Rossano Fan was a visionary, a provocateur, and a true original in New Zealand’s art and architectural scenes. Born in Hong Kong and raised in a family of influence, he immigrated to New Zealand in the 1960s, where he began crafting a legacy that spanned disciplines and defied expectations.

Equally at home with a blueprint or a brush, Fan brought a fiercely personal lens to his creative practice. His paintings—often populated by emotionally charged, stylized figures and layered with cultural symbolism—blend Eastern calligraphy with Western expressionism. His studio walls, filled with faces and fragments of memory, echo his dual identity and restless artistic spirit.

Fan’s work wasn’t just art—it was autobiography. At the heart of his career was a controversial collaboration and personal relationship with renowned painter Toss Woollaston, a bond marked by artistic intensity, betrayal, and myth. Their connection became the focus of the feature film The Temptation of Rossano Fan, released just before Fan’s passing in 2014.

Posthumously, his bold and unapologetic work has found new resonance. Art Division proudly represents the provocative brilliance of the artist known as MING CHING.