EDUCATION
1999-2001
Royal College of Art - MA Fine Art Painting
1995-1998
Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design - BA(Hons) Fine Art in Painting
1994-1995
Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design - Art and Design Foundation Studies
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009
Gordon Cheung, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York USA*
Gordon Cheung, Walsall Art Gallery, Walsall UK (cat)*
Volta NYC, Solo presentation with Unosunove Gallery and Galerie Adler*
2008
TECHNOPHOBIA, Harris Museum, Preston UK
Wilderness of Mirrors, Galerie Adler, Frankfurt, Germany
Death by a Thousand Cuts, Chinese Arts Centre, Manchester
The Fall of the Rebel Angels, Alan Cristea Gallery, London (cat)
Gordon Cheung, Kirkby Gallery, Merseyside UK
2007
God is on Our Side, Unosunove Gallery, Rome Italy (cat)
Laing Art Solo Award and Commission: Gordon Cheung - Paradise Lost, Laing Art Gallery, UK (Selected by Susan May)
The 1000 Yard Stare (Solo show), Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth UK
Gordon Cheung - Recent Paintings, Djanogly Gallery, Nottingham UK (Curated by Neil Walker)
2006
Heart of Darkness, Thomas Cohn Gallery, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2004
Hollow Sunsets, Houldsworth Gallery, London
2002
Sprawl, DomoBaal Gallery, London
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2008
Wharf Road Projects - Dystopia for all, Carter Presents at Wharf Road Projects UK
The Future Can Wait, Truman Brewery - Ellis Rumley Projects UK
Maddox Arts Summer Show, Maddox Arts, London UK
The Golden Record, Collective Gallery, Edingburgh Scotland
FUTUREBLUEPERFECT - Cafe Gallery Projects, London - Clare Goodwin & Liz Murray
Éigse Carlow Arts Festival 2008 - We Don’t Need Nobody Else - Curated by Rob Lowe
ZAVIER ELLIS & SIMON RUMLEY PRESENT: ’NEW LONDON SCHOOL’, Mark Moore Gallery, LA, USA
JERWOOD CONTEMPORARY PAINTERS, Jerwood Space, Union Street, London - touring UK (cat.)
Psychedelic, San Antonio Art Museum, Texas USA - Curated by David S. Rubin (cat.)*
Painting the Glass House: Artists Revisit Modern Architecture, Aldrich Museum and Yale Museum, Connecticut, Mills Museum, California USA - Curated: Jessica Hough (Aldrich curator) and Monica Ramirez Montagut (Guggenheim curator of Architecture and Design) (cat.)*
Whatever the Weather, Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens, Sunderland UK
2007
Currents: Recent Acquisitions, Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden, Washington USA - Curated by Anne Ellegood
STILL LIFE, STILL, T 1+2 Gallery, London UK - Curated by Hugh Mendes
THE FUTURE CAN WAIT, The Atlantis gallery, London UK - curated by Ellis Rumley Projects
The Lucifer Effect, Gallery Primo Alonso, London UK - Curated by Gordon Cheung
Dorian Gray Project: Happy Days, John Jones Gallery, London - Curated by Infinity Bunce and Katherine Lubar
Art Basel 38, Switzerland, Alan Cristea Gallery
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London UK
Second Life, Portman Gallery, London - Curated by Dean Kenning
Detour, The Arts Director Club, New York - Curated by Raffaella Guidobono
Drawing from History: Permanent Collection and Loans, ASU Art Museum, Arizona USA
Fash n Riot, Photographer's Gallery, London
Drawing 2007, Drawingroom Project, Tannery, London UK
New Life and the Dream Garden, Fieldgate Gallery, London UK
Dream Home, Novas Contemporary Art Centre, London UK
Blood Meridian, Michael Janssen Galerie, Berlin, Germany - Curated by David Hunt
The Newspaper, INDO bar 133 Whitechapel Road, London UK - curated by Eleanor Brown
Arrivals/Departures, URBIS Museum, Manchester UK- Curated by Sally Lai and Yuen Fong Ling
Near Dark, Donna Beam Gallery, Las Vegas USA - Curated by Neal Rock
2006
I'll be Your Mirror, Gallery Primo Alonso, London UK - Curated by David Hancock and Richard Meaghan
Alan Cristea Editions, Alan Cristea Gallery, London (cat.)
