ABOUT
Philip Cheung is a photographer based in Los Angeles. His photographs have been exhibited across North America and Europe, such as the SFO Museum (San Francisco, USA), the National Portrait Gallery (London, UK), the Canadian War Museum (Ottawa, Canada) and the Pinchuk Art Centre (Kyiv, Ukraine).
He has been awarded grants by the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council and the Toronto Arts Council, and was shortlisted for the Aperture Portfolio Prize in 2018.
The Overseas Press Club of America has recognized Cheung for his documentation of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. His work is held in the collections of Harvard Art Museums, Akkasah, Center for Photography at New York University - Abu Dhabi, the Canadian War Museum, and has been featured and reviewed in various publications, including Harper’s, the British Journal of Photography, Canadian Art, The Washington Post and TIME.
EDITORIAL CLIENTS
AARP
The Atlantic
Bloomberg Businessweek
Condé Nast Traveller
Der Spiegel
Dwell
Financial Times
Forbes
The Fader
The Guardian Weekend Magazine
GQ Magazine (UK, Germany)
The Hollywood Reporter
Inc. Magazine
InStyle
The Independent Magazine
Lufthansa
Monocle
National Geographic
Neue Zürcher Zeitung
The New Yorker
The New York Times Magazine
T: The New York Times Style Magazine
The New York Times
NPR
Stern
Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin
The Telegraph - Ultratravel
TIME
Vanity Fair
Variety
The Verge
VICE
The Wall Street Journal
The Washington Post
Wallpaper*
AGENCY / COMMERCIAL CLIENTS
Airbnb
Browns Design
C3 Creative Code and Content
Ink Global
Underline Studios
Winkreative
CONTACT
For commissions, licensing, print sales and exhibition requests, contact:
philipcheungphoto@gmail.com
Los Angeles: +1 (323) 736 6341
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
The Central Pacific, SFO Museum, curated by Kai Caemmerer, San Francisco, CA, United States, 2019
Arctic Front, Circuit Gallery @ Prefix Institute of Contemporary Art, curated by Claire Sykes, Toronto, Canada, 2019
The Edge, Circuit Gallery @ Prefix Institute of Contemporary Art, curated by Claire Sykes, Toronto, Canada, 2017
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS, FESTIVALS & AUCTIONS
ZUHAUSE No. 6, Sprengel Museum Hannover, curated by Dr. Reinhard Spieler, Hannover, Germany, (Nov 2022 - Jan 2023)
Russian War Crimes, Portcullis House, UK Parliament, curated by Bjorn Geldhof and Ksenia Malykh, London, United Kingdom, 2022
Russian War Crimes, Ukrainian Institute of America, curated by Bjorn Geldhof and Ksenia Malykh, New York, United States, 2022
Russian War Crimes, European Parliament, curated by Bjorn Geldhof and Ksenia Malykh, Brussels, Belgium, 2022
Russian War Crimes, Pinchuk Art Centre, curated by Bjorn Geldhof and Ksenia Malykh, Kyiv, Ukraine, 2022
Russian War Crimes, NATO Headquarters, curated by Bjorn Geldhof and Ksenia Malykh, Brussels, Belgium, 2022
Russian War Crimes, Russian War Crimes House (former Russia House), curated by Bjorn Geldhof and Ksenia Malykh, Davos, Switzerland, 2022
Canadian Forces Artist Program - Group 8, Canadian War Museum, Ottawa, Canada, 2020-2021
San Francisco Camerawork Benefit Auction, San Francisco Camerawork, San Francisco, CA, United States, 2018
Juried Exhibition, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, curated by Jonathan Griffin, Jamillah James and Steven Nelson, Los Angeles, CA, United States, 2018
Mudun: Urban Cultures in Transit, Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, Germany, 2017
Athens Photo Festival, Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece, 2016
Carmichael Canadian Landscape Exhibition, Orillia Museum of Art & History, Orillia, Canada, 2014
