Michelle Fung (born 1982, Hong Kong; lives Hong Kong) has a BFA from the University of British Columbia, Canada and an MVA from Hong Kong Baptist University. She has exhibited at Hong Kong Art Centre and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; as well as artist-run galleries in Australia and California. Fung’s short films have been included in international film festivals, and she was the invited guest artist for the 2022 Quarantine Film Festival, National Museum Art Gallery Boris Georgiev, Varna, Bulgaria. She has been a resident at Banff Centre, Canada; Art Omi, Ghent, NY; Guanlan Original Printmaking Base, Shenzhen, China; and the Arctic Circle, International Territory of Svalbard.
Statement from the artist:
Polluta Propaganda Woodcuts are a collection of 99 woodcuts that portray the artist’s imaginary futuristic ecotopian artist colony “Polluta.” This body of work is composed in three phases. The point of departure for Phase I (2018 – 2023) is China’s New Woodcut Movement of the 1930-40s, whereas Phase II (2023 – present) is heavily drawn from Japanese historic ukiyo-e prints. Phase III (a future project) will be a collection of architectural wood carvings portraying Polluta’s ever-shifting appearance.