Project 2021: ACO solo

Dony Cheng Hung

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

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

“Finding Rest on the Highway”, Gallery Exit, Hong Kong
2024

“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 Features

South 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

Late Night Minibus Ride
2021

Photo courtesy of Benny To

Late Night Minibus Ride
26 Feb - 20 Mar, 2021
ACO Art Space, Hong Kong

Solo Exhibition at ACO Space, Foo Tak Building, Hong Kong
Supported by HKADC and venue sponsored by ACO

This exhibition features paintings and animation works. A total of 8 works are on view, primarily paintings.

Drawing inspiration from everyday experiences, the works explore a sense of loss within the city and the relationship between urban development and nature. It continues the artist's introspective dialogue following The Sunset Lasts Forever.

Selected painting works

Photo courtesy of Gallery EXIT

Moon/ Streetlight, 2021
Charcoal, soft pastel and pencil on canvas
90 x 90 cm

Exhibited in: Late Night Minibus Ride, ACO Space (2021) & Shining Moment, Tang Art Foundation (2021)

Photo courtesy of Benny To

Reversed
2021

Charcoal, pencil, soft pastel and acrylic on canvas
120 x 90 cm

Exhibited in: Late Night Minibus Ride, ACO Space (2021) & Door, the Shophouse (2021)

Photo courtesy of Gallery EXIT

Palm Trees Estate
2021

Acrylic, charcoal, soft pastel on canvas
120 x 90 cm

Exhibited in: Late Night Minibus Ride, ACO Space (2021) & Elaboration of the reflected lights, Gallery EXIT (2022)

Courtesy Tai Kwun Contemporary. Photo: Kwan Sheung Chi.

Road
2021

Charcoal, soft pastel and pencil on canvas
65 x70 cm

Exhibited in: Late Night Minibus Ride, ACO Space (2021), Shining Moment, Tang Art Foundation (2021), emo gym, JC Contemporary, Tai Kwun (2022)

Media Coverage

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

Event Poster

This exhibition also featured a live-streamed discussion on YouTube in collaboration with Corrupt the Youth, bringing together philosophers to explore the relationship between the city and nature.

講座：城市與大自然
講者：白水與康廷@好青年茶毒室
日期：2021年3月2日晚上8時
語言：廣東話
*此講座將以Live 形式播出

Talk: City and Nature
Speakers: 白水 and Hong Ting @ Corrupt the Youth
Date: March 2, 2021, 8:00 PM
Language: Cantonese
*This talk will be broadcast live.