陳育強在一九五九年生於香港，一九八三年畢業於香港中文大學藝術系，其後於美國鶴溪藝術學院取得藝術碩士銜，一九八九起任教於香港中文大學藝術系，現為該系副教授，曾負責《香港藝術年鑑》編輯工作多年。自一九八三年起，陳育強曾在香港及海外參與逾七十個展覽，其中包括：一九九六年澳洲第二屆亞太當代藝術三年展、一九九七年東京和多利藝術館中國現代美術展及二零零五年意大利第五十一屆威尼斯雙年展，作品曾於美國、德國、澳洲、意大利、紐西蘭、日本、韓國、中國大陸和台灣等地展出。二零零三年，陳育強在香港藝術中心舉行了他第三次個人作品展，並在Para/Site藝術空間舉行了回顧展。近年，他的興趣更擴展到公共藝術領域。他的作品屢獲獎項，包括一九九九年香港公眾藝術計劃比賽首獎，以及同年德國漢諾威世界博覽會藝術比賽第二名。

Born in 1959, Chan graduated from the Department of Fine Arts, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) in 1983. He returned to teach at CUHK after obtaining his M.F.A. from Cranbrook Academy of Art, Michigan, the U.S.A. Currently Associate Professor at CUHK, Chan has been the co-editor of Hong Kong Visual Arts Yearbook in 1999, 2000 and 2003. He has participated in more than 70 exhibitions at home and abroad including the Second Asia Pacific Triennial in Australia in 1996, “Chinese Contemporary Art” exhibition at the Watari-um in Tokyo in 1997 and the 51st Venice Biennale in Italy in 2005. In 2003, Chan was invited to hold his third solo exhibition at the Hong Kong Arts Centre and a retrospective exhibition in Para/Site Art Space. In recent years, his interest has extended to public art. Chan received the first prize in the Hong Kong Public Art Scheme and was the first runner-up in the World Expo Art Competition in