Cheung Shu Sun

Born in Hong Kong in 1946. Cheung began studying Chinese painting with Lui Shou-Kwan in 1960 and was one of Lui’s first students. Cheung’s first solo exhibition was sponsored by Chatham Gallery, Hong Kong in 1964. One of his works was selected for the 3rd Hong Kong International Salon of Paintings that same year, and the painting was collected by the Hong Kong Museum of Art for the permanent collection.

In 1970, he was invited to exhibit alongside nine Hong Kong young artists, in the exhibition “Hong Kong Young Emerging Artists” organized by the Hong Kong Museum of Art. Cheung studied Applied Design Certificate Course at the Extramural Studies Department of Chinese University of Hong Kong from 1967-69. He then started his design career and worked as an Art Director for many top design firms. He established his own design company in 1976 and lectured frequently as part-time and guest lecturer in Hong Kong Polytechnic. Cheung, along with other top local designers, co-founded the Hong Kong Institute of Visual Studies in 1980. He moved to the USA in 1986, currently, he works and lives in Hong Kong and New York. In the last decade, Cheung has received eight important awards in Hong Kong and overseas. He has been exhibited extensively in Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Tokyo, Osaka, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Buenos Aires, Tehran, and Czechoslovakia. The Hong Kong Museum of Art and numerous private collectors have collected his works.