Henry FUNG Kar Hang

Biography

Henry K. Fung was trained as a visual artist in the United States, studied in 3 different Universities major in painting and photography. He had won many scholarships and awards in the US. He worked extensively as a graphic designer and photographer for many international cooperations, such as Lane Crawford, Celestial Pictures and Hallmark Cards. He had also run his company working with internationally renown clients including BusinessWeek, Channel [V], Rock Records, Universal Music, NBC Asia and CNBC Asia. He received a MFACM at the City University of Hong Kong in 2010. He had previously taught in the South Island School and the Macau Polytechnic institute.

Fascinated in the relationship between an artwork and its audiences; his works have the ability to be transformed by the perspective of the audiences. He has a growing interest to explore conceptual interactive art forms across various media.

Teaching Areas & Research Interests

• Photography

• Studio Photography and Retouching

• Fine Arts (Drawing, Painting)

• Graphic Design

• Intermedia studies

Creative Works

Exhibition

Solo Exhibition

• Fotanian Open Studios 2013 – Interactive Paintings, Fo Tan, Hong Kong, 2013.

• 青年藝術家視藝實驗個展系列之７ – 10 Lines (Installation), Artists' Commune, Sheung Sha Wan, Hong Kong. 2000.

• Manipulated Squares, Artium and Leonardo Galleries, North Campus Commons, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. 1992

Group Exhibition

• SCM Annual 2010, The Gallery A of Artists' Commun, To Kwa Wan, Kowloon, Hong Kong. 2010.

• Fine Art Contemplation, The Gallery A of Artists' Commune, To Kwa Wan, Kowloon, Hong Kong. 2008

• Still Life in Motion, Michigan Union, North Campus Commons and Trotter House, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. 1993

• Travelling Group Exhibition – Classical Drawing, University of Michigan undergraduate drawing program, University of Wisconsin, Central Michigan University, Bowling Green State University, among other Universities and colleges, USA. 1992 onward

• Transcending Interior, Art Lounge, Michigan Union, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. 1992

• BFA Exhibition, East Gallery, Rackham Hall, Ann Arbor, MI. 1992

Film/Videography

• Still Photographer, A Hong Kong Plastic Story (2014)

• Still Photographer, Doomsday Party (2013)

Honours, Awards & Prizes

• The most attractive tram ad. competition 1997. (Client: JAS, Japan Air System), HK, 1998

• Honorable Mention, Association of College Union – International Region Seven Conference, USA, 1992

• Mary Coutant Award, WMU, USA, 1998

• Angie Gayman Carmer Scholarship, WMU, USA, 1998

• Academic Scholarship, WMU, USA, 1988-1990