Jimmy Keung (b. 1958) has had a diverse practice that is hard to pinpoint, navigating many artistic spheres. The artist has contributed to Hong Kong's urban visual landscape while participating in seminal exhibitions, yet was also relegated to the margins due to his choice of medium and practice. He started as a cinema billboard painter before transitioning to live-arts and theatre, working for major stage production companies to paint backdrops and sceneries, as well as the lecturer in scenic art at Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. The perception of these activities as being purely decorative has culminated in a tension that carries multitudes in his work, referencing his previous experiences and fusing techniques that are as central to painting as they are to large-scale drawing, colour theory, stage lighting and advertising. This unification has been both arduous and fruitful, challenging him to expand out of his comfort zone and explore the possibilities of straddling multiple realities, disrupting the notion that these approaches are mutually exclusive and on a sliding scale of importance, or even relevance.

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