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Clara Cheung
Hong Kong artist and activist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Clara Cheung Ka-lai (Chinese: 張嘉莉) is a Hong Kong artist and activist, co-founder of the C&G Artpartment gallery.[1][2][3]
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C&G Artpartment
In 2007, Cheung co-founded C&G Artpartment with her husband, Gum Cheng Yee Man. Located in a tong lau-style apartment building in Mong Kok, the gallery hosted over 80 art exhibitions between 2007 and 2021.[4]
Wan Chai District Council
In the 2019 Hong Kong local elections, Cheung was elected as a member of the Wan Chai District Council for the Happy Valley Constituency.[5] Cheung was among a number of artists elected to district councils in the election, which were a landslide in favor of Hong Kong's pro-democracy camp.[5]
Cheung from January 2020 until her resignation in July 2021 due to political threats in Hong Kong.[6][7][8]
Exile
Following her resignation, her family went into exile in the United Kingdom, settling in Sheffield.[2]
In 2023, Cheung and Gum launched "Harcourt Road", a community art project comparing the histories of Harcourt Road in Sheffield and Hong Kong.[9]
2025 censorship by China
In July 2025, C&G Artpartment's pieces were featured in the "Constellation of Complicity: Visualising the Global Machinery of Authoritarian Solidarity" exhibition at the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre.[10][11] Following the exhibit's opening, officials from the Chinese Embassy in Bangkok demanded the removal of certain pieces of artwork deemed offensive to China.[12] Cheung and Gum's names were blacked out on the information for the “Anti-Spy Spy Club” installation.[13]
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