Gordon Cheung

Gordon Cheung (born 1975) is a contemporary artist whose work takes the mood of the global collapse of civilization where moral, economic, and environmental crises have spun out of control. Spiritual undertones are balanced alongside familiar contemporary images including sources from popular media, cyberspace, nature, graffiti, kitsch, and historical painting. He chooses bold colors and often paints on dense collages made from London's pink Financial Times listings with ink, oil, acrylic gel and spray paint. He currently lives and works in London.

Gordon Cheung
Born1975
EducationRoyal College of Art, MA Fine Art Painting, London, UK, 2001, Central Saint Martins, BA (Hons) Fine Art in Painting, London, UK, 1998
OccupationArtist
Years active1998 - Present
Known forPainting
Websitehttps://www.gordoncheung.com/

Early life

Gordon Cheung was born and raised in London, UK, to parents from Hong Kong. Although Cheung has never lived in Hong Kong, his parents both came from the New Territories — his mother is an indigenous villager — and he has always felt a strong connection to this place. “Hong Kong has always felt like home”.[1] Cheung received his BA (Hons) at Central Saint Martins and MFA at the Royal College of Art, where he graduated in 2001.[2][3] Whilst a student he instigated and was the organiser of 'Assembly' – exhibiting 172 MA art graduates in 2 disused Victorian school buildings.[4]

Exhibitions

He exhibits internationally and was in the largest and most ambitious survey of recent developments in art from the UK; The British Art Show 6 and The John Moores Painting 24. He was commissioned for a Laing Art Solo Award (Selected by Susan May) July 2007. 2009 solo shows include 'The Swag Land', Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, 'Art in the Age of Anxiety' Volta NYC, New York and 'The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse', The New Art Gallery Walsall UK. Cheung's first US solo museum exhibition was at the Arizona State University Art Museum in 2010.

Collections

References
  1. Dewolf, Christopher (2018-12-05). "In His First Hong Kong Show, British Artist Gordon Cheung Explores the Meaning of Home". Zolima City Magazine. Retrieved 2020-10-12.
  2. "Gordon Cheung : Artimage". www.artimage.org.uk. Retrieved 2020-10-15.
  3. Westall, Mark (2020-01-13). "Gordon Cheung: Tears of Paradise". FAD Magazine. Retrieved 2020-10-15.
  4. "Gordon Cheung". D6: culture in transit. Retrieved 2020-10-15.
  5. "Gordon Cheung. The Rider from Alan Cristea Gallery Twentieth Anniversary Portfolio. 2015 | MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art.
  6. "Rachel Ruysch II (Small New Order)". Government Art Collection.
  7. "print; portfolio | British Museum". The British Museum.


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