Born and raised in Canada, Christine Cheung was the 2006 recipient of the Joseph Beuys Scholarship at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design where she completed graduate studies. Her paintings are exhibited regularly across Canada and internationally, and belong to numerous collections including the Alberta Foundation for the Arts. She has recently been artist-in-residence at Red Gate Studios (Beijing), Compeung (Thailand), Jogja National Museum (Indonesia), Struts Gallery (New Brunswick, AIR KREMS (Lower Austria). In 2008, she was awarded a production grant from the Alberta Foundation for the Arts and Canada Council of the Arts. She recently won the Alberta Lieutenant Governor General's Emerging Artist Award. In 2010, she will be producing work at a residency in Norway.