Salon Connexions, Contemporary Art Projects, London UK - Curated by C. Vergez
We Have Lost the Hearts and Minds, E:vent, London UK - Created by Reza Aramesh
John Moores 24 Painting Exhibition, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool Biennial UK - Selected by Tracey Emin, Sir Peter Blake, Jason Brookes, Ann Bukantas and Andrea Rose
I'll be your Mirror, Gostin House, Liverpool Biennial UK - Curated by David Hancock and Richard Meaghen
Crave, Rawspace, London - Curated by Raffaella Guidobono
The Stars Down to Earth, Nunnery Gallery, London - Curated by Andrew Hunt (cat.)
10th Planet, A04 Business Complex, London - Curated by Julian Hughes Watts
Fresh! Contemporary Takes on Nature and Allegory, Museum of Glass - International Center for Contemporary Art, Washington USA - Curated by Juli Cho Bailer (cat.)
Stéphane Janssen: The Collector, Amarillo Museum of Art, Texas, USA
ASU Collection, Arizona State Universitity Art Museum, Arizona, USA
Beyond the Grave, Sartorial Contemporary, London UK
The Sleep of Reason, The Embassy Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
Continental Breakfast, Umetnostna Galerija Maribor Museum, Slovenia - Curated by Alan Bond
Jerusalem, Dean Clough Galleries, Halifax UK - Curated by David Hancock
Broken Romanticism, Standpoint Gallery, London UK - Curated by Steve Walter
BRITISH ART SHOW 6, various UK venues across Manchester, Nottingham and Bristol UK
2005
BRITISH ART SHOW 6, BALTIC, Gateshead (Tour UK – Curated by Alex Farquharson and Andrea Schlieker; organised by Hayward Gallery (cat.)
Jerwood Drawing Prize Finalist – Toured UK: Jerwood Space, University of Gloucestershire, Bayart, mac, EICH Gallery and The Lowry (selected by Basil Beattie: Artist, Mary Doyle: Co-founder of Drawingroom, Tony Godfrey: Director of Sotheby’s Institute of Art)
Drawing 200, Drawingroom Project, Tannery, London UK
Peculiar Encounters, 187-211 St John's Street, London UK - Curated by Sarah Dwyer and Laura Green
Compendium, Castlefield Gallery, Manschester UK
NLK (in association with Armory Show), Soho House, New York USA - Curated by Simon Rumley, Ed Burke
New London Kicks, Wooster Projects, New York USA - Curated by Simon Rumley and Ed Burke
Lunchbox Auction , Wooster Projects, New York USA
Art News, Raid Projects, Los Angeles USA - Curated by Hugh Mendes
Pictionary Auction, Agency Gallery, London UK
USUK Show, Three Colts Gallery, London UK - Curated by Koan Jeff Baysa, Ryan Lemke and Anne-Sophie Dinant
ARCO Art Fair - Independents, Houldsworth Gallery, Madrid, Spain - Curated by Contemporary Magazine
Faux Realism, Royal Academy Pumphouse Gallery, London UK - Curated by Gavin Nolan
Building Capacity, Storey Gallery, Lancashire UK - feat. Lucy Gunning, Hiraki Sawa and others
Art LA, Cynthia Broan Gallery, LA, USA
2004
Caution: Uneven Surfaces, Temporary Contemporary, London UK - Curated by Anthony Gross, Jen Wu
Art News, Three Colts Gallery, London UK - feat. Martin Creed, Gillian Wearing Amikan Toren and others
Zoo Art Fair, London with Flaca Gallery
Grey Goo, Flaca Gallery, London UK - Curated by Tom Humphreys
Horizon of Expectations, The Empire, London UK - Curated by Caroline List
Halbes Haus, Three Colts Gallery, London UK - Curated by Dave Farnham and Boo Ritson
Thermo 04, with Castlefield Gallery, Lowry Museum, Salford UK
Le Petit Paysage, Liverpool Biennale, Liverpool - Toured UK - Curated by David Hancock
Perspectives, Galerie Koch, Germany
Stray Show, Chicago, USA
Apopalyptical, Houldsworth Gallery, London UK
Collage, Bloomberg Space, London UK - feat. Chris Ofili, Frank Stella, Richard Prince, Robert Rauchenberg and others - Curated by Sacha Craddock, David Risley, Graham Gussin and Stephen Hepworth
HALF LIGHT, Rockwell, London UK
2003
One Day, Gallery Coridoor, Iceland
Yes, I am a Long Way from Home, Nunnery, London UK (cat.)
