About Bonhui Uy

 Bonhui Uy (pronounced "we"), renowned architectural designer, artist and illustrator, was born in the Philippines in 1941. He graduated as an architectural engineer from Taiwan National Cheng Kung University in 1964 and received his Master of Science in Tropical Architecture from Pratt Institute in New York in 1967.

Bonhui then spent more than a decade working as a designer for several architectural firms in both New York (1965-72) and Honolulu (1972-78), including the office of Philip Johnson/John Burgee, Architects. During this period he became known not only for his design skills, but also for his extraordinary talents in drawing--one of his great loves since childhood.

Wanting to concentrate on taking his architectural delineation skills to another level, in 1978 he set up his own studio in New York City, where he performed architectural illustration and consultation work for some of the world's most distinguished architects, including Philip Johnson, I.M. Pei, Edward Larrabee Barnes, David Childs and Samuel M. Brody. It was during this period that he began to explore pure art fervently in his spare time.

Although his New York practice as an architectural illustrator was highly successful, he nevertheless missed designing. So in July 1987 he accepted an invitation from his former firm in Honolulu (Media Five) to become its director of design and executive vice president. Since 1992 he has worked as a design consultant for several notable firms in Taiwan including Fei/Chen & Associates and  J.J. Pan & Partners, Architects and Planners as well as with Honolulu-based firms including Architects Hawaii, John Hara Associates and WCIT among others.

Solo Exhibitions
In November of 1993 Bonhui’s solo exhibition was held at Taipei Fine Art Museum, in Taiwan. In March of 2000 Bonhui’s work was shown at a solo exhibition at University of Hawaii School Of Architecture Gallery, in Hawaii. From June to October of 2015 Bonhui’s largest single artist exhibition was held at and sponsored by the XUE XUE Foundation, in Taiwan. In January-February 2019, Bonhui had two solo exhibitions in Philippines: The Chiang Kai Shek College in Manila city, and at the Davao Chong Hua High School in Davao city.

Books/Publishing
Bonhui has published four books on his work: Architectural Drawings & Leisure Sketches (1978); Drawings: Architecture & Leisure (1980); Bonhui: Architectural Drawings and Leisure Works (1990), which won the Certificate of Excellence for Book Design from the prestigious American Institute of Graphic Arts in New York; and Bonhui Uy Artwork 1981-93 (1993). In 2017 Bonhui published a children's book - "PEEK-A-BOO! SAYS WHO?" co-authored with his son, Bernard, one of the founders of Wall-to-Wall Studios.

He has also taught architectural design and presentation and conducted creative workshops at universities in Hawaii and Taiwan.

In 2008-2009, Bonhui designed and built his first personal studio/home in Mt. Kisco, New York. He currently spends time on his personal art projects in New York and Hawaii.