https://celinecheung.com Celine Cheung Sun, 30 Jun 2024 11:44:54 +0000 https://celinecheung.com en https://celinecheung.com/Home-Page Sat, 08 Oct 2022 11:49:27 +0000 Celine Cheung https://celinecheung.com/Home-Page <img width="1333" height="2000" width_o="1333" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2caddaa3e8b0334cf55d095ff4162646451451f5119e4e86e2914ff920d33a81/Outerspace-20250529-LR-44.jpg" data-mid="241963954" border="0" alt="Western Sydney's Hottest Hearthrobs: What if this Summer at the ARI is forever&hellip;?, 2025" data-caption="Western Sydney's Hottest Hearthrobs: What if this Summer at the ARI is forever…?, 2025" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2caddaa3e8b0334cf55d095ff4162646451451f5119e4e86e2914ff920d33a81/Outerspace-20250529-LR-44.jpg" /> <img width="3593" height="2395" width_o="3593" height_o="2395" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cc1b2b7172e488e9ea741c6f930bb2ed9fcd73c9f5a3f7b66d31ceb4548245df/Cropped_IMG_4834.jpg" data-mid="213863032" border="0" alt="Affection, solo exhibition, 2024, photo by Nolan Ho Wung Murphy" data-caption="Affection, solo exhibition, 2024, photo by Nolan Ho Wung Murphy" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cc1b2b7172e488e9ea741c6f930bb2ed9fcd73c9f5a3f7b66d31ceb4548245df/Cropped_IMG_4834.jpg" /> <img width="4032" height="3024" width_o="4032" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/27bd64c691e0c32a62a538b510c5ebe53cab01bc3acfa7d92d105ea05edc0b83/Celine-Cheung_Drive-In_Interior.jpg" data-mid="155231649" border="0" alt="Drive-in, 2021" data-caption="Drive-in, 2021" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/27bd64c691e0c32a62a538b510c5ebe53cab01bc3acfa7d92d105ea05edc0b83/Celine-Cheung_Drive-In_Interior.jpg" /> <img width="3636" height="2432" width_o="3636" height_o="2432" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c552d4d6217af6240d6e9029c6b9c89ca08b0f46daf7bf89c536ee24e9611ef5/119054745_3332692093479979_296152517178919252_n.jpg" data-mid="155230876" border="0" alt="But You're Not Innocent, 2019" data-caption="But You're Not Innocent, 2019" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c552d4d6217af6240d6e9029c6b9c89ca08b0f46daf7bf89c536ee24e9611ef5/119054745_3332692093479979_296152517178919252_n.jpg" /> <img width="3956" height="2967" width_o="3956" height_o="2967" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f495e513fa8852eaba533cc35e1a9c9047b6153861975b2208709a7c36ffd3b1/Adjusted-HD_PARI_Sept-23-20-copy.jpg" data-mid="200918148" border="0" alt="回歸塔 Tower of Return, 2023" data-caption="回歸塔 Tower of Return, 2023" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f495e513fa8852eaba533cc35e1a9c9047b6153861975b2208709a7c36ffd3b1/Adjusted-HD_PARI_Sept-23-20-copy.jpg" /> <img width="2668" height="3889" width_o="2668" height_o="3889" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b742570f223b7f9ca38930578147e2c1afd7c702a13bb5fbe311db1f9b426b15/River-of-Oblivion-detail_CC_2.jpg" data-mid="200918794" border="0" alt="忘川 River of Oblivion, 2022" data-caption="忘川 River of Oblivion, 2022" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b742570f223b7f9ca38930578147e2c1afd7c702a13bb5fbe311db1f9b426b15/River-of-Oblivion-detail_CC_2.jpg" /> <img width="1000" height="879" width_o="1000" height_o="879" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1f493017bedea7288dffa5b542fec07e86fba9e418e694221ef2d5db8fe57405/NASA-NLA-overlay_Hue-Exclusion_v2.png" data-mid="155230332" border="0" alt="All that glitches is not gold, solo exhibition, 2022" data-caption="All that glitches is not gold, solo exhibition, 2022" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1f493017bedea7288dffa5b542fec07e86fba9e418e694221ef2d5db8fe57405/NASA-NLA-overlay_Hue-Exclusion_v2.png" /> <img width="3136" height="2482" width_o="3136" height_o="2482" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bd93596c4fe66f96706131113c8c7570ddcf3a2a856c6efa1c034a6fa8a55fba/Sarah-Sen_Untitled-Drawings.jpg" data-mid="155230712" border="0" alt="Ebb and Flow, duo exhibition with Sarah Sen, 2022, cover image by Sarah Sen" data-caption="Ebb and Flow, duo exhibition with Sarah Sen, 2022, cover image by Sarah Sen" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bd93596c4fe66f96706131113c8c7570ddcf3a2a856c6efa1c034a6fa8a55fba/Sarah-Sen_Untitled-Drawings.jpg" /> <img width="2376" height="3372" width_o="2376" height_o="3372" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/566e547690d6d499e39213b4c079043cae740b30a56352761b3565775c56a588/CCheung_Geocontagion-3.jpg" data-mid="155230439" border="0" alt="Geocontagion, 2021" data-caption="Geocontagion, 2021" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/566e547690d6d499e39213b4c079043cae740b30a56352761b3565775c56a588/CCheung_Geocontagion-3.jpg" /> I acknowledge the Darug people who are the traditional owners of the land I