Clara Cheung
Clara Cheung Ka-lai is a Hong Kong artist and activist, co-founder of the C&G Artpartment gallery.
Career
C&G Artpartment
In 2007, Cheung co-founded C&G Artpartment with her husband, Gum Cheng Yee Man. Located in a tong lau-style apartment building in Mong Kok, the gallery hosted over 80 art exhibitions between 2007 and 2021.Wan Chai District Council
In the 2019 Hong Kong local elections, Cheung was elected as a member of the Wan Chai District Council for the Happy Valley Constituency. Cheung was among a number of artists elected to district councils in the election, which were a landslide in favor of Hong Kong's pro-democracy camp.Cheung from January 2020 until her resignation in July 2021 due to political threats in Hong Kong.
Exile
Following her resignation, her family went into exile in the United Kingdom, settling in Sheffield.In 2023, Cheung and Gum launched "Harcourt Road", a community art project comparing the histories of Harcourt Road in Sheffield and Hong Kong.