Ming Fay is a Shanghai-born and New York-based sculptor, installation artist, and professor. His work focuses on the concept of the garden as a symbol of utopia and the relationship between people and nature. Today he is well known for his large fruit sculptures and mixed media installations. His whimsical yet culturally poignant sculptures are made out of bronze or papier-mâché and often presented in a highly sophisticated way. Born in 1943 into a family of artists, he immigrated to Hong Kong in 1952 where he completed his secondary education. In 1961, the Columbus College of Art and Design in Columbus, Ohio awarded him a full scholarship to study design. After graduating in 1965, he worked in a design studio before he discovered his true passion, sculpture. He obtained a BFA degree in sculpture from the Kansas City Art Institute in 1967 and an MFA from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1970. Since then he has resided in New York and devoted himself to his sculptural work. Throughout his career, Fay has been an active teacher and has taught at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Polytechnic, Columbus College of Art and Design, Pratt Institute, the William Paterson College, and the University of Pittsburgh. In 2007 he was the recipient of the NYFA fellowship in Sculpture. Fay is a member of the board of Directors of the Alternative Museum, The Chinese American Arts Council, The Chinese Information and Culture Center, and the overseas Chinese Renaissance Society.
He has completed numerous public art commissions including a suspended glass and steel sculpture for a residential lobby in Philadelphia, a large-scale tree sculpture in Puerto Rico, sculptural benches for New York City Staten Island Ferry Terminal.
Alisan Fine Arts began representing Fay in 1985, and since then has held three solo exhibitions for the artist. He was included in New Ink Art: Innovation and Beyond held at the Hong Kong Museum of Art in 2008 and curated by Alice King. Fay has exhibited internationally and his works have been displayed at the Whitney Museum of American Art, National Academy Museum, New York; Łódź Biennale, Poland; Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong. His works are in the collections of many prominent museums including the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, New Jersey; He Xiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen; Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei; Hong Kong Museum of Art, M+ Hong Kong.
BIOGRAPHY
1943 Born in Shanghai, China
1952 Moved with his family to Hong Kong where he completed his secondary education
1965 Diploma, Columbus College of Art & Design, Columbus, Ohio, USA
1967 BFA, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
1970 MFA, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, USA
1982 Co-founded the Epoxy Art Group in New York, USA
2016 Included in the gallery monography Alisan Fine Arts 35 Years, Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong
2022 Published artist monograph, Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong
Currently Professor in sculpture, William Paterson University, Wayne, New Jersey, USA
Lives in New York, USA
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023
2022-2023
2019
2023
Inaugural Art SG, Alisan Fine Arts, Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Centre, Singapore
Storefront for Art and Architecture Fundraising Event, Kurimanzutto Chelsea, New York, USA
2022-2023
2022
Art Basel Hong Kong, Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
NOT A Fashion Store!, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong
Made in New York, Williams Center for the Arts, Lafayette College, Easton, PA, USA
Power Struggle, Spaces Gallery,Cleveland, OH, USA
SELECTED ART AWARDS
2005 Redevelopment Authority, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
2003 Department of Transportation and Public Works, Yauco, Puerto Rico, USA
2002 Oregon Convention Center, Portland, Oregon, USA
1999 MTA, Delancey/Essex Streets Station, New York, USA
Economic Development Corp of NY, Flushing Queens, USA
1998 GSA, US Court House, Seattle, Washington, USA
Percent for Art, Staten Island Ferry Terminal, New York, USA
1997 Public Art Fund, Phipps Housing, Bronx, New York, USA
1993 Percent for Art, Criminal Justice Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
1990 Percent for Art, P.S. 7, Elmhurst, New York, USA
SELECTED PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS
Whitehall Ferry Terminal, New York, USA
Percent for Art, Department of Cultural Affairs, New York, USA
General Services Administration, United States Courthouse, Seattle, Washington, USA
Delancey/Essex Station, New York, USA
Metropolitan Transit Authority, New York, USA
Lippman Plaza, Flushing, Queens, New York, USA
Economic Development Corporation of New York, New York, USA
He Xiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen, China
Taipei Fine Art Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
Howard Plaza Hotel, Taipei, Taiwan
Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong
Conrad Hilton, Hong Kong
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, MO, USA
Jan Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
PS7, Elmhurst, Queens, USA
Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, California, USA
Columbus Gallery of Fine Art, Columbus, Ohio, USA
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, Texas, USA
Sidney Lewis Foundation, Richmond, Virginia, USA
John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, USA
Phipps House, Daly Avenue Apartments, Bronx, New York, USA
Mobil Oil Corporation, New York, USA
Philadelphia Criminal Justice Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Huntington National Bank, Columbus, Ohio, USA
Pittsburgh National Bank, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Prudential Insurance Company, Los Angeles, California, USA
R.J. Reynolds, Salem, North Carolina, USA
Ten Main Center, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
He Xiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen. China
Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
Howard Plaza Hotel, Taipei, Taiwan
Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong
M+, Hong Kong
China Club, Hong Kong
Conrad Hilton Hotel, Hong Kong
