Emily Cheng (born 1953) is an American artist of Chinese ancestry. She is best known for large scale paintings with a center focus often employing expansive circular images... "radiantly colored, radially composed". She has won numerous awards including Pollock-Krasner Foundation Fellowship, 2010, New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship, 1996, Yaddo Residency, 1995, National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, 1982–1983. Cheng received her BFA in 1975 from the Rhode Island School of Design and attended the

New York Studio School The New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture at 8 West 8th Street, in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York City, New York State is an art school formed in 1963 by a group of students and their teacher, Mercedes Matter, all of ...

. Cheng has exhibited widely in the US and in Asia. In 2011, Cheng created Charting Sacred Territories, an exhibition exploring world religions which opened in the Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei, Taiwan (2011) and traveled to Hanart TZ Gallery in (2015), Shenzhen Art Museum, Shenzhen, China, (2015) and in Europe at the Palais Liechtenstein Feldkirch, Austria (2019). Cheng has had numerous solo shows in the US and in Asia and is represented by Hanart TZ Gallery in Hong Kong. In 2007, Timezone 8 published a monograph of Emily Cheng titled, Chasing Clouds, a decade of studies, with essays by Kevin Powers and

Johnson Chang Johnson Chang (Cantonese: Chang Tsong-zung; ) is a curator and dealer of contemporary Chinese art. He is a co-founder of the Asia Art Archive (AAA) in Hong Kong and a guest professor of the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou. Background Chang Tson ...

Emily Cheng has lived and worked in New York City since 1977 and teaches Asian Art History at the School of Visual Arts

Selected solo exhibitions

* ''Ille Arts'', Amagansett, New York, (2017, 2014) * ''Shenzhen Art Museum'', Shenzhen, China, (2015) * ''Hanart T.Z. Gallery'', Hong Kong, (2015, 2011, 1996) * ''Zane Bennett Contemporary'', Santa Fe, New Mexico, (2013) * ''Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei'', Taiwan (2011) * ''Louis Vuitton Maison'', Kowloon, Hong Kong, (2010) * ''

Ayala Museum The Ayala Museum is a museum in Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines. It is run privately by the Ayala Foundation and houses archaeological, ethnographic, historical, fine arts, numismatics, and ecclesiastical exhibits. Since its establishment in ...

'' Makati, Philippines, (2006) * ''Plum Blossom Gallery'', New York, NY, (2004) * ''Schmidt/Dean Gallery'', Philadelphia, PA (2002, 1992, 1990) * ''Byron Cohen Gallery'', Kansas City, MO (2001) * '' Metropolitan Museum of Manila'', Philippines (1997) * ''John Post Lee Gallery'', New York, NY, Projects Room (1997) * '' Contemporary Arts Center'', Cincinnati, Ohio, 1994 * ''David Beitzel Gallery'', New York, NY, (1992) * ''Lang & O'Hara Gallery'', New York, NY, (1990, 1988, 1987) * ''

The Bronx Museum of the Arts The Bronx Museum of the Arts (BxMA), also called the Bronx Museum of Art or simply the Bronx Museum, is an American cultural institution located in Concourse, Bronx, New York. The museum focuses on contemporary and 20th-century works created by A ...

'', Bronx, NY, (1989) * ''

White Columns White Columns is New York City’s oldest alternative non-profit art space. White Columns is known as a showcase for up-and-coming artists, and is primarily devoted to emerging artists who are not affiliated with galleries. All work submitted is ...

'', New York, NY, (1985)

Selected group exhibitions

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Art Basel Hong Kong Art Basel is a for-profit, privately owned and managed, international Art exhibition, art fair staged annually in Basel, Switzerland; Miami Beach; Hong Kong and from 2022, Paris. Art Basel works in collaboration with the host city's local instit ...

'','' (Hanart Gallery)'', Hong Kong, 2017 * ''

China Institute China Institute in America is a nonprofit educational and cultural institution in New York City. It teaches an American audience about Chinese culture and history through talks, business initiatives, language immersion programs and gallery exhib ...

