Chow Chun Fai

Chow Chun Fai (; born 1980) is a Hong Kong contemporary artist specialized in visual art. He is a chairman of Fotanian Artist Village in Fo Tan, in Hong Kong and one of the few artists who are actively engaged in politics. In 2012, he ran unsuccessfully for a cultural post in the Hong Kong legislative council election in the Sports, Performing Arts, Culture and Publication constituency.

Biography Chow was born in Hong Kong in 1980. He graduated from the New Asia College of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), where he earned a BA and an MFA from the Department of Fine Arts. In 2001, his father became ill, he took on the former's taxi licence and worked as a taxi driver until 2007 in addition to his studies. During this early period, his focus turned to portraying the Hong Kong landscapes he witnessed as a taxi driver, resulting in his series of paintings "Hong Kong Taxi" (2003–2005) and "Hong Kong Street" (2004–2005) rendered in either enamel as well as oil on canvas or board.

Chow's artworks usually convey messages about politics or the current Hong Kong society. His artworks can mainly divided into several categories including "painting on movie", "Video on painting", "photo installation", "Hong Kong street", "Hong Kong Taxi", "Daily life" and "Portrait". His works have been exhibited in Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai, Singapore, Manchester, Munich, Salzburg, Vienna, Palermo, and Verona. Recent exhibitions include Liverpool Biennial, and Saatchi Gallery.

Awards

Solo exhibitions

Group exhibitions Date Title Place 2016 Chinese Whispers Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern, Switzerland 2013 A Better Tomorrow Beijing 2013/05 Art Basel Hong Kong 2013/05/08 Painting On and On Lingnan University of Hong Kong 2013/03 Cultural Rights – Artist Running An Election The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology 2013/1 Fotanian: Fotan Artists Open Studios 2013 Fotan, Hong Kong 2012 Hong Kong Eye Saarchi Gallery London 2012/9 All Are Guests - Liverpool Biennial Liverpool, England 2011/1 Fotanian: Fotan Artists Open Studios 2011 Fotan, Hong Kong 2010/9/19 Lui Chun Kwong. You Are Here, I Am Not. From Ho Siu Kee to Kong Chun Hei Osage Gallary, Kwun Tong, Hong Kong 2010/9 Fungshui Sculpture and Installation Woofer Ten, 404 Shanghai Street, Hong Kong 2009/7 Not-Fine-Art: Chow Chun Fai Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong 2008/12 Hong Kong, Hong Kong Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong 2008/10 Effettp Stalker #2 Galleria Dell'Arco, Palermo, Italy 2007 The Pivotal Decade Chinese Art Centre, Manchester, UK