Who is Chow Chun Fai?

Chow Chun Fai 周俊輝

•       born in Hong Kong in 1980

•       graduated from the CUHK

–      Bachelor of Arts (2003)

–      Master of Fine Arts (2006)

•        Award winners of

–      Hong Kong Arts Centre 30^thAnniversary Award Grand Prize

–      Sovereign Asian Art Prize…

•       Chairman of Fotanian Artist Village

•       Candidate of 2012 HK Legco election

–      Sports, Performing Arts, Culture and Publication constituency

His artwork includes mixed media work, painting, photography, video art…

Most significant series:

1.       Oil Painting

• Started from 2001
• Oil on canvas
• Theme based on his livelihood

§  Hong Kong Taxi Series

§  Hong Kong Street Series



Taxi (2003)



Mong Kok, Sai Yeung Choi Street (2004)

2.       Photo installation

• Started from 2005
• Reproducing Western classical painting
• Renaissance Trilogy (2005)



"Last Supper", Renaissance Trilogy I (2005)

"Creation of Adam", Renaissance Trilogy II (2006)

"Academy", Renaissance Trilogy III (2006)

3.       Painting on movie

• Started from 2006
• enamel paint on canvas
• shot and caption from local movie scene

Escape the Giang Hu world (2006)

My first time to meet the works of CHOW CHUN FAI

The artist I have chosen is CHOW CHUN FAI.

The first time I know about this artist and appreciate his work was in the "Annual Art Exhibition 2005" of the Chinese University of Hong Kong...

At that time, I was just a secondary 3 student who was brought by my Art teacher for the visit. I don't even know who Chow Chui Fai is actually... But to me, his Renaissance Trilogy has become the most impressive work in the show and I started to remember the name of “Chow Chun Fai”.

"Last Supper", Renaissance Trilogy I

Photo Installation made of 2204 pieces of 3R photos

Comparison with the original work: The original "Last Supper" by Leonardo da Vinci



"Creation of Adam", Renaissance Trilogy II

Comparison with the original work: The original "Creation of Adam" by Michelangelo in Sistine Chapel in Vatican
I was actually quite disappointed after seeing the original work.



"Academy", Renaissance Trilogy III
Photo Installation made of 2904 pieces of 3R photos

Comparison with the original work: This photo of the original "School of Athens"(by Raphael) was taken by me when I went to Vatican visit on 25/3/2013

I was so excited to see these works. They were familiar to me, as I recognized that they are reproduction of the 3 classical Western masterpieces which I learnt from history textbook. I didn’t realize the meaning the artist wanted to express; rather I just think it is full of fun and humor in which all characters in the installation are the same person (I discovered that the character was the artist himself later). This made his works stood out of the other artists’ exhibits in the show.