CV

Curriculum Vitae (CV)

Alex Chiu

Portland, OR

art.alexchiu@yahoo.com

http://alexdoodles.com

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Visual Arts - Media Major / Studio Minor, 2007

University of California, San Diego

Solo / Featured exhibitions

- Magic Jelly Beans - Stumptown Coffee Roasters, SE Division (Portland, OR | November 2015)

- Unusual Usual - Kisshomaru Shimamura & Alex Chiu Split - Kyoto Gallery (Portland, OR | November 2014)

- Characters – Stumptown Coffee Rosters, Belmont (Portland, OR | March 2014)

- Why So Serious? – The Hollow Gallery (Portland, OR | December 2013)

- Artist Exhibition - Innocean Ad Agency 10 X 10 Space (Huntington Beach, CA | March 2012) 
- Paper Airplanes - Flock Shop (Los Angeles, CA | February 2012)

- Rainbow Warfare - Alex Chiu and Itokin Park Split Show - Grass Hut Gallery (Portland, OR; October 2011)

- Urban Masters - The Hive Gallery, Featured Installation Artist (Los Angeles, CA; July 2011)

- Taffy Colored Clouds - Rothick Art Haus (Anaheim, CA; January 2011)

- Noodles and Doodles – Chuckwa Gallery (Fullerton, CA; October 2009)

- Eyeball Burp – Rothick Art Haus (Anaheim,CA; August 2009)

Group shows 

2015

-  8^th Annual Big 500 - People’s Art of Portland (Portland, OR | Decemeber 2015)

-  Console Wars - Gallery 1988 West (Los Angeles, CA | December 2015)

-  The Post-It Show 11 - GR2 (Los Angeles, CA | December 2015)

-  Instructor Exhibit - Multnomah Arts Center (Portland, OR | November 2015)

-  Ok, Cupid? - Fifty24 PDX / Upper Playground Gallery (Portland, OR | February 2015)

-  Text and Pictures - GR2 (Lost Angeles, CA | January 2015)

2014

- Studio Group Show - True Measure Gallery (Portland, OR | December 2014)

- The Post-It Show 10 - GR2 (Los Angeles, CA | December 2014)

- Instructor Exhibit - Multnomah Arts Center (Portland, OR | November 2014)

- Henry & Glenn - Las Luz De Jesus Gallery (Hollywood, CA | October 2015)

- Holding Opposites - Naming Gallery (Oakland, CA | August 2014)

- Artists Across America (Cured by Daniel Rolnik) - Flower Pepper Gallery (Pasadena, CA | August 2014)

- Instructor’s Exhibit - Walter’s Cultural Arts Center (Hillsboro, OR | July 2014)

- Game Over – GR2 (Los Angeles, CA | June 2014)

- Artists On Board PDX – Refuge (Portland, OR | June 2014)

- Line Attack 3 – The Hive Gallery (Los Angeles, CA | May 2014)

2013

- Multi Matter – GR2 (Los Angeles, CA | December 2013)

- The Post-It Show 9 – GR2 (Los Angeles, CA | December 2013)

- Nostalgia – Pony Club Gallery (Portland, OR | October 2013)

- Instructor Exhibit – Walter’s Cultural Arts Center (Hillsboro, OR | July 2013)

- Line Attack 2 – The Hive Gallery (Los Angeles, CA | May 2013)

- Dig In Your Heels – SoHiTek Gallery (Portland, OR | May 2013)

- Portland as Fuck – Compound Gallery (Portland, OR | February 2013)

- The Portrait Show – Pony Club Gallery (Portland, OR | February 2013)
- Sketchbook Show - Ashmore Gallery (Savannah, GA | January 2012)

2012
- Post-It Show 8 - GR2 (Los Angeles, CA | Dec 2012)
- Dino-Balls! - Grasshut Gallery (Portland, OR | Dec 2012)

- Hive-Zilla – Shinjuku Ganka Garou Gallery (Tokyo, Japan | November 2012)

