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Charlotte Ngo Suet MUI (b. 1996, Hong Kong) is a London-based artist, writer, art librarian, arts communications professional, and family archivist. Her practice moves between painting, object-making, divination, and archival work, coming together as parts of a sustained inquiry into memory, myth, and cultural inheritance.

Working across her research into decolonisation, art history, and the spiritual practices of a first generation diasporic family, she builds a worldview that treats the personal and the ancestral as inseparable. Her work sits deliberately at the intersection of the illustrative and fine art traditions, drawing on the visual languages of devotional painting, folk art, and decorative arts as equal partners to contemporary artistic practice.

Represented by Alisan Fine Arts (Hong Kong) since 2021, Charlotte held her first solo exhibition Have A Rice Day (2022). Her work was shown internationally at Cromwell Place (London), in 2023, and at Art SG 2024 in Singapore.

Her tarot decks, L’Œil de L’Âme Tarot (2021) and The Gwai Lenormand (2022) are also in the collections of Tate Library, Asia Art Archive, and The College of Psychic Studies.

Charlotte’s professional trajectory is grounded in the preservation of art history. Between 2018 and 2023, she worked as Collections Assistant at Asia Art Archive, Hong Kong. In 2023, she relocated to London, and is currently working as Communications Coordinator for iniva (Institute of International Visual Arts). She left her position as Assistant Librarian in June 2026 to give art a real chance.

What I’m working on right now:

I am currently developing a multi-strand body of work exploring grief rituals, archival practice as devotion, and the Vanitas tradition. Born from the experience of profound loss, diaspora, and the preservation of family micro-histories, this series will be my soft landing and slow reading of life after the death of my mother. The first output will be Have A Rice Day, a recipe zine and artist publication, launching in 2026.

Curriculum Vitae

1996  Born in Hong Kong
2018  Obtained BA, English Literature and Art History, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
2018 - 2023 Worked full time at Asia Art Archive, Hong Kong
2023  Moved to London, UK
2023 - 2026
Assistant librarian, iniva (Institute of International Visual Arts), London, UK
2024 - Present Communications Coordinator, iniva (Institute of International Visual Arts), London, UK
Current Lives and works in London, UK

Solo Exhibitions

2022

2019

  • L'OEil de L'Âme Tarot, Be Tabula Rasa, Hong Kong

2016

  • Hells of Frida, Hong Kong Repertory Theatre, Hong Kong

Selected Group Exhibitions

2024

2023

2022

  • Asia Art Archive Annual Fundraiser, Hong Kong

2021

2019

  • Art Next Expo 2019, PMQ, Hong Kong

2016

  • SKETCH Hong Kong 2016, Pacific Place, Hong Kong

2015

  • Exhibition to Celebrate the 35th Anniversary of Swire Hall, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

SELECTED PROJECTS


2022  
HKwalls Mentorship Programme
Mural displayed at Hong Kong Observation Wheel, Hong Kong

2021-2022 The Gwai Lenormand, funded in 2022, to be published in late 2022


2019-2021 L'OEil de L'Âme Tarot, funded in 2020, and published in 2021

SELECTED AWARDS


2018
RTHK Top Story 2018 Most Creative Award (Adult Section), RTHK Radio 3, Hong Kong


2016  Top 50 in SKETCH Hong Kong Selected Works Exhibition, Pacific Place, Hong Kong


SELECTED COLLECTIONS


Tate Library, London, UK

The College of Psychic Studies, London, UK

Asia Art Archive, Hong Kong

PRESS COVERAGE

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INTERVIEWS

Canto Cutie. Canto Cutie Volume 7: The Sexuality Issue by Katherine Leung. December 2023.
https://www.cantocutie.com/product/volume-7/19?cs=true&cst=custom

Cicada Mag. ‘Making Myths: An Interview with Charlotte Mui’ by Ysabelle Cheung. April 2021.
https://cicadamag.org/2021/04/15/making-myths-an-interview-with-charlotte-mui/

Localiiz. 'Humans of Hong Kong: Back to the future with Charlotte Mui’ by Rosamund Chung and Nicole Hurip. December 2020.
https://www.localiiz.com/post/humans-of-hong-kong-charlotte-mui-tarot-card-illustrator

Enchanted Gypsy. ’L'Œil de L'Âme Tarot’. November 2020.
https://www.enchantedgypsy.com/post/l-%C5%93il-de-l-%C3%A2me-tarot

Oriental Daily 東方日報. ‘港情速寫’. July 2016.
https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/lifestyle/20160713/mobile/odn-20160713-0713_00321_001.html

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