live, work, play and rest on. I pay my deepest respects to elders past, present and those to come. Soverignty was never ceded. This always was, and always will be Aboriginal Land. https://celinecheung.com/Affection-2024 Sun, 30 Jun 2024 11:44:54 +0000 Celine Cheung https://celinecheung.com/Affection-2024 <img width="5603" height="3735" width_o="5603" height_o="3735" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/47381c436acf4e1943647e4fa6a477a0438483c3532187775a06a46d8f1381bd/156A2872.jpg" data-mid="213861584" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/47381c436acf4e1943647e4fa6a477a0438483c3532187775a06a46d8f1381bd/156A2872.jpg" />Affection solo exhibition,&nbsp;FirstdraftCover image on home page by Nolan Ho Wung Murphy Affection can mean feelings of fondness or acts of tenderness when one cares for someone; or it can be a disease, a malady. // Self-disclosure can be a double-edged sword. It draws people closer, yet too much knowledge has the potential to drive others away. Presupposing one cannot fully know themselves in isolation, relationships become a mirror that reveal different angles of the self and our personal histories. At once, we are shaped by encounters and capable of imprinting on other people’s lives. In Affection, Celine Cheung presents a candid self-examination touching on a spectrum of intimate experiences that are interconnected. The show features performances conceived and documented over the first 6 years of her practice alongside new works, contextualising them within a continuum where past and present selves meet. Affection treads through shades of grey in interpersonal relationships — implicating strangers and lovers alike. Inviting the audience to come into relation with the artist, this configuration of artworks interrogates ways of seeing and critically positions identity as a departure point to interrelations. Affection brings together artworks that explore ideas of obsession and objectification; fantasy and culpability; sentimentality and subjectivity. The suite of works sees to her inhabiting different roles as victim and violator, to invoke discussions of power, agency and gender dynamics. Ever-present is an awareness of the gaze, paralleled with a relentless desire to self- dissect. Does reflection lend itself to lessons? Embracing the spirit of “do it for the plot”, the exhibition is part confessional, part narrative, as the artist negotiates between vulnerability and a refusal to be completely known.View the&nbsp;Exhibition Roomsheet. <img width="6655" height="4437" width_o="6655" height_o="4437" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0d04d83eea65fb84f698f010e26329fd843a375a19f9aedfbd1b473de3a79130/156A2864.jpg" data-mid="213861603" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0d04d83eea65fb84f698f010e26329fd843a375a19f9aedfbd1b473de3a79130/156A2864.jpg" />But You’re Not Innocent, 2019 Performance documentation, displayed with artefacts used in the performance: Chinese ink stick and stone, glass teapot and water <img width="4480" height="6720" width_o="4480" height_o="6720" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5fe28daa6ff880fb172a3a16cc8d3947cbc8b24051dc55d9397a3d37d1939f27/156A2851.jpg" data-mid="213863260" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5fe28daa6ff880fb172a3a16cc8d3947cbc8b24051dc55d9397a3d37d1939f27/156A2851.jpg" />7 Minutes in Heaven, 2018-24Performance on single-channel video, textiles installation with mesh, satin ribbons and piano bench <img width="6720" height="4480" width_o="6720" height_o="4480" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/90281a92b4becc15bb4cc4b5aab6b873eb16d4799aacb93fa479bfe10a68593e/156A2868.jpg" data-mid="213863259" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/90281a92b4becc15bb4cc4b5aab6b873eb16d4799aacb93fa479bfe10a68593e/156A2868.jpg" /> Check Your Baggage at the Door, 2024Photocollage prints,&nbsp;30 x 43 cm eachIn this series, I scanned and digitally manipulated images of objects given to me by my past partners, dates or flings, forming an unreliable archive of my love life. Earlier in the year, I was purging my belongings Marie Kondo-style when I found this collection of letters and gifts. Moved by an urge to preserve them, I turned to digitisation. In a manner inspired by x-ray baggage scanning at airports, these collages peer into an inner lining of my emotional life. The work investigates how affection and possession(s) become inextricable. It asks whether sentimentality is transferrable and invites the viewer to piece together a story behind these objects. <img width="6720" height="4480" width_o="6720" height_o="4480" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7efbb6dea5c7863d18e56ee1cd9e50fe4326b7bbe8f0454c6ad9b5eedbbc167a/156A2883.jpg" data-mid="213863224" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7efbb6dea5c7863d18e56ee1cd9e50fe4326b7bbe8f0454c6ad9b5eedbbc167a/156A2883.jpg" /> <img