the many layers of human nature reflected in the layers of ink and graphite. The complexity of human relationships and the struggle of the human against the environment are underlying themes in her work. 

 The red square is Seema’s signature, an adaptation of the traditional Chinese artist’s name stamp. 

 Seema was selected as an “Artist in the Spotlight 2021” by the prestigious Arte Laguna Prize Venice. 

 The idea for “Origa-me” came to the artist during her experience with multiple reconstructive surgeries in 2012. Since that time, Seema has viewed her body as a “cut-and-paste” version of its former self. Though deeply personal, the piece also draws on the similarities between the inner geography of the human body and the natural world around us.

Venue address: 1/F, 17-19 Yik Yam Street, Happy Valley