- Rolling Thunder, Bwana Spoons and Friends – Cotton Candy Machine (Brooklyn, NY | November 2012)

- Get Freaky London – Workshop 44 (London, UK | October 2012)

- Video Game Art Show – Gallery 1988 Venice (Los Angeles, CA | October 2012)

- We’ve Got Issues – WWA Gallery (Culver City, CA | August 2012)

- Combo Attack – Iam8bit Gallery (Los Angeles | August 2012)

- Get Freaky Group Show – Above Second Gallery (Hong Kong | July 2012)

- 3 Year Anniversary Show – Rothick Art Haus (Anaheim, CA | July 2012)

- Super Tetricide – Home Room (Los Angeles, CA | June/July 2012)

- Gave Over – GR2 (Los Angeles, CA | June 2012)

- Line Attack – The Hive Gallery (Los Angeles, CA | May 2012)

- MEMES – Gallery 1988 Venice (Los Angeles, CA | May 2012)

- Nature Calls curated by Bwana Spoons – Subtext Gallery (San Diego, CA | April 2012)

- Monstruo Infante. Exposicion Itinerate – Centro Cultural Palatino (Pasto, Colombia; April 2012)

- Trashed @ Coachella, 8 Year Celebration – LAB Art Gallery (Los Angeles CA | April 2012)
- Stegoforests by Jesse Narens - Grasshut Gallery (Portland, OR; Feb 2012)

- Gallery 1988 X Adult Swim – Gallery 1988 Melrose (Los Angeles, CA; Jan 2012)

- Hive Tarot 3 – Hive Gallery (Los Angeles, CA; Jan 2012)

2011

- Nocturne – Gallery 204 (Vista, CA; Nov 2011)

- Trash – Hold Up Art (Los Angeles, CA; Nov 2011)

- Chain Letter - Shoshana Wayne Gallery (Santa Monica, CA; July 2011)

- G40 2011 - Vitamin Water Uncapped Live (Washington DC; May 2011)

- Venice Clinic Skate and Surf Benefit Show - Track 16 Gallery (Santa Monica, CA; May 2011)

- Zine Fiend - Bookmachine (Fullerton, CA; May 2011)

- Doll Haus: The Modern Matryoshka - Rothick Art Haus (Anaheim, CA; April 2011)

- The New Avatars of Hiveland - The Hive (Los Angeles, CA; April 2011)

- Jackalope IV - The MIME (Los Angeles, CA; March 2011)

- Eat Your Art Out IV - Meltdown Comics (Hollywood, CA; February 2011)

2010

- 2nd Annual Hurley Anti-Canvas Art Show - SOHO Mixed Media Bar (Honolulu, Hawaii; December 2010)

- Unicornucopia - Rothick Art Haus (Anaheim, CA; Decemeber 2010)

- 111 at 111 - 111 Minna Gallery (San Francisco, CA; December 2010)

- Give to Receive - Bluebird Art House (Whittier, CA; November 2010)

- GOB Magazine, The Studio Issue Group Show – Rothick Art Haus (Anaheim, CA; July 2010)

- Drawgasmic - Art Dimensions Gallery (Saint Louis, MO; July 2010)

- Hibbleton All-Stars – Hibbleton Gallery (Fullerton, CA; June 2010)

- Unleashed - Syncronicity (Los Angeles, CA; May 2010)

- Rebornz Room N Board Show – Rothick Art Haus (Anaheim, CA; April 2010)

- Small Favors – Giant Robot New York (New York, NY; March 2010)

- Cannibal Flower – New Puppy Gallery (Los Angeles, CA; March 2010)

- G40: the Summit – Crystal City (Arlington, VA; March 2010)

- Eat You Art Out III – Meltdown Comics (Hollywood, CA, February 2010)

- Year of the Tiger – GR2 (Los Angeles, February 2010)

- For Those Who Know – Speakeasy Studios (Oceanside, CA, January 2010)

2009

- Animal Instincts – the Artery (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2009)

- Eulogy – the Artery (Costa Mesa, CA, October 2009)