width="5803" height="3869" width_o="5803" height_o="3869" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7303292e69ba749940a6c8619cf1f6a1d780709cd8fcd8546c8bf00a953f92b1/156A2888.jpg" data-mid="213863345" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7303292e69ba749940a6c8619cf1f6a1d780709cd8fcd8546c8bf00a953f92b1/156A2888.jpg" /> <img width="6481" height="4321" width_o="6481" height_o="4321" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/688d6da66923979640011702f6d880f07f26dad53e7c0d08c55ec0936bd54f3e/156A3054.jpg" data-mid="226645617" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/688d6da66923979640011702f6d880f07f26dad53e7c0d08c55ec0936bd54f3e/156A3054.jpg" /> <img width="6523" height="4349" width_o="6523" height_o="4349" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/39500ff0b7cf3c44f7aa2293da0539c94b98675c68fcb728519e969783424eb3/156A3053.jpg" data-mid="226645615" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/39500ff0b7cf3c44f7aa2293da0539c94b98675c68fcb728519e969783424eb3/156A3053.jpg" /> <img width="6720" height="4480" width_o="6720" height_o="4480" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/41cc28ae638e09ddc1e01ab0055b051f79f22c643e0915513cfd4f896114e8a6/156A3055.jpg" data-mid="226645621" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/41cc28ae638e09ddc1e01ab0055b051f79f22c643e0915513cfd4f896114e8a6/156A3055.jpg" /> All that’s said and done, 2024 Engraved mirrors and written text on gallery walls, 480 x 20 cm and dimensions variable,It is said that the human body completely renews itself every 7 years. Yet I still find myself unchanged in essence, relating to my past self and falling back into cycles of patterns. I scoured my diary for quotes to be engraved onto blank mirrors. Removed from its circumstances and devoid of specificity, I reconfigured thoughts from varying time periods to form a vague narrative –– one of constant questioning and fallibility. <img width="6720" height="4480" width_o="6720" height_o="4480" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0bfd71ae43af7e01322d9949a42553b356171fba618e14777c6483d92ec5d4fd/156A2875.jpg" data-mid="213861602" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0bfd71ae43af7e01322d9949a42553b356171fba618e14777c6483d92ec5d4fd/156A2875.jpg" /> Photos by Jessica Maurer https://celinecheung.com/Tower-of-Return-2023 Sat, 06 Jan 2024 10:19:30 +0000 Celine Cheung https://celinecheung.com/Tower-of-Return-2023 <img width="3956" height="2967" width_o="3956" height_o="2967" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f495e513fa8852eaba533cc35e1a9c9047b6153861975b2208709a7c36ffd3b1/Adjusted-HD_PARI_Sept-23-20-copy.jpg" data-mid="200916559" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f495e513fa8852eaba533cc35e1a9c9047b6153861975b2208709a7c36ffd3b1/Adjusted-HD_PARI_Sept-23-20-copy.jpg" /> 回歸塔 Tower of Return(pages from a sketchbook, photos from a trip home) Ink on paper, analogue film photo prints, 2019-23Exhibited at Kin, Pari The Tower of Return is a local landmark in Tai Po, New Territories, commemorating the return of Hong Kong in 1997. I promised my aunt I would go visit the landmark with her. However, I didn’t keep my promise. And she has since passed away. Using brush and line work, I sketched a semblance of the Tower from indistinct memories of what it looked like. The suite of drawings is accompanied by a series of analogue photos taken in Hong Kong, last time I returned in 2019. They were everyday scenes taken from the neighbourhood surrounding my aunt’s home. Both the photographs and sketches evade a direct depiction of the subject matter, emblematic of how my family speaks in euphemisms when it comes to loss. The shape of grief ruptures, spirals and ascends…to a place I cannot return to. <img width="1080" height="1619" width_o="1080" height_o="1619" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e268bb25315b49a1fa81af0d317bb77aaea6dbb822a66c902e02e24eab8e16e8/PARI_Sept-23-Web-21.jpg" data-mid="200916281" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e268bb25315b49a1fa81af0d317bb77aaea6dbb822a66c902e02e24eab8e16e8/PARI_Sept-23-Web-21.jpg" />Close up of&nbsp;回歸塔 Tower of Return (pages from a sketchbook), 2023 <img width="1619" height="1080" width_o="1619" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d44a83884159161d1de28881394fe91935e78751e852dd6efa71838293d081a1/PARI_Sept-23-Web-22.jpg" data-mid="200916282" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d44a83884159161d1de28881394fe91935e78751e852dd6efa71838293d081a1/PARI_Sept-23-Web-22.jpg" /> 回歸塔 Tower of Return (photos from a trip home), 2019 <img