Gordon Cheung
{{Short description|British artist (born 1975)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{BLP sources|date=February 2020}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Gordon Cheung
| caption = Gordon Cheung in 2018
| birth_date = 1975
| birth_place = London, United Kingdom
| nationality =
| education = {{Plainlist|
| occupation = Artist
| years_active = 1998 - present
| known_for = Painting
| website = https://www.gordoncheung.com/
}}
Gordon Cheung (born 1975) is a British artist who lives and works in London.
Early life
Gordon Cheung was born and raised in London, UK, to parents from Hong Kong.{{Cite web|last=Dewolf|first=Christopher|date=2018-12-05|title=In His First Hong Kong Show, British Artist Gordon Cheung Explores the Meaning of Home|url=https://zolimacitymag.com/in-his-first-hong-kong-show-british-artist-gordon-cheung-explores-the-meaning-of-home/|access-date=2020-10-12|website=Zolima City Magazine|language=en-GB}} Cheung received his BA (Hons) at Central Saint Martins and his MFA at the Royal College of Art.{{Cite web|title=Gordon Cheung : Artimage|url=https://www.artimage.org.uk/artists/c/gordon-cheung/|access-date=2020-10-15|website=artimage.org.uk|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Westall|first=Mark|date=2020-01-13|title=Gordon Cheung: Tears of Paradise|url=https://fadmagazine.com/2020/01/13/gordon-cheung-tears-of-paradise/|access-date=2020-10-15|website=FAD Magazine|language=en-GB}} During his time as a student, he organised an assembly that exhibited 172 MA art graduates in two disused Victorian school buildings.{{Cite web|title=Gordon Cheung|url=http://www.d6culture.org/gordon-cheung.html|access-date=2020-10-15|website=D6: culture in transit|language=en}}
Exhibitions
He was nominated for the Laing Art Solo Award in July 2007.{{cn|date=October 2024}} 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. {{Cite web |date=2009-12-16 |title=Artist Gordon Cheung premieres at ASU Art Museum |url=https://news.asu.edu/content/artist-gordon-cheung-premieres-asu-art-museum |access-date=2023-07-06 |website=ASU News |language=en}}
Collections
- Hirshhorn Museum{{cn|date=October 2024}}
- Whitworth Museum{{cn|date=October 2024}}
- ASU Art Museum{{cn|date=October 2024}}
- The New Art Gallery Walsall{{cn|date=October 2024}}
- Knoxville Museum of Art{{cn|date=October 2024}}
- Museum of Modern Art{{cite web |title=Gordon Cheung. The Rider from Alan Cristea Gallery Twentieth Anniversary Portfolio. 2015 |url=https://www.moma.org/collection/works/194752?sov_referrer=artist&artist_id=48315&page=1 |publisher=The Museum of Modern Art |language=en}}
- UK Government art collection{{cite web |title=Rachel Ruysch II (Small New Order) |url=https://artcollection.culture.gov.uk/artwork/18726/ |publisher=Government Art Collection}}
- British Museum{{cite web |title=print; portfolio |url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_2015-7050-3 |publisher=The British Museum |language=en}}
- Hiscox Collection{{cn|date=October 2024}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.gordoncheung.com/}}
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Category:Alumni of Central Saint Martins
Category:Alumni of the Royal College of Art
Category:British contemporary artists