張嘉莉

Clara Cheung

Upon her graduation from Rhodes College (TN, USA) with the Bachelor Degree of Arts in Fine Art and Computer Science in 2002, Clara Cheung received Sally Becker Grinspan Award for Artistic Achievement and Apollonian Award for Art History. She then studied for the Postgraduate Diploma in Education at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and received a master degree of Cultural Studies at Lingnan University afterwards.

She is an active member of the non-profit art group Project226, and the founder of C&G Artpartment. From 2007 to 2021, she curated and co-curated more than 80 art exhibitions at C&G Artpartment, which situated in a “tong-lau” building apartment in Hong Kong. These exhibitions often critically responded to local social and cultural issues, including problems in the local art ecology. She was a member of Wan Chai District Council from Jan 2020 to July 2021, attempting to contribute to the local political scene in Hong Kong with her creative problem-solving skills. She is currently based in the UK, as one of the Hongkongers in exile who persist fighting for the liberation of Hong Kong. Besides continuing her artistic and curatorial practise, she is also a PhD candidate in the History of Art department at University of York.

2002年畢業於美國Rhodes College,獲學士學位,主修純藝術和電腦科學。2007年獲嶺南大學文化研究碩士學位。曾任中學視覺藝術科教師、C & G藝術單位的創辦人、藝術小組「二二六工程」 之要員,積極策劃及參與不同的藝術展覽。同時,也為不同的機構設計和策劃藝術教育項目。2020年1月至2021年7月,為香港灣仔區議員(跑馬地)。近年創作以行為藝術和混合媒材為主。現為英國University of York藝術歷史系博士生。

Contact: clara@CandG-Artpartment.com