EDUCATION
2023–25 Master of Fine Arts, Columbia University, New York City, USA
2019–22 Master of Fine Arts, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
2012–16 B.A. (Hons) in Fine Arts, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
2014–15 Academic exchange, University of Vienna & University of Applied Arts Vienna
2013 Academic exchange - YUNA, Yale University, USA
2004–11 Heep Yunn School, Hong Kong
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2026 Possibly, Here, Harper’s Gallery, New York City, United States
2023 If Tomorrow Never Comes, Kyoto Art Center, Japan [3D viewing]
2017 The Presence of Absence, Lumenvisum, Hong Kong
ART COMMISSIONS
2024 "Rice is Greener on the Other Side", WMA Space, Hong Kong
2022 "If Tomorrow Never Comes" & "The Remanent of Yesterday", emo gym, Tai Kwun Contemporary, Hong Kong
2021 “Wish You Well”, Public art at Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens
presented in Hi! Flora, Fauna, commissioned by Art Promotion Office, Hong Kong
2020 "Same River Twice", Peer to Peer: UK/HK, University of Salford Art Collection, Open Eye Gallery,
Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art, UK and Hong Kong
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026 Ely Center of Contemporary Art, United States
2026 Tomorrow the Sun Will Rise, The Phillips Collection, Washington DC, United States
2026 When Blurry Memories Awaken, Nguyen Wahed Gallery, New York, United States
2026 Familiar Stranger, Equity Gallery, New York, United States
2025 No Place Like Home, Latitude Gallery, New York, United States
2025 25’ MFA Thesis Exhibition, Wallach Art Gallery, New York, United States
2025 PLAY, The LeRoy Neiman Gallery, New York, United States
2025 Crossing, Galerie du Monde, Hong Kong
2024 Channels, Below Grand, New York City, United States
2024 Fragments of Curiosities, HART Haus, Hong Kong
2024 Coney Island, Spectacular, Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University, New York City, United States
2024 Currents, SK Gallery, New York City, United States
2024 Sushi Grass in Paradise & Greener Rice on the Other Side, WMA, Hong Kong
2024 MFA First Year Exhibition, Wallach Art Gallery, New York City, United States
2023 The Past is Before Us - Prelude to Alternative Photography, Prague, Czech Republic
2023 Imagination and Transcendence - Hong Kong Contemporary Photography 2023, Geelong, Australia
2023 Floating Platforms, Peacebuilding HK, 1a Space, Hong Kong
2022 emo gym, Tai Kwun Contemporary, Hong Kong
2022 31 HK Women, 10 Chancery Lane Gallery, Hong Kong
2021 Wish You Well, Karin Weber Gallery, Hong Kong
2021 Hong Kong International Photo Festival Satellite Exhibition 2020/21, Hong Kong
2021 The Listening Biennial, Errant Sound, Norwegian Artistic Research Programme, The Art Academy Bergen, Germany
2021 Hong Kong Photobook Festival, Hong Kong
2021 Hi! Flora, Fauna, Art Promotion Office, Hong Kong
2020 Peer to Peer: UK/HK, University of Salford Art Collection, Open Eye Gallery, Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art, UK and Hong Kong
2020 Hong Kong International Photo Festival Satellite Exhibition 2019/20, Hong Kong
2019 Opportunity!, WMA WYNG Foundation, Hong Kong
2018 Hong Kong International Photo Festival Satellite Exhibition 2018/19, Hong Kong
2018 Artist-in-residence Exhibition, Taipei International Artist Village, Taiwan
2017 Artist-in-residence Exhibition, Künstlerhaus Stadttöpferei Neumünster, Germany
2017 Dali International Photography Festival, China
2016 B.A. Fine Arts Graduation Exhibition, CUHK, Hong Kong
ART RESIDENCIES
2026 Arroscia Residency, Pieve di Teco, Italy
2026 All'bout Clay, New York City, United States
2025 TNT Art Residency, Tiger Strikes Asteroid New York & Transmitter Gallery, Brooklyn, New York City, United States
2025 Oak Spring Garden Foundation, Interdisciplinary Residency, Virginia, United States
2018 Taipei International Artist Village, Taipei, Taiwan
2017 Keramikkünstlerhaus Ceramic Artist Exchange Tandem, Neumünster, Germany
2015 Academic exchange, University of Vienna & University of Applied Arts, Vienna, Austria
2013 Art and cultural exchange, Yale University YUNA Exchange Programme, New Haven, United States
AWARDS | SCHOLARSHIPS | FELLOWSHIPS
2024–25 Choy Family Fellowship, Columbia University, USA
2023–25 Visual Arts Scholarship, Columbia University, USA
2024 Archive Fellowship, Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University, New York City, United States
2023 The 2023 Sovereign Asian Art Prize - Finalist, Hong Kong & Asia
2023 Kyotographie KG+SELECT - Finalist, Japan
2022 Peter Curzon Oram Charitable Trust Scholarship 2021/22, Hong Kong
2021 Peter Curzon Oram Charitable Trust Scholarship 2020/21, Hong Kong
2021 Shortlist, Photobook Dummy Award 2021, Hong Kong Photobook Festival, Hong Kong
