Leo Wong Returns to Homo Faber 2026

Hong Kong Ceramic Artist Invited for the Second Consecutive Time to the World's Premier Celebration of High Craftsmanship in Venice

HONG KONG, Sept. 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Hong Kong–acclaimed ceramic artist Leo Wong is pleased to announce his return to Venice for the fourth edition of Homo Faber Biennial 2026: An Island of Light, the international celebration of contemporary craftsmanship.

Curated by the Michelangelo Foundation for Creativity and Craftsmanship, Homo Faber Biennial is the flagship event which champions exceptional artisans and the continued relevance of handmade work. Set within the historic Fondazione Giorgio Cini on Venice's island of San Giorgio Maggiore, the biennial brings together master artisans, emerging talents and designers from around the world.

Following his participation as Hong Kong's sole representative artist at Homo Faber 2024, Wong returns to present his work alongside more than 500 master artisans from over 70 countries. Homo Faber takes place from 1 to 30 September 2026.

Peony Rêverie — The Exhibited Work

Responding to the biennial's theme, An Island of Light, Wong will unveil a new white-porcelain sculpture, Peony Rêverie. The work explores an intimate dialogue between porcelain and light: its sculpted surfaces receive, diffuse, and transform shadow, inviting shifting encounters between material, craftsmanship, and perception. Through this meditative exploration of whiteness, translucency, and form, Peony Rêverie offers international audiences a contemporary expression of Asian ceramic aesthetics.

Comprising two groupings of white porcelain peonies, the sculpture is formed petal by petal from an exceptionally pure and highly translucent clay body. Through porcelain's inherent hardness, Wong evokes softness, movement, and warmth, creating an inspired quiet tension between permanence and fragility.

In the Artist's Words — Leo Wong in Conversation

"Peony Rêverie is dreamlike and otherworldly — white as snow, unified and pure. Through an exceptionally thin, semi-translucent body, I invite light to move among the petals — now luminous, now shadowed — as if quietly breathing."

"To represent Hong Kong again is a profound honour. Despite its scale, the city's cultural depth and East–West sensibility allow it to stand on the world stage. I hope to inspire a new generation of makers to create with conviction and continuity."

About Leo Wong

Leo Wong is a Hong Kong-based ceramic artist and founder of Leo Wong Atelier. Drawing on Eastern philosophy, Chinese craft traditions and more than two decades of experience as a certified arborist and landscape designer, he creates hand-sculpted porcelain flowers, botanical sculptures and large-scale installations.

Recognised for their exceptional delicacy and meditative quality, Wong's works transform the fleeting beauty of nature into luminous, lasting porcelain. His workshop has produced bespoke commissions for institutions, hospitality and prestigious houses such as Chanel, Van Cleef & Arpels, The Peninsula Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Palace Museum, Mandarin Oriental, Guerlain, Anne-Sophie Pic and Starbucks.

Leo Wong Atelier 
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Leo Wong Returns to Homo Faber 2026

Leo Wong Returns to Homo Faber 2026

Leo Wong Returns to Homo Faber 2026

National recognition highlights Australian microalgae innovation bringing together agricultural productivity, sustainable food supply and climate solutions

MELBOURNE, Australia, Sept. 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Australian microalgae company Genesis has won the Agriculture & Environment category at The Australian Financial Review Sustainability Leaders 2026 Awards.

The award recognises Genesis' development of practical microalgae-based solutions designed to improve agricultural productivity while reducing environmental impact.

Making sustainability work for agriculture

Agriculture is under growing pressure to reduce its environmental footprint, but new technologies will only achieve meaningful scale if they also make economic sense for farmers.

Genesis develops microalgae applications designed to bring productivity, affordability and emissions reduction together. At the centre of its work is Chlorella grown in Australia's Great Barrier Reef Region using a comparatively low-energy cultivation process.

By keeping the algae wet rather than drying it, Genesis has developed a livestock supplement targeting a cost of around 20 cents per animal per day, compared with approximately $2 for some dried alternatives.

Trials with Queensland cattle producers have reported faster growth and earlier achievement of production weight. Shortening the production cycle has the potential to reduce the period over which cattle generate methane while improving production efficiency and farm economics.

Genesis is also developing microalgae applications for crop productivity, carbon capture and utilisation, and agricultural methane reduction, working with research institutions and universities in Australia and internationally.

Genesis CEO Eric Chen said the award came at an important stage in the company's growth.

"We now have an opportunity to take this Australian technology into more products and markets, while strengthening our R&D capabilities and exploring how microalgae can help address pressing climate challenges," Chen said.

Genesis co-founder Colin McGregor said commercial value had always guided the company's agricultural work.

"Farmers shouldn't have to choose between reducing their environmental impact and running a profitable business," McGregor said.

"If a solution is affordable, improves animal performance and delivers a clear return, it has a much better chance of being adopted at the scale needed to make a real difference."

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About Genesis

Genesis is an Australian microalgae technology company developing solutions across sustainable agriculture, food supply, animal nutrition, human health and environmental applications. Genesis grows Australian Chlorella at large-scale cultivation operations in Australia's Great Barrier Reef Region.

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Genesis wins AFR Sustainability Leaders 2026 Award for Australian agricultural climate innovation