Chow Chun Fai (Chinese: 周俊輝; born 1980) is a Hong Kong contemporary artist specialized in visual art. He is a chairman of Fotanian Artist Village in Fo Tan, in Hong Kong and one of the few artists who are actively engaged in politics. In 2012, he ran unsuccessfully for a cultural post in the Hong Kong legislative council election in the Sports, Performing Arts, Culture and Publication constituency.[1]

Biography

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Chow was born in Hong Kong in 1980. He graduated from the New Asia College of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), where he earned a BA and an MFA from the Department of Fine Arts. [2] In 2001, his father became ill, he took on the former's taxi licence and worked as a taxi driver until 2007 in addition to his studies. During this early period, his focus turned to portraying the Hong Kong landscapes he witnessed as a taxi driver, resulting in his series of paintings "Hong Kong Taxi" (2003–2005) and "Hong Kong Street" (2004–2005) rendered in either enamel as well as oil on canvas or board. [3]

Chow's artworks usually convey messages about politics or the current Hong Kong society. His artworks can mainly divided into several categories including "painting on movie", "Video on painting", "photo installation", "Hong Kong street", "Hong Kong Taxi", "Daily life" and "Portrait". His works have been exhibited in Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai, Singapore, Manchester, Munich, Salzburg, Vienna, Palermo, and Verona. Recent exhibitions include Liverpool Biennial, and Saatchi Gallery.

Awards

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Award Year
Hong Kong Arts Centre 30th Anniversary Award Grand Prize 2008
the Sovereign Asian Art Prize 2008
selected as the Top Ten visual Art event in 2005, by “AMpost” 2006
Sovereign Art Prize Finalist 2006
Sovereign Art Prize Finalist 2005
Sovereign Art Prize Finalist 2004
Selected entries in the Hong Kong Art Biennial Exhibition 2003
Hui’s Fine Arts Award in Chinese Painting 2003
Ting Yen Yung Memorial Artistic Achievement Award 2003
Ramon Woon Creative Prize 2003
Gallery Ferry Competition, A Dynamic City, Two-dimensional Art Award 2003
Philippe Charriol Foundation 18TH Annual Art Competition Finalist (Painting) 2003
Philippe Charriol Foundation 18TH Annual Art Competition Finalist (Painting) 2002
Shatin Drama Festival the Best Script 1998

Solo exhibitions

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Year Title Place'
2016 CHOW Chun Fai: Everything Comes With an Expiry Date[4] Klein Sun Gallery, New York
2015 CHOW Chun Fai: I Have Nothing to Say Hanart, Hong Kong
2013 CHOW Chun Fai: I Have Something to Say Hanart, Hong Kong
2009 Reproduction of Reproduction Hanart, Hong Kong
2009 Not Fine Art Hanart, Hong Kong
2008 Shanghai Tan Galleria dell"Arco, Moganchan, Shanghai
2008 VIENNAFAIR-Paintings by CHOW Chun Fai Vienna
2008 China International Gallery Exposition Beijing
2008 Paintings, Videos and Photography by Chow Chun Fai Hanart, Hong Kong
2005 Significance Form: Paintings by Chow Chun Fai GrottoFineart, Hong Kong
2004 Paintings by Chow Chun Fai State of Arts Gallery,Hong Kong
2003 Painting, Grass, Ceiling Hong Kong Art Centre

Group exhibitions

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Date Title Place
2016 Chinese Whispers Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern, Switzerland
2013 A Better Tomorrow Beijing
2013/05 Art Basel Hong Kong
2013/05/08 Painting On and On Lingnan University of Hong Kong
2013/03 Cultural Rights – Artist Running An Election The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
2013/1 Fotanian: Fotan Artists Open Studios 2013 Fotan, Hong Kong
2012 Hong Kong Eye Saarchi Gallery London
2012/9 All Are Guests - Liverpool Biennial Liverpool, England[5]
2011/1 Fotanian: Fotan Artists Open Studios 2011 Fotan, Hong Kong
2010/9/19 Lui Chun Kwong. You Are Here, I Am Not. From Ho Siu Kee to Kong Chun Hei Osage Gallary, Kwun Tong, Hong Kong
2010/9 Fungshui Sculpture and Installation Woofer Ten, 404 Shanghai Street, Hong Kong
2009/7 Not-Fine-Art: Chow Chun Fai Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong
2008/12 Hong Kong, Hong Kong Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong
2008/10 Effettp Stalker #2 Galleria Dell'Arco, Palermo, Italy
2007 The Pivotal Decade Chinese Art Centre, Manchester, UK[6]

References

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  1. ^ Chow, Chun Fai. "抗爭敢言:事實與謊言 油彩定格". Apple Daily. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
  2. ^ Chow, Chun Fai. "ocula". ocula. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
  3. ^ Chow, Chun Fai. "artasiapacific". artasiapacific. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
  4. ^ "Chow Chun Fai - Artists - Eli Klein Gallery". www.galleryek.com. Retrieved 2023-02-20.
  5. ^ "'All Are Guests' exhibition, CoLAB X SLOW, Leung Mee-ping and Chow Chun-fai, 15 March - 25 November 2012". Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art. Retrieved 2018-09-08.
  6. ^ "'The Pivotal Decade' exhibition, various artists, 30 June - 23 September 2007". Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art. Retrieved 2018-09-08.
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