Etta Chan 陳海雅

I’m graduated in fine arts in the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Because my mother is a tailor, when I was a little girl I dreamed to be a fashion designer. I studied in fine arts in CU, because it’s one the famous University in Hong Kong. Why is not design? There are no design courses in CU, so I chose fine arts. But I not keen on study in University. I didn’t know why I need to create? Just because of assignments? What I want to create? Something my professors like? And what is art? Really a big issue! At that time I focused on amateur drama production, I forgot visual art is my beloved. I’m not a hard-working student in University and not likely to gain first honor, but I really enjoyed the campus life and my family are happy that I can studied in famous University in Hong Kong, so that was a golden age in my life.  I believes art can be anything that gets people thinking.

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香港演員及藝術工作者陳海雅，畢業於香港中文大學藝術系。二零一三年三月，出版「Disorder in Cambridge」繪本。二零一六年出版繪本「我們並不是鴕鳥」。最近熱衷於寫作，創作新詩，散文及短篇小說，作品於聲韻詩刊及大頭菜文藝月刊發表。她相信藝術是任何令人思考的事物。

Etta 很喜歡媽媽給她起的名字「陳海雅」，也很喜歡當裁縫媽媽遺存給她對藝術的喜好。她以為自己會成為一個時裝設計師，但沒有想清楚的情況下升讀了中大藝術系，在學時期沒有好好用功創作，只埋頭戲劇創作，一切創作的精力都花在舞台劇上，交本科的創作功課總是馬馬虎虎，但讀藝術史倒是成績不錯。

畢業後，一度以為自己是不懂畫畫的。零九年在無聊工作的隙縫中畫兔子，作為visual diary 的主角，之後便没有停下創作。