Dony Cheng Hung





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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. 

Cheng Hung (Dony Cheng) lives and works in Hong Kong. She is a recipient of the 19th Hong Kong Arts Development Award for Young Artist (Visual Arts) (2025) and a studio grant at HART Haus.



Selected Media Features
Selected projects
CV




Education
Master of Fine Arts, the Chinese University of Hong Kong (2 years)
2023

Degree of Bachelor of Arts, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Major in Fine Arts
2017


Solo Exhibitions 
“Late Night Minibus Ride”, ACO space, Hong Kong
2021

"The Night Observer”, Yen Ben Contemporary, Taiwan
2021

"The Sunset Lasts Forever", a.m.space, Hong Kong
2020

"Maybe Someday It Will be True", Solo Exhibition, a.m. space, Hong Kong
2018



Selected Group Exhibitions
“The Archivist Augurs, the Larper Dreams”, Square Street Gallery, Hong Kong
2024

“Nature: a Perception”, HART Haus, Hong Kong
2024

“Fluid Maze”, Woaw Gallery, Hong Kong
2024

“Seeing Inside, Seeing Outside”, MFA Graduation Exhibition, Art Museum, CUHK, Hong Kong
2023

“Where Great Minds Shine”, Arts Pavilion, West Kowloon Cultural District, Hong Kong
2023

“Confluence of Voices”, Pao Galleries, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong
2023

“Lost in Translation”, Galerie du Monde, Hong Kong
2023

“Elaboration of the reflected lights”, Duo solo exhibition, Gallery Exit, Hong Kong
2022

“Emo Gym”, JC Contemporary, Tai Kwun, Hong Kong
2022

“High Res Worlds” – Gok Dou Live, Asia Society, Art Central, Hong Kong
2021

“Shining Moment”, Tang Art Foundation, Hong Kong
2021

“Door”, the Shop House, Hong Kong
2021

“Tomorrow is never a new day”, Negative Space, Foo Tak Building, Hong Kong
2020

“Matter”, Seoul Auction Hong Kong, H Queen’s, Hong Kong
2019

“Fresh Trend 2017”, Art Graduates Joint Exhibition, chi K11 art space, Hong Kong
2017

“Lightness/ Distance/ Intervention/ Cycling/ Mapping”, Hui Gallery, CUHK, Hong Kong
2017

“Nothing’s Gonna Change My Love for You”, BA Graduation Exhibition, Art Museum, CUHK, Hong Kong
2017




Awards and Grants
HKADC Award for Young Artist (Visual Arts)
2025

Studio Grant, HART Haus, Hong Kong
2024

WMA Graduate Awards (Lens-based media),MFA Grad Show, CUHK
2023

Emerging Artist Scheme - Exhibition Funding from HKADC
2020

Fresh Trend Art Award, Fresh Trend
2017

Grotto Fine Art’s Creative Award, CUHK
2017


Art Rescidencies
“Door”, the Shop House, Hong Kong
2021

Tresure Hill Artist Village, Taipei
2018


Selected Press and Media FeaturesSouth China Morning Post, What the Hong Kong Arts Development Awards Need to Learn from Art Basel
2025

ArtAsiaPacific, “New Currents: Dony Cheng Hung” by Alex Yiu — Featuring stills and commentary on The Landscape of the World of Straight Lines
2024

Artomity, Folio, Summer Issue — Hong Kong
2024

Ming Pao, 三十而立：在光暗黑白中找尋自己 — 專訪畫家鄭虹（Dony）
2022

Ming Pao, 鄭虹 在平凡的東西找到靈感 放慢節奏 享受創作過程
2021

City Magazine, Issue 534 (April 2021): “The Night Watcher Seeks the Exit of Light” — Text by Samwai Lai
2021

Sample Magazine, Art Project Feature — Hong Kong
2020


Public and Collaborative Art Projects
InnerGlow Searchlight, Video Projection, Tai Kwun, Hong Kong
2025

Open the Box: Home Sweet Home, onsite collaborative art project with lead artists, JC Contemporary, Tai Kwun, Hong Kong
2024

55 Squared, Unfurling the Scroll of Time and Space, commissioned wall art project, Tai Kwun, Hong Kong
2020
               



Selected Art Fairs
Art Basel, Gallery Exit, Hong Kong
2025

Supper Club, HART Haus, Hong Kong
2025

Westbund, Gallery Exit, Shanghai
2024

Art Basel, Gallery Exit, Hong Kong
2024

Supper Club, the Shophouse, Hong Kong
2024

Asia Now, the Shophouse, the Monnaie de Paris, Paris
2023

Art Basel, Gallery Exit, Hong Kong
2023

Taipei Dangdai, Gallery Exit, Taipei
2023

Art Basel, Gallery Exit, Hong Kong 
2022



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Last Updated 24.10.31
Selected Press and Media Features






