Hung Fai was born in Hong Kong in 1988. He graduated from the Fine Arts department of The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2013. Currently working as a full-time artist, he has a studio in Chai Wan, Hong Kong. His creation focuses mainly on the field of contemporary Chinese ink art.
Exploring with both Chinese and Western media, Hung has developed unique expression and presentation techniques on both paper and canvas. Through deconstruction of elements in traditional Chinese ink paintings, his works are reconstructed conceptually with series of experimentation and transformation, and extended possibilities in ink painting.
Hung has exhibited in Hong Kong and held the solo exhibition The Departing Landscape – Hung Fai Ink Project in 2016 and Movement - Hung Fai in 2014. His works were featured in The Weight of Lightness: Ink Art at M+, Art Basel - Hong Kong, Art Taipei, Ink Asia and Fine Art Asia. He has received awards including the Certificate of Merit - The Twelfth National Exhibition of Fine Arts, China 2014, the Certificates of Merit - Hong Kong Art Prize 2013, Wucius Wong Creative Ink Painting Award (2013).
His works are collected by M+ Museum for Visual Culture, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Museum of Art and private collectors.
Exploring with both Chinese and Western media, Hung has developed unique expression and presentation techniques on both paper and canvas. Through deconstruction of elements in traditional Chinese ink paintings, his works are reconstructed conceptually with series of experimentation and transformation, and extended possibilities in ink painting.
Hung has exhibited in Hong Kong and held the solo exhibition The Departing Landscape – Hung Fai Ink Project in 2016 and Movement - Hung Fai in 2014. His works were featured in The Weight of Lightness: Ink Art at M+, Art Basel - Hong Kong, Art Taipei, Ink Asia and Fine Art Asia. He has received awards including the Certificate of Merit - The Twelfth National Exhibition of Fine Arts, China 2014, the Certificates of Merit - Hong Kong Art Prize 2013, Wucius Wong Creative Ink Painting Award (2013).
His works are collected by M+ Museum for Visual Culture, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Museum of Art and private collectors.
BIOGRAPHY
1988 Born in Hong Kong
2010 Associate of Arts (Visual Arts), Academy of Visual Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University
2013 Bachelor of Arts, Major in Fine Arts, Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
Solo Exhibitions:
2016 The Departing Landscape - Hung Fai Ink Project, Grotto Fine Art, Hong Kong
2014 Movement - Hung Fai, Grotto Fine Art, Hong Kong
2013 Variation: by Hung Fai, Vito, Fabrik Contemporary Art Gallery
Double Solo Exhibition: Chris Huen Sin-Kan | Vito Hung- Fai, Ch’ien Mu Library, CUHK
Collaboration
2020 Same Line Twice, Wai Pong-yu and Hung Fai, Ink Studio, Beijing
2017 Same Line Twice, Wai Pong-yu and Hung Fai, Grotto Fine Art, Hong Kong
Group Exhibitions
2021 Art Basel - Hong Kong 2021, Grotto Fine Art, Hong Kong
2020 Garden of Six Seasons, Para Site, Hong Kong
Wild Imagination - Contemporary Ink Art in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao from 2000 to 2020,
Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangdong
Fine Art Asia 2015, Grotto Fine Art, Hong Kong
Beijing Contemporary 2020, Ink Studio, Beijing
2019 Ink Asia 2019, Grotto Fine Art, Hong Kong
Beijing Contemporary 2019, Ink Studio, Beijing
Diverse Landscapes, Duddell’s, Hong Kong
Homeland In Transit, Basel, Switzerland
Together We March Forward: New Asia 70th Anniversary Art Exhibition, HART Hall, H Queen’s,
Hong Kong
Art Basel - Hong Kong 2019, Grotto Fine Art, Hong Kong
2018 Chinese Contemporary Ink – May 2018, Christie’s, Hong Kong
Art Basel - Hong Kong 2018, Grotto Fine Art, Hong Kong
Ink Asia 2018, Grotto Fine Art, Hong Kong
Art Shenzhen 2018, Ink Studio, Shenzhen
Ink Painting.Two Cities – Shenzhen and Hong Kong 2018 Works Exhibition of Ink Painting and
Metropolis, Shenzhen Fine Art Institute, Shenzhen
2017 The Weight of Lightness: Ink Art at M+, M+ Museum for Visual Culture, M+ Pavilion, Hong Kong
Luminous Shadows, Ink studio, Beijing
Ink Asia 2017, Grotto Fine Art, Hong Kong
Ink Painting.Two Cities – Shenzhen and Hong Kong 2017 Works Exhibition of Ink Painting and
Metropolis: Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Ink Global 2017, Hong Kong
Art Basel - Hong Kong 2017, Grotto Fine Art, Hong Kong
2016 Ink Asia 2016, Grotto Fine Art, Hong Kong
Ink Painting. Two Cities – Shenzhen and Hong Kong 2016 Works Exhibition of Ink Painting and
Metropolis, Shenzhen Fine Art Institute, Shenzhen
Hong Kong Culture Festival 2016: Futuristic Ink- Ink Art Group Exhibition, Asia Ink Research,
Liang Yi Museum, Hong Kong
Fine Art Asia 2016, Grotto Fine Art, Hong Kong
Art Basel - Hong Kong 2016, Grotto Fine Art, Hong Kong
2015 The Twelfth National Exhibition of Fine Arts & Exhibition of Nominated Works for Chinese Fine
Art Awards, Creative Awards, The National Art Museum of China, Beijing
Fine Art Asia 2015, Grotto Fine Art, Hong Kong
Art Basel - Hong Kong 2015, Grotto Fine Art, Hong Kong
Art Taipei 2015, Grotto Fine Art, Taipei
Ink Asia 2015, Grotto Fine Art, Hong Kong
2014 Fine Art Asia 2014, Grotto Fine Art, Hong Kong
Art Basel - Hong Kong 2014, Grotto Fine Art, Hong Kong
2013 Fine Art Asia 2013, Grotto Fine Art, Hong Kong
Hong Kong Art Prize 2013, Hong Kong
Asia Contemporary Art Show, Hong Kong
The Art of CUHK 2013 : `Resume is best kept short' Graduate Exhibition, Gallery I,
Art Museum, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Fotanian Open Studios 2013, Hong Kong
Awards
2019 Honourable Mention – Liu Kuo Sung Ink Art Award 2019
2014 Certificate of Merit - The Twelfth National Exhibition of Fine Arts, China 2014
2013 Certificate of Merit - Hong Kong Art Prize 2013
Wucius Wong Creative Ink Painting Award
