# Chow Chun Fai > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Chow_Chun_Fai > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Chow_Chun_Fai.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chow_Chun_Fai > Source revision: 1327950213 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) **Chow Chun Fai** (; born 1980) is a [Hong Kong](/source/Hong_Kong) contemporary artist specialized in visual art. He is a chairman of [Fotanian Artist Village](http://www.fotanian.org) in [Fo Tan](/source/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](/source/Legislative_Council_of_Hong_Kong) in the [Sports, Performing Arts, Culture and Publication constituency](/source/Sports,_Performing_Arts,_Culture_and_Publication_(constituency)).[1] ## Biography Chow was born in Hong Kong in 1980. He graduated from the [New Asia College](/source/New_Asia_College) of the [Chinese University of Hong Kong](/source/Chinese_University_of_Hong_Kong) (CUHK), where he earned a BA and an MFA from the [Department of Fine Arts](/source/Department_of_Fine_Arts,_Chinese_University_of_Hong_Kong). [2] In 2001, his father became ill, he took on the former's [taxi](/source/Taxicabs_of_Hong_Kong) 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. [3] 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](/source/Liverpool_Biennial), and [Saatchi Gallery](/source/Saatchi_Gallery). ## Awards Award Year Hong Kong Arts Centre 30th Anniversary Award Grand Prize 2008 the Sovereign Asian Art Prize 2008 selected as the Top Ten visual Art event in 2005, by “AMpost” 2006 Sovereign Art Prize Finalist 2006 Sovereign Art Prize Finalist 2005 Sovereign Art Prize Finalist 2004 Selected entries in the Hong Kong Art Biennial Exhibition 2003 Hui’s Fine Arts Award in Chinese Painting 2003 Ting Yen Yung Memorial Artistic Achievement Award 2003 Ramon Woon Creative Prize 2003 Gallery Ferry Competition, A Dynamic City, Two-dimensional Art Award 2003 Philippe Charriol Foundation 18TH Annual Art Competition Finalist (Painting) 2003 Philippe Charriol Foundation 18TH Annual Art Competition Finalist (Painting) 2002 Shatin Drama Festival the Best Script 1998 ## Solo exhibitions Year Title Place' 2016 CHOW Chun Fai: Everything Comes With an Expiry Date[4] Klein Sun Gallery, New York 2015 CHOW Chun Fai: I Have Nothing to Say Hanart, Hong Kong 2013 CHOW Chun Fai: I Have Something to Say Hanart, Hong Kong 2009 Reproduction of Reproduction Hanart, Hong Kong 2009 Not Fine Art Hanart, Hong Kong 2008 Shanghai Tan Galleria dell"Arco, Moganchan, Shanghai 2008 VIENNAFAIR-Paintings by CHOW Chun Fai Vienna 2008 China International Gallery Exposition Beijing 2008 Paintings, Videos and Photography by Chow Chun Fai Hanart, 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 Hong Kong Art Centre ## 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[5] 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[6] ## References 1. Chow, Chun Fai. ["抗爭敢言：事實與謊言 油彩定格"](http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/supplement/special/art/20141009/18893604). [Apple Daily](/source/Apple_Daily). Retrieved 19 March 2015. 1. Chow, Chun Fai. ["ocula"](http://ocula.com/artists/chun-fai-chow/). *ocula*. Retrieved 19 March 2015. 1. Chow, Chun Fai. ["artasiapacific"](http://artasiapacific.com/Magazine/91/CitizenHK). *artasiapacific*. Retrieved 19 March 2015. 1. ["Chow Chun Fai - Artists - Eli Klein Gallery"](http://www.galleryek.com/artists/chow-chun-fai/cv). *www.galleryek.com*. Retrieved 2023-02-20. 1. ["'All Are Guests' exhibition, CoLAB X SLOW, Leung Mee-ping and Chow Chun-fai, 15 March - 25 November 2012"](http://archive.cfcca.org.uk/index.php/Detail/occurrences/466). [Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art](/source/Centre_for_Chinese_Contemporary_Art). Retrieved 2018-09-08. 1. ["'The Pivotal Decade' exhibition, various artists, 30 June - 23 September 2007"](http://archive.cfcca.org.uk/index.php/Detail/occurrences/342). [Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art](/source/Centre_for_Chinese_Contemporary_Art). Retrieved 2018-09-08. ## External links - Chow, Vivienne (2 October 2012). ["Artist Chow Chun-fai says Hong Kong's Arts Development Council has lost credibility"](https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1051824/artist-chow-chun-fai-says-hong-kongs-arts-development-council-has). *[South China Morning Post](/source/South_China_Morning_Post)*. 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