1963 Born in Hong Kong
1983-84 Croydon College of Art, London
1984-87 Goldsmiths College, London
1991 Shortlisted for the Turner Prize, Tate Britain, London
1993 Shortlisted for the Eliette von Karajan Prize for Young Painters, Austria
2002 Elected to the Royal Academy of Arts, London
2002-05 Shadowland, Tate Modern Restaurant Commission, London
2003 Signal, Commission for BBC Broadcasting House Public Art Programme, London
2005 Master Artist in Residence Program, Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, U.S.
2005-09 Appointed Tate Artist Trustee, London
2007 Shortlisted for the Charles Wollaston Award, The 239th Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London
2010 Curator of Invited Room, The 242nd Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London
2011-13 Tate Members’ Artist Commission, Tate, U.K.
2011-15 Appointed Professor of Painting for the Royal Academy Schools, London
2015 Awarded Honorary Fellowship, Goldsmiths, University of London, London
Lives and works in London