width="1619" height="1080" width_o="1619" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ca2d5e9fd8ddb325e1bcd250f87dd8c086cdbdce9bea0658446b7234cf0d44b9/PARI_Sept-23-Web-23.jpg" data-mid="200916283" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ca2d5e9fd8ddb325e1bcd250f87dd8c086cdbdce9bea0658446b7234cf0d44b9/PARI_Sept-23-Web-23.jpg" /> Exhibition view, photos by Document Photography Left - Kim Pham ,&nbsp;Phở, 2023 Right - Mei Lin Meyers, Pillow Talk, 2022 More at Kin, Pari: ApparitionsLiquid chalk on glass, dimensions variable, 2023I think about encounters— ties, linkages, connections — people meeting, converging and diverging… I think about traces of emotions that linger in space, like ghosts — apparitions.Found family, friendship, love and loss all of it passes through the confines of place. <img width="1080" height="1619" width_o="1080" height_o="1619" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5765b0dd80fabe9f7cebb4493a697c0066f7aa8269db83303e7dd020553ffccc/PARI_Sept-23-Web-26.jpg" data-mid="200916284" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5765b0dd80fabe9f7cebb4493a697c0066f7aa8269db83303e7dd020553ffccc/PARI_Sept-23-Web-26.jpg" /> <img width="1080" height="1619" width_o="1080" height_o="1619" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d4ac2124f10847aaae2f40f9922afadcfc691ca6b6297e8b9305c0ab70b32a8e/PARI_Sept-23-Web-30.jpg" data-mid="200916288" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d4ac2124f10847aaae2f40f9922afadcfc691ca6b6297e8b9305c0ab70b32a8e/PARI_Sept-23-Web-30.jpg" /> https://celinecheung.com/River-of-Oblivion-2022 Sat, 06 Jan 2024 10:49:21 +0000 Celine Cheung https://celinecheung.com/River-of-Oblivion-2022 <img width="5472" height="3648" width_o="5472" height_o="3648" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9d9f0362f052b1b184c1373a4664bde9be894a70d3d85fc5c99962b9b9d11ee2/Edited_Catalogue-copy.jpg" data-mid="200917001" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9d9f0362f052b1b184c1373a4664bde9be894a70d3d85fc5c99962b9b9d11ee2/Edited_Catalogue-copy.jpg" /> 忘川 River of OblivionEVA glue sigils embroidered on organza chiffon, 2022 Installation view in the Gravediggers Hut at HIDDEN Rookwood, 2023 In Chinese numerology, 99 signifies eternity. When my grandfather became terminally ill, my family sought solace in studying Buddhist beliefs. This installation features 99 intricate sigils floating along white mesh, imitating souls passing through to the afterlife in an underworld river. The fluid symbols are distorted renditions of the 8 auspicious signs in Buddhism morphed with other symbols in my personal lexicon. This work chronicles learning and reconnecting with spirituality, as death can both divide and bring people together. This work was created collaboratively with my father. Listen to an audio tour here&nbsp;🎧 Winner of Rookwood Sculptures Award, 2023 “We were particularly taken with Celine Cheung’s contemplative work, River of Oblivion, and her considered reflections on ritual, family and culture. The location of the work inside the restored Grave Diggers Hut provided a quiet moment to observe Cheung’s 99 fluid sigils – based on Buddhist auspicious symbols – floating along white chiffon, like souls passing through to the afterlife in an underworld river.” — Tian Zhang &amp; Hannah Donnelly, judges. <img width="3648" height="5472" width_o="3648" height_o="5472" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/083f51f605a4b153ea38f15f3820793b228f318c13366fe3b5b113cd90992a00/IMG_0241.JPG" data-mid="200917169" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/083f51f605a4b153ea38f15f3820793b228f318c13366fe3b5b113cd90992a00/IMG_0241.JPG" /> <img width="3648" height="5472" width_o="3648" height_o="5472" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f9d0bc67e4899c7fe531af78c5f419c4c8ef3437942acd840bea9cb0d96c1cd0/IMG_0236.JPG" data-mid="200917167" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f9d0bc67e4899c7fe531af78c5f419c4c8ef3437942acd840bea9cb0d96c1cd0/IMG_0236.JPG" /> Details, photos by HIDDEN Rookwood <img width="3518" height="2460" width_o="3518" height_o="2460" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0bb48dc3dccb2aab1c0778bd77ede3e56458b036b1a17e69ecc572b9eb91e8b4/Celine-Cheung.-Guiding-Light--and-Endless-Knot--light-and-acetate-.jpg" data-mid="200917504" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0bb48dc3dccb2aab1c0778bd77ede3e56458b036b1a17e69ecc572b9eb91e8b4/Celine-Cheung.