Wong Hau Kwei learned painting from Chinese ink art master Huang Zhou during the 1970s. He has won a numerous number of awards, including the National Exhibition of Arts in China Award (1999, 2004), Hong Kong Contemporary Art Biennial Award (2001, 2009), the Hong Kong Achievement Award in Contemporary Art (2012), and the Secretary for Home Affairs' Commendations (2010, 2013), and his works have been collected by the China National Museum of Fine Arts, Hong Kong Museum of Art and other museums and galleries. One of his works, "Moving Clouds and Water in the Three Gorges" was included in the publication "Chinese Art in the 20th Century" edited by the China National Art Museum of Fine Art.  

Wong is now a researcher in Chinese Painting Research Institute of China National Academy of Painting, as well as a board member of Chinese Painting Institute, vice chairman of Chinese Ink Painting Institute Hong Kong, and a member of the China Artists Association. He is a visiting artist of Shenzhen Fine Art Institute.