4th Lumix Festival, World Exhibition Grounds, Hannover, Germany, 2014
Flash Forward, Salt Institute for Documentary Studies, Portland, ME, United States, 2014
Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize, National Portrait Gallery, London, United Kingdom, 2011
Public Domain: Public and Civic Spaces in the Arab World, RIBA-Gallery 2, London, United Kingdom, 2011
London Festival of Photography, German Gymnasium, London, United Kingdom, 2011
Emerging Artists Auction, Daniel Cooney Fine Art, New York, NY, United States, 2011
2nd Lumix Festival, World Exhibition Grounds, Hannover, Germany, 2010
COLLECTIONS
Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, United States
The Canadian War Museum, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Akkasah, Center for Photography, New York University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Hellenic Centre for Photography Archives, Athens, Greece
ARTISTS GRANTS, RESIDENCIES
The Rory Peck Trust Training Fund, 2022
The Aftermath Project, Finalist Grant, 2021
Canada Council for the Arts, Project Grants to Visual Artists, 2017
Canadian Forces Artists Program, 2016-2017
Akkasah, Center for Photography Artists Residency, New York University - Abu Dhabi, 2014-2016
Ontario Arts Council, Visual Artists Grant, 2015
Toronto Arts Council, Visual Artists Grant, 2014
AWARDS & HONORS
Communication Arts Photography Annual, Editorial Category, Lahaina Wildfire, 2024
Overseas Press Club of America, Feature Photography Award, Citation of Excellence for the series Russian Invasion of Ukraine, 2023
LEICA Fotografie International / BarTur Photo Award: Photojournalist of the Year, 2022
Vonovia Award for Photography, 2022
The Aftermath Project Finalist, 2021
Aperture Portfolio Prize Shortlist, 2018
Nominated for the Elliott Erwitt Fellowship, 2018
Photolucida's Critical Mass - Top 50 Selected Artists, 2017
Leica Oskar Barnack Award - Top 50, 2015
Communication Arts Photography Annual, 2013
American Photography 29 (selected), 2013
Photo District News Photography Annual, 2013
Magenta Foundation - Flash Forward (Canada), 2013
Applied Arts Photography Annual, 2013
Nominated for The Leopold Godowsky, Jr. Color Photography Awards, 2013
The Renaissance Prize (shortlisted), 2012
Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize (selected), 2011
PDN's 30 New and Emerging Photographers to Watch, 2011
American Photography 27 (selected), 2011
Magenta Foundation - Flash Forward (Canada), 2011
London Festival of Photography (2nd Place, International Award), 2011
SNAP! Best in Photojournalism/Documentary, 2011
Photo District News Photography Annual, 2010
Communication Arts Photography Annual, 2010
American Photography 26 (selected), 2010
Magenta Foundation - Flash Forward (Canada), 2010
Applied Arts Photography Annual, 2010
NPAC Pictures of the Year, 1st Place for Picture Story, 2010
Nominated for the UNICEF Photo of the Year, 2010
Nominated for the World Press Photo Joop Swart Masterclass, 2010
Magenta Foundation Emerging Photographer Award (Canada), 2009
SELECTED PRESS, INTERVIEWS & PUBLICATIONS
The Politics of Artists in War Zones: Art in Conflict, pg 171-175, by Kit Messham-Muir, Uroš Cvoro, Monika Lukowska-Appel, Bloomsbury, December, 2023
National Geographic, ‘These Chinese immigrants opened the doors to the American West,’ pg 88-105, Print/Online, Washington D.C., August, 2023
Maclean’s Magazine, ‘Days of Destruction’, pg 32-37, by Katie Underwood, Print/Online, Toronto, May, 2022
Harper’s Bazaar Art Book, Exhibition 001, ‘Postcards from the edge’, pg 260-273, by Ayesha Sohail, Print, Dubai, April, 2021
The Bomb in the Wilderness – Photography and the Nuclear Era in Canada, pg 163, John O'Brian, UBC Press, Vancouver, 2020
