Introduction to Sam Cheng
Sam Cheng(b.1989, Hong Kong), graduated from the Fine Arts Department of CUHK with BA first-class Honor, she specializes in still life and landscape paintings, in which she expresses her feelings towards daily objects.
When painting, she usually experience a kind of meditation, which is a process of self-precipitation and healing. By combining the precise and meticulous gongbi technique (traditional delineative painting) and the depiction of modern subjects to convey her personal feelings, there is a sentimental quality in her modernized ink paintings. She uses linear lines to define the subject forms in her stories; applies ink washes to render layers of feelings and varies the shades of colours to empower the expression of emotions. Cheng creates her own visual vocabulary for expression of feelings, presenting a trinity of harmony formed by contemplative ink strokes, pastel shades and modulating lines.
1992 Born in Hong Kong
Education
2014 Bachelor of Arts, Fine Arts major, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Solo Exhibitions
2025 Tranquility of Spring, Sam Cheng Solo Exhibition, Touch Gallery, Hong Kong
2019 Tick Tock: Sam Cheng Solo Exhibition, Sansiao Gallery HK, Hong Kong
2015 Memories in Time: Ink and Colour Paintings Solo Exhibition by Cheng Tan Shan, Yan Gallery, Hong Kong
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 Mandala, Sansiao Gallery, Hong Kong
2024 Botanical Evocations, Touch Gallery, Hong Kong
2023 Space, PMQ, Hong Kong
2022 Transcending the Gongbi Tradition: Contemporary Hong Kong Fine-Brush Painters, Hong Kong Land, Exchange Square, Hong Kong
2021 Shadow Borer , Daguan Gallery, Taipei
2021 Déjà vu, Art Taipei, Daguan Gallery, Taipei
2020 Memory of Time, KC100 Art Space, Hong Kong
2019 Art Taipei, Daguan Gallery, Taipei
2018 Crisscrossing Through Time and Space, Contemporary Hong Kong Ink Art, Daguan Gallery, Taipei
2018 Ink Asia, Yan Gallery, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre
2018 First Open Auction, Christie’s, Hong Kong
2018 HOMMAGE Joint Exhibition, Sansiao Gallery, Hong Kong
2017 The Passion of Discovery II, Grotto x CUHK Grads, Hong Kong
2016 Fine Art Asia, Yan Gallery, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre
2015 Ink Asia, Yan Gallery, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre
2015 2+2 Joint Exhibition, EC Gallery, Hong Kong
2014 Hong Kong Women in Ink – Fine Art Asia, Ink Society, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre
2014 Fine Art Asia, The Chinese University of H.K., Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre
Awards
2014 Chinese Painting and Calligraphy Award in CUHK BA Graduate Exhibition
2014 Culture Corner Art Academy Fine Arts Award in CUHK Undergraduate Exhibition
2013 Ting Yen Yung Creative Award in CUHK Undergraduate Exhibition
Collection
Ch’ien Mu Library, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