- Junk in the Trunk Show - GR2 (West LA, CA, August 2009)

- Grand Opening Art Show – Thumbprint Gallery (San Diego, CA, June 2009)

- Custom Skully Show – Chuckwa Gallery (Fullerton, CA, May 2009)

- Must Be the Fumes – Chuckwa Gallery (Fullerton, CA, March 2009)

2008

- Surfacing – Hibbleton Gallery (Fullerton, CA; November 2008)

- Listen to Your Heart, Islands Fold – MOHS Exhibit (Copenhagen, Denmark; October 2008)

- The Ponies Group Show – Spectrum Project Space (Northbridge, Australia; May 23, 2008)

- Inappropriate Touching – Washington Street Art Center (Boston, MA; February 2008)

2007

- Ray at Night – 504 Gallery (San Diego, November 2007)

Curation

- Art Curator – Southeast Grind Coffee Shop (Portland, OR | February 2013 – December 2013)

- Line Attack – The Hive Gallery (Los Angeles, CA | May 2012)

- Zine Fiend - Bookmachine (Fullerton, CA; May 2011)

- Taffy Colored Clouds Group Show - Rothick Art Haus (Anaheim, CA; January 2011)

Murals & Installation

- Goldsmith Blocks - Ephemeral Gallery - Indoor Mural (Portland, OR | December 2015)

- K-Town BBQ Restaurant - Indoor Mural (Portland, OR | July 2015)

- Multnomah Arts Center - Animation Display Case Installation (Portland, OR | April 2015)

- Pony Club Gallery - Le Cagibi Group Mural - Indoor Mural (Portland, OR | December 2014)

- Southeast Grind Coffeeshop – Indoor Mural (Portland, OR | June 2013)

- Canna House Collective – Indoor Mural (Santa Ana, CA | 2012)

- The Hive Gallery – Indoor Mural Collaboration with Champoy (Los Angeles, CA | 2012)

- FMLY FEST, 2011 – Chuco’s Justice Center – Art Installation (Inglewood, CA | 2011)

- Epicenter Music Festival 2011 – Verizon Amphitheater – Art Installation (Irvine, CA | 2011)

- The Hive Gallery – Indoor Mural (Los Angeles, CA | 2011)

Teaching

Multnomah Arts Center (Portland, OR | 2014 – Present)

- Cartooning (Ages 5-8)

- Animation (Ages 9-12 & Teen-Adult)

- Assistant Teacher - Little Artists Preschool (Ages 3-4)

Glenn & Viola Walters Cultural Arts Center (Hillsboro, OR | 2012 - Present)

- Cartooning & Drawing (Ages 5-8)

                - Animation, Cartooning, Comics, Visual Storytelling, Watercolor (Ages 9-13)

                - Intro to Drawing, Intro to Illustration, Intro to Animation (Ages 14 – Adult) 

                - Animation Camp Instructor, Spring 2013 & Summer 2014

Multnomah County Libraries (Portland, OR | June 2014 – Present)

                - Superhero Drawing, Drawing Animals, Drawing Monsters (Ages 5 – 12)

                -  Teen Animation Series, Flipbooks Workshop, Claymation Workshop, Superhero Comics (Teen)

Independent Publishing Resource Center (Portland, OR | 2013 - 2014)

        - Kids Comics Class (Ages 7-13)

        - Comics Certificate Program Mentor (Winter 2013)

Maya Angelou Community Center (Portland, OR | 2014)

        - After School Arts Programs

Watch Me Draw After School Program (Torrance, CA | 2011-2012)

                - Drawing instructor, K-6

Events

- Presentations/Speaking

- “Creative Couples” Presentation – Walters Cultural Arts Center (Hillsboro, OR | February 2014)

                - Professional Artist Guest Speaker – Trillium Charter School (Portland, OR | December 2013)

- “The Illustrated Book” Guest Lecture - Otis College of Art and Design (Los Angeles, CA) – Guest Speaker (April, 2012)

