黎小杰是澳门着名的年轻画家，份别于二零零六年及二零零九年于北京中央美术学院油画系取得学士及硕士学位，现时为全职画家。她曾参与在韩国、北京及澳门举行的超过二十个个展及联展，全艺社也曾把她的作品带到新加坡、台北的国际艺术博览会上以及重庆青年艺术展中展出，均受到当地观众的欢迎，此外，其作品也获澳门艺术博物馆以及本地不少买家收藏。

黎小杰为人熟悉的作品是其「屋顶」系列，从高处俯瞰澳门旧城层层相迭的屋顶风貌，作品探讨都市中聚居的人群关系，画作具有强烈的油画质感及视觉效果。是次展览，黎小杰还是采用高角度去绘画澳门的城市景物，但关注的不再是一大片各式各样的屋顶或建筑群，而是单一的楼宇空间－－天台；天台是一个私人但又暴露在外的地方，在这狭小的空间里，有人用来摆放杂物和旧东西、有人用来种植花草，各家各施其法，在这些生活气息和人情味浓厚的空间里，便是艺术家所创造的「秘密花园」。这些天台没有华贵的设计，只是平凡的点点滴滴，在黎小杰的画作里，盆栽不再只是盆栽，杂物也不尽是杂物，是她笔下的思考轨迹和私语境地，正如策展人李少庄说：「这正正是我们在追赶着城市急速发展的过程中尤其值得珍惜的时光和景致。」

游走在黎小杰细心为观众营造的天台景致中，正如走在艺术家心灵的花园里。《秘密花园》－ 黎小杰绘画展获澳门特区政府社会文化司司长办公室赞助部份经费，展览开幕式将于四月十三日（星期五）下午六时半于全艺社会址举行，展期为四月十四日至五月廿七日。
 
Lai Sio kit is a well-known young painter who attained the Bachelor and Master Degree of Oil Painting of the Central Academy of Fine Arts (Beijing) in 2006 and 2009, he is a full-time painter at present. He has ever participated in more than 20 solo and group exhibitions in Korea, Beijing and Macau. Art For All Society have also introduced his works to international Art Fairs held in Singapore, Taipei and also the Chongqin Young Art Festival and were so popular to the art lovers. In addition, some of his works were collected by the Macao Museum of Art and private buyers.
 
Lai Sio Kit’s renowned works are his "Together" series,  it shows the unique landscape of  the stacked rooftops of Macau  old  town from a high angle. In this exhibition, Lai has once again captured the urban scenery of Macao from a high angle. But this time his focus has no longer lingered on a great host of rooftops or buildings but a single structure space -- roof terrace. As Lai said that a roof terrace was somehow a private but exposed area. Some people might use these spaces for storing miscellaneous old items while others plant; some roof terraces are more organized and some are in disarray. Even though different families arrange their roof terraces in different ways, these areas are always full of breath of life and human touches, this is the ‘Secret Garden’ created by Lai Sio Kit. In his paintings, Potted plants are no longer just plants; the miscellaneous items are not all just miscellaneous: they represent the painter’s trajectory of thought and state of private dialogue. As curator, Bianca Lei says, ‘ Amidst the rapid development of the city, these are exactly the moments and scenes we desperately need to cherish.’
 
The Opening of‘The Secret Gardens’- Paintings by Lai Sio Kit will be held at 6:30 p.m. on 13th  April, 2012 at AFA. This exhibition was partly sponsored by Secretariat of Social Affairs and Culture of Macao SAR Government. The exhibition period is from 14th April to 27th May and is free admission.