BIOGRAPHY

F u n g  M i n g  C h i p  馮 明 秋

Born in Guangdong, China in 1951. Fung moved to Hong Kong and worked after completing primary school. In 1977, he moved to New York. He has been living between New York, Hong Kong and Taiwan since 1986. He settled down in Hong Kong in 2006.

Solo Exhibitions
1982
"Lenscape", American Library, presented by American Consulate, Hong Kong, China

1984
"Photo Space", Catherine Gallery, New York, USA
"The Seal - Another Chapter", G&G Associates Fine Art, 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
"Fung Ming Chip Solo Exhibition", Hanart Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan

1998
"Fung Ming Chip Solo Exhibition", Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong, China

1999
"Fung Ming Chip Solo Exhibition", Hanart Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
"Fung Ming Chip Solo Exhibition", Tsing Hwa University, Hsin Chu, Taiwan
"Fung Ming Chip Solo Exhibition", Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
"Caligrafia Chinesa de Fung Ming-Chip", Fundacao Orient, Casa Garden, 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, Geneva, Switzerland
Leda Fletcher Gallery, Shanghai, China

2007
Gebert Contemporary, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA

2009
Gebert Contemporary, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA

2010
Sin Sin Fine Art, Hong Kong, China Selected

Group Exhibitions
1977
Hong Kong City Hall

1981
Visual Arts Centre, Montreal, Canada

1983
"Self-Portrait", The Landmark, Hong Kong, China
La MaMa Gallery, New York, USA

1984
"Gorilla Art Show", Avenue B Gallery, New York, USA
"Small Works Exhibitio", 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 TZ 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 TZ Gallery, Hong Kong, China
"Group Sculpture Exhibition", Color Field Art Space, Taipei, Taiwan
"Group Sculpture Exhibition", Duchamp Gallery, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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
"The Year of the Ox", Hanart Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
"Before 1997", Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong, China
"Stream Segment", Asian American Arts Centre, New York, USA

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

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

1999 - 2002
"Power of the Word" (International travelling exhibition)

2000
"Tradition and Experimentation: Chinese Calligraphy of the Millennium", 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
"Tradition and Experimentation: The Second Chinese Calligraphy - 2001", 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, Sao 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 Words", Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong
"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 Poemes du Mandarin Tableware Collection", Hermes, France

Playwright, Director & Novelist
1986 - 1988
Playwright and director of six dramas in Taipei, Taiwan

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

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