Fong Chung-ray

BIOGRAPHY
1933 Born into a scholar’s family in Henan, China 

1949 Moved to Taiwan after the end of World War II 

1949-1953 Started his formal art training at the Cadre College of Arts and Crafts during his time in the Taiwanese Navy 

1958 Co-founded the Four Seas Painting Society with three artists from the Taiwanese Navy 

1961 Joined the influential Fifth Moon Group, invited by artist Liu Kuo-sung, Taiwan 

1966 Associate Degree, Department of Applied Arts, Fu Hsing Kang College, Taiwan 

1970 Received the John D. Rockefeller III Foundation Fellowship Grant, and traveled to Europe and USA
1975 Settled in San Francisco, USA
2015 Received the Lifetime Distinguished Artist Achievement Award, Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco, USA

Present Lives and works in San Francisco, USA

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

• Fong Chung-ray: Meditations in Abstraction, Alisan Fine Arts, New York, USA

• Abstract Evolutions: Sixty Years of Paintings by Fong Chung-ray, University Museum and Art Gallery, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

• Wakes of Time, Galerie Sabine Vazieux, Paris, France

• The Eternal Abstract: Fong Chung-ray, Asia Art Centre, Taipei, Taiwan

• Fong Chung-ray: A Retrospective, Galerie du Monde, Hong Kong 

• Between Modern and Contemporary, Chinese Culture Centre of San Francisco, San Francisco, USA 

• Fong Chung-ray: A Retrospective, Silicon Valley Asian Art Centre, Santa Clara, USA

• Fong Chung-ray Recent Paintings 1997-2008, Modern Art Gallery, Taichung, Taiwan

• Fong Chung-ray Solo Exhibition, Modern Art Gallery, Taichung, Taiwan
• Fong Chung-ray Solo Exhibition, Triangle Gallery, San Francisco, California, USA

• Fong Chung-ray Solo Exhibition, The Allrich Gallery, San Francisco, USA

• Fong Chung-ray Solo Exhibition, Carmel Gallery of Modern Art, Carmel, USA

• Fong Chung-ray Solo Exhibition, Landell Galleries, Carmel, USA

• Fong Chung-ray Solo Exhibition, M.M. Shinno Gallery, Los Angeles, USA

• Fong Chung-ray Solo Exhibition, M.M. Shinno Gallery, Los Angeles, USA

• Fong Chung-ray Solo Exhibition, Gallery New World, Carmel, USA

• Fong Chung-ray Solo Exhibition, Triangle Gallery, San Francisco, USA

• Fong Chung-ray Solo Exhibition, M.M. Shinno Gallery, Los Angeles, USA

• Fong Chung-ray Solo Exhibition, Triangle Gallery, San Francisco, USA

• Fong Chung-ray Solo Exhibition, Bank of America World Headquarters Gallery, San Francisco, USA

• Fong Chung-ray Solo Exhibition, National Museum of History, Taipei, Taiwan

• Fong Chung-ray Solo Exhibition, Galerie Marianne Schreiber, Munich, Germany
• Fong Chung-ray Solo Exhibition, Arizona Commission on the Arts, Arizona, USA

• Fong Chung-ray Solo Exhibition, Downtown Gallery, Hawaii, USA 
• Fong Chung-ray Solo Exhibition, Lee Nordness Gallery, New York, USA 
• Fong Chung-ray Solo Exhibition, San Diego Art Museum, San Diego, USA 
• Fong Chung-ray Solo Exhibition, American Culture Center, Hong Kong 

• Fong Chung-ray Solo Exhibition, Lenox Library, Lenox, Massachusetts, USA

• Fong Chung-ray Solo Exhibition, National Museum of History, Taipei, Taiwan

• Fong Chung-ray Solo Exhibition, Ju Bao Pen Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan

• Fong Chung-ray Solo Exhibition, Hai-Tien Art Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan

• Fong Chung-ray Solo Exhibition, National Taiwan Art Museum, Taipei, Taiwan

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

• Art Basel Miami Beach, Alisan Fine Arts, Miami Beach, USA

• Reforming Abstraction: Cheung Lee and Contemporaries from Hong Kong and Taiwan in the Late 20th Century, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford University, Oxford, UK

• The Birth of Modernist Art Movement in Taiwan, National Museum of History, Taipei, Taiwan

• Individuals, Networks, Expressions, M+, Hong Kong

• Landscapes of the Soul, Asian Art Museum, Nice, France

• Ink Asia, Hong Kong 
• In Ink: Current Trends of Ink Art, Nan Hai Art, California, USA
• Art Basel Hong Kong, Hong Kong
• Taipei Dangdai, Taiwan
• Asia Week, Millbrae, California, USA

• The Weight of Lightness: Ink Art At M+, M+ Pavilion, Hong Kong
• Beyond Ink, China Art Museum, Shanghai, China
• Ink Asia, Hong Kong
• Art Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China
• Art Basel Hong Kong, Hong Kong

