Chow Chun Fai
Born in 1980 in Hong Kong. Lives and works in Hong Kong.
EDUCATION
2006
M.F.A., The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
2003
B.A., The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022
Always After Now, Touch Gallery, Hong Kong
2020
CHOW Chun Fai: Portraits from Behind, Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong
2018
CHOW CHUN FAI, Eli Klein Gallery, New York
2016
CHOW Chun Fai: Everything Comes With an Expiry Date, Klein Sun Gallery, New York
2015
CHOW Chun Fai: I Have Nothing to Say, Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong
2013
CHOW Chun Fai: Cultural Rights - Artist Running an Election, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
CHOW Chun Fai: I Have Something to Say, Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong
2012
Special Feature: CHOW Chun Fai’s Painting on Movie, Times Square Open Piazza, Hong Kong
2010
CHOW Chun Fai: Reproduction of Reproduction, Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong
2009
Not-Fine-Art: CHOW Chun Fai, Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong
2008
Shanghai Tan - Paintings by CHOW Chun Fai, Aike-Dellarco, Shanghai
CHOW Chun Fai Paintings Videos Photography, Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong
2005
Significant Form: Paintings of CHOW Chun Fai, Grotto Fine Art, Hong Kong
2004
Paintings by CHOW Chun Fai, State of Arts Gallery, Hong Kong
2003
Young Artists' Exhibition - Painting, Grass, Ceiling-Paintings by CHOW Chun Fai, Hong Kong Art Centre, Hong Kong
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
CHOW Chun Fai & Stephen WONG Chun Hei Duo Exhibition - A Mirage of a Shining City, Tang Contemporary Art, Hong Kong
Art Basel Hong Kong 2023-Exit, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
Now Showing 2.0, Karin Weber Gallery, Hong Kong
2022
The Road to the Baroque, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong
Minding the G(r)a(s)p, Para Site, Hong Kong
A Collection in Two Acts, Rossi & Rossi, Hong Kong
Chinese Spring Part 5, Stieglitz, Antwerp, Belgium
The 24901-mile-wide Red Line, C&G Artpartment, Manchester; Sheffield, UK
2021
The Protest and The Recuperation, Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University, New York
2020
Of All Things Cute, Karin Weber Gallery, Hong Kong
Moving, Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong
2019
SALUTE TO KWAN KUNG, TAI KWUN, Hong Kong
2018
A Chinese Journey, Het Noordbrabants Museum, 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
Image Triangle: Video Art in the Pearl River Delta, Times Art Center, Berlin
2017
Evolving Images: Modern Hong Kong Printmaking, Sun Museum, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Dialogue with Contemporary Japanese Art, China Cultural Centre, Tokyo
Tale of the Wonderland, Blindspot Gallery, Hong Kong
60th Anniversary of Fine Arts Department CUHK, Cattle Depot, Hong Kong
Southern Climate, Sanyuan Contemporary Art Center, Beijing
2016
Chinese Whispers, Kunstmuseum Bern, and Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern, Switzerland
2015
Venice Meeting Point, My Art Guides, Venice
The Past is Continuing, Hong Kong Heritage Museum, Hong Kong
2014
This Slow・That Fast: Animamix Biennale 2013-14, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
All Are Guests - Homecoming, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong
Light and Shadows - Caravaggio・The Italian Baroque Master, Asia Society, Hong Kong
2012
Hong Kong Eye, Saatchi Gallery, London
All Are Guest, Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool, England
2011
Link: Tradition and Future, Chongqing Biennale for Young Artists, Chongqing Art Museum and Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts, Chongqing, China
2010
Legacy and Creation - Art vs Art, Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai
Fung Shui Sculptures and Installations, Wooferten, Hong Kong
Butterfly Effect - An Artistic Communication Project of Cross-Strait Four-Regions, He Xiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen, China
2009
Charming Experience, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong
Chow Chunfai and Wilson Shieh: Second Skin, Osage Gallery, Singapore
2008
Made in Hong Kong, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong
Effetto Stalker #2, Aike-Dellarco, Palermo, Italy
Art Container Project: Beautiful Journey・Beautiful World, West Kowloon Cultural District, Hong Kong
Inside Looking-Out, Osage Gallery, Singapore
HK Unveiled - Contemporary Art in the SAR, Atting House, Hong Kong
Hong Kong Visual Arts Society 35th Anniversary Exhibition, Hong Kong City Hall Exhibition Hall, Hong Kong
2007
China’s Next Wave, Gallery Traversée, Munich
The Pivotal Decade: Hong Kong Art 1997-2007, Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art, Manchester, UK
Reversing Horizons - Artists Reflections of The Hong Kong Handover 10th Anniversary, MOCA, Shanghai
Inside Looking Out - Art and Life, Osage Gallery, Beijing
2006
Beyond Foreordination - Contemporary Photography Exhibition, 798 Art District, Beijing
2005
YCCA - Yong Chinese Contemporary Art, HangART-7, Salzburg, Austria
2003
Matrix Inside Out: Paintings by AU Hoi Lam and Chow Chun Fai, Grotto Fine Art, Hong Kong
The Hong Kong Art Biennial Exhibition 2003, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong
2001
Joint Funeral of Chow & Kwan, 1a Space, Hong Kong
SELECTED AWARDS
2008
Grand Prize, HK Arts Centre 30th Anniversary
2006
Grand Prize, Sovereign Art Prize
2005
Finalist, Sovereign Art Prize
2004
Finalist, Sovereign Art Prize
2003
Y.S. Hui Fine Arts Award
Raymond Wood Creative Prize
Gallery Ferry Competition Two Dimensional Art Award
Finalist, Philippe Charriol Foundation 18th Annual Art Competition
2002
Finalist, Philippe Charriol Foundation 17th Annual Art Competition
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
21 C Museum, Louisville
Deutsche Bank, Hong Kong
Frank Suss Collection, London
Hotel Icon, Hong Kong
Harbour City, Hong Kong
Himalayas Art Museum, Shanghai
Hang Art-7, Salzburg, Austria
Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong
Hong Kong Heritage Museum, Hong Kong
M+ Museum, Hong Kong
Swire Properties, Hong Kong
The Pawn, Hong Kong
Uli Sigg Collection, Mauensee, Switzerland
White Rabbit Collection, Sydney