biography / bibliography
2009
2008
GORDON CHEUNG
Born in 1975, London
Born in 1975, London
Lives and works in London
EDUCATION
1999-2001
Royal College of Art, MA Fine Art Painting
1995-1998
Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, BA(Hons) Fine Art, Painting
1994-1995
Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, Art and Design Foundation Studies
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010
Altered States, Arizona State University Museum
Other Gallery, Shanghai, China
2009
The Promised Land, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, New Art Gallery Walsall, West Midlands, UK
Gordon Cheung, ROOM Gallery, London, UK
Volta NYC, with Unosunove Gallery and Galerie Adler
2008
Wilderness of Mirrors, Galerie Adler, Frankfurt
Gordon Cheung, Kirby Gallery, Merseyside, UK
Death By a Thousand Cuts, Chinese Arts Centre, Manchester
Paradise Lost, Alan Cristea Gallery, London
2007
God is on Our Side, Unosunove Gallery, Rome
Paradise Lost, Laing Art Solo Commission, Newcastle, UK
The 1000 Yard Stare, Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth, UK
The 1000 Yard Stare, Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth, UK
Gordon Cheung – Recent Paintings, Djanogly Gallery, Nottingham, UK
2006
Heart of Darkness, Thomas Cohn Gallery, Sao Paulo
2003
Hollow Sunsets, Houldsworth Gallery, London
2002
Sprawl, DomoBaal Gallery, London
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010
Difference Engine: Manifestation II, The Black Mariah/Triskel
Reich Sein, Künstlerverein Walkmühle e.V., Wiesbaden, Germany
501 UP, Zero Gallery, London UK
DOUBLE INTERVIEW, Artspace Hdue, Seoul, Korea
Resurrectine, The Feldman Gallery, New York
SURFACE WARP FACTOR, The Aubin Gallery, London UK
Collaborators, ROOM artspace
PS: Parsing Spirituality Affirmation Arts, NY
Macmillan De'Longhi Art Auction for Macmillan Cancer Support, The Avenue, London
Projections, Carré d'Art - Museum of Contemporary Art, Nimes, France
Reconstructing the Old House, Ruskin Gallery, Cambridge, UK
Time is a Sausage, Domobaal, London
Il Castello Di Rivara Apre Le Cantine, Centre of Contemporary Art, Rivara, Italy
Uneasy Persuasion, The University of Hertfordshire Art and Design Gallery, Hatfield, UK
Fresh out of the Box,The New Art Gallery Walsall, Walsall, UK
Gallery Artists, Alan Cristea, London
Gordon Cheung & Jonathan Seliger, Nassau County Museum of Art, NY
The Other Mainstream II: Selections from the Collection of Mikki and
The Other Mainstream II: Selections from the Collection of Mikki and
Stanley Weithorn Arizona State University Art Museum, AZ
PHANTAKALIFRAGILISTIGEXPIALIGETISCH, Galerie Adler, Frankfurt
Timbuktu, Pallas Contemporary Projects, Dublin
PHANTAKALIFRAGILISTIGEXPIALIGETISCH, Galerie Adler, Frankfurt
Timbuktu, Pallas Contemporary Projects, Dublin
Landslide, I-Myu Gallery, London
Wharf Road Projects - Dystopia for All, Carter Presents at Wharf Road Projects UK
The Future Can Wait, Truman Brewery - Ellis Rumley Projects UK
Maddox Arts Summer Show, Maddox Arts, London
The Golden Record, Collective Gallery, Edingburgh
FUTUREBLUEPERFECT - Cafe Gallery Projects, London
We Don’t Need Nobody Else, Éigse Carlow Arts Festival 2008
Zavier Ellis & Simon Rumley Present: ’New London School’, Mark Moore Gallery, Los Angeles
Jerwood Contemporary Painters, Jerwood Space, Union Street, London
Wharf Road Projects - Dystopia for All, Carter Presents at Wharf Road Projects UK
The Future Can Wait, Truman Brewery - Ellis Rumley Projects UK
Maddox Arts Summer Show, Maddox Arts, London
The Golden Record, Collective Gallery, Edingburgh
FUTUREBLUEPERFECT - Cafe Gallery Projects, London
We Don’t Need Nobody Else, Éigse Carlow Arts Festival 2008
Zavier Ellis & Simon Rumley Present: ’New London School’, Mark Moore Gallery, Los Angeles
Jerwood Contemporary Painters, Jerwood Space, Union Street, London
2008
Psychedelic, San Antonio Art Museum, TX
Painting the Glass House: Artists Revisit Modern Architecture, Aldrich Museum and Yale Museum, CT, Mills Museum, CA
Whatever the Weather, Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens, Sunderland, UK
Painting the Glass House: Artists Revisit Modern Architecture, Aldrich Museum and Yale Museum, CT, Mills Museum, CA
Whatever the Weather, Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens, Sunderland, UK
2007
Currents: Recent Acquisitions, Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC
Still Life, Still, T 1+2 Gallery, London
The Future Can Wait, The Atlantis gallery, London
The Lucifer Effect, Gallery Primo Alonso, London
Still Life, Still, T 1+2 Gallery, London
The Future Can Wait, The Atlantis gallery, London
The Lucifer Effect, Gallery Primo Alonso, London
Dorian Gray Project: Happy Days, John Jones Gallery, London
Art Basel 38, Switzerland, Alan Cristea Gallery
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London
Second Life, Portman Gallery, London
Detour, The Arts Director Club, NY
Drawing from History: Permanent Collection and Loans, ASU Art Museum, AZ
Fash n Riot, Photographer's Gallery, London
Art Basel 38, Switzerland, Alan Cristea Gallery
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London
Second Life, Portman Gallery, London
Detour, The Arts Director Club, NY
Drawing from History: Permanent Collection and Loans, ASU Art Museum, AZ
Fash n Riot, Photographer's Gallery, London
Drawing 2007, Drawingroom Project, Tannery, London
New Life and the Dream Garden, Fieldgate Gallery, London
Dream Home, Novas Contemporary Art Centre, London
Blood Meridian, Michael Janssen Galerie, Berlin
The Newspaper, INDO bar 133 Whitechapel Road, London
Arrivals/Departures, URBIS Museum, Manchester, UK
New Life and the Dream Garden, Fieldgate Gallery, London
Dream Home, Novas Contemporary Art Centre, London
Blood Meridian, Michael Janssen Galerie, Berlin
The Newspaper, INDO bar 133 Whitechapel Road, London
Arrivals/Departures, URBIS Museum, Manchester, UK
Near Dark,Donna Beam Gallery, Las Vegas
2006
I'll be Your Mirror, Gallery Primo Alonso, London
Alan Cristea Editions, Alan Cristea Gallery, London(cat.)
Salon Connexions, Contemporary Art Projects, London
Salon Connexions, Contemporary Art Projects, London
We Have Lost the Hearts and Minds, E:vent, London
John Moores 24 Painting Exhibition, Walker Art Gallery, LiverpoolBiennial
I'll be your Mirror, Gostin House, Liverpool Biennial
Crave, Rawspace, London
The Stars Down to Earth, Nunnery Gallery, London
10th Planet, A04 Business Complex, London
Fresh! Contemporary Takes on Nature and Allegory, Museum of Glass
John Moores 24 Painting Exhibition, Walker Art Gallery, LiverpoolBiennial
I'll be your Mirror, Gostin House, Liverpool Biennial
Crave, Rawspace, London
The Stars Down to Earth, Nunnery Gallery, London
10th Planet, A04 Business Complex, London
Fresh! Contemporary Takes on Nature and Allegory, Museum of Glass
International Center for Contemporary Art, Washington, DC
Stéphane Janssen: The Collector, Amarillo Museum of Art, TX
ASU Collection, Arizona State Universitity Art Museum, AZ
Beyond the Grave, Sartorial Contemporary, London
The Sleep of Reason, The Embassy Gallery, Edinburgh
Continental Breakfast, Umetnostna Galerija Maribor Museum, Slovenia
Jerusalem, Dean Clough Galleries, Halifax,UK
Stéphane Janssen: The Collector, Amarillo Museum of Art, TX
ASU Collection, Arizona State Universitity Art Museum, AZ
Beyond the Grave, Sartorial Contemporary, London
The Sleep of Reason, The Embassy Gallery, Edinburgh
Continental Breakfast, Umetnostna Galerija Maribor Museum, Slovenia
Jerusalem, Dean Clough Galleries, Halifax,UK
Broken Romanticism, Standpoint Gallery, London
British Art Show 6, various UK venues across Manchester, Nottingham and Bristol U
British Art Show 6, various UK venues across Manchester, Nottingham and Bristol U
2005
British Art Show 6, BALTIC, Gateshead
Jerwood Drawing Prize Finalist– Toured UK: Jerwood Space, University of
Jerwood Drawing Prize Finalist– Toured UK: Jerwood Space, University of
Gloucestershire, Bayart, mac, EICH Gallery and The Lowry
Drawing 200, Drawingroom Project, Tannery, London
Peculiar Encounters, 187-211 St John's Street, London
Compendium, Castlefield Gallery, Manschester UK
NLK (in association with Armory Show), Soho House, NY
Drawing 200, Drawingroom Project, Tannery, London
Peculiar Encounters, 187-211 St John's Street, London
Compendium, Castlefield Gallery, Manschester UK
NLK (in association with Armory Show), Soho House, NY
New London Kicks, Wooster Projects, NY
Lunchbox Auction, Wooster Projects, NY
Lunchbox Auction, Wooster Projects, NY
Art News, Raid Projects, Los Angeles
Pictionary Auction, Agency Gallery, London
USUK Show, Three Colts Gallery, London
Pictionary Auction, Agency Gallery, London
USUK Show, Three Colts Gallery, London
ARCO Art Fair - Independents, Houldsworth Gallery, Madrid
