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FUNG MING-CHIP

Born in Guangdong, China in 1951. Raised in Hong Kong. Worked after completing primary school. Moved to New York in 1977, living between New York, Hong Kong and Taiwan since 1986.

Solo Exhibitions:

1982
“Lenscape”, American Library, Presented by American Consulate, Hong Kong, China

1984
“The Seal - Another Chapter”, G&G Associates Fine Art, New York, USA
“Photo Space”, Catherine Gallery, New York, USA

1986
“The Seal 1975 - 1985”, Asian Arts Institute, New York, USA

1990
“Root of the Words”, Hanart Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
“Root of the Words”, Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong, China

1991
“The Word by Fung Ming-Chip”, Quart Society, Hong Kong, China

1992
“Logos and Method”, Hanart Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan

1993
“Dialogue Between Pictures and Words”, Top Gallery, Taipei,Taiwan
“Variations of Seal Carving”, Taipei County Cultural Centre,Taipei, Taiwan

1994
“Sculpture”, Hanart Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
“Value Transformation”, Duchamp Gallery, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

1995
“Party”, Color Field Art Space, Taipei, Taiwan

1997
Hanart Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan

1998
Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong, China

1999
Hanart Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
Tsing Hwa University, Hsin Chu, Taiwan
Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
“Caligrafia Chinesa de Fung Ming-Chip,” Fundacåo Orient, CasaGarden, Macau, China

2000
Goedhuis Contemporary, London, UK

2001
Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong, China

2002
10 Chancery Lane Gallery, Hong Kong, China
Gallery Saka, Tokyo, Japan

2004
“Rational Line”, Jesus College, Cambridge University, UK

2005
“Beginning of Infinity”, Neuhoff Gallery, New York, USA
Goedhuis Contemporary, New York, USA
“Abstract Forms”, Art Beatus, Hong Kong, China

2006
“Recent Work, Fung Ming Chip”, Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong, China
Leda Fletcher Gallery, Shanghai, China & Geneva, Switzerland

2007
Gebert Contemporary, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA

2009
Gebert Contemporary, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA

2010
SinSin Fine Art , Hong Kong, China

2011
SinSin Fine Art presents , At Hong Kong International Art fair ,Hong Kong, China

Selected Group Exhibitions:

1983
“Self-Portrait”, The Landmark, Hong Kong, China

1984
“Gorilla Art Show”, Avenue B Gallery, New York, USA
“Small Works Exhibition”, Washington Square East Galleries, New York University, USA

1985
“Contemporary Primitive”, ABC NO RIO, New York, USA
Asian Arts Institute, New York, USA
“Asian Artists Show”, ‘A’ Gallery, New York, USA

1988
“Words, Words, Words”, Hanart 2 Gallery, Hong Kong, China

1990
“Chinesische Kalligraphie”, Galerie Lommel, Germany

1992
“The Way of Calligraphy”, Hanart Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan

1993
“In the Chinese spirit” Hanart Gallery,Hong Kong, China

1994
“Flowering in the West” Haenah-Kent gallery, New York, USA

1995
“Looking Through Lines”, Dimension Endowment of Art, Taipei, Taiwan

1996
Asia Pacific Heritage Month, Mass Transit Authority Headquarters, New York, USA

1997
Ten Year Anniversary, Asian American Art Institute, New York, USA
“Stream Segment”, Asian American Arts Centre, New York, USA
“Before 1997”, Hanart Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan

1998
”Fans”, Color Field Art Space, Taipei, Taiwan
“A Taiwan Decade”, Hanart Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan

1999-2002
“Power of the Word” (International traveling exhibition)

1999
“Avant Gardes en Chine”, Galerie LOFT, Paris, France
“Medium Transposition” Kuo Mu Sheng Foundation Art Center Taiwan
“Tracing 2000” Color Field Art Space, Taipei, Taiwan

2000
“Tradition and Experimentation: Chinese Calligraphy of the Millenium”, Ho’s Gallery of Calligraphy Arts, Taipei, Taiwan
“New Perspective on Contemporary Calligraphy – A Dialogue with Modern Sinitic Writing Art”, Taiwan Museum of Art, Taichung, Taiwan