Prefix Photo, Issue 42, Polar Ideas, Fall/Winter, ‘Arctic Front Portfolio’, pg 24-29, Print, Toronto, November, 2020
Canadian Forces Artists Program, Exhibition book, Canadian War Museum, Stacey Barker, Marie-Louise Deruaz, Print, February, 2020
BESIDE Magazine, Issue 09, ‘Watchers on the Land’, pg 136-141, by Mark Mann, Print/Online, Montreal, November, 2020
LALA Magazine, “Living Through History - A Visual Time Capsule”, pg 72-73, Print, Los Angeles, August, 2020
Silver Eye Center For Photography, “Philip Cheung, Honorably Mentioned”, by Kate Kelly, Online, May 8, 2020
The Art Newspaper, “Photographers are capturing the stark mood of major cities amid the coronavirus pandemic”, by Gabriella Angeleti, Online, March 26, 2020
CBC, “War museum photo exhibit chronicles service on the home front”, Ottawa, Online, February 15, 2020
CNN Arabic, “Canadian photographer documents the development of Abu Dhabi’s coastline”, by Yasmeen Awaja, Dubai, Online, January 8, 2020
Open Skies - Emirates Inflight magazine, pg 60, “Get the look”, by Georgina Lavers, Dubai, Print, December, 2019
Vie des Arts, Issue 256, pg 30, “Les résidences d’artistes : regard sur la création”, by Marie-Ève Leclerc-Parker, Montreal, Print, October, 2019
Banana Magazine, Issue 5, “The America in Asian America”, by Chris Ip, Print, New York, May, 2019
Harper’s, Monday Gallery Series, “Rangers John and Steven Ukuqtunnuaq and Simon Tucktoo, King William Island” New York, Online, January 14, 2019
The Globe and Mail, Arts, “Forces of nature” by Rachel Wine, Print, Toronto, January 12, 2019
The Walrus, “Watchers in the North - On patrol with the Canadian Rangers in Nunavut” Print/Online, Toronto, Jan/Feb Issue, 2019
Neue Zürcher Zeitung, “On the Arctic front”, by Angela Schader and Gilles Steinmann, Print/Online, Zurich, January, 2019
VICE, “This Photographer Captured What Canada’s Military Looks Like at the Arctic Front”, Online, Toronto, January 2019
After the War: Surviving PTSD and Changing Mental Health Culture, Stéphane Grenier & Adam Montgomery, University of Regina Press, Regina, 2018
Office Hours: In Focus, The Main Museum, by Allison Agsten and Monica Rodriguez, Online, Los Angeles, CA, United States, 2018
Los Angeles Magazine, “The Main Museum’s New Exhibit Is as Accessible as Your Smartphone” by Gwynedd Stuart, Online, Los Angeles, November, 2018
LA Weekly, “Downtown L.A. embraces the concept of the Kunsthalle” by Shana Nys Dambrot, Online, Los Angeles, November, 2018
Mare, Issue 129, "What comes after oil?", by Christian Schule, Print, Hamburg, August, 2018
Aperture, "2018 Portfolio Prize Runner-up", by Amelia Lang, Online, New York, April, 2018
Neue Zürcher Zeitung, "Souvenirs from the front", by Angela Schader and Gilles Steinmann, Print/Online, Zurich, April, 2018
The Washington Post, In Sight, "A country constantly under construction: A photographer documents the changing coast of the UAE", by Chloe Coleman, Online, Washington, April, 2018
Canadian Art, "A Soldier Turned Photographer Remembers War", by Caoimhe Morgan-Feir, Online, Toronto, November, 2017
Harper's, "Sphinx, Umm al-Quwain", Readings, Print, New York, August, 2017
They Desire a Better Country, Lawrence Scanlan, Figure 1 Publishing, Vancouver/Berkeley, 2017
Al Tashkeel, Issue 27, "Gaining Ground, Collecting Photographs from the Middle East", by Anya Stafford, Dubai, December, 2016
Future Tense, 516 Arts, Exhibition Catalogue, Albuquerque, June, 2016
Athens Photo Festival, Hellenic Centre for Photography, Exhibition Catalogue, Athens, June, 2016
How to Make a Nation: A Monocle Guide, Gestalten, Berlin, 2016
Dazed & Confused, "The photo collective capturing youth’s oddities", by Liv Siddall, Online, London, June, 2015
