1a Space

1a Space is one of the leading visual arts organisations in Hong Kong. It aims to nurture and support young local artists and promote visual arts through education workshop and tours. In 2005, it organised cultural exchange projects which focused on women's art and a series of photography exhibitions.

Artist Commune

Artist Commune was established in 1997. It is devoted to the establishment of a new Asian art network with Hong Kong as the centre. In 2005, it organised activities including the Hong Kong Art Promoting Programme, 'CATTLE — Can All The Tenants Laugh Efficiently' and 'Hong Kong sCULpTURE and the International (USA) Artist-In-Residency Programme.

Asia Art Archive

Incorporated in 2000, the Asia Art Archive (AAA) is the first centre in Hong Kong dedicated to documenting and cataloguing materials related to contemporary Asian art for public access through its library, online database and website. It organises a variety of activities including talks, research tours, publication and workshops to further raise awareness and enhance understanding of contemporary local and regional arts. In 2005, activities included the first workshop in Asia which focused on issues of documentation and archiving contemporary regional art with over 30 international participants; participation in the prestigious Art Basel; launch of the AAA Martell Research Grant for contemporary Asian art and the co-organisation of a symposium in conjunction with the Guangzhou Triennial as the first of a series focused on the Pearl River Delta.

Hong Kong Society for Education in Art

The Hong Kong Society for Education in Art was established in 1982. It promotes the development of visual arts education in schools and in the community. In 2005, the society initiated and organised a number of workshops, talks and the Guangzhou Art Education Exchange Visit, and published Hong Kong Art Education (Issue 1, 2, 3) and Interview with 10 Art Educators volume III.

Para/Site Art Space

Para/Site Art Space is a non-profit-making art organisation founded in 1996 by a group of independent artists in Hong Kong. Para/Site aims to promote contemporary art through its annual programmes of exhibitions and seminars and the publication of catalogues and PS magazine, Hong Kong's only bilingual visual arts publication. It also manages another exhibition space — Para/Site Central, the smallest exhibition venue in Hong Kong hosted by Hanart TZ Gallery in Central.

Previously an artist-run space, in 2005 Para/Site Art Space recruited Tobias Berger as the executive director and curator. Within a short time of his arrival, he organised a number of well-received exhibitions — 'Power Plays', presenting three decades of influential international and local performance art videos; 'A Life that Changes Your Week' featuring renowned media artist Christian Jankowski and 'Irreality', a multi-media installation exhibition by local and Pearl River Delta artists.