-Guiding-Light--and-Endless-Knot--light-and-acetate-.jpg" />Guiding Light &amp; Endless KnotEVA glue sigils on readymade lamp and ink on perspex, 2022 Exhibited at Rookwood Satellite exhibition, showcasing experiments, work-in-progress by HIDDEN Rookwood artists. <img width="2668" height="3889" width_o="2668" height_o="3889" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b742570f223b7f9ca38930578147e2c1afd7c702a13bb5fbe311db1f9b426b15/River-of-Oblivion-detail_CC_2.jpg" data-mid="200917230" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b742570f223b7f9ca38930578147e2c1afd7c702a13bb5fbe311db1f9b426b15/River-of-Oblivion-detail_CC_2.jpg" /> Installation view at HIDDEN Rookwood exhibition, 2023. Photo courtesy of the artist. https://celinecheung.com/All-that-glitches-is-not-gold-2022 Sat, 08 Oct 2022 12:14:03 +0000 Celine Cheung https://celinecheung.com/All-that-glitches-is-not-gold-2022 <img width="5981" height="3987" width_o="5981" height_o="3987" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ae63f55decc5ef97d0b31a024c2df938423d77b3bfc1846920bab1eeed4a5553/Celine-Install_November_WPCCL-7-of-8.jpg" data-mid="158070132" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ae63f55decc5ef97d0b31a024c2df938423d77b3bfc1846920bab1eeed4a5553/Celine-Install_November_WPCCL-7-of-8.jpg" />All that glitches is not goldsolo exhibition,&nbsp;3-30 November 2022 Wentworth Point Community Centre &amp; Library, supported by PAS Open Digital residency All that glitches is not gold investigates ghosts of generations past, glitches in the matrix, social mobility and the afterlife. In this exhibition, Celine stages a visual ballad of her family’s migration, told through Gothic landscapes and liminal spaces, with a touch of magical realism. While searching for glitches in this picture-perfect suburb, Celine discovers local sites that parallel her family’s journey, such as the heritage-listed shipwrecks and the State Abattoir. Using composite landscapes of Hong Kong and Homebush Bay, Celine reconstructs her family’s journey in a fantastical light&nbsp;—&nbsp;from crossing the Sham Chun River between China and Hong Kong, to factories that echo past industries in Sydney Olympic Park, and finally arriving at the aspirational area of Wentworth Point. Through digital collages and immersive installation, Celine conjures up an imaginary threshold between life and death, inspired by dreams, Buddhist sigils, hostile architecture and celestial phenomena. View my process diary here︎Exhibition Roomsheet&nbsp; in English | Traditional Chinese&nbsp;繁體中文 <img width="5644" height="3763" width_o="5644" height_o="3763" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/516123c8752f914b55b99d2bf659be51d385e9525b9010ddd0609063ce2bb30b/Celine-Install_November_WPCCL-4-of-8.jpg" data-mid="158070998" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/516123c8752f914b55b99d2bf659be51d385e9525b9010ddd0609063ce2bb30b/Celine-Install_November_WPCCL-4-of-8.jpg" /> <img width="5368" height="3579" width_o="5368" height_o="3579" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/067d95377e584fb29408ae9384219d0023791cf6618ba9ccaa95ce216d7df0ef/Celine-Install_November_WPCCL-8-of-8.jpg" data-mid="158071001" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/067d95377e584fb29408ae9384219d0023791cf6618ba9ccaa95ce216d7df0ef/Celine-Install_November_WPCCL-8-of-8.jpg" /> <img width="5902" height="3935" width_o="5902" height_o="3935" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ca48c5a1012762d50d491e14e3726d4c3233bcc40333eca8b017e3f34061e4e7/Celine-Install_November_WPCCL-5-of-8.jpg" data-mid="158071331" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ca48c5a1012762d50d491e14e3726d4c3233bcc40333eca8b017e3f34061e4e7/Celine-Install_November_WPCCL-5-of-8.jpg" /> <img width="3477" height="5216" width_o="3477" height_o="5216" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d64c1327f28382b6cdcf7458c01a4bb61636a64c3f61bd1e7161d648151f770f/Celine-Install_November_WPCCL-1-of-8.jpg" data-mid="158070135" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d64c1327f28382b6cdcf7458c01a4bb61636a64c3f61bd1e7161d648151f770f/Celine-Install_November_WPCCL-1-of-8.jpg" /> <img width="5593" height="3729" width_o="5593" height_o="3729" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b930f425eb3db82cd2854f2a1e4e7002a9d3de6a465c06c44e569ee7f907e729/Celine-Install_November_WPCCL-6-of-8.jpg" data-mid="158070995" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b930f425eb3db82cd2854f2a1e4e7002a9d3de6a465c06c44e569ee7f907e729/Celine-Install_November_WPCCL-6-of-8.jpg" /> <img width="5421" height="3614" width_o="5421" height_o="3614" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ef24b2d48b6aa0c83b399bdd382396d4be4bab47ac04f025913107dbb89952fe/Celine-Install_November_WPCCL-3-of-8.jpg" data-mid="158071891" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ef24b2d48b6aa0c83b399bdd382396d4be4bab47ac04f025913107dbb89952fe/Celine-Install_November_WPCCL-3-of-8.jpg" /> Photos by Patrick Cremin, Document Photography https://celinecheung.com/Ebb-and-Flow-2022 Sun, 06 Nov 2022 13:31:47 +0000 Celine Cheung https://celinecheung.com/Ebb-and-Flow-2022 <img width="3136" height="2482" width_o="3136" height_o="2482" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bd93596c4fe66f96706131113c8c7570ddcf3a2a856c6efa1c034a6fa8a55fba/Sarah-Sen_Untitled-Drawings.jpg" data-mid="158076504" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bd93596c4fe66f96706131113c8c7570ddcf3a2a856c6efa1c034a6fa8a55fba/Sarah-Sen_Untitled-Drawings.jpg" />Sarah