Jewish artists in Hong Kong are increasingly turning to mixed media to explore heritage, memory and identity in ways that resonate across cultures.

Through collaborations between local synagogues, the Jewish Arts Collective of Asia, schools and independent galleries, these artists are presenting works that weave photography, textiles, painting, sculpture and digital elements into layered narratives.

At a recent exhibition hosted by the Jewish Community Centre, artists from Hong Kong, Israel and Singapore created pieces that integrated symbols such as the menorah and Torah scroll into contemporary forms, including digital installations and fabric-based works.

Artists describe mixed media as uniquely suited to expressing the complexities of Jewish identity.

Sculptor David Rosenthal notes that each layer of a piece can serve as a chapter in a larger story, reflecting how personal and communal identities accumulate across generations.

Works often incorporate family photographs, ritual imagery or recorded memories, transforming them into visual metaphors for diaspora, migration and cultural continuity.

This approach builds on decades of experimentation by Jewish-heritage artists who helped expand the definition of mixed-media practice.

Over the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, figures such as Toba Khedoori, Rhea Carmi and Siona Benjamin pushed the medium beyond painting and sculpture to include video, photography, installation and hybrid forms.

Their innovations helped create a vocabulary now taken up by artists working in Asia, the United States and Europe.

Hong Kong’s contribution to this tradition reflects the city’s global character and the distinctive experiences of its small Jewish community.

The artists working there situate Jewish narratives within the textures of a densely layered urban environment, using community partnerships to move art from private studios into public and educational spaces.

Their exhibitions underscore how Jewish identity can be expressed with particular vibrancy in a multicultural context, where histories intersect and hybrid forms naturally emerge.

As mixed-media artists in Hong Kong continue to build connections across the region, their work is enriching the broader landscape of contemporary Jewish art and highlighting the adaptability of cultural storytelling in an interconnected world.