'', New York, NY, 2014 * ''Beijing Art Fair'', Beijing, China, 2013 * '' Museum of Chinese in America'' New York, NY, 2010 * ''Kidspace,'' '' MASS MoCA'', Williamstown, MA, 2010, 2005 * ''

Museum of Contemporary Art Museum of Contemporary Art (often abbreviated to MCA, MoCA or MOCA) may refer to: Africa * Museum of Contemporary Art (Tangier), Morocco, officially le Galerie d'Art Contemporain Mohamed Drissi Asia East Asia * Museum of Contemporary Art Shangha ...

'', Shanghai, China, 2009 * ''Guangzhou Triennial'', Guangdong, China, 2009 * ''Museum of Art'', Guangzhou, China, 2008 * ''Contrast Gallery'', Shanghai and Beijing, China, 2008 * ''

University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum The University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum is a contemporary art museum at the University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida. It opened at its current location in 1989 adjacent to the USF College of the Arts. The museum has presented n ...

'', Tampa, Florida, 2006 * '' Hong Kong Arts Centre'', Hong Kong, 2004 * '' American Academy of Art'', New York, New York, 2004 * ''Longmarch Project'', Beijing, China, 2002 * '' Sotheby’s'', New York, NY, 2001 * ''Newhouse Center, Snug Harbor Cultural Center'', Staten Island, NY, 2000 * ''

Katonah Museum of Art The Katonah Museum of Art is a non-collecting institution geared towards visual arts, located in Katonah, New York, Katonah, New York (state), New York. It does not have a permanent collection, but holds temporary exhibitions. The museum was foun ...

'', Katonah, NY, 2000 * ''National Academy and Museum'', NY, 2000 * ''Municipal Museum of Gyor'', Hungary, 1999 * ''

New Museum of Contemporary Art The New Museum of Contemporary Art, founded in 1977 by Marcia Tucker, is a museum in New York City at 235 Bowery, on Manhattan's Lower East Side. History The museum originally opened in a space in the Graduate Center of the then-named New Scho ...

'', New York, NY, 1998 * ''De Cordova Museum'' and the ''

Computer Museum A computer museum is devoted to the study of historic computer hardware and software, where a "museum" is a "permanent institution in the service of society and of its development, open to the public, which acquires, conserves, researches, com ...

'', Boston, MA, 1994 * ''International Graphic Biennial'', Muveszeti Museum, Hungary, 1995 * '' Yerba Buena Center for the Arts'', San Francisco, CA, 1994 * ''

Drawing Center The Drawing Center is a Manhattan, New York, museum and a nonprofit exhibition space that focuses on the exhibition of drawings, both historical and contemporary. History The Drawing Center was founded by former assistant curator of drawings at ...

'', NY; traveled to '' Corcoran'', Washington D.C., ''Santa Monica Museum of Art'', Santa Monica CA; ''The Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis'', St. Louis MO; American Center, Paris, France, 1993 * ''Cone Editions Gallery'', New York 1990 * ''Anina Nosei Gallery'', New York, 1988 * '' Greenville County Museum of Art'', South Carolina, 1988 * '' North Carolina Museum of Art'', North Carolina, 1988 * '' Hallwalls'', Buffalo, NY, 1988 * ''Grace Borgenicht Gallery'', New York, 1986 * ''

Tibor de Nagy The Tibor de Nagy Gallery is an art gallery located on Rivington Street in the Lower East Side neighborhood of Manhattan. History Tibor de Nagy Gallery is among the earliest modern art galleries in New York City. The gallery was founded by T ...

'', New York, 1985 * '' Asian American Arts Centre'', New York, 1985

Awards

* ''Pollock-Krasner Foundation Fellowship'', 2010 * ''New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship'', 1996 * ''Yaddo Residency'', 1995 * ''National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship'', 1982-1983

Bibliography

* Books by Emily Cheng include ''Emily Cheng: Chasing Clouds: A Decade of Studies'' - Publisher: Blue Kingfisher; n edition (March 1, 2008) * ''The Figure: Another Side of Modernism'' – Publisher: Snug Haror Cultural Center SHCC; Et Al (2000)

References

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External links

Website Emily Cheng

The Shanghai Restoration Project - BOARdom feat. artwork by Emily Cheng

The Works Emily Cheng at Hanart

Emily Cheng, Chasing Clouds, Music by Shanghai Restoration Project
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cheng, Emily SyCip 1953 births Living people American artists of Chinese descent American contemporary painters Painters from New York City New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture alumni Rhode Island School of Design alumni