Huiwen Cheung |
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Huiwen Cheung is a British born Hakka Chinese artist. In 2005, she gained her MA in Fine Art at the University of Sunderland and received a studio award at the Florence Trust Studios in London.
Recently she was selected for the PAD Scheme at the Chinese Arts Centre in Manchester. She explores all aspects of identity, in the search for her roots, culture and faith. The book of Revelation in the Bible inspires her work and she was drawn by the amazing visual description of the living creatures. The newer series of works are more heart felt ideas and feelings about revisiting childhood. Cheung’s aim is to capture truth and communicate in the highest form to the heart. ‘Standing on a cloud is a child surrounded by white birds, wings pushed forward in flight. It's hard to tell if they are there as protection or as an evil menace. They could be angels, yet thanks to Hitchcock and Du Maurier it's difficult to read them as such. For all the child's inherent cuteness, this is undeniably a picture of spiritual unease. Huiwen Cheung makes pastel drawings that are inspired by old photographs of her childhood. In each picture she depicts herself as a toddler, yet her mother and father, dressed in floral prints and bell-bottomed flares could only belong to the 1970s. It is this disquieting sense of detachment between the child and her parents that first disturbs the viewer, and in later pictures becomes the subject of intense psychological drama as the viewer is confronted by religious and supernatural imagery.’ Jessica Lack, writer of the Guardian, 2005 |
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