Gordon Cheung is an internationally acclaimed multi-media artist who was born in
1975 in London to Chinese parents. His work is found in major museums including
The British Museum in London, The Museum of Modern Art in New York and The
Asian Art Museum in San Francisco, to name a few. Cheung’s artistic research is
focused on exploring themes related to history, politics, culture, mythology and
religion. By employing an avant-garde approach to painting, he creates
mesmerising spaces where the virtual and the actual worlds are no longer clearly
discernible. His dreamlike visions are charged with symbolic elements and are
generated through digital manipulations, appropriated images and animations.
Continuously striving to open up new dimensions for reflection, his work ponders
over both past and current affairs in our capitalistic society, presenting an
innovative artistic language which has gained him global reputation. Cheung
obtained a Masters of Fine Arts from the Royal College of Art in London in 2001
and a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting from Central Saint Martins College of Art
and Design in London in 1998.