CNN, "Sharia and skyscrapers: Capturing the parallel worlds of the Emirates", by Tricia Escobedo, Online, New York, May, 2015
OAI13, “Être photographe et Canadien: l’expérience de Phil Cheung”, by Laurence Butet-Roch, Online, Paris, February 2015
Worthy Fights - A Memoir of Leadership in War and Peace, Leon Panetta with Jim Newton, Penguin Books, London, 2015
National Post, Arts & Life, "Looking back to move forward", Print, Toronto, November, 2014
The Globe & Mail, Flash Forward Tenth, Online, Toronto, October, 2014
Canon China, "100 Million", Print, Beijing, Print, September 2014
Lumix Festival for Young Photojournalism, Exhibition Catalogue, Print, Hannover, June 2014
The British Journal of Photography, “Shifting Sands”, by Gemma Padley, Print, London, February 2014
Flash Forward Tenth, Magenta Publishing, Print, Toronto, 2014
TIME Magazine's Lightbox, "Shifting Sands: Surreal Landscapes of the United Arab Emirates", by Sophie Butcher, Online, May, 2013
Photo District News, 5 Financial Steps to Launching a Photo Career, Print, April, 2013
Flash Forward, Magenta Publishing, Print, Toronto, 2013
Communication Arts, Fresh Profile, Online, September 2012
VICE Magazine - International Edition, "The Photo Issue", Print, New York, July 2012
VISION Magazine, "Soldiers' Angels" by Lina Wang, Print, Shanghai, April 2012
20x200, by Jen Bekman, Online, New York, March 2012
This Is That Magazine, "A Winter in Kandahar" by Kate Osba, Print, New York, March 2012
The Sunday Times Magazine - Spectrum, "Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize", Print, London, October 2, 2011
British Journal of Photography, "Same as it ever was" by Olivier Laurent, Print, London, August 2011
Photo District News, "30 New and Emerging Photographers to Watch" by Holly Hughes, Print, New York, March 2011
Booooooom, "Philip Cheung", Online, August 2011
Maisonneuve, “We Felt No Mercy”, Print, Montreal, March 2011
Mother Jones, "The Final Deployment", by Mark Murrmann, Online, May 2011
Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize, Exhibition Catalogue, London, November 2011
Dear Dave Magazine, Issue 9, Print, New York, May 2011
American Photo 27, Print, New York, 2011
Flash Forward, Magenta Publishing, Print, Toronto, 2011
London Festival of Photography, Exhibition Catalogue, London, July 2011
2nd Lumix Festival for Young Photojournalism, Exhibition Catalogue, Hannover, June 2010
Flash Forward, Magenta Publishing, Print, Toronto, 2010
American Photo 26, Print, New York, 2010
Communication Arts, "Photography Annual", Print, San Francisco, 2010
NPAC Pictures of the Year, Catalogue, Toronto, 2010
Flash Forward, Magenta Publishing, Print, Toronto, 2009
ARTIST TALKS
International Forensic Photography Symposium, “Impact of the Russia-Ukraine Conflict”, Toronto, Canada, 2024
Wilfrid Laurier University, "War, Culture and Conflict" Department of Global Studies, Waterloo, Canada, 2022
National Geographic x Photoville, “New Authors, Old Histories”, New York, United States, 2021
University of California, San Diego, “Photography and Social Engagement”, San Diego, United States, 2021
Smithsonian National Museum of American History, 1882 Foundation Symposium VII, “Creative Approaches to History and Storytelling”, Washington D.C., United States, 2019
Ontario College of Art & Design University, Portfolio Reviewer, Toronto, Canada, 2016
Ontario College of Art & Design University, Artists Talk, Toronto, Canada, 2015
Ontario College of Art & Design University, Artists Talk, Toronto, Canada, 2015
TRAINING/CERTIFICATIONS
GJS Hostile Environment & Emergency First Aid Training - Conflict/High Risk (HEFAT), Washington, D.C.
The New York Times Adversarial Reporting Training, Brooklyn, NY.
CAL FIRE Safety Training for Journalists