Sen,&nbsp;pages from a sketchbook, 2022 Ebb and Flow duo exhibition with Sarah Sen, 2021 The Waiting Room Project Ebb and Flow is an exhibition that captures the experience of going through the motions, navigating the familiar and unknown. Aiming to find beauty in the mundane, Celine Cheung and Sarah Sen take inspiration from patterns in everyday sights — the overlooked, forgotten and empty spaces. Featuring detailed drawings and meditative mark-making, Celine and Sarah use collage, photocopy and tracing to create layered and intricate artworks. Thinking of their art practice as an accumulation of experiences, they revisit and reconsider past works. The result is a collection of photographs, drawings and collages spanning 5 years of their friendship. Through making art together, Celine and Sarah find ways to navigate the flow of life while combating everyday anxieties. Both of them seek to reconnect with art-making and to experience ‘flow state’, which means a state of mind where one is completely immersed in an enjoyable and nourishing activity. <img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ee2322fcbf087f8db692fce5b337845f3a2e3d309eef0944d083a01ed36a93a2/DSC_0005.JPG" data-mid="158076816" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ee2322fcbf087f8db692fce5b337845f3a2e3d309eef0944d083a01ed36a93a2/DSC_0005.JPG" /> Celine Cheung, patterns&nbsp;(left), 2022; Sarah Sen, transfer&nbsp;(right), 2022,&nbsp;Inkjet print on tracing paper; photo by The Waiting Room Reworked Collages Growing up, I’ve always enjoyed doodling on scrap paper. It’s much less intimidating for me to scribble on fragments than pristine, white paper.&nbsp;Through collaging drawn-on pieces, I wanted to revive the playfulness in drawing and to combat learnt perfectionism as an adult. <img width="1967" height="2783" width_o="1967" height_o="2783" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6cbca1270b4689e0cada37ee5eec14ea1d443ec47532b4f41716ebbd07eae157/Celine-Cheung_Negative-Space_cropped.jpg" data-mid="158333544" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6cbca1270b4689e0cada37ee5eec14ea1d443ec47532b4f41716ebbd07eae157/Celine-Cheung_Negative-Space_cropped.jpg" /> <img width="1964" height="2511" width_o="1964" height_o="2511" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9dc128111dce1bf8a74580b408b51d42ec79f5de5fd7103f910dc360e2f12cff/EPSON004.JPG" data-mid="158333283" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9dc128111dce1bf8a74580b408b51d42ec79f5de5fd7103f910dc360e2f12cff/EPSON004.JPG" /> Celine Cheung, Navigate (left), 2017-22; Negative Space (right), 2022, Inks, graphite powders and pastels on found papers collage These collages are composed of drawn-on ‘scraps’ and personal ephemera including museum pamphlets, readings and scraps. It speaks to a feeling of constriction while navigating institutions as an artist. Using methods inspired by black-out poetry, fragmenting and tearing, I am interested in erasure and the loss of individuality, due to isolating modern structures. <img width="5759" height="3839" width_o="5759" height_o="3839" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/adec77b3474dfd25cd03fc5f51bf775d702bc6b8e03d9f023b3c6670b099c655/DSC_0062.JPG" data-mid="158334736" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/adec77b3474dfd25cd03fc5f51bf775d702bc6b8e03d9f023b3c6670b099c655/DSC_0062.JPG" /> Exhibition view, photo courtesy of The Waiting Room Travel Photographs <img width="3089" height="2048" width_o="3089" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/77cd3c10df44db821b0ab87cbd48049513a1be9cd433b56e53463efdc0ef2ac4/43370032.JPG" data-mid="158445223" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/77cd3c10df44db821b0ab87cbd48049513a1be9cd433b56e53463efdc0ef2ac4/43370032.JPG" /> <img width="3620" height="2400" width_o="3620" height_o="2400" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7f3af1fbe2ba7a49eaa7e7521299cffba7c992bb654d0ca1afcc7d1d72634165/000362830016_15.jpg" data-mid="158445227" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7f3af1fbe2ba7a49eaa7e7521299cffba7c992bb654d0ca1afcc7d1d72634165/000362830016_15.jpg" /> Celine Cheung, Annecy, France&nbsp;(left), 2019; Yunan,&nbsp;China (right), 2018. Analogue photo prints. <img width="3620" height="2400" width_o="3620" height_o="2400" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/81d6fae59300de93148392a11283b8640254c3582d9b86eec86c9218f80c8ee5/000593740030_27.jpg" data-mid="158445252" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/81d6fae59300de93148392a11283b8640254c3582d9b86eec86c9218f80c8ee5/000593740030_27.jpg" /> <img