• Beyond the Brush: Abstract Ink Paintings Since 1960, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK
• From China to Taiwan: Pioneers of Abstraction (1955 – 1985), Museum of Ixelles, Brussels, Belgium
• Art Basel Hong Kong, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
• Ink Asia, Hong Kong
• Art Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China

• Art Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China
• Art Paris, Paris, France

• Art International, Istanbul, Turkey

• The Moment for Ink, San Francisco State University Gallery, San Francisco, USA

• International Ink Exhibition, Dr. Sun Yet San Memorial Hall, Taipei, Taiwan

• One Hundred Paintings in One Hundred Years, Dr. Sun Yet San Memorial Hall, Taipei, Taiwan
• Beyond Vision: Highlights of Abstract Paintings from The National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts Collection, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan

• Fong Chung-ray and Richard Wilson, Triangle Gallery, San Francisco, USA

• The New Face of Water-Ink Painting: Modern Ink Painting Group Exhibition and Symposium, Sino Group, Central Plaza; Olympian City, Hong Kong
• Modern Water-Ink Painting Biannual Exhibition, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, Taiwan

• 4th International Ink Painting Biennial of Shenzhen, Guan Shanyue Art Museum, Shenzhen, China

• The Experimental Sixties: Avant-Garde Art in Taiwan, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan

• Contemporary Chinese Abstract Artists’ Exhibition, Guangdong Art Museum, Guangzhou, China
• 3rd International Ink Painting of Shenzhen: Metropolis Ink Painting, Guan Shanyue Art Museum, Shenzhen, China

• Chinese International Abstract Painting Exhibition, Fringe Club, Hong Kong

• Beyond Abstract, Gallery on The Rim, San Francisco, USA

• Tong-Fang Art Association and Fifth Moon Group 35th Anniversary Exhibition, Taipei, Taiwan 

• Derivations: Five Chinese American Artists, Merging One Gallery, Santa Monica, USA

• Chinese Artists in America and Europe, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan 

• Contemporary Chinese Painting Exhibition, Hong Kong City Hall, Hong Kong 

• Associated Art Show of Six Artists from Taiwan, China Art Museum, Shanghai; Sichuan Art Gallery, Chengdu, China
• International Ink Painting Exhibition, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan

• Associated Art Show of Six Artists from Taiwan, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China

• Frontrunners in Modern Chinese Painting, State University of New York, New York, USA

• Frontrunners in Modern Chinese Painting, Chinese Cultural Centre, San Francisco; Smith Gallery, Santa Cruz, USA

• Fifth Moon Group Exhibition, Taipei, Taiwan; The Art Club of Chicago, Chicago, USA

• Fifth Moon Group Exhibition, Denver Art Museum, Colorado, USA

• Fifth Moon Group Exhibition, Taipei, Taiwan

• Fifth Moon Group Exhibition, Academy of Art, Hawaii, USA; Taipei, Taiwan

• Fifth Moon Group Exhibition, Taipei, Taiwan
• 1st Exhibition of Calligraphy and Paintings, National Museum of History, Taipei, Taiwan
• New Directions in Chinese Painting, University of Kansas, Kansas, USA

• Chinese Avant-Garde Art, Taipei, Taiwan 
• 10th Biennial de São Paulo, Sao Paolo, Brazil
• Kyoto Municipal Art Museum, Japan 

• Stanford University Museum, California, USA

• New Voice From China, travelling university museums, USA
• Paintings of Five Taiwan Contemporary Artists, Sally Jackson Gallery, Hong Kong 
• Fifth Moon Painting Society, New York, Chicago, Berkeley, Ann Arbor, Manila, Hong Kong  

• The New Chinese Landscape: Travelling Exhibition of Six Chinese Artists, various museums and galleries, USA
• Exhibition of Contemporary Chinese Painting, Oklahoma State University; Wisconsin State University, USA

• Chinese Modern Art, Galleria del Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Roma, Italy
• 1st International Peace Art Exhibition, Florence, Italy 
• An Exhibition of Paintings by Asia’s Leading Artists, travelling 10 major cities in Asia 

• Fifth Moon Group Exhibition, Sydney; Canberra University, Australia
• Fifth Moon Group Exhibition, Hong Kong 
• Touring Exhibition of Modern Chinese Painting, 14 countries in Africa 

• 7th Biennial de São Paulo, Sao Paolo, Brazil 
• Fifth Moon Painting Society, Chatham Galleries, Hong Kong 
• 3rd Premiere Biennale de Paris, Paris, France 
• Exhibition of Avant-garde Chinese Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia 

• 2nd Hong Kong International Salon of Paintings, Hong Kong 

• 1st Hong Kong International Salon of Paintings, Silver Medal, Hong Kong 

• 5th Biennial de São Paulo, Sao Paolo, Brazil 

SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS