Clara Cheung

Clara Cheung Ka-lai is a Hong Kong artist and activist, co-founder of the C&G Artpartment gallery.

Career

C&G Artpartment In 2007, Cheung co-founded C&G Artpartment with her husband, Gum Cheng Yee Man. Located in a tong lau-style apartment building in Mong Kok, the gallery hosted over 80 art exhibitions between 2007 and 2021.

Wan Chai District Council In the 2019 Hong Kong local elections, Cheung was elected as a member of the Wan Chai District Council for the Happy Valley Constituency. Cheung was among a number of artists elected to district councils in the election, which were a landslide in favor of Hong Kong's pro-democracy camp.

Exile Following her resignation, her family went into exile in the United Kingdom, settling in Sheffield.

2025 censorship by China

In July 2025, C&G Artpartment's pieces were featured in the "Constellation of Complicity: Visualising the Global Machinery of Authoritarian Solidarity" exhibition at the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre. Following the exhibit's opening, officials from the Chinese Embassy in Bangkok demanded the removal of certain pieces of artwork deemed offensive to China. Cheung and Gum's names were blacked out on the information for the “Anti-Spy Spy Club” installation.