Cheuk Ka-wai, Cherie

1989

Hong Kong

Cherie Cheuk Ka-wai , born in 1989 in Hong Kong, obtained a BA in Fine Arts with first-class honours at the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2012. She finished her MA in Fine Arts at CUHK in 2017, specialising in Chinese Gongbi painting. Her compositions are often filled with symbols and memories, as well as subjects inspired by her personal experiences and emotions. Her practice also probes the development of Gongbi after it reached its peak in the Northern Song Dynasty, attempting to rejuvenate this traditional Chinese art form in the contemporary world. Art historian Doris Sung comments on Cheuk in her book Women of Chinese Modern Art, "her work is a quiet inspection about the relationship between human and nature, and subtly commenting on the issues of our contemporary Anthropocene world."

Over the years, Cheuk received over ten awards, including the recent Liu Kuo-Sung Ink Art Award in 2022. In particular, she was commissioned twice by the Hong Kong Museum of Art. The first commission was to design the wallpaper for A Chinese Scholar’s Studio Tour as part of the Jockey Club Education Programmes for museum exhibition Honouring Tradition and Heritage: Min Chiu Society at Sixty in 2021. The second commission was to create a monumental scroll painting installation titled Gathering of Ten Fragrances, exhibited at Fragrance of Time: In Search of Chinese Art of Scent in 2024.

Cheuk has held four solo exhibitions since 2015, including her first solo exhibition in Hong Kong, Cheuk Ka-wai Cherie: A Wrinkle in Time, presented by Alisan Fine Arts. Major group exhibitions include City Rhymes: The Melodious Notes of Calligraphy, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 2022-2023; Chinese Surrealism, French May Arts Festival Associated Project, 2021; Uniquely Hong Kong, 2020; 1st Taipei Dangdai Contemporary Art Fair; Women Ink | China Hong Kong, both 2019; HOPE, 2018; Desiring: Post 97 Hong Kong Ink Art; Ink Global, both 2017; Being and Inking: Documenting Contemporary Ink Art, Redtory Museum of Contemporary Art, Guangzhou, 2016; A Legacy of Ink: Lui Shou-Kwan 40 Years On, Hong Kong Arts Centre, 2015; New Ink: An Exhibition of Ink Art by Post 1970 Artists from the Yiqingzhai Collection, Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 2013.

Her works can be found in Hong Kong Museum of Art, China CITIC Bank-Art in CNCBI, Hong Kong, and many important private collections including Living Collection and Yiqingzhai Collection, Hong Kong.

BIOGRAPHY
1989   Born in Hong Kong
2008-2012 Bachelor of Fine Arts (First Class Honours), Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
2010   Summer Internship Program in the Art Museum of Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
2011   Summer Training, Beijing Fine Art Academy, Beijing, China
2012 Student exchange, Department of Fine Arts, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
Internship Program in Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, Taiwan
2014-2017 Master of Fine Arts, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Participated in Drawing Gyeongju 2017, Korea and Hong Kong Art Exchange Programme, organised organized by Gyeongju City, Gyeongbuk Newspaper, and Row Gallery, Gyeongju, Korea
2021 Commissioned by Hong Kong Museum of Art to design the wallpaper for A Chinese Scholar’s Studio Tour, as part of the Jockey Club Education Programmes for the exhibition Honouring Tradition and Heritage: Min Chiu Society at Sixty
Tableware design for VIP Lounge, Airport Authority Hong Kong, Hong Kong
2022 Participated in Artist Tram Project, Art Basel Hong Kong, Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong
2023 Included in Women of Chinese Modern Art: Gender and Reforming Traditions in National and Global Spheres 1900s-1930s, by Doris Sung, De Gruyter, Germany
2024 Commissioned by Hong Kong Museum of Art, Gathering of Ten Fragrances, a monumental scroll painting installation exhibited at Fragrance of Time: In Search of Chinese Art of Scent, Hong Kong

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025

Cheuk Ka-wai Cherie: A Wrinkle In Time, Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong

2019

The Flow of Times, DaGuan Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan

2016

As Time Goes By: MFA Graduation Exhibition: Solo Exhibition of Cheuk Ka-wai, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

2015

Remembering in Vain: MFA Year 1 Exhibition: Solo Exhibition of Cheuk Ka-wai, New Asia College, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2025

Tradition Transformed, Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong

2024

Fragrance of Time: In Search of Chinese Art of Scent, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong

2023-2024

Traversing Past and Present: Cherie Cheuk x Jack Lau, Exhibition Series in the Greater Bay Area, Tio Gallery, Zhongshan, China; Hong Kong International Airport Arts & Culture Festival, Terminal 1, Hong Kong International Airport, Hong Kong

2023

Beyond Tradition: The Metamorphosis of Chinese Art, Alisan Fine Arts, Cromwell Place, London, UK
A Cappella Ink: Hong Kong Ink Artists Joint Exhibition, Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre, Hong Kong
CUHK 60th Anniversary Alumni Arts Exhibition: Where Great Minds Shine, Arts Pavilion, Art Park, West Kowloon Cultural District, Hong Kong
Ink Alchemy: Beyond Tradition, Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong

2022-2023

City Rhymes: The Melodious Notes of Calligraphy, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong
Alisan in Wonderland, Alisan Fine Arts-Aberdeen, Hong Kong

