Chan Yuk Keung


Chan Yuk Keung is a Hong Kong-born Chinese academic and artist.
Chan Yuk Keung was born in 1959. He graduated from the Department of Fine Art of the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1983. Later he completed his Master of Fine Art in painting at the Cranbrook Academy of Art, Michigan, United States.
Chan Yuk Keung started teaching in the Department of Fine Arts at Chinese University, lecturing on Western media design. He was the course leader of the Master of Fine Arts program there.
Chan Yuk Keung has participated in over 80 exhibitions, including the 51st Venice Biennial and 2nd Asia Pacific Triennial. His research interests are Hong Kong's local art, mixed media art and public art. He was the editor of the Hong Kong Visual Arts Yearbook since 2000, the art governor of City Art Square and also the advisor of the Asia Art Archive.

Achievements

The Department of Fine Arts of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Tramways, POAD launched Phase 3 of ARTram Shelters. Professor Kurt Chan Yuk Keung of the Department as they create urban-inspired artworks that are now displaying at tram shelters in Causeway Bay and Wan Chai.
In addition to providing tram shelters as street-level exhibition stage, Phase 3 further supports emerging artists via a mentorship arrangement with Chan Yuk Keung

Research publications