第十九屆香港藝術發展獎｜
藝術新秀獎（視覺藝術）：鄭虹
The 19th Hong Kong Arts Development Awards｜
Award for Young Artist (Visual Arts): Dony Cheng Hung
Hong Kong Arts Development Council (HKADC)
Date Published: June 25, 2025
Format: Video Interview | YouTube
Produced by: The Culturist (for HKADC)

A short feature celebrating Dony Cheng Hung as the recipient of the Award for Young Artist (Visual Arts) in the 19th Hong Kong Arts Development Awards. The video highlights Cheng’s poetic and imaginative artistic language across media such as charcoal, acrylic, animation, and projection, and her interest in exploring the relationship between humanity, nature, and the urban environment.

Link: Watch on Youtube
Press Release by HKADC
Full interview by the Culturist (coming soon)





New Currents: Dony Cheng Hung
The Hong Kong artist employs geometric symbolism to forge uncanny realities.ArtAsiaPacific
Date Published: August 30, 2024
Format: Online Article
Written by: Alex Yiu
Title: New Currents: Dony Cheng Hung

This insightful profile by Alex Yiu explores Dony Cheng Hung’s innovative practice, highlighting her video installation The Landscape of the World of Straight Lines and her poetic exploration of the interplay between nature, technology, and urban space.

Link: Read article






Opinion | What the Hong Kong Arts Development Awards need to learn from Art Basel’sSouth China Morning Post (SCMP)
Date Published: June 26, 2025
Format: Online Article & Print Newspaper
Written and Interviewed by: John Batten

An article by John Batten in the South China Morning Post that features Dony Cheng Hung as a recipient of the Hong Kong Arts Development Award. The piece shares insights and opinions on how the awards can continue to grow, drawing inspiration from international art platforms like Art Basel.

Link: Read here





Folio SectionArtomity
Date Published: Summer 2024
Format: Print Magazine
Section: Folio
Article: Artwork Featured







三十而立：在光暗黑白中找尋自己 — 專訪畫家鄭虹（Dony）
At Thirty, One Stands: Searching for the Self in Light and Shadow — An Interview with Artist Dony Cheng Hung (translated)Ming Pao
Date Published: May 22, 2022
Format: Interview | Print & Online (link no longer available)
Interviewed by: 莫哲暐 (John Mok)

In this in-depth interview, Dony Cheng Hung reflects on her artistic journey at the age of thirty, discussing how she navigates themes of light, darkness, and identity through her evolving visual language.




Curator and Artist Relationships | Art Central 2022Art Central 2022 | Asia Society Hong Kong Center
Gok Dou LIVE Event
Date: May 27, 2022
Venue: Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Wan Chai

Format: In-person event & Live Stream (YouTube via Asia Society HK)
Speakers: Erin Li (Curator) & Dony Cheng Hung (Artist)

Curator Erin Li and artist Dony Cheng Hung discuss the evolving relationship between curators and artists. The conversation covers themes of materiality, emotion, and the blurred lines between art creation and exhibition.

Link: Watch on Youtube
Link: Event details on Asia Society’s Site




鄭虹《觀夜的人拉開時空的捲軸》Cheng Hung 
“Unfurling the scroll of space and time” | 55平方米 55 Squared | 大館 Tai KwunTai Kwun
Date Published: May 18, 2021
Format: Work in Progress and Interview | YouTube
Produced by: Tai Kwun

Commissioned for Tai Kwun’s “55 Squared” project, Unfurling the Scroll of Space and Time is a large-scale mural by Cheng Hung (Dony Cheng) that manipulates spatial and temporal illusions. Inspired by the arched architecture of Tai Kwun, the work blends perspective, dusk light, and imagined space to create a poetic, dreamlike atmosphere—blurring boundaries between reality and perception.

More on this project here.







觀夜的人尋找光之出口 鄭虹 
The Night Watcher Seeking the Exit of Light – Cheng Hung City Magazine
Date Published: Apr 2021
Format: Print Interview | Issue 534
Written by: Samwai Lam

An in-depth interview with Dony Cheng on her solo exhibition Late Night Minibus Ride, exploring how fleeting cityscapes, memory, and emotion are interwoven into her visual language. The conversation reflects on the intimacy and solitude of nighttime travel in Hong Kong.








鄭虹：在平凡的東西找到靈感　放慢節奏　享受創作過程
 Dony Cheng: Finding Inspiration in the Ordinary – Slowing Down to Enjoy the Creative Process (translated)
Ming Pao
Date Published: March 18, 2021
Format: Interview | Online and Print Newspaper
Interviewed by: 溫兆明

In this interview, Dony Cheng reflects on how everyday surroundings and the pace of life influence her creative process, emphasizing the importance of slowing down and finding inspiration in the ordinary.

Link: Read article






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