Gordon Cheung (b. 1975, London, UK) is a contemporary multi-media artist based in London. Cheung graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting in 1998 from Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London and earned his Masters of Fine Arts in 2001 from the Royal College of Art in London. Cheung blurs virtual and actual reality to reflect on the existential questions of what it means to be human in civilisations with histories written by victors. He raises questions and critiques the effects of global capitalism, its underlying mechanisms of power on our perception of identity, territory and sense of belonging. These narratives are refracted through the prisms of culture, mythology, religion, and politics into dreamlike spaces of urban surreal worlds that are rooted in his in-between identity.
Solo exhibitions include (Upcoming) Gordon Cheung, Galerie du Monde, Hong Kong (2025); Peaceful Retreat, Almine Rech, Shanghai, China (2024); Rise and Fall, HOFA Gallery, Mykonos, Greece (2024); Paradise Found Paradox, Richard Koh FineArt, Singapore (2023); Arrow to Heaven, Almine Rech, Paris, France (2022); Transfer of Power, Sponsored by ICFAC, Co- produced with Coates and Scarry, C Project, Los Angeles, USA (2021); Tears of Paradise, Edel Assanti, London (2020); Prelude, Edel Assanti, London, UK (2019); Home, Galerie Huit, Hong Kong (2018); New Order Vanitas, Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens, West Palm Beach, FL,USA (2017); Gordon Cheung, The Whitaker, Rossendale, UK (2017); Lines in the Sand, Leila Heller Gallery, Dubai, UAE (2016); Breaking Tulips, Alan Cristea Gallery, London (2015); Techno Sublime, Touchstones, Rochdale, UK (2014).
Group exhibitions include (Upcoming) All About Eve, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London, UK (2025); Enter Art Fair, Sanji Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark (2024); Taipei Dangdai, Galerie du Monde ,Taipei, Taiwan (2024); The Shape of Things: Still Life Britain, Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, UK (2024); Art021 Shanghai Contemporary Art Fair, Almine Rech, Shanghai, China (2023); Frieze London, Almine Rech, London (2023); Ten: The First Decade, Unit London, London (2023); STILLLIFE/LIFESTILL, OHSH, London, UK (2022); Maria Arvaniti & amp; Gordon Cheung, postROOM, London (2022); REPLICANTS, Epoch Virtual Space, Los Angeles, USA (2021); Summer Exhibition 2020, Royal Academy of Arts, London (2020.
Highlights and Collections
His works are held in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, D.C., the Whitworth Art Museum in Manchester, Royal College of Art in London, and the British Museum, amongst others.