- Novum, "Art for All" - Avenue 50 Studio (Los Angeles, CA) - Guest Lecturer / Presenter (June 2011)

- Keenan Keller vs. DIY Grad School - The Keller Compound (Los Angeles, CA) - Facilitator (February 2011)

- DIY Grad School Showcase – Den Gallery (Culver City, CA) – Presenter (August 2010)

- Career Fair – Correia Middle School – Presenter / Working Artist (San Diego, CA | August 2009)

- Special Workshops / Teaching

        - Comic Book Camp (3 Day Camp) - Tualatin Library (Tualatin, OR | June 2015)

        - Free Comic Book Day - Kids Comics Workshop - Beaverton Library (Beaverton, OR | May 2015)

                - Comics Class Speaker & Workshop – SUN School - Rigler Elementary (Portland, OR | December, 2013)

- Nomad Lab with Evelyn Serrano - Zine Workshop and Mural Collaboration (Santa Clarita, CA | October 2011)

- Drawing Workshop – Carlsbad Learning Center - Drawing Workshop Instructor (July 2010)

- Indy Euphoria No. 2 (DIY, underground comix, vinyl toy show; Sacramento, CA) – Zine Workshop (June 2010)

- Cartooning Workshop - Carlsbad Learning Center - Workshop Facilitator/Instructor (July 2009)

- Cartooning Workshop - Georgina Cole Library - Workshop Facilitator/Instructor (July 2009)

- Organizer for Collaborative Drawings / Murals

-  Art in the Pearl - Collaborative Drawing Activity - Pearl District Art Festival (Portland, OR | September 2015 & August 2014)

-  Multnomah Days - Kids Zone Collaborative Drawing Activity - Multnomah Arts Center (Portland, OR | August 2014)

-  Intel Family Day - Doodle-Bot Collaborative Drawing Activity - Intel Headquarters (Hillsboro, OR | August 2014)

- Instructor’s Exhibit - Collaborative Art Installation - Walter’s Cultural Arts Center (Hillsboro, OR | July 2014)

- The Projects II – Art and Comics Festival – IPRC (Portland, OR) – Collaborative Animated Time Lapse Mural (August, 2013)

- Collaborative Art Mural Demonstration - Walter’s Cultural Arts Center (Hillsboro, OR | July 2013)

- The Projects – Art and Comics Festival – IPRC (Portland, OR) – Collaboration Mural (October 18-21, 2012)

-  Artistic Performance

                -  Monster Drawing Rally - Portland Art Museum - Live Drawing Event (Portland, OR | August 2015)

-  Psychomagic Album Release - Visual Projections - Mississippi Studios (Portland, OR | December 2014)

-  Gridlords 25 - Hollywood Theater - Animated Puppet Show (Portland, OR | August 2014)

- Gridlords 23, hosted by Short Run – Gallery 1412 – Animated Puppet Show (Seattle, WA |  June 2014)

- Gridlords 22, Pacific NW Animation Festival – Hollywood Theater - Marsuplala Costumed Monster Performance (Portland, OR | May 2014)

- Short Run Small Press Festival - Washington Hall - Marsuplala Costumed Monster Performance (Seattle, WA | November 2013)

- Gridlords 18 - Hollywood Theater – Marsuplala Costumed Monster Performance (Portland, OR | October 2013)

- Gridlords at the Projects PDX II – The Action Adventure Theater – Marsuplala Costumed Monster Performance (Portland, OR | August, 2013)

- Gridlords 12 – Animation and Puppet Performance Showcase – Hollywood Theater (Portland, OR | April 2013)

Projects

-  Eyeball Burp Press – Bi-Annual Publication and Small Press Publishing (http://eyeballburp.com)

-  Marsuplala – Wally Catton and Alex Chiu Performance based costumed collaboration (http://marsuplala.com)

-  Rubber Duckie - A’misa Chiu and Alex Chiu - Performance based Costumed Punk Band

-  Doodle With Me – Collaborative doodling archive (http://doodlewithme.blogspot.com)