width="3089" height="2048" width_o="3089" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ac4babbbad4ff365ffe49bf0287b122a35e1b23857ce19b6fb3c585e06bd2435/43390005.JPG" data-mid="158445262" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ac4babbbad4ff365ffe49bf0287b122a35e1b23857ce19b6fb3c585e06bd2435/43390005.JPG" /> Celine Cheung, Hong Kong from China&nbsp;(left), 2019; Hallstatt, Austria (right), 2019. Analogue photo prints. I included travel photos from my personal collection in the exhibition. While previously I never considered them to be a part of my practice, they are important vessels of memory in my life. These snapshots captured a time when I flowed freely in the world and saw sights in a new light. https://celinecheung.com/Drive-in-2021 Wed, 09 Nov 2022 10:34:33 +0000 Celine Cheung https://celinecheung.com/Drive-in-2021 <img width="4032" height="3024" width_o="4032" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/27bd64c691e0c32a62a538b510c5ebe53cab01bc3acfa7d92d105ea05edc0b83/Celine-Cheung_Drive-In_Interior.jpg" data-mid="158465728" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/27bd64c691e0c32a62a538b510c5ebe53cab01bc3acfa7d92d105ea05edc0b83/Celine-Cheung_Drive-In_Interior.jpg" /> Drive-invideo installation in vehicle, 2021 ______ and _____ sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G. In this video installation, I explored my own complicated feelings towards desire, &nbsp;comprising a mix of discomfort, confusion and yearning. ‘Drive-in’ illustrates the ambiguity inherent in queer coming-of-age experiences, represented by disembodied, genderless parts. A single car, parked in an oval at night. As you may well know, what goes on out of sight. <img width="5184" height="3888" width_o="5184" height_o="3888" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/466b14e49effeff1bbbf41a39a2bec6b655d52d1f5a4d2ffce5c2ad0e6aea6a9/Blurred_P1199732.jpg" data-mid="226645681" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/466b14e49effeff1bbbf41a39a2bec6b655d52d1f5a4d2ffce5c2ad0e6aea6a9/Blurred_P1199732.jpg" />Installation view at Firstdraft, Affection exhibition opening, photo by Liam Black <img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/29c52c812937728c76dfc92045415408af431fa0965d62d88a974b9e94ea7f59/IMG_0158.JPG" data-mid="158466530" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/29c52c812937728c76dfc92045415408af431fa0965d62d88a974b9e94ea7f59/IMG_0158.JPG" /> Installation view at NOX Night Sculpture Walk, Randwick Environmental Park https://celinecheung.com/But-You-re-Not-Innocent-2019 Wed, 09 Nov 2022 11:07:25 +0000 Celine Cheung https://celinecheung.com/But-You-re-Not-Innocent-2019 <img width="3636" height="2432" width_o="3636" height_o="2432" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d365c09de343190e393c95759c4079e15d619001c623ed04ceeb6134cedd11c1/119026305_322894925469853_5327847401649497255_n.jpg" data-mid="158468572" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d365c09de343190e393c95759c4079e15d619001c623ed04ceeb6134cedd11c1/119026305_322894925469853_5327847401649497255_n.jpg" /> But You’re Not Innocent Ink with perticipatory performance, 2019 This performance was first shown live at Analysand by Roller Door Projects.&nbsp;An audience member of mostly strangers were invited to leave handprints on my naked back, using sumi-ink that I grinded relentlessly from an ink stone while I knelt on the ground. But You’re Not Innocent is a meditation on consent, and what it means to inhabit a female body bound by societal judgement that values sexual purity. The manual grinding of ink speaks to gendered labour and blame, that is often placed upon victims of assault.In light of Asian bodies being continually subjected to ongoing racial and gendered violence, this artwork asks viewers to reflect on power, consent and agency. <img width="1286" height="1392" width_o="1286" height_o="1392" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ab9978af6b78f279a544c1921f2ba1a0170d9c36aa91733949fb732fd9cc2659/CelineCheung_04_JPG.jpg" data-mid="158469061" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ab9978af6b78f279a544c1921f2ba1a0170d9c36aa91733949fb732fd9cc2659/CelineCheung_04_JPG.jpg" /> <img width="5782" height="4000" width_o="5782" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9934cf7f1e3c044a9d563e51b90659d0009de56f6f8d338fe82ac272d6306e40/Preview.jpeg" data-mid="158469114" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9934cf7f1e3c044a9d563e51b90659d0009de56f6f8d338fe82ac272d6306e40/Preview.jpeg" /> https://celinecheung.com/7-Minutes-in-Heaven-2018 Tue, 29 Nov 2022 05:14:17 +0000 Celine Cheung https://celinecheung.com/7-Minutes-in-Heaven-2018 <img width="2911" height="2911" width_o="2911" height_o="2911" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/336e853e1112c672838172372bc4f78d0a85e9e6bbf5f36145ea0b15fc8240b6/7-Mins-in-Heaven-AirSpace_sq-image.png" data-mid="186538000" border="0" alt="Photo