ERIC FONG - EXPOSURE INTERNATIONAL OPEN CALL

My current works examine traces of physical presence, markers of absence and loss, and the transience of existence.

Imprints is a series of photographs of the residues left by birds that have collided with domestic glass windows. Taken in different locations, the gestural marks emerging out of the darkness reflect a fraction of the bird’s flight, arrested through a violent encounter, captured and frozen in time. The powder and dust from the feathers explode from the impact, forming a constellation.

The glass of a window, with its transparent materiality, allows us to connect to the world outside and to nature, yet its solid physicality is also an impenetrable barrier for birds. While offering a connection between the inside and the outside, the glass simultaneously acts as a separating device.

Imprints is therefore an ephemeral reminder of man’s impact on nature and the divisions between us. It invites the viewer to consider both the fragility of existence and our increasingly disconnected relationship with the natural world.

BIOGRAPHY

Eric Fong is a UK-based visual artist. He holds a BFA from York University, Toronto and an MA Fine Art from Goldsmiths College, University of London. He works in a range of media, including photography, film, sculpture, and installation.

Fong has exhibited his work across the UK and internationally, including at Pratt Manhattan Gallery, New York; Ludwig Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest; EAST International, Norwich; London Group Open, Shape Open and Creekside Open, London; Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography, InterAccess, and Gallery TPW, Toronto; and Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton.

Fong’s works are held in private and public collections, including the Arts Council England Collection; The Lightbox Gallery, Woking; and York University, Toronto. He has received exhibition prizes awarded by Victoria Miro at Creekside Open and by Yinka Shonibare at Shape Open, London. He is also a recipient of grants from Arts Council England, the British Council, and the Leverhulme Trust.