2001
“The Rhythmic Line: Contemporary Calligraphy”, Alisan Fine Arts,Hong Kong, China
“Tradition and Experimentation: The Second Chinese Calligraphy - 2001”, Ho’s Gallery of Calligraphy Arts, Taipei, Taiwan & Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Art,Kaohsiung, Taiwan
“China Without Borders”, Goedhuis Contemporary at Sotheby’s, New York, USA

2002
“Gestures”, Neuhoff Gallery, New York, USA
“Paris-Pekin”, Espace Cardin, Paris, France
“China”, Museum Saap, São Paulo, Brazil

2003
“Up Down Left Right – Modern Perception in Chinese Calligraphy”, Plum Blossoms Gallery, New York, USA

2004
“Do A Book”, Plum Blossoms Gallery, New York, USA

2005
“The Act of Writing and of Non-Writing: The Open Space for Chinese
Calligraphy”, International Exhibition of Modern Calligraphy 2005, Hangzhou, China
“The Painted Word: Language as Image in Modern Art,” Lafayette College, Pennsylvania, USA

2007
“Made In China” Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Copenhagen, Denmark, and
Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel

2008
New Ink Art: Innovation and Beyond, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong,China
Shenzhen Ink Biennial, Shenzhen Museum of Art, Shenzhen, China
Looking for Antonio Mak, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, China

2009
“ In Other Word “ Hanart TZ Gallery , Hong Kong, China
“ Calligraffiti “Pacific Asia Museum ,Pasadena ,CA ,USA

2010
“ Writing / Non-writing “ China Academy of Art , Hangzhou , China
“ Ink Art VS Ink Art “ Shanghai Art Museum ,Shanghai ,China

Special Projects:

2004
Artist in Residence: Jesus College, Cambridge University, U.K.

2007
Mural: “Inner Universe”, Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico,USA

2008
Les Poèmes du Mandarin Tableware Collection, Hermès, France

Playwright, Director, Novelist:

1986-1988
Playwright and director of five dramas in Taipei, Taiwan

1992
Curios Dealer’s Mermaid, Tai Ya Publishing Co., Ltd., Taiwan

Selected Bibliography (in English)

2001
Stephen Robert Frankel & Laura Morris editors, Power of the Word, Independent Curators International, New York, USA

2002
Jean-Marc DeCrop, China Contemporary Art, Museo de Arte Brasileira, Sao Paulo, Brazil

2002
Clarie Hsu & Susan Acret, Paris-Pekin, Chinese Century, Paris, France

2007
Britta Erickson, China Onward The Estella Collection: Chinese Contemporary Art,1966-2006

2008
New Ink Art: Innovation and Beyond, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, China

Selected Bibliography (in Chinese)

1999
Fung Ming Chip Solo Exhibition, Taipei Fine Art Museum, Taipei,Taiwan

2000
Tradition and Experimentation: Chinese Calligraphy of the Millennium, National Library Publishing Group, Taipei, Taiwan

2001
Luo Qi, Shu Fa Zhu Yi Wen Ben – Yi Ge Guan Nian De Zuo Pin (A Collection of Essays on Calligraphyism – a Conceptual Art), Henan, China
Tradition and Experimentation: The Second Chinese Calligraphy – National Library Publishing Group, Taipei, Taiwan

2005
Xu Jiang & Wang Dongling, The First International Cao Shu Exhibition (in English & Chinese), China Academy of Art Press, Zhejiang, China
Xu Jiang & Wang Dongling, The Art of Writing and of Non-writing: The Open Space for Chinese Calligraphy (In English & Chinese), China Academy of Art Press, Zhejiang, China

Selected Public and Private Collections:

Metropolitan Museum of Art , New York , NY USA
Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, CA, USA
Princeton University Art Gallery, Princeton, NJ, USA
Harvard University Art Museum, Cambridge ,MA , USA
Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, ME, USA
Khoan & Michael Sullivan Collection, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford University, England
The Olenska Foundation, Geneva, Switzerland
Fundacao Oriente, Macau, China
Ju Ming Foundation, Taichung, Taiwan
Westin Hotel in Taipei, Taiwan
Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, China
Mobil Oil, Hong Kong, China
China Club, Hong Kong, China
Shanghai Tang, Hong Kong and New York, USA
United Airlines, Hong Kong International Airport, Hong Kong, China