ARTISTS / Chan Yuk Keung, Kurt
Kurt Chan's artworks:
Kurt, Chan Yuk Keung obtained his BA from the Department of Fine Arts, The Chinese University of Hong Kong and his M.F.A. from the Cranbrook Academy of Art, Michigan, U.S.A in 1983 and 1988 respectively. Kurt then joined The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1989, teaching studio art courses till 2016.
Kurt is an artist as well as an educator, his research interests cover a wide range of topics such as Hong Kong Art, Art in public realm and Mixed Media, whereas the outputs mostly presented in the forms of exhibition, curatorship, and publication.
Over the years, Kurt has participated over 80 exhibitions locally and overseas, the notable ones are the 51st Venice Biennale in 2005, The 2nd Triennial of Asia Pacific in 1996. In recent years, Kurt has focused on merging ink and western painting traditions in art creation.
Education
1988 Master of Fine Arts in Painting, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Michigan
1983 Bachelor of Arts, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Selected Solo Exhibition
2022 Sky Rains Grains, Contemporary by Angela Li, Hong Kong
2021 Painting Words, Touch Gallery, Hong Kong
2020 Farmula, Touch Gallery, Hong Kong
2017 Why Not Start Again, Giant Year Gallery, Hong Kong
2015 Painting On and On, Gallery, School of creative Media, City University
2007 Quiet Listen/ Speak Slow, Too Art, Hong Kong Art Center
2003 QK- New Works and Retrospective by Chan Yuk Keung, Hong Kong Arts Centre and Para/Site
1995 40 X 40 Mixed Media Paintings by Chan Yuk Keung, Goethe Institute, Hong Kong
1992 Mixed Media by Chan Yuk Keung, Hong Kong Arts Center
Selected Group Exhibition
2023 New Moon Rising: A Contemporary Tale, Touch Ceramics, Hong Kong
To Paint the Written Words, Hanart, Hong Kong
Landscape. Long March, a.m. space
Almost Silence, Not Black Yet, Art Next Gallery
2022 By the People : Creative Chinese Characters, Hong Kong Museum of Art
2021 New Horizon: Way of Seeing Hong Kong Art in the 80s and 90s, Hong Kong Museum of Art
2005 51st Venice Biennale, Italy
2000 Hong Kong Art 2000, Hong Kong Museum of Art
Art for Expo 2000, Hannover, Germany, organised by N/LB Bank
Art+01 - A Digital Exploration, Hong Kong Heritage Museum
1998 New Voices -Contemporary Art from Hong Kong, Taipei and Shanghai, Zhung Zheng Gallery,
National Taiwan Arts Education Institute
1997 Contemporary Art of China 97” The Watari Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
1996 Fusion: Hong Kong/ New Zealand Artist Exchange Exhibition, Auckland Art Gallery, New Zealand, Hong kong Arts Center
1990 Turn of a Decade - A New Generation of Artists of the Eighties, Hong Kong Arts Centre