Mathias Woo

Mathias Woo Yan Wai (Chinese: 胡恩威; born 1968) is a cultural worker in the cross-media discipline in Hong Kong, with creative works ranging from theatre and multi-media design, to cultural policy research and analysis, art education, architectural design and screenplay writing.

Woo was born in Hong Kong, and studied architecture at The University of Hong Kong and Architectural Association, London.

Woo joined the arts collective Zuni Icosahedron in 1988, and is now the Executive Director and Co-Artistic Director of the group. Since the 1980s, he has been actively involving in the areas of politics, cultural policy, urban development and social welfare.

In 1996, Woo founded the Hong Kong Development and Strategic Research Centre (HKDSRC), and is also the chairperson of the organisation. Over the past years, He has initiated a series of studies on arts and cultural policies, including both the 1991 & 1993 edition of "In Search of Cultural Policy", "In Search of Film Policy 97" and "In Search of Information Policy 97".

Woo has been writing regularly for newspapers and magazines on architecture, arts, culture, and the media since the 1990s. His writings could be seen in publications like Yazhou Zhoukan, HK Economic Times, Ming Pao and CUP Magazine.

In 2006, Woo was appointed by the government of the HKSAR as a member of Public Service Broadcasting Review Committee, and also a member of the Advisory Groups (Performing Arts and Tourism) of the Consultative Committee on the Core Arts and Cultural Facilities of the West Kowloon Cultural District; in 2009, Woo was appointed member of the Task Force on Economic Challenges by the Chief Executive.

Theatre Works

Architecture and Designs

Screenplays

Publications

“HK Style” series, a series of publications documenting the originality of the local architecture, and it was reprinted up to the 4th Edition and has sold near to 10,000 copies.

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