Toured UK : Wolverhampton Art Gallery, Herbert Read Gallery, Canterbury and Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland - feat. Peter Doig, Paul Morrison, George Shaw, and others. Curated by Bob Matthews and Roger Kelly (cat.)
Vasl, VM Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan (cat.)
Intervention, John Hansard Gallery, Southampton UK - feat. Ron Arad, Foreign Investment, Runa Islam and others. Curated by Kathy Kenny and Vanda Playford (cat.)
Sense and Nonsense, Danielle Arnaud Gallery, London UK - feat. Marcel Broodthaers, James Lee Byars and others - Curated by Gerry Smith
Drawing 100, Drawingroom Project, Tannery, London UK - feat. Julian Opie, Paul Noble, Langlands and Bell, Rachel Whiteread and others
Trans-, Kyoto Art Centre, Japan - Curated by Kohei Nawa (cat.)
ArtFutures, Contemporary Art Society, London
Portal-, Studio J, Osaka, Japan
2002
Unscene, Gasworks, London UK (cat.)
Wellworth, Keith Talent Gallery, London UK
2001
CD1, Marlborough Fine Arts, London UK (cat.)
The Show, Royal College of Art, London UK (cat.)
2000
Assembly, Stepney City, London UK – Curator and organiser (cat.)
Painting 2000, Royal College of Art, London UK(cat.)
Fakescape, Mellow Birds, Underwood Street, London UK
AWARDS / RESIDENCIES
2008
JERWOOD CONTEMPORARY PAINTERS, Jerwood Space, Union Street, London
2006
DeciBel Award Finalist, Judges: Okwui Enwezor, David Thorp, Sally Tallant, and others
John Moores 24 Painting Prize Finalist, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool UK- Selected by Tracey Emin, Sir Peter Blake, Jason Brookes, Ann Bukantas and Andrea Rose
Laing Art Solo Award and Commission, Newcastle, UK (Selected by Susan May)
Braziers International Artists Workshop, Oxfordshire UK
2005
Hong Kong and China Research Trip - Funded by ACE and A-n
Arts Council of England Individual Arts Award
2004
BOC Emerging Artist Award Finalist - (Selected by Sarah Kent: Time Out Arts editor, Karen Wright: Modern Painters editor, Marcus Harvey: Artist, Roy Exley: Critic/Curator)
Pizza Express Prospects Prize Finalist, Tea Building, London - (Selected by Tim Marlow: White Cube exhibitions director, Fiona Bradley: Fruitmarket Gallery Director, Simon Groom: Exhibitions Director of Tate Liverpool, Graham Gussin: Artist/Curator and Rachel Lowe: Artist)
Jerwood Drawing Prize Finalist – Toured UK: Jerwood Space, University of Gloucestershire, Bayart, mac, EICH Gallery and The Lowry (selected by Basil Beattie: Artist, Mary Doyle: Co-founder of Drawingroom, Tony Godfrey: Director of Sotheby’s Institute of Art)
2003
Breathe Residency, Chinese Arts Centre, Manchester
Triangle Arts Trust International Artist Fellowship - Nominated by Gasworks Gallery
VASL Residency, Pakistan - Nominated by Gasworks Gallery (cat.)
Arts Council England International Art Award
British Council International Arts Award
Diffuse Asia, Kyoto Art Centre Residency, Japan
Lexmark European Painting Prize Finalist, London
1999
Socrates Travel Award for Berlin
John Minton Travel Award for Paris
TI Travel Award for Budapest
Paris Studio Residency, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris
The Gilchrist-Fisher Award Finalist, Rhg, London (cat.)
1998
Space Studio Residency 98/99, Space Studios, Old Street, London
Arte Viva Residency and competition - Painting First PrizeWinner, Italy (Judges: Enzo Cucchi and Pomodoro Giacometti)
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Hirshhorn Museum of Art and Sculpture Garden, Washington, USA
Whitworth Art Museum, Manchester UK
ASU Art Museum, Arizona, USA
The New Art Gallery Walsall, Walsall UK
UBS Collection, London UK
Hiscox Collection
Royal College of Art
Central Saint Martins University of Arts
Stephane Janssen Collection
Mikki and Stanley Weithorn Collection
Patrick Duffy and Wally Goodman
Imogen and Elspeth Collection
Peter Noble
Mimi Floback
Richard Akagawa
Plus various international private and corporate collections.