2021 Friends of Art Museum Research Grant, CUHK, Hong Kong
2021 Talent Development Scholarship 2020/21 (culture, arts & design), Hong Kong
2020 Talent Development Scholarship 2019/20 (culture, arts & design), Hong Kong
2019 Winner of WMA Masters Award 2018/19, WYNG Foundation, Hong Kong
2018 Cultural Exchange Arts Development Fund, Art Development Council, Hong Kong
2017 New Light Award, Lumenvisum, Hong Kong
2016 Mr.Kevin Chan Scholarship for the Department of Fine Arts, CUHK, Hong Kong
2016 Peter Curzon Oram Charitable Trust Scholarship 2015/16, Hong Kong
2014 Student Exchange Scholarship, CUHK, Hong Kong
2012 Good Earth Foundation Scholarship, CUHK, Hong Kong
2012 Reaching Out Award, Hong Kong
GRANTS
2024 Columbia University School of Arts, Dean's Travel Grant, USA
2023 Columbia University School of Arts, Dean's Travel Grant, USA
2023 Cultural Exchange Grant, Hong Kong Art Development Council, Hong Kong
2022 Commission for exhibition “emo gym”, Tai Kwun Contemporary, Hong Kong
2022 Research Grant, Friends of Art Museum, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
2021 Exhibition Grant, Hong Kong International Photo Festival 2020/2, Hong Kong
2020 Commission Work, Art Promotion Office, HKSAR Government, Hong Kong
2020 Commission Work, Peer to Peer: UK/HK Online Festival, Hong Kong
2020 Exhibition Grant, Hong Kong International Photo Festival 2019/20, Hong Kong
2019 Exhibition Grant, Hong Kong International Photo Festival 2018/19, Hong Kong
2018 Cultural Exchange Grant, Hong Kong Art Development Council, Hong Kong
SCREENING
2024 A Palm, A Fountain, An Umbrella, Casa Asia, Barcelona, Spain
2024 A Palm, A Fountain, An Umbrella presented with “Outside the Gates” by Naeem Mohaiemen, St Moritz Art Film Festival, Switzerland
SELECTED REVIEWS
02.03.2026 Civil Art Publishing, Artist Index: Sharon Cheuk Wun Lee, by Emma Kang
06.01.2026 SurfaceScape, Artist Feature: Sharon Cheuk Wun Lee
20.11.2025 Transmitter Gallery, TNT Residency: Interview with Sharon Cheuk Wun Lee
15.06.2025 Tiger Strikes Asteroid NY, Announcement of TNT Artist-in-Resident 2025
29.07.2025 Columbia University School of the Arts - Dean’s Travel Grant
01.07.2024 Harvard Advocate (Summer Issue), “Canton Girl in the MET”
14.03.2024 eflux Education, Columbia University School of the Arts - Class of 2025 first year MFA exhibition
13.10.2023 AsiaArtArchive: Like A Fever, 3SUMS - What keeps you awake?, Minh Nguyen, Carlos Quijon, Jr., and Sharon Lee
19.05.2023 ArtAsiaPacific, “Redefining Boundaries: Highlights from Kyotographie 2023,” by Ryohei Nakajima
2023 Hong Kong Studies Journal (Volume 3, Numbers 2), The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press,
“Seeking Roland Barthes’ Neutral: The Art of Sharon Lee Cheuk-Wun and Lau Wai”, by Yeung Yang
20.01.2023 Artomity, “Studio: Sharon Lee,” by Caroline Ha Thuc
01.01.2023 ArtAsiaPacific, Almanac 2023: “Hong Kong: An Interview with Sharon Lee,” by Tiffany Luk
17.06.2022 Prestige, Soft Power: Chancery Lane’s 31 Women Artists, by Stephen Short
18.05.2022 Ocula, 'emo gym' Exercises Vulnerability in Hong Kong, by Sarah Wei
19.08.2021 Exposure Award of Photofairs Shanghai - Curators of M+ and V&A Museum In Conversation
(23:00–31:37 on Sharon Lee’s If Tomorrow Never Comes)
13.11.2020 Corridor8, “Peer to Peer: UK/HK – Online festivals as a gateway to intercultural exchange,” by Christie Yung-hei Chan
08.05.2019 Obscura Megazine, “A Conversation With Sharon Lee: To Be Observant,” by ManSum
30.04.2019 Hong Kong Free Press, “Hong Kong artists explore what opportunity means to them in WMA Masters’ photo competition,”
by Jennifer Creery
TEACHING & RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
2026 Visiting Artist, Lecture, Department of Art and Design, Montclair State University, United States
2023–2025 Lee Ka-Sing & Holly Lee Archive, Asia Art Archive, Hong Kong
2024–2025 Fellow, Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University, New York, United States
2024–2025 Teaching Assistant, Photobook & Introduction to Darkroom Photography,
Columbia University, Visual Arts Department, New York, United States
2022, 2023 Guest Lecturer, BA Fine Arts Intensive Seminar, RMIT University & Hong Kong Art School, Hong Kong
2021–2023 Artist Educator, Life Writing Program, Spicy Fish Cultural Production, Hong Kong
2019–2021 Teaching Assistant, Drawing I, Prof. Tam Wai Ping, Fine Arts Department, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
2018–2019 Research Assistant, Design Department, Hong Kong Heritage Museum, Supervisor: Nadia Kwok, Assistant Curator
2016–2018 Research Assistant, Visual Arts / Ink Art, M+ Museum, Hong Kong, Supervisor: Lesley Ma, Curator of Ink Art
2014 Intern, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, United States, Supervisor: Hwai-ling Yeh-Lewis, Senior Collections Manager