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The Garden of Perfect Brightness
The Atkinson, Southport, UK 3 June - 9 September 2023Named after the Yuanming Gardens in Beijing’s Summer Palace, 'The Garden of Perfect Brightness' is an exhibition of new work and the culmination of research into geopolitical and historical events... -
Arrow to Heaven
Almine Rech, Paris Matignon, France 28 June - 30 July 2022Arrow to Heaven is my first solo show in Paris at Almine Rech Gallery. It is an exploration of lesser known histories of the Opium Wars that Britain and France... -
Transfer of Power
C-Project, Los Angeles, USA 23 July - 14 August 2021'Transfer of Power' is Cheung's debut exhibition in LA and includes work from the past 10 years. The exhibition features elaborate combinations of painted lion dancers, bull riders, AR showers... -
Tears of Paradise
Edel Assanti, London, UK 17 January - 7 March 2020To achieve a great leap, an entire generation must be sacrificed. Liu Zhijun, Minister of Railways 2003-2011, People’s Republic of China Edel Assanti is pleased to present Gordon Cheung’s fourth... -
Home
Galerie Huit, HK 16 November 2018 - 11 January 2019Galerie Huit is pleased to present ‘Home’, Gordon Cheung’s first solo exhibition in Hong Kong, from where his parents emigrated, to London where he was born and raised. The exhibition... -
Gordon Cheung
The Whitaker, Rossendale, UK 3 July - 1 September 2017Gordon Cheung The Whitaker, Rossendale, UK Monday, 3 July 2017 - Friday, 1 September 2017 Gordon is of Hong Kong origin and was born in London in 1975 where he... -
Unknown Knowns
Edel Assanti, London, UK 10 March - 16 April 2017 -
Lines in the Sand
Leila Heller Gallery, Dubai, UAE 18 September - 7 November 2016Leila Heller Gallery Dubai presents a selection of large scale paintings by Gordon Cheung in his first solo exhibition in Dubai entitled “Lines in the Sand”. Cheung maps the geopolitical... -
Here Be Dragons
Nottingham Castle Museum & Art Gallery, Nottingham, UK 30 April - 17 July 2016Gordon Cheung is a contemporary artist whose work captures the mood of the global collapse of civilization – or a dystopian, prophetic vision of it – where moral, economic and... -
The Abyss Stares Back
Edel Assanti, London, UK 9 October - 20 November 2015 -
Breaking Tulips
Cristea Roberts Gallery, London, UK 11 September - 6 October 2015Breaking Tulips, an exhibition of new work by Gordon Cheung, provides an historical reflection of contemporary culture through the exploration of the Dutch Golden Age, a period of extraordinary wealth... -
The Solar Cry
Edel Assanti, London, UK 25 October 2012 - 5 January 2013Of course the bull itself is also an image of the sun, but only when its throat is slit... the sun has also been mythologically expressed by man slashing his... -
Techno Sublime
Touchstones Rochdale, Rochdale, UK 31 March - 16 June 2012Gordon Cheung's mixed-media paintings depict epic, dream-like landscapes where the natural world collides with the structures of globalisation. Through his use of collaged Financial Times stock listings as the base... -
The Light That Burns Twice as Bright
Cristea Roberts Gallery, London, UK 14 September - 5 October 2011The Alan Cristea Gallery will stage an exhibition of new works, Gordon Cheung: The Light that Burns Twice as Bright, from 14 September to 5 October 2011. Cheung's multi-media artistic... -
The Sleeper Awakes
The Other Gallery, Shanghai, China 10 September - 10 October 2010How could one be in this world without feeling dismayed by it? Even if one paints flowers and gingerbread. —Gerhard Richter One of the most overlooked literary works in science... -
Altered States: Paintings by Gordon Cheung from the Stéphane Janssen Collection
Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, USA 9 January - 10 April 2010Arizona State University Art Museum will present the first solo exhibition by British artist Gordon Cheung in a U.S. museum. The ASU Art Museum is recognized for presenting groundbreaking contemporary... -
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
The New Art Gallery Walsall, Walsall UK 7 August - 1 November 2009Gordon Cheung creates hallucinogenic visions inspired by a wide range of sources including science fiction, 18th century romantic painting, cartoons and current affairs. His works reflect on such contemporary issues... -
Gordon Cheung
ROOM ArtSpace, London, UK 1 June - 1 July 2009 -
The Promised Land
Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, USA 19 March - 18 April 2009Jack Shainman Gallery is pleased to present British Born Chinese artist Gordon Cheung’s first solo gallery show in the USA. His dual background has fuelled his interest in paradoxically belonging... -
Wilderness of Mirrors
Galerie Adler, Frankfurt, Germany 6 September - 18 October 2008Gordon Cheung’s first solo show in Germany takes place from September 5th to October 18th, 2008 at Galerie ADLER in Frankfurt am Main. The show‘s title takes it’s name from... -
The Fall of the Rebel Angels
Cristea Roberts Gallery, London, UK 30 January - 23 February 2008London-based artist, Gordon Cheung takes inspiration from John Martin's famous 19th-century illustrations for Milton's epic poem Paradise Lost in an exhibition at Alan Cristea Gallery throughout February 2008. This biblical... -
Death by a Thousand Cuts
Chinese Arts Centre, Manchester, UK 18 January - 23 March 2008Gordon Cheung’s first solo exhibition at Chinese Arts Centre, Death by a Thousand Cuts, sees the artist continuing his interrogation of power structures and belief systems, and our obedience to... -
God is On Our Side
Unosunove Gallery, Rome, Italy 26 September - 10 November 2007Gordon Cheung mixes decadence of apparel with a special taste of paradise. The artist plants allegories and leaves others to gather them. Using a mix of techniques he retranslates the... -
Paradise Lost
Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle, UK 28 July - 4 October 2007Laing Solo is a series of exhibitions profiling the work of individual emerging artists. This exhibition was selected through an annual, national competition, open to artists in the early stages... -
1000 Yard Stare
Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth, UK 22 September - 18 November 2007In The 1000 Yard Stare Gordon Cheung shows a series of works, made between 2004-7, which offer a poetic and disturbing reflection of the drama and trauma of contemporary life.... -
Gordon Cheung – Recent Paintings
Djanogly Gallery, Nottingham, UK 12 January - 25 February 2007 -
Heart of Darkness
Thomas Cohn Gallery, Sao Paolo, Brazil 29 November - 15 December 2006The title refers to the book by Joseph Conrad in which the motif of darkness recurs throughout the novel to reflect the 'primal darkness' against the light of civilization and... -
Hollow Sunsets
Houldsworth Gallery, London, UK 11 October - 13 November 2004“Essentially my paintings reflect the techno sublime, where information overwhelms the individual, causing a flickering perception of realities”, says Cheung, whose dazzling new paintings have mesmerised the judges at this... -
Sprawl
DomoBaal Gallery, London, UK 21 June - 27 July 2002Canyons, chasms, cliffs and crags all feature, like textbook examples of erosional landforms, in the recent works of Gordon Cheung. As if reflecting the dizzying ascents and precipitous falls of...
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