Gordon Cheung
British artist (born 1975)
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Gordon Cheung (born 1975) is a British artist who lives and works in London.
Gordon Cheung | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1975 (age 50–51) London, United Kingdom |
| Education | |
| Occupation | Artist |
| Years active | 1998 - present |
| Known for | Painting |
| Website | https://www.gordoncheung.com/ |
Early life
Gordon Cheung was born and raised in London, UK, to parents from Hong Kong.[1] Cheung received his BA (Hons) at Central Saint Martins and his MFA at the Royal College of Art.[2][3] During his time as a student, he organised an assembly that exhibited 172 MA art graduates in two disused Victorian school buildings.[4]
Exhibitions
He was nominated for the Laing Art Solo Award in July 2007.[citation needed] Some of his exhibitions include The Promised Land in Jack Shainman Gallery, Art in the Age of Anxiety in Volta New York City, and The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse in The New Art Gallery Walsall. Cheung's first US solo museum exhibition was at the Arizona State University Art Museum in 2010. [5]
Collections
- Hirshhorn Museum[citation needed]
- Whitworth Museum[citation needed]
- ASU Art Museum[citation needed]
- The New Art Gallery Walsall[citation needed]
- Knoxville Museum of Art[citation needed]
- Museum of Modern Art[6]
- UK Government art collection[7]
- British Museum[8]
- Hiscox Collection[citation needed]