About
JUNNY CHUN AU-YEUNG (b.1991) graduated from Hong Kong Baptist University with a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Visual Arts degree in 2015. He also completed a master’s degree in Contemporary Arts from Estonian Academy of Arts in 2022.
CHUN mostly works with sculpture, installation, object and video, which are based on his observations on everyday life and intimate relation with the realities of nature, often speaking of memories, intimate situations and insecurity. His more recent work has focused on how the domestic objects can act as a reflection of emotions which resulted in a form of sculpture and installation.
In his recently awarded Young Sculptor Award works ‘Our Memories Just Won’t Die, It’s The Trip That Keeps Us Alive’, CHUN explores his self-emotional feeling and security by disassembling the household chairs into a tiny frame. ‘My Heart Aches When It’s Time To Leave’ was awarded the Young Artist Award following his MA graduation show. His thesis’s question: what is home? had deeply dive into the key concepts related to the notion of home. In the same year, ‘Things I Wanted To Say But Never Did’ received a Contemporary Sculpture Award from the International Sculpture Center in New York.
His works are collected by private collectors and galleries.
Education
2020-2022
Master of Contemporary Art, Estonian Academy of Arts
2013-2015
Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Visual Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University
Solo Exhibition
2023
You’ve Been in My Mind, Hobusepea Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
2021
All That I Want Is To Be Yours, Raja Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
Don’t Think That I Am Pushing You Away, Vent Space, Tallinn, Estonia
2018
2543, Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre, Hong Kong
Group Exhibition
2022
I Came Here To Be Alone, I Also Came Here To Be Alone, Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn, Estonia
TASE Graduation Show (MA), Tallinn, Estonia
Young Sculptor Award Competition, ARS Kunstilinnak, Tallinn, Estonia
2021
Wet Hearts Of Everyday Thoughts, Tallinn, Estonia
Second Act, Viljandi, Estonia
2020
From Rubbles To Wonders, Grotto Fine Arts, Hong Kong
2019
Fine Art Asia/ Ink Asia, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre
Pearl And Beyond, Koo Ming Kown Exhibition Gallery, Hong Kong
2016
First Smash 3, Art Experience Foundation
Residency
Maajaam, Estonia
Award
2022
TASE Graduation Show (MA) Young Artist Award, awarded by Estonian Academy of Arts
Contemporary Sculpture Award, awarded by Internation Sculpture Center
Young Sculptor Award, awarded by Estonian Academy of Arts