Cheng, Emily Sycip

Born in New York in 1953, Emily Cheng is a Chinese-American visual artist with ancestral roots in the Philippines. Moving dynamically across the global art landscape, her practice bridges the cultural spaces of New York, Manila, Hong Kong, and mainland China. Cheng has built an extensive, internationally celebrated career spanning over four decades. Her hybrid perspective has positioned her as a vital voice among contemporary female artists exploring transnational identities.Major Awards & Fellowships:The Pollock-Krasner Foundation GrantNational Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Fellowship New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) Fellowship Yaddo Residency FellowshipSelected Solo Exhibitions & Retrospectives:Where Vision Leads (Major Retrospective) – Central Art Museum, Hangzhou, ChinaIntercodex – VillageOneArt, New York City A Knowing (Three-Artist Feature) – Silverlens, Manila Solo Presentations – Shenzhen Art Museum, China; Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) Taipei; Bronx Museum, New York; Cincinnati Center for Contemporary Art, USA; Johanniterkirche Feldkirch, AustriaRegional Showcases – Ayala Museum, Manila; Metropolitan Museum of Manila; Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong; Louis Vuitton Espace, Hong KongNotable Biennale & Group Participations:The Shanghai BiennaleThe Guangzhou Triennial – Guangdong Art Museum, China The Hubei Triennial – Wuhan, China The Armory Show (Spotlight Feature with Silverlens) – New York City Institutional Showcases – MASS MoCA, Massachusetts; Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco; The China Institute, New York; National Academy of Design, New York; American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York; MOCA Shanghai, ChinaPublished Monographs:Cheng's extensive career and artistic evolutions have been heavily archived and analyzed in two dedicated publications:Chasing Clouds: A Decade of Studies (Published by Time Zone 8)Emily Cheng in the Weave of Worlds: Alchemy in Painting (Published by Archive Books, Berlin)