CHOW Chun Fai
周俊輝works in Hong Kong (b. 1980, Hong Kong)
Born and raised in Hong Kong, Chow Chun Fai is known for his conceptually fuelled paintings and photographic installations. Chow holds a BA and MFA from the Fine Arts Department of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He takes an activist role as an artist: Chow serves as Chairman of the Fotanian Artist Village and in 2012 he ran in the Hong Kong Legislative Council elections, for the Sports, Performing Arts, Culture and Publication constituency. Although his election bid was unsuccessful, it drew wide attention to grassroots issues related to art and culture in Hong Kong. Most recently his work has been featured in the exhibitions Venice Meeting Point at the Arsenale, Venice Biennale 2015; The Past Continuing at the Hong Kong Heritage Museum (2015); Hong Kong Eye at the Saatchi Gallery, London and the Liverpool Biennial (both UK, 2012). Chow is a recipient of the Grand Prize of the Hong Kong Arts Centre 30th Anniversary Awards, and the Sovereign Asian Art Prize.
| Selected Solo Exhibitions | |
| 2024 | Map of Amnesia, Tang Contemporary Art, Hong Kong |
| Always After Future, Touch Gallery, Hong Kong | |
| 2023 | Interview the Interviewer, Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong |
| 2022 | Always After Now, Hanart TZ 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: I Have Something to Say, Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong |
| Cultural Rights: Artist Running An Election, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong | |
| 2010 | Reproduction of Reproduction, Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong |
| 2009 | Not Fine Art, Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong |
| 2008 | Shanghai Tan: Paintings by CHOW Chun Fai, Galleria dell’Arco, Shanghai, China |
| Paintings by CHOW Chun Fai: ViennaFair, Vienna, Austria | |
| Paintings by CHOW Chun Fai, China International Gallery Exposition, Beijing, China | |
| Paintings, Videos and Photography by CHOW Chun Fai, Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong | |
| 2005 | Significance Form: Paintings by CHOW Chun Fai, GrottoFineart, Hong Kong |
| 2004 | Paintings by CHOW Chun Fai, State of Arts Gallery, Hong Kong |
| 2003 | Painting, Grass, Ceiling: Paintings by Chow Chun-Fai, Hong Kong Art Centre, Hong Kong |
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Selected Joint Exhibitions |
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| 2025 | Imprints of Time, Tang Contemporary Art(Wong Chuk Hang Hong Kong Central Space), Hong Kong |
| The Fifth Season:CHOW Chun Fai, Ivy MA, Gallery Exit, Hong Kong | |
| 2023 | Floral Princess 65th Anniversary, Hong Kong Xiqu Centre Grand Theatre, Hong Kong |
| A Mirage of a Shining City – CHOW Chun Fai/Stephen WONG Chun Hei, Tang Contemporary Art(Hong Kong Central Space), Hong Kong | |
| The Forgiving Tree – Gigi YANG x CHOW Chun Fai x Wilfred WONG x Lawrence LAU, Tai Kwun, Hong Kong | |
| Now Showing 2.0, Karin Weber Gallery, Hong Kong | |
| 2022 | The Road to the Baroque – Masterpieces from the Capodimonte Museum, Hong Kong Musuem of Art, Hong Kong |
| Chinese Spring Part 5, Stieglitz, Antwerp, Belgium | |
| The 24901-mile-wide Red Line, C&G Artpartment, Manchester; Sheffield, UK | |
| Minding the G(r)a(s)p, Para-site, Hong Kong | |
| A Collection in Two Acts, Rossi & Rossi, Hong Kong | |
| 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 | SA 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, China Cultural Centre, Tokyo |
| Dialogue with Contemporary Japanese Art, Sun Museum, Kowloon, Hong Kong | |
| Tale of the Wonderland, Blindspot Gallery, Hong Kong | |
| Southern Climate, Sanyuan Contemporary Art Center, Beijing | |
| 2016 | Chinese Whispers, Kunstmuseum Bern, and Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern, Switzerland |
| 2015 | Venice Meeting Point, Arsenale, Venice Biennale 2015, Italy |
| The Past Continuing, Hong Kong Heritage Museum, Hong Kong | |
| 2014 | All Are Guests: Homecoming, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong |
| Light And Shadows: Caravaggio – The Italian Baroque Master, Asia Society, Hong Kong | |
| This Slow‧That Fast: Animamix Biennale, Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong | |
| 2013 | Art Basel Hong Kong, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong |
| 2012 | Hong Kong Eye, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK |
| Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool, UK | |
| 2011 | Chongqing Biennale for Young Artists, Chongqing Art Museum, China / Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts, Sichuan, China |
| 2010 | Legacy and Creations: Art vs Art, MOCA, Shanghai, China |
| Installation and Sculpture about FungShui, Wooferten, Hong Kong | |
| Butterfly Effect, He Xiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen, China | |
| 2009 | VIENNAFAIR, Vienna, Austria |
| Art Brussels, Traversee Gallery, Munich, Germany | |
| Second Skin, Osage Gallery, Singapore | |
| Charming Experience, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong | |
| 2008 | Effetto Stalker#2, Galleria dell’Arco, Palermo, Italy |
| Beautiful Journey, Beautiful World, West Kowloon Cultural District, Hong Kong | |
| 2007 | The Pivotal Decade: Hong Kong Art, Manchester, UK |
| China’s Next Wave, Munich, Germany | |
| Reversing Horizons, MOCA, Shanghai, China | |
| Inside Looking Out, Osage Gallery, Beijing, China / Osage Gallery, Hong Kong | |
| 2006 | Beyond Foreordination: Contemporary Photography Exhibition, 798 Art Zone, Beijing |
| 2005 | YCCA: Yong Chinese Contemporary Art, Hangar-7, Salzburg, Austria |
| 2003 | Matrix Inside Out: Paintings by AU Hoi Lam & CHOW Chun Fai, GrottoFineart, 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 |
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Selected Collections |
| M+ Museum, Hong Kong |
| Deutsche Bank, Hong Kong |
| 21 C Museum, Louisville, KY, United States |
| Hotel Icon, Hong Kong |
| Harbour City, Hong Kong |
| Himalayas Art Museum, Shanghai |
| Hangar-7, Salzburg, Austria |
| Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong |
| Hong Kong Heritage Museum, Hong Kong |
| Uli Sigg, Switzerland |
| Swire Properties, Hong Kong |
| White Rabbit Collection, Sydney, Australia |
| The Franks-Suss Collection, Australia |