Faux Realism, Royal Academy Pumphouse Gallery, London
Building Capacity, Storey Gallery, Lancashire, UK
Art LA, Cynthia Broan Gallery, Los Angeles
2004
Caution: Uneven Surfaces, Temporary Contemporary, London
Art News, Three Colts Gallery, London
Zoo Art Fair, London
Grey Goo, Flaca Gallery, London
Horizon of Expectations, The Empire, London
Halbes Haus, Three Colts Gallery, London
Grey Goo, Flaca Gallery, London
Horizon of Expectations, The Empire, London
Halbes Haus, Three Colts Gallery, London
Thermo 04, Castlefield Gallery, Lowry Museum, Salford, UK
Le Petit Paysage, Liverpool Biennale, Liverpool
Perspectives, Galerie Koch, Germany
Stray Show, Chicago, IL
Apopalyptical, Houldsworth Gallery, London
Collage, Bloomberg Space, London
Half Light, Rockwell, London
Le Petit Paysage, Liverpool Biennale, Liverpool
Perspectives, Galerie Koch, Germany
Stray Show, Chicago, IL
Apopalyptical, Houldsworth Gallery, London
Collage, Bloomberg Space, London
Half Light, Rockwell, London
2003
One Day, Gallery Coridoor, Iceland
Yes, I am a Long Way from Home, Nunnery, London
Vasl, VM Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan (cat.)
Intervention, John Hansard Gallery, SouthamptonUK
Yes, I am a Long Way from Home, Nunnery, London
Vasl, VM Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan (cat.)
Intervention, John Hansard Gallery, SouthamptonUK
Sense and Nonsense, Danielle Arnaud Gallery, London
Drawing 100, Drawingroom Project, Tannery, London
Trans-, Kyoto Art Centre, Japan
ArtFutures, Contemporary Art Society, London
Portal-, Studio J, Osaka, Japan
ArtFutures, Contemporary Art Society, London
Portal-, Studio J, Osaka, Japan
2002
Unscene, Gasworks, London
Wellworth, Keith Talent Gallery, London
Wellworth, Keith Talent Gallery, London
2001
CD1, Marlborough Fine Arts, London
The Show, Royal College of Art, London
The Show, Royal College of Art, London
2000
Assembly, Stepney City, London
Painting 2000, Royal College of Art, London
Fakescape, Mellow Birds, Underwood Street, London
Painting 2000, Royal College of Art, London
Fakescape, Mellow Birds, Underwood Street, London
AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
2008
Jerwood Contemporary Painters, Jerwood Space, Union Street, London
2006
DeciBel Award Finalist
John Moores 24 Painting Prize Finalist, Walker Art Gallery, LiverpoolUK
John Moores 24 Painting Prize Finalist, Walker Art Gallery, LiverpoolUK
Laing Art Solo Award and Commission, Newcastle, UK
Braziers International Artists Workshop, Oxfordshire UK
Braziers International Artists Workshop, Oxfordshire UK
2005
Hong Kong and China Research Trip
Arts Council of England Individual Arts Award
Arts Council of England Individual Arts Award
2004
BOC Emerging Artist Award Finalist
Pizza Express Prospects Prize Finalist, Tea Building, London
Jerwood Drawing Prize Finalist – Toured UK: Jerwood Space, University of
Pizza Express Prospects Prize Finalist, Tea Building, London
Jerwood Drawing Prize Finalist – Toured UK: Jerwood Space, University of
Gloucestershire, Bayart, mac, EICH Gallery and The Lowry
2003
Breathe Residency, Chinese Arts Centre, Manchester
Triangle Arts Trust International Artist Fellowship
VASL Residency, Pakistan
Arts Council England International Art Award
British Council International Arts Award
Diffuse Asia, Kyoto Art Centre Residency, Japan
Lexmark European Painting Prize Finalist, London
Triangle Arts Trust International Artist Fellowship
VASL Residency, Pakistan
Arts Council England International Art Award
British Council International Arts Award
Diffuse Asia, Kyoto Art Centre Residency, Japan
Lexmark European Painting Prize Finalist, London
1999
Socrates Travel Award for Berlin
John Minton Travel Award for Paris
TI Travel Award for Budapest
John Minton Travel Award for Paris
TI Travel Award for Budapest
Space Studio Residency 98/99, Space Studios, Old Street, London
Paris Studio Residency, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris
The Gilchrist-Fisher Award Finalist, Rhg, London (cat.)
Paris Studio Residency, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris
The Gilchrist-Fisher Award Finalist, Rhg, London (cat.)
1998
Space Studio Residency 98/99, Space Studios, Old Street, London
Arte Viva Residency and competition - Painting First PrizeWinner, Italy
Arte Viva Residency and competition - Painting First PrizeWinner, Italy
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY
Knoxville Museum of Art