Richard Fung

Richard Fung
Sea in the Blood, 2000, 26 min., colour video
Born1954 (age 69–70)
Port of Spain, Trinidad
NationalityCanadian
Known forVideo artist
Notable workSea in the Blood, 2000
AwardsBell Canada Award for Outstanding Achievement in Video Art

Richard Fung (born 1954) is a video artist, writer, public intellectual and theorist who currently lives and works in Toronto, Ontario. He was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad and is openly gay.[1]

Fung was a professor at OCAD University.[2][3] He earned an undergraduate degree at the University of Toronto, and received a MEd in sociology and cultural studies at University of Toronto.[4]

Fung's work in video explores the role of Asian men in gay pornography, while addressing the intersections between colonialism, immigration, racism, homophobia, and AIDS. Many of his works have been presented at venues in Canada and the United States of America.[4]

Fung is an activist and founded the Toronto-based organization Gay Asians of Toronto in 1980.[5]

In 2019, he was presented the Bonham Centre Award from The Mark S. Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies, University of Toronto, for his contributions to the advancement and education of issues around sexual identification.[6]

  1. ^ Gross, Larry P; Woods, James D (1999), The Columbia Reader on Lesbians and Gay Men in Media, Society, & Politics, Columbia University Press, p. 519, ISBN 0-231-10446-4
  2. ^ OCAD University (December 9, 2012). "Faculty of Art – Faculty Members". Retrieved 2014-07-24.
  3. ^ Onsite [at] OCAD U (2014). "Generations of Queer" (PDF) (Exhibition catalogue). p. 11. Retrieved 2014-07-24.
  4. ^ a b "Biography". Richard Fung. Archived from the original on February 19, 2010. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
  5. ^ Gay Asians of Toronto. (1998). Gay Asians of Toronto Membership Brochure. The ArQuives: Canada's LGBTQ2+ Archives.
  6. ^ "2019 Bonham Centre Gala Award Recipients".