Hung Fai

1988

Hong Kong

Hung Fai was born in 1988 in Hong Kong, graduated from the Fine Arts Department of The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2013. He explores both Chinese and Western media, developing unique expression and presentation techniques on paper and canvas. By deconstructing elements in traditional Chinese ink paintings, he conceptually reconstructs his works through a series of experimentation and transformation, pushing the boundaries of ink painting.

Hung's works have been exhibited in museums, institutions, galleries, and art fairs including The Weight of Lightness: Ink Art at M+ in Hong Kong, 2017; Wild Imagination: Contemporary Ink Art in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao from 2000 to 2020 at the Guangdong Museum of Art in Guangzhou; Garden of Six Seasons at Parasite in Hong Kong, 2020, and Kathmandu Triennale 2077, in 2022.

Hung has received the Gold Prize in the Liu Kuo-sung Ink Art Award in 2022 and the Certificate of Merit in the Twelfth National Exhibition of Fine Arts in China in 2014. His work is included in the collections of M+ in Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Museum of Art, and various private collections.

In 2021, Alisan Fine Arts introduced Hung Fai for the first time in the POP ROCK: An Exhibition about Rocks, featuring his collaborative work with his father, the renowned Hong Kong ink painter Hung Hoi (born 1957). Furthermore, his works were displayed at the Past & Present Landscapes during Art Basel Hong Kong in 2022, and on view at Alisan Fine Arts-New York gallery's summer exhibition Themes and Variations in 2024.

BIOGRAPHY

1988 Born in Hong Kong

2010 Associate of Arts, (Visual Arts), Academy of Visual Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong

2013 Graduated from Fine Arts Department, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

2014 Certificate of Merit, Twelfth National Exhibition of Fine Arts in China, Beijing, China

2020 Demonstration, Hong Kong Visual Art Centre, Hong Kong

2022 Gold Prize, Liu Kuo-sung Ink Art Award, Taiwan

SELECTED 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, Hong Kong
Double Solo Exhibition: Chris Huen Sin-Kin | Vito Hung Fai, Chi’en Mu Library, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024

Themes and Variations, Alisan Fine Arts-New York Gallery, New York, USA

2022

Past & Present Landscapes, Art Basel Hong Kong, Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong

Cultural Symbols of Chinese Landscape Painting, Oil Street Art Space; Art Museum of Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Kathmandu Triennale 2077, Patan Museum; Taragaon Museum, Nepal

2021

POP ROCK: An Exhibition About Rocks, Alisan Fine Arts-Central Gallery, Hong Kong
Fine Art Asia 2021, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
Art Basel Hong Kong 2021, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong

2020-2021

Wild Imagination – Contemporary In Art in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao from 2000 to 2020, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangdong, China

2020

Garden of Six Seasons, Para Site, Hong Kong
Fine Art Asia 2015, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
Beijing Contemporary 2020, Beijing, China

2018

Chinese Contemporary Ink – May 2018, Christie’s, Hong Kong
Art Basel Hong Kong 2018, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
Ink Asia 2018, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
Art Shenzhen 2018, Shenzhen, China
Ink Painting.Two Cities – Shenzhen and Hong Kong 2018 Works Exhibition of Ink Painting and Metropolis, Shenzhen Fine Art Institute, Shenzhen, China

2017

The Weight of Lightness: Ink Art at M+, M+ Pavilion, Hong Kong
Luminous Shadows, INKstudio, Beijing, China
Ink Asia 2017, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, 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 Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
Art Basel Hong Kong 2017, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong

2016

Ink Asia 2016, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
Ink Painting. Two Cities – Shenzhen and Hong Kong 2016 Works Exhibition of Ink Painting and Metropolis, Shenzhen Fine Art Institute, Shenzhen, China
Hong Kong Culture Festival 2016: Futuristic Ink, Ink Art Group Exhibition, Asia InkResearch, Liang Yi Museum, Hong Kong
Fine Art Asia 2016, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
Art Basel Hong Kong 2016, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong

2015

The Twelfth National Exhibition of Fine Arts & Exhibition of Nominated Works for China Fine Art Awards, Creative Awards, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
Fine Art Asia 2015, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
Art Basel Hong Kong 2015, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
Art Taipei 2015, Taipei, Taiwan
Ink Asia 2015, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong

2014

Twelfth National Exhibition of Fine Arts in China, Liaohe Art Museum, Liaoning, China

Fine Art Asia 2014, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
Art Basel Hong Kong 2014, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong

2013

Fine Art Asia 2013, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
Hong Kong Art Prize 2013, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
Asia Contemporary Art Show, Hong Kong
The Art of CUHK 2013: Resume is best kept short” Graduate Exhibition, Art Museum of Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Fotanian Open Studios 2013, Hong Kong

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

M+, Hong Kong
Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong