Eric Fong is a multimedia artist, and his practice is driven by a keen interest in the juncture between art, science, and medicine, informed by his experience as a former medic.
His process involves in-depth research and interdisciplinary collaboration. The topics he has explored include mental illness, disfigurement, blindness, forensic anthropology, and the phantom limb phenomenon.
Fong holds an MA Fine Art from Goldsmiths College, and has exhibited across the UK and internationally, including Pratt Manhattan Gallery, New York; Ludwig Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest; EAST International, Norwich; London; Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography, Toronto; Exposure Photography Festival, Contemporary Calgary; RBSA Gallery, Birmingham; Royal West of England Gallery, Bristol; Shape Open and Creekside Open, Espacio Gallery, Nunnery Gallery, and Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London; and numerous international film festivals.
Fong has received numerous prizes, including RBSA Photography Prize, Birmingham, exhibition prizes awarded by Victoria Miro at Creekside Open and by Yinka Shonibare MBE at Shape Open. His was included in the Aesthetica Future Now anthology 2021.
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 is also a recipient of grants from Arts Council England, British Council, Leverhulme Trust and King’s College London.
