Personal and Family Pages 
*Aser But also
known as Bi Zirong (see website of Hong Kong Museum of Art-
www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/Museum/Arts)
Above left: An article on the artist in PhotoGraphicArt, 1980s in Hong
Kong
Above right: Artist in Cairns Museum, 2001, taken by Margaret But
中文履歷
Curriculum Vitae in Chinese (regular version)
The Art of Aser But (in pdf. file)
Visiting China in
1997-1997.
Education of Aser But/Bi Zirong
Aser was born in Macau in 1949. He
graduated as a teacher from Northcote College of Education and then
as
an art
specialist teacher from Grantham College of Education in Hong Kong in 1968 and
1973 respectively. He obtained
the Sino-British Fellowship scholarship and completed his post-graduate
Diploma in Art Education in the London University
in 1980 and by 1983 obtained a Master
Degree in Education with visual art focus from the Bank Street College of
Education in New York.
(Top left) Aser But and
his childhood friend, Miss Margaret Wong in the early sixties, now Mrs.
Margaret Chan in Canada. One of the oldest photos of Aser But, Courtesy of
Margaret Chan 2005.
(Top middle) Aser But when young
in the Graduates' Souvenir of Literary College, 1966.
(Top Right) Aser But standing next to someone's motor-bike.
(Below Left) Aser with his
sports student of St. Peter's Secondary School, 1969.
(Below Middle) Aser
attending figure drawing class in Grantham College, 1972.
(Below second from right) Aser But in
John Adam's Hall, London University, 1976.
(Below Right) Aser and mentor, Mr.
Wucius Wong in Guangzhou's exhibition of Hong Kong Art.
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Teaching record
He taught in St. Peter's Secondary
School, Aberdeen in Hong
Kong,
for eleven years before becoming a lecturer and then a senior lecturer in
the Swire School of Design of the Hong Kong Polytechnic before 1992.
He emigrated to Sydney with his
family and later joined Macao Polytechnic and became a courses coordinator, a
sub-director and then the director of its Higher School of Arts until 2000.
He assisted in founding
the secondary section of Tong Nam
School,
a school in Macau with strong
emphasis
on art education. In 2003 he joined Caritas-Macau as its director of
the
new
Community Hall and
the
head of
the
Continuing Education Division.
He was also elected as a member of
the People's Consultative Council of Huadu District, Guangzhou, China since 2003.
Artistic Development
In his spare time, he now practising as
ceramist, painter, designer and art instructor. He has widely exhibited locally
and abroad over a hundred times since 1973.
(Above Left) The very first
group exhibition in Excelsior Hotel, Hong Kong in 1974.
(Above Right) An Exhibition of
Hong Kong Artists, 1977 at Hong Kong Arts Centre.
(Below) Lion Art magazines
contained articles by Wucius Wong and Luis Chan who mentioned the art of
Aser But in the 70s.
Other features are in Full Graphic Magazine ( also
featuring his work and
teaching); Asian Art News featuring his drawing.
Aser judging children's
art in 1973.
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Award and community work
Awards include the Sino-British
Fellowship Trust (1976), Hong Kong Urban Council Fine Art Award (1979), Ten
Outstanding Young Persons Award (1988), Bronze Award, Hong Kong Design Biennial
(1990), Postal stamp design for the Macao Post Office, winning the Cultural
Award in Italy and the outstanding Continental Stamp in France (2000). Works
have been included in public and private collections in Beijing, Hong Kong,
Macau, Singapore.
He is an art advisor to the Leisure
and Cultural Services Department of Hong Kong SAR government; founding member of
the Hong Kong Visual Arts Society; and the Executive Officer of the Modern
Ceramists Association of Macau.
(Below, top row) Selected important
catalogues featuring two of his awards: Hong Kong Urban Council Fine Art
Award(1979) and the Hong Kong Ten Outstanding Persons Award (1988)
(Below, second row) Photos taken at various
community contests as judges.
(至2004年10月)
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畢子融1949年生於澳門。六十年代畢業於香港羅富國教育學院、葛亮洪教育學院，主修美術。先後任教於香港聖伯多祿英文中學11年；期間於1977年考獲「中英交流基金」獎學金，前往英國倫敦大學教育研究院進修美術教育，80年獲美術教育研究院文憑。
1979年加入香港理工學院為設計系講師，
其後出任兼讀課程主任。1980年在職飛往美國紐約Bank
Street 教育學院，以及Parsons
設計學院，進修美術教育行政暨管理碩士，83年畢業。88年始，出任香港理工學院設計系高級講師。
1992年
舉家移居悉尼。其後回澳門出任文化司旗下之視覺藝術學院設計系策劃人，後該院轉為澳門理工學院藝術高等學校，出任
首屆華人副校長及校長，期間獲頒教授銜，服務至2000年底。其後協助東南學校籌辦中學部，致力推廣藝術及陶藝教育，該校為澳門首間設立20部電動拉坯機之陶藝專室的中學。
2003年7月轉為服務澳門明愛
，籌建社區會堂，以及為青少年及成人籌辦社區課程，亦為中西創新學院客席教授。公餘為美術及設計創作人，課程顧問等。主要媒介為素描、繪畫、陶藝、展覽設計、書刊設計、郵票設計等，過往在港澳及海外展覽逾百次。
獎項除中英交流基金獎學金外(1977)，還包括香港市政局藝術獎（1979）、香港十大傑出青年獎(1988)、香港設計雙年展銅獎（1990）。澳門郵票設計獎項包括法國之洲際最漂亮郵票獎，以及意大利文化獎(2000)。
1982年-95年間，出版或策劃美術及設計參考書，多達9冊。其中替星島日報(陽光校園)、文匯報(香港)撰寫有關美術或設計之散文；2004年9月始，為澳門之市民日報撰寫每周一次之《藝行活頁》專欄。
作品除私人收藏外，亦由香港藝術館及澳門賽車博物館所收藏。畢氏於2003年獲選為中國廣州花都區澳門政協委員。
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(Below, top) Artist in
front of his work in the Museum of History of Zuongzhou in China c. 1981
(Below, second row) Artist in the Hong
Kong Arts Centre in 1980s.
If interested to know more about each member of the artist's family, please go to
individual pages listed on the top of this page.
1973 during the last Hong Kong Festival Art Mart.
An ancient picture.
1980 in Hong Kong Museum of Art. In photo: Benny
.
29.7. 1998 in Sydney. In photo: Benny
(behind) and Ollie
(in the front)
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The whole family, taken
on 7.12.2002 and Benny and Emily(daughter-in-law) in Artland Gallery, 29.7.2003
Margaret and Aser married on 29th July, 1973 and
still enjoying a very harmonious marriage for
over 30 years. 2 sons,
Benny and Ollie. Benny married with Miss Emily Tam on
7th December, 2002.
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