2022

New Rhythm of Line: Contemporary Hong Kong Ink Art, Hong Kong Modern Ink Painitng Society, Hong Kong City Hall, Hong Kong
Past & Present Landscapes, Art Basel Hong Kong, Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
Transcending the Gongbi Tradition: Contemporary Hong Kong Fine-Brush Painters, Rotunda, Exchange Square, Hong Kong

2021

Chinese Scholar's Studio Tour: Honouring Tradition and Heritage: Min Chiu Society at Sixty, Jockey Club Education Programmes, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong
Chinese Surrealism, French May Arts Festival Associated Project, Alisan Fine Arts-Aberdeen. Hong Kong

2020

Uniquely Hong Kong: A Celebration of Hong Kong Art, Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong
Fine Art Asia, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong

2019

Women Ink | China Hong Kong, Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong

Together We March Forward: 70th Anniversary of New Asia College, HART Hall at H Queen’s, Hong Kong

1^st Taipei Dangdai, Alisan Fine Arts, Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center, Taipei, Taiwan
Art Taichung, Millennium Hotel Taichung, Taichung, Taiwan
The Twelve Flowers Hoarding Beautification, Flagstaff House Museum of Tea Ware, Hong Kong

2018

HOPE A charity exhibition celebrating the works of outstanding contemporary Chinese women artists, Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong
The Panorama of Contemporary Hong Kong Ink Painting, Hong Kong Modern Ink Painting Society, Hong Kong Central Library, Hong Kong
Animal: Art Science Nature Society Exhibition, organized by City University of Hong Kong and Taipei Palace Museum, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

2017

Affordable Art Fair 2017, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
Drawing Gyeongju 2017, Row Gallery, South Korea
We Search: Art in the Branch, China CITIC Bank, Hong Kong
Ink Global, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
Ink Asia, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
Art Next 2017: Next+, PMQ, Hong Kong

2016

Pi Daojian + Yan Yong: Being and Inking: Documenting Contemporary Ink Art 2001-2016, Redtory Museum of Contemporary Art, Guangzhou, China
Ink Asia, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
Nurturing Creativity: 35th Anniversary of Friends of Art Museum, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Rotunda, Exchange Square, Hong Kong
Hong Kong Art Symposium, Chinese International School, Hong Kong

2015

Chinese Lines: Art Exhibition of Fine Arts Department Alumni Association, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Dokzaal Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Senses: Exhibition of Works by Young Emerging Hong Kong Artists 2015, Hong Kong University Museum Society, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
A Legacy of Ink: Lui Shou-Kwan 40 Years On, Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong
Ink Asia, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
Fine Art Asia, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong

2014

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

2013

Embrace Our Culture, Empower Our Future, 50th Anniversary Alumni Art Exhibition of Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Central Library, Hong Kong
New Ink: An Exhibition of Ink Art by Post 1970 Artists from the Yiqingzhai Collection, Sotheby’s Hong Kong Gallery, Hong Kong
Hong Kong Chinese Meticulous Painting Association Group Exhibition, Hong Kong Central Library, Hong Kong

2012

Beijing-Chongqing, Exhibition about the Training at Beijing Fine Art Academy and the Study Tour in Chongqing, New Asia College Hui Gallery, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Ink Fantasy Duo Exhibition, New Asia College Library, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

2011

Fine Art Asia, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
New Trend 2011, Artist Commune, Hong Kong
Chinese University of Hong Kong Fine Arts Exhibition, Cheng Ming Building, New Asia College; Art Museum of Institute of Chinese Studies, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

2010

Chinese University of Hong Kong Fine Arts Exhibition, Cheng Ming Building, New Asia College, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Etude, Group Exhibition of Year 3 Students of Fine Arts Department, Hui Gallery, New Asia College, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Yu, Hui Gallery, New Asia College, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Not Yet 90s Group Exhibition, Hui Gallery, New Asia College, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

2008

Break Rules, Group Exhibition of Year 1 Students of Fine Arts Department, Hui Gallery, New Asia College, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
24 Flavors, Group Exhibition of Year 1 Students of Fine Arts Department, Cheng Ming Building, New Asia College, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

SELECTED AWARDS
2010　Scholarship of Friends of Art Museum, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Scholarship of Summer Internship, Chinese University of Hong Kong Art Museum, Hong Kong
2011　Chinese Painting and Calligraphy Creative Award, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Hong Kong Chinese Meticulous Painting Association Creative Award, Hong Kong
Ding Yangyong Memorial Awards, Hong Kong
Van I-Pong Chinese Art Award, Hong Kong
Madam Jan Yun-bor Memorial Awards for Chinese Painting and Calligraphy, Hong Kong
2012　Prof. Johnson Chow Su Sing Chinese Painting & Calligraphy Award, Hong Kong
Alfred Su Ho Memorial Prize, Hong Kong
Mr. Wu Sai Wing Memorial Scholarship, Hong Kong
Qin Jia Yuan Foundation Scholarship, Hong Kong
2022 Bronze Prize, Liu Kuo-Sung Ink Art Award, co-presented by Liu Kuo-sung Foundation, Taiwan and Ink Society, Hong Kong

SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong
China CITIC Bank-Art in CNCBI, Hong Kong
Living Collection, Hong Kong
Yiqingzhai Collection, Hong Kong