Louis To Wun is a versatile contemporary artist, whose works range from painting and sculpture to candy and bamboo intangible culture.

His artistic career began in the 1990s at a rented house on Lamma Island, where he and a group of painter friends shared days of vigorous painting. His work has since been exhibited at major institutions like the Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong Arts Centre, PS1 MOMA, British Museum, and venues in Beijing, Shanghai, and Macao. In 2004, To co-founded the gallery and music club, SENSE 99, a popular hang-out for creatives.

In 2010, wanting to share a childhood memory with his daughter, he looked, unsuccessfully, for someone to teach him the disappearing, 600-year-old art of candy sculpting. Through countless experiments, he managed to teach himself, and now creates candy sculptures under the name Sugarman.

To is also skilled in the art of zi zaat (bamboo sculpting). As a Cheung Chau resident, he is often invited to repair festival qilin (unicorns); from 2013 to 2019, he was commissioned to create the leading qilin of the Tai Ping Ching Chiu Festival. As both a painter and sculptor, he’s developed a unique visual style for his qilin..  In 2015, he invented a waterproofing method for the bamboo sculptures, a technical breakthrough that allowed the ritual dancers to start performing sea ceremonies, in addition to supporting larger sculpture production and long-term conservation. His bamboo artistry has appeared in numerous forums: as wearable dancers’ costumes; in Christopher Doyle’s Hong Kong Film Trilogy; at Leica Design Week Kyoto and Art Central Hong Kong; and as interactive artworks for the sight- and hearing-impaired.