Fung Ming Chip 馮明秋

Self-taught, Fung Ming Chip is primarily an artist of the word: essayist, novelist, poet, playwright, Zhuan-Ke (seal carving) and Shu-Fa (calligraphy). He was born in Guangdong, raised in Hong Kong and moved to New York City in his mid-20s. Sensing the artist within since childhood, his encounter with visual arts in Manhattan and beyond re-awakened this spirit.

Time and space are the two hands on a clock in Fung’s decades long engagement with Shu-Fa. Fung is determined to expand the possibility of ink by experimenting with modernized methods – deconstructing and reassembling lines and strokes, playing with different ink tones and compositional arrangements. Over the past three decades, Fung has created more than a hundred unique script styles, reinventing traditional calligraphy with a novel and radical vision.

Key solo exhibitions include “20Hz - 20KHz”, Galerie du Monde, HK (2021); “MEME”, Galerie du Monde, HK (2017); “Shu-Fa Sutra”, Galerie du Monde, HK (2015); “To Be & Not to Be”, The Private Museum, Singapore (2012); “Rational Line”, University of Cambridge, UK (2004); “Fung Ming Chip”, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan (1999). Fung’s works belong to many prominent museum collections, including the Art Institute of Chicago, USA; Ashmolean Museum, UK; Asian Art Museum, USA; Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong; Los Angeles County Museum of Arts, USA; Metropolitan Museum of Art, USA; among others. Fung currently lives and works in Hong Kong.

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Calligrapher Fung Ming Chip Plays with Characters

Cobo Social: 字字珠璣全幅盡墨－訪馮明秋工作室記

Script Tease: Fung Ming Chip Makes New Play on Chinese Characters

Fung Ming Chip: The Alchemy of New and Old Ink

Art Asia Pacific: Shu-fa Sutra

Galerie du Monde is pleased to announce a solo exhibition of work by Chinese artist Fung Ming Chip, which runs from 11 November – 31 December 2015. The primary focus of this exhibition will be Fung Ming Chip’s calligraphy which he has been practicing since 1976. In addition, the artist’s extensive collection of hand-carved seals will also be displayed, each one a unique art work. 25 new calligraphy works created by the artist are brought together in this exhibition, showcasing his redefinition of Chinese calligraphy as a contemporary art form, while still embracing its traditional elements. It is this unique practice that has seen Fung Ming Chip’s work included in some of the most important collections of Chinese calligraphy around the world.