BIO
Cherry Tung is a Hong Kong-born interdisciplinary artist, currently based in Chicago. She holds a Master of Fine Arts from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a Bachelor of Art in Fine Arts from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Cherry is an award-winning artist who received 2023 Luminarts Visual Art Fellowship and 2023 James Nelson Raymond Fellowship. She has exhibited in Hong Kong and Chicago in various venues such as the CSI Project Space, SAIC Galleries, Ruschman Gallery, John David Mooney Foundation, and the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Artist Statement
Driven by social problems, Cherry has found solace in using animals as metaphors to convey her thoughts on social power dynamics. Through her paintings and ceramic sculptures, she seeks to juxtapose contrasting concepts, presenting thought-provoking ideas alongside idealized forms. Her art journey has driven her to incorporate Western and Eastern art traditions. Her recent taxidermy painting series integrates the concepts of European Vanitas painting with the technique of Gongbi painting, a traditional realist Chinese ink painting technique.