Dony Cheng/Cheng Hung is the recipient of the 19th Hong Kong Arts Development Award for Young Artist (Visual Arts) (2025). She holds a Master of Fine Arts (2023) and a Bachelor of Fine Arts (2017) from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Inspired by the manmade nature and sense of alienation the artist experienced in Hong Kong, Cheng's multidisciplinary practice recurringly reveals the complex of light, shapes, and spaces. Her works evoke poetic emotions within the city and explore the common connection between our senses and the surrounding environment, dwelling into the intricate relationship between humans, nature, and the urbanity.
While Cheng’s Master degree studies shift her focus to how sensory experiences in our urban settings shape our understanding of the environment, it creates a sense of alienation within the city. Her first-person perspective examines the relationship between painting and perception, leading Cheng to explore video installations and the communications with the audience. This year, her work Landscape in the World of Straight Lines (2025) was selected for screening in “InnerGlow” at Tai Kwun.
Cheng’s works have been exhibited in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Paris, including her recent solo exhibition “Dony CHENG Hung: Finding Rest on the Highway” (2024) and group exhibition “emo gym” at Tai Kwun (2022).
Cheng lives and works in Hong Kong. She is a recipient of studio grant at HART Haus.
Inspired by the manmade nature and sense of alienation the artist experienced in Hong Kong, Cheng's multidisciplinary practice recurringly reveals the complex of light, shapes, and spaces. Her works evoke poetic emotions within the city and explore the common connection between our senses and the surrounding environment, dwelling into the intricate relationship between humans, nature, and the urbanity.
While Cheng’s Master degree studies shift her focus to how sensory experiences in our urban settings shape our understanding of the environment, it creates a sense of alienation within the city. Her first-person perspective examines the relationship between painting and perception, leading Cheng to explore video installations and the communications with the audience. This year, her work Landscape in the World of Straight Lines (2025) was selected for screening in “InnerGlow” at Tai Kwun.
Cheng’s works have been exhibited in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Paris, including her recent solo exhibition “Dony CHENG Hung: Finding Rest on the Highway” (2024) and group exhibition “emo gym” at Tai Kwun (2022).
Cheng lives and works in Hong Kong. She is a recipient of studio grant at HART Haus.
Education:
2021 - 2023
Master of Fine Arts, the Chinese University of Hong Kong
2017
Graduated with the Degree of Bachelor of Arts, the Chinese University of Hong Kong (Major in Fine Arts)
Solo Exhibitions
2024
“Finding Rest on the Highway”, Gallery Exit, Hong Kong
2021
“Late Night Minibus Ride”, ACO space, Hong Kong
"The Night Observer”, Yen Ben Contemporary, Taiwan
"The Night Observer”, Yen Ben Contemporary, Taiwan
2020
"The Sunset Lasts Forever", a.m.space, Hong Kong
2018
"Maybe Someday It Will be True", Solo Exhibition, a.m. space, Hong Kong
Public Art Programme
2020
“Unfurling the scroll of space and time”, 55 Squared Project, Tai Kwun, Hong Kong
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024
“The Archivist Augurs, the Larper Dreams”, Square Street Gallery, Hong Kong
“Nature: A Perception”, HART Haus, Hong Kong
“Fluid Maze”, Woaw Gallery, Hong Kong
“Nature: A Perception”, HART Haus, Hong Kong
“Fluid Maze”, Woaw Gallery, Hong Kong
2023
“Lost in Translation”, Galerie du Monde, Hong Kong
“Seeing Inside, Seeing Outside”, MFA Graduation Exhibition, Art Museum, CUHK, Hong Kong
“Seeing Inside, Seeing Outside”, MFA Graduation Exhibition, Art Museum, CUHK, Hong Kong
2022
“Emo Gym”, Tai Kwun Contemporary, Tai Kwun, Hong Kong
“Elaboration of the reflected lights”, Duo exhibition, Gallery Exit, Hong Kong
“Elaboration of the reflected lights”, Duo exhibition, Gallery Exit, Hong Kong
2021
“HIGH RES Worlds” - Gok Dou Live, Art Central, Hong Kong
“Shining Moment”, Tang Art Foundation, Hong Kong
“Door”, the Shop House, Hong Kong
“Shining Moment”, Tang Art Foundation, Hong Kong
“Door”, the Shop House, Hong Kong
2020
"Tomorrow is Never a New Day", Negative Space, Foo Tak Building, Hong Kong
2019
“Matter”, Seoul Auction Hong Kong, H Queens, Hong Kong
2017
"Lightness/ Distance/ Intervention/ Cycling/ Mapping", Pesponse Exhibition on Summer Field Study Programme 2017, Hui Gallery, New Asia College, CUHK, Hong Kong
"Fresh Trend 2017", Art Graduates Joint Exhibition，chi K11 art space, Hong Kong
"Nothing’s Goona Change My Love for You", Graduation Exhibition, Art Museum, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
"Soda Water 2", Hui Gallery, New Asia College, CUHK, Hong Kong
"99lism", Hui Gallery, New Asia College, CUHK, Hong Kong
"Experimental Drawing", Connecting Space Hong Kong
"Mirrors that tell Silence", Hui Gallery, New Asia College, CUHK, Hong Kong
"Fresh Trend 2017", Art Graduates Joint Exhibition，chi K11 art space, Hong Kong
"Nothing’s Goona Change My Love for You", Graduation Exhibition, Art Museum, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
"Soda Water 2", Hui Gallery, New Asia College, CUHK, Hong Kong
"99lism", Hui Gallery, New Asia College, CUHK, Hong Kong
"Experimental Drawing", Connecting Space Hong Kong
"Mirrors that tell Silence", Hui Gallery, New Asia College, CUHK, Hong Kong
2016
"Soda Water", The Art of CUHK (2016) Undergraduate Exhibition, Cheng Ming Building, New Asia College, CUHK, Hong Kong
Residency
2021
“Door”, the Shop House, Hong Kong
2018
Treasure Hill Artist Village, Taipei, Taiwan
Awards and Grants
2025
2024
2024
19th Hong Kong Development Award for Young Artist (Visual Arts)
Studio Grant, HART Haus, Hong Kong
Studio Grant, HART Haus, Hong Kong
2023
WMA Graduate Award (Lens-based Media)
2020
Emerging Artists Project Grant, Arts Development Council, Hong Kong
2017
Fresh Trend Art Award, Fresh Trend 2017
Grotto Fine Art’s Creative Award, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Grotto Fine Art’s Creative Award, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Art Fairs
2024
Art Basel, Gallery Exit, Hong Kong
2023
Taipei Dangdai, Gallery Exit
Art Basel, Gallery Exit, Hong Kong
Asia Now, the Shophouse, the Monnaie de Paris, Paris
Art Basel, Gallery Exit, Hong Kong
Asia Now, the Shophouse, the Monnaie de Paris, Paris
2022
Art Basel, Gallery Exit, Hong Kong
2019
“Art Kaohsiung 2019”, a.m. space, Taiwan
“Classic and Focus”, Art Formosa, Taipei
“Classic and Focus”, Art Formosa, Taipei
2018
“Art Kaohsiung 2018”, a.m. space, Taiwan
2017
“Art Kaohsiung 2017”, a.m. space, Taiwan