BIO

Born in North York (Toronto), Ontario Chrissy Cheung showed a serious interest in art at the age of seven. She moved to Montreal, Quebec in 1996 where she began and completed her Bachelor of Fine Arts at Concordia University.

Upon graduation, a cross Canada road trip ended in Calgary, where she lived and worked from 2000-2005. Chrissy has exhibited her paintings in local venues throughout Calgary and Alberta while being actively involved in the local arts community. In Spring 2005, she attended an artist residency at the Banff Centre for the Arts which culminated in a solo exhibition at the Other Gallery (Banff Centre) featuring a series of Improv Paintings.

In 2008, Cheung was accepted into the Emerging Artists Viewing Program at the Drawing Center in New York. Cheung’s art has received reviews in Akimbo and the Where Magazine. In May 2008, Cheung was interviewed as a featured artist on the CityShow on CityTV. She was selected to exhibit in the Salon des Arts at the Osheaga Arts and Music Festival 2008, Montreal. Her work can be found in private and corporate collections across Canada. In 2009, Chrissy Cheung received a Canada Council for the Arts Visual Arts Grant.

Established in Montreal since 2005, Chrissy continues to experiment and explore improvisational techniques and spacing within the genre of abstract contemporary painting. Chrissy maintains a studio in Montreal.

ARTIST STATEMENT

Chrissy Cheung’s work touches on borders, the “in-betweens” and the raw imagination. She explores abstraction in both painting and drawing to draw links to different spaces.  Every image initially seems abstract, but on further observation has a deeper sense and plot to the image. A layering of images is built up like the layers of an onion; creating spatial territories containing emotional weight, linear areas that elevate, or extreme contrasts with the surface. The work has its own language: it is concise, sophisticated and energetic.

LINKS

I believe that the profession of the artist is to inspire others. I would not have been able to have created my artwork without being inspired by other artists and places:

Josh Zubot
Craig Talbot
Dawna Mark
Grace Yow
Tanya Tagaq
Kai Chan
Valérie Blass

Johann Wolfgang Goethe
Paterson Ewen
Anselm Kiefer
Johannes Vermeer

Agora de la Danse
Centre Pompidou
Manchu Picchu
Musée d'arts contemporain, Montréal