Artist / Tung Cheuk Yan, Cherry
Cheuk Yan Cherry Tung is a Hong Kong-born painter currently based in Chicago, USA. She received her Master of Fine Arts degree from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2023 and a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2020.
Her artistic style is characterized by a unique blend of tradition and innovation, reflecting her perspective and emotions as a contemporary Chinese-American artist. Living in the United States has deepened her connection to her Chinese identity and heightened her cultural awareness. Tung's choice of Chinese gongbi painting as her primary medium is driven by her appreciation for its delicate, intricate, and pure qualities. Through her observations of plants and animals in everyday life, she skillfully conveys deep emotions through light and shadow, using imagery and color to create dreamy and nuanced atmospheres. This fusion of Eastern and Western visual language not only enriches her work but also serves as a means to cope with feelings of homesickness.
In terms of recognition, Tung was awarded the New Artist Development Grant by the Hong Kong Arts Development Council in 2024, as well as the Luminarts Visual Arts Award and James Nelson Raymond Scholarship in 2023. Her artwork has been showcased in various venues in Hong Kong and the United States, including Touch Gallery and the Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre in Hong Kong, as well as Union League Club Chicago, CSI Project Space, Art Clvb, Confluence Gallery, Art Pie Gallery, SAIC Gallery, Ruschman Gallery, and the John David Mooney Foundation in the US.
Education
2023 Master of Fine Arts, Studio Art in Ceramics, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2020 Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts, Chinese University of Hong Kong
2019 Undergraduate Exchange Program, Syracuse University, Syracuse NY
Solo Exhibitions
2025 Whispers of Spring, Touch Gallery, HK
2025 Delicate Nature, Third Floor Gallery at Chicago Union League Club, Chicago, IL
2024 In Between, Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre, HK
2022 Lovable, Ceramic Gallery 1922, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL
Group Exhibitions
2024 Little, but BOLD! CSI Member Benefit Art Auction, CSI Project Space, Chicago, IL
2024 The Best of Times, Touch Gallery
2024 Existing is Political, CSI Project Space, Chicago, IL
2024 12th Annual Bridgeport Art Center’s Art Competition Finalist Exhibition,
Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago, IL
2024 The Art of Memory- Brain Bridge Lab Art Contest Finalist Exhibition, Connect Gallery, Chicago, IL
2024 Unfavorable Conditions, CSI Project Space, Chicago, IL
2024 Wandering Hong Kong, University of Washington Allen Library North Lobby, WA
2023 Little, but BOLD!, CSI Project Space, Chicago, IL
2023 Life's Little Pleasures, The Confluence, Twisp, WA
2023 BETA I, ART CLVB in the NEWLAB 2050 15th St, Detroit, MI
2023 Materiality Unleashed International Juried Exhibition, Li Tang Gallery, Online Exhibition
2023 Tiny Treasures, Artpie Gallery, Waukegan, IL
2023 By Degree II, CSI Project Space
2023 Meet Me Halfway, Mana Contemporary
2023 Let’s Play a Love Game, Ruschman gallery
2023 Uncharted Works, 280 Base Space, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2023 Visual Arts Exhibition, Luminarts Cultural Foundation, John David Mooney Foundation
2023 SAIC Graduate Exhibition One, Washington Building LL2, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2022 101, group exhibition on Open Studio Nights, 280 Base Space, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2022 Visual Arts Exhibition, Luminarts Cultural Foundation, John David Mooney Foundation
2022 pät'lək, Group Exhibition of School of the Arts Institute of Chicago Ceramic Graduate Students
2020 Elaine Elaine, 2020 CUHK Fine Arts BA Graduate Exhibition, Cattle Depot Artist Village
2018 No Absolute, No Eternity, Joint Exhibition of Tung Cheuk Yan and Chen Wa Chi, University Bookstore
Culture Activity Space, Chinese University of Hong Kong
2017 Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts (CUHK) Freshmen Exhibition, Cheng Ming Building, New Asia College, Chinese
University of Hong Kong
Grant & Awards
2024 Brain Bridge Lab Art Contest (Finalist), University of Chicago, Dept. of Psychology, Chicago, IL
2024 Alpine Fellowship Visual Art Prize (Shortlisted), The Alpine Fellowship Foundation, London, UK
2024 Emerging Artists Development Grant, Hong Kong Arts Development Council, HK
2024 International Artist Grand Prize Competition (Finalist), Art Revolution Taipei, TW
2024 2024-25 Post-Graduate Teaching Fellowship (Nominee), Association of Independent Colleges
of Art and Design (AICAD), US
2023 James Nelson Raymond Fellowship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2023 Luminarts Visual Arts Fellowship, Luminarts Cultural Foundation Chicago
2023 2023-24 Post-Graduate Teaching Fellowship (Nominee), Association of Independent Colleges
of Art and Design (AICAD),US
2018 Student Activity Fund, for No Absolute, No Eternity exhibition, the office of University General Education of Chinese University of Hong Kong
Collections
Private Collection, Detroit, MI
Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL
Private Collections, Chicago, IL
Munsang College, Hong Kong, HK