About Yiu-Wai Chu, Pricechu   Email : pricechu@gmail.com   IG : pricechu

Yiu-Wai Chu, Pricechu is a Hong Kong artist, maker and designer based in Sheffield, UK. Chu graduated from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University SPEED in 2007 with a Bachelor of Arts in Apply and Media Art. He was a part-time lecturer in HK Design Institute and HKU School of Professional and Continuing Education (HKU SPACE). He has participated in numerous art exhibitions and held workshops in Hong Kong, the UK and overseas. By exploring the relationship between mammonist and the aesthetics of machinery, his artwork is mainly in a form of new media art, printmaking and woodworking in response to social and cultural issues. His works have been collected by private collectors, shopping centres and the Hong Kong Art Centre.

Biography

2024 Aug. “A Decade with Umbrella Revolution and Dignity” Art & Documentation Exhibition in Asgard Groceries, Altrincham, United Kingdom (Presented by Bonham Tree Aid)
2023 Sep. “Journeys from the East to Sheffield - ESEA Heritage Month 2023” Art Exhibition in Arthouse, Sheffield, United Kingdom (Presented by besea.n)
2023 Mar. “Strange Faces in the Mirror” Art Exhibition in Manchester, United Kingdom (Presented by HK Cultural Community)
2021 Sep. “I won’t suicide declarations, 2019 Hong Kong” Documentation and Art Exhibition in Manchester, United Kingdom (Presented by Athena’s Army)
2020 Feb. “MERRY-GO-ROUND” Public Art Exhibition in Hong Kong Worfu Shopping Mall (Presented by Worfu)
2018 Nov. “THE” Survey Exhibition in Cattle Depot Artist Village Hong Kong (Presented by C&G Artpartment)
2017 Oct. Art Next Expo - Promoted Local Young Artists Art Exhibition in PMQ Hong Kong (Presented by Art Next HK)
2017 May. Young Talent Hong Kong - Art Exhibition in Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (Presented by Affordable Art Fair HK)
2017 Mar. The 22nd ifva Awards - Media Art Category Finalist Exhibition (Presented by Hong Kong Art Center)
2016 Oct. “encoutners: Bori Bunder” International Public Art Festival in Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST) Mumbai, India (Presented by Artoxygen Mumbai & Art Together HK)
2015 Sep. “Sai Ying Pun Layman Life” Exhibition in Hong Kong (Presented by Conservancy Association Centre for Heritage)
2013 Sep. - 2015 Aug. "After One Hundred” Art Project in HK Oi! ( Presented by Art Promotion Office, “Sparkle” Series)
2012 Sep. “Official Retraining Scheme” Conceptual Art Exhibition in HK C&G Artpartment (Presented by C&G Artpartment)
2012 Feb. "Head of HKSAR. Made in Hong Kong" Art exhibition at Cattle Depot Artist Village's Artist Commune (Presented by Artist Commune)
2011 Nov. “The Ten Practices” Documentation of Performance Art Internships at HK Art Center (Presented by Project226)
2011 Oct. “Primitive Craftmentship‧Contemporary Mechanism” Art exhibition in HK Artist Commune (Presented by STRA, Co-presented by C&G Artpartment)
2010 Oct. "Joint Exhibition HK+GZ - Walking to Canton x Canton Canton" Art Exhibition of City Festival 2010 (Co-presented by Hong Kong Fringe Club, JCCAC and Fei Gallery from Guangzhou)
2010 Feb. "iNTER-GROW" Interactive Projection Artwork Commissioned by Associated International Hotels Ltd, iSquare, Hong Kong
2007 Jul. “Socially Yours” Alternative Design Networking Seminar (Hong Kong Design Community, School of Indigenous Creativity)
2007 Jul. "One way" Art exhibition in Shenzhen, China (Presented by Shen zhen Free Art House)
2005 Nov. “Beyond: an extraordinary space of experimentation for modernization” The Second Guangzhou Triennial (Presented by Guangdong Museum of Art)
2005 Apr. “On the Move” 1st event Performance Art in Hong Kong (Presented by Asian People’s Theatre Festival Society)
2003 Nov. “Four Point Perspectives” Art exhibition in Hong Kong (Presented by Artist Commune M63 Hong Kong)
2002 Oct. “Dissmilation from Material to Mind” Art exhibition in Kunming, China. [Presented by: Upriver Loft, RES ARTIS (China)]
2002 Aug. “Baihua Qifang” Art exhibition in Hong Kong (Hong Kong Heritage Museum)