Exploding Mental Health!
Mental Ideas wishes you a wild ride of imagination, unbridled joy, and limitless creativity in the Year of the Fire Horse! Thanks for being part of our journey! 恭喜發財! Kung … Continue Reading Wishing You A Wild Ride of Imagination!
Art often begins where familiar structures end – challenging boundaries without permission. For me, creating is a way to disrupt and move beyond linguistic, cultural, and traditional patterns, pushing ideas … Continue Reading ABSTRACT EXPRESSION: Creating is a Form of Rebellion – Ilos Ilyas Elias Kirkan
Sadie Kaye’s review of Nifraz Rifaz‘s soaring debut novel Paper Plane crash landed in The Hooghly Review! The book launched in his native Sri Lanka Nov 29. Since then, Nifraz has been on a flight … Continue Reading Paper Plane Takes Off!
The Women in Publishing Society will be launching their latest anthology Imprint 24, edited by the one and only Carol Dyer, at the FCC as part of the Hong Kong … Continue Reading Imprint 24 to launch at HKILF 2026
Issue 11 of The Apostrophe has a sensational cover and standalone portrait by filmmaker Jesus Sanoja of our flexible friends (besties actually) The Acro Family! Other highlights include a magnificent … Continue Reading FLEX!
Mental Ideas is feeling grateful to RL Industry, the company behind Baker’s Secret, for their generous contributions to Home Kong Kitchen this year, which enabled us to distribute brand new cooking equipment … Continue Reading Home Kong for Christmas
Mental Ideas extends its heartfelt condolences to all affected by the tragic fire in Tai Po. Our hearts ache for all those who lost loved ones. We are eternally grateful … Continue Reading RIP 168
Thanks to editor Tammy Ho Lai-Ming for publishing our piece about George Tang Kwok-wing‘s Fine Art Asia exhibition in Cha: An Asia Literary Journal. Congratulations, George on a stunning exhibition! … Continue Reading Painting a Legacy of Optimism in Cha: An Asian Literary Journal
I was born a Kurd in central Anatolia, Turkey – a minority before I ever understood what that word meant. I grew up in a suburb of Copenhagen, where I … Continue Reading ABSTRACT EXPRESSION: Floating Between Worlds – Ilos Ilyas Elias Kirkan
With a career spanning more than seven decades, Hong Kong artist George Tang Kwok-wing continues to captivate audiences aged 77, this time with a monumental seven-foot floral painting debuting at … Continue Reading George Tang Kwok-wing Celebrates Lifelong Journey at Fine Art Asia 2025!
Mental Idealist Sadie had the pleasure of sharing her story with mental health, film and the arts alongside the brilliant Kate Sullivan at an event organised by Mind HK at … Continue Reading The Lines in my Head – Mental Health, Film and the Arts
Coming from a traditional family, becoming an artist was never seen as a legitimate path – it simply wasn’t considered a “real” profession. Growing up in an illiterate family environment … Continue Reading ABSTRACT EXPRESSION: Processing Grief – Ilos Ilyas Elias Kirkan
Don’t miss your chance to bag tickets for Mind HK‘s Hong Kong Mental Health Conference on the theme of ‘Navigating Life’s Defining Moments’ 6-8 Nov! With an exciting line-up of local and international … Continue Reading DON’T MISS: Mind HK Mental Health Conference
Conceptual Kurdish-Danish artist and columnist Ilos Ilyas Elias Kirkan shares his latest art collection and thoughts on why Abstract Expressionism is his preferred mother tongue. ‘I paint because, for me, … Continue Reading ABSTRACT EXPRESSION: My Mother Tongue – Ilos Ilyas Elias Kirkan
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