Tony Yin Tak Chu
Richmond, BC, Canada
About Tony Yin Tak Chu
Tony is a Chinese Installation artist, currently resides in BC, Canada. He relocated his family from Hong Kong in 1996. After graduating from the Visual Arts program at ECIAD in 2006, he continued his education by doing additional First Nations and Asian art history courses at UBC. Started as a painter, Tony moved into Installation Art in 2010. In January of 2011, Tony made his first installation art at Richmond's Lansdowne Shopping Centre, and that started the journey into articulating spaces within a white cube or in an open space. Influenced by the Combines, he made two Cargo Container Arts at the PNE in 2011 and at the Richmond International Film Festival in 2012.
Education:
2006 2009 UBC-Additional Art History Courses
2004 2006 ECIAD-BFA Major in Visual Arts
2000 2004 Langara College-Diploma of Fine Arts
EXHIBITION CATALOGUES
2014 Tree: Literal and Figurative
2010 Lighthouse Wire Magazine Vol. 8 2010 (Untitled #32)
2007 Emily Carr Interprets Luis Barragan Exhibition Catalogue
2006 Cambridge Houses Showcase for the Visual Arts Catalogue
Exhibitions:
ARTIST TALKS
01. 2014 Tree: Literal and Figurative @ CCC Museum, Vancouver
01. 2009 Mountains and Rivers @ Britannia Community Center
01. 2008 Mountains and Rivers @ Maple Ridge Art Gallery
INSTALLATION and PUBLIC ART
07.2012 Materialization: Richmond International Media Arts Festival
04.2012 Cultural Warrior @ MCL Motor Cars, 1730 Burrard, Vancouver
08.2011 PNE Container Art 2011
04.2011 Epistolary @ Hunter Bisset Gallery
02.2011 VIEW: an installation of shOPART @ Lansdowne Centre
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
09. 2014 Tree: Grows @ Richmond Community Center
12. 2013 Tree: Prelude @ Gateway Theatre
10. 2013 Commercial Drive @ Britannia Art Gallery (curated by Haruko Okano)
05. 2013 Chinatown: A Drawing Installation @ Basic Gallery, Vancouver
01. 2013 Paintings and Installation @ CCC Museum, Vancouver
03. 2012 Wine Coffee and Black @ Gateway Theatre, Richmond
01. 2012 Tony Yin Tak Chu @ Basic Gallery, Vancouver
05. 2011 Tony Yin Tak Chu @ Hunter Bisset Gallery
04. 2011 Joy of Drawing @ Richmond City Hall
01. 2010 Wine, Coffee and Black @ Gateway Theatre
05. 2009 Wine, Coffee and Black @ Waterfront Theatre
01. 2009 Landscapes and Calligraphy @ Campbell River Discovery Gallery (curated by Manon Staiger)
09. 2008 Mountains and Rivers @ Place Des Arts. Coquitlam
03. 2008 Mountains and Rivers @ Richmond City Hall
01. 2008 Mountains and Rivers @ Maple Ridge Art Gallery (curated by Filio Kondylis)
06. 2006 24 Panels @ Public House Library Square. Vancouver (curated by Ghazal Ghodsi)
