Adam Fung
Associate Professor of Art | Texas Christian University
Fort Worth, TX, UNITED STATES
Adam Fung's art studies issues such as climate change, patterns of nature and the universe.
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Biography
Adam Fung is currently an Associate Professor of Art at Texas Christian University (TCU) in Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.A. He received his Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degree from University of Notre Dame and Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) degree from Western Washington University. Fung also attended Virginia Commonwealth University for Art Foundations.
Fung works primarily as a Painter and has a dynamic range of research interests that touch upon issues such as climate change, landscape, patterns and the make up of the universe. Fung’s work often arises from direct experience and primary sources. Recent examples of this practice include the 2016 Arctic Circle Artist Residency and Expedition around the archipelago of Svalbard and a road trip around west Texas and New Mexico that allowed the artist to visit sites of interest including Observatories, Dark Sky Parks, Marfa, and Spaceport America. His paintings can be found in public art collections at Microsoft, South Bend Museum of Art, and the US Department of Energy’s Fermilab, as well as numerous private collections. Fung recently completed his first film project, titled the uncommon. The 3-channel film was shot primarily using a drone in the Arctic Circle.
Fung has had recent solo exhibitions across the United States in Dallas, Chicago, Seattle, and the University of Oklahoma. Fung maintains a rigorous professional schedule - exhibiting nationally and internationally, in art fairs, group exhibitions, and recently presented Beyond Nature, a curatorial project concerning the state of the high Arctic and artist expeditions at TCU in April 2017.
Areas of Expertise (4)
Art Exhibitions
Disappearing Ice Masses
Demonstrating the Close Relationship between Art, Music and Science
Painting and Drawing
Accomplishments (5)
The Arctic Circle Artist Residency and Summer Solstice Expedition, Longyearbyen, Svalbard
2016
Junior Faculty Summer Research Program (Grant), Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX
2016
Research and Creative Activity Fund (Grant), Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX
2018
Artist in Residence, Herhusid Artist Residency, Iceland
2017
Research and Creative Activity Fund (Grant), Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX
2016
Education (3)
University of Notre Dame: M.F.A., Painting 2008
Western Washington University: B.F.A., Studio Art 2005
Virginia Commonwealth University: n/a, Art Foundations 2000
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Media Appearances (2)
Adam Fung’s Uncommon Arctic Adventure
TCU Magazine
2017-12-01
When Fung, assistant professor of art, heard about a residency sponsored by the Arctic Circle, a nonprofit organization with a mission to introduce artists and scientists to the planet’s North in hopes they would become advocates, he wanted to apply. Through art, Fung said, he could act as an ambassador for the Arctic. But mixing studio art projects, family life and teaching duties meant waiting until his busy schedule would allow a three-week trip. The stars eventually aligned, and the Arctic Circle selected Fung to be among the 28 participants on its 2016 Summer Solstice journey.
Art surprises in unexpected places
TCU 360
2016-04-15
Art in Unexpected Places is an assignment in the Drawing II class and was founded by Adam Fung, an assistant professor of art. “We do projects like the Unexpected Places where we take drawings and place it around campus,” Fung said. “So we don’t go and do this project in a class and nobody sees it. So this way the entire campus gets to see what we’re doing.”
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