by Allan Giddy" data-caption="Photo by Allan Giddy" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/336e853e1112c672838172372bc4f78d0a85e9e6bbf5f36145ea0b15fc8240b6/7-Mins-in-Heaven-AirSpace_sq-image.png" /> 7 Minutes in HeavenPerformance on resin sculpture with video projection, 2021 In a performance that renders violation and tenderness indistinguishable, I intend to expose the raw awkwardness when the secret of a crush is brought into light and the strangeness when wet dreams invade reality. The sculptural component of the work consists of a blank mask, glowing with a projection of a blinking face. This uncanny visage is an animated composite image of all those who had been objects of my affection, whose images I collected from their social media profiles. This performance was performed live at: 2018 &nbsp; &nbsp;Discharge, AD Space2018 &nbsp; &nbsp;In Motion: Rhythm, AirSpace Projects2023 &nbsp; &nbsp;Taboo, Bankstown Arts Centre https://celinecheung.com/Education-2024 Wed, 14 Feb 2024 12:53:37 +0000 Celine Cheung https://celinecheung.com/Education-2024 <img width="3200" height="2400" width_o="3200" height_o="2400" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c40bc1aa47bf2d45cfae301a51dfbb043198d7fa71207b9bef43afddd572de99/GFX11942-1.jpg" data-mid="204627256" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c40bc1aa47bf2d45cfae301a51dfbb043198d7fa71207b9bef43afddd572de99/GFX11942-1.jpg" />Sweet Life workshop at PHIVE, City of Parramatta Education, Workshops &amp; Public Programs Celine is a passionate educator with 8 years of experience working with children. She feels aligned with community workshops for intergenerational audiences that creates an open exchange of knowledge and stories. She is excited to share her craft, latest interests and encourage new ways of thinking. If you are interested in working together, please feel welcome to reach out via email. 𓆸&nbsp; Skills:Public ProgrammingDesigning and Facilitating Workshops 𓆸&nbsp; Experiences: 2023-24&nbsp; &nbsp;City of Parramatta, PHIVE and Parramatta Artists’ Studios programs2022-24&nbsp; &nbsp;Gallery Lane Cove + Creative Studios, Art Teacher 2017-20&nbsp; &nbsp;Inspire Program, Afterschool Care Educator Selected Workshops: <img width="3024" height="3025" width_o="3024" height_o="3025" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dcf87cccd98ddab2a91568506c0ad33533ba4cd07b9d8041a41334257dfb025a/PXL_20230921_015344118.jpg" data-mid="214058126" border="0" alt="Sweet Life, Decoden photoframe workshop, PHIVE" data-caption="Sweet Life, Decoden photoframe workshop, PHIVE" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dcf87cccd98ddab2a91568506c0ad33533ba4cd07b9d8041a41334257dfb025a/PXL_20230921_015344118.jpg" /> <img width="3508" height="2480" width_o="3508" height_o="2480" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0eea493430d353fab57a44d54715e2fe3486f92996e21e26afd2867f1b47677c/CCheung-Chinese-Knot-Jewellery.png" data-mid="214058128" border="0" alt="Forget Me Not, Chinese knot &amp; jewellery workshop, PHIVE" data-caption="Forget Me Not, Chinese knot &amp; jewellery workshop, PHIVE" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0eea493430d353fab57a44d54715e2fe3486f92996e21e26afd2867f1b47677c/CCheung-Chinese-Knot-Jewellery.png" /> <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8d9c9ac3e9a2a8db29a05e1e343668b24a76117416504613953734cdcd0512ba/Celine-LNY-Collage-workshop-1.jpg" data-mid="214060003" border="0" alt="Family Album Remix! Collage workshop, PHIVE" data-caption="Family Album Remix! Collage workshop, PHIVE" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8d9c9ac3e9a2a8db29a05e1e343668b24a76117416504613953734cdcd0512ba/Celine-LNY-Collage-workshop-1.jpg" /> Bead My Valentine, WEAVE Parramatta, 2025 Collaborations: Transforming Trinkets with M. Sunflower, 2024 Amuletic Card workshop with Naomi Segal, PHIVE, 2024 Bead with Care with Rainer Ciar, Pari, 2023Lunar New Year 2024 <img width="3000" height="2000" width_o="3000" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0a7b44263583baca721f1af85e4f401b2368d0d0ae8ecb2e539af98c613f1c7a/20240210_Parramatta_LNY_SCREENRES_053.jpg" data-mid="214058103" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0a7b44263583baca721f1af85e4f401b2368d0d0ae8ecb2e539af98c613f1c7a/20240210_Parramatta_LNY_SCREENRES_053.jpg" /> <img width="3000" height="2000" width_o="3000" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f91937c7d5fe886ef26f6067ed1e7ff314b07c24113f2038b53d1eac1d137121/20240210_Parramatta_LNY_SCREENRES_052.jpg" data-mid="214058104" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f91937c7d5fe886ef26f6067ed1e7ff314b07c24113f2038b53d1eac1d137121/20240210_Parramatta_LNY_SCREENRES_052.jpg" /> Live Flower Painting stall with assistant Yvon Cheung,&nbsp;Lunar New Year at Parramatta Square,&nbsp;City of Parramatta, 2024.