Publications / Interviews / Press

- Pure Honey Magazine - Cover Artist (December 2015)

- Vision Quest Comix Paper - Issue 1 (spring 2015), Issue 2 (summer 2015), Issue 3 (fall 2015) - Comics Artist

- Pork Magazine - Issues 18 (Spring 2015), Issue 19 (Summer 2015), Issue 20 (Fall 2015), Issue 21 (winter 2015) - Comic Strip Artist

- Uncle Grandpa Comics - BOOM! Studios - Issue 1 (Oct. 2014), Issue 2 (Nov. 2014), Issue 3 (Dec. 2014), Pizza Steve Special (June 2015) - Contributing Artist

- Hopital Brut 10 – Le Dernier Cri – Contributing Artist (June 2014)

- Henry and Glenn Forever & Ever Book – Microcosm Press – Pinup Artwork (June 2014)

- Pop Ook Number 2 – Plastic Factory Records - Edited by Hamo Bahnam (February 2014)

- The Bear Deluxe 35 – Cover Art (Dec 2013)

- Other Worlds (Gridlords Anthology) – Contributing Artist (October 2013)

- Slow Toast Volume 1 – The Entropy Issue - Cover Artist & Contributing Artist (August 2013)

- Henry & Glenn Forever & Ever #3 - Pinup Artist (September 2013)

- Galactic Breakdown #5 Part 2 – Pinup Artist (August 2013)

-  ALL-STAR mutherfuckin' ROIDS – Drippy Bone Books – August 2013

- Master P’s Theater – Free Comic Book Day Comic – April 2013

- Gridlords Interview – interviewed by Sean Christensen for Gridlords 12 - April 2013

- Gua Gua Apocalipticas – Weird Lines - Contributing Artist – December 2012

- The Portland Mercury,

“The Marijuana Guide” – Cover Artwork and 9 Spot Illustrations (April 2014)

“Bombs Away?” – Editorial Illustration – January 22, 2014

“A Temporary Armistice” – Editorial Illustration - December 5, 2012

“Clash of the Cabbies” – Editorial Illustration – Vol. 13, No. 21 (October 11-17, 2012)

- AlŒil Fanzine No.2 (July 2012), Mo. 3 (January 2014)– Contributing Artist

- Juxtapoz Illustration Blog – Featured Artist (July 6, 2012)

- Barbacoa Magazine Issue 2 (June 2012). Issue 3 (August 2013), Issue 4 (March 2014)– Contributing Artist

- Get Freaky Magazine Issue 6 (May 2012), Issue 7 (July 2012), Cagibi Getfreaky (April 2013), Issue 10 (Nov. 2014), Issue 11 (June 2014) – Contributing Artist
- DisColouring Book #1 - Contributing Artist (Nov 2011)

- Featured Artist Video by JSalvador Designs, (http://vimeo.com/30441549) (October 2011)

- PORK Magazine - Interview and Artwork (March/April 2011)

- Daily Breeze, South Bay News – Article by Sylvia Masuda (July 16, 2010)

- GOB Magazine, Issue 4: The Studio Issue - Featured Artist (July, 2010)

- Good Vs. Evil Issue 5: Man Vs. Metal – Contributing Artist (June, 2010)

- The UCSD Guardian – article and photographs (March 5, 2009)

- Color Ink Book (Issue 2) – Contributing Artist (February 2009)

- Chocolate Milk and Doughnut Doodles - Neko Press Comics – Alex Chiu’s book of illustrations (Feb 2008)

Client List

- BOOM! Studios – Uncle Grandpa Comic (Comic Book Publisher)

- Hurley Apparel (clothing company)

- Volcom Stone Apparel (clothing company)

- Deviant Art (Art Website)

- Innocean USA (Advertising Agency)

- Global Inheritance / Coachella Music Festival

- The Portland Mercury (Weekly Newspaper)

- The Bear Deluxe Magazine

- French Fourch (Publishing Company)

- Epicenter Music Festival / Live Nation (events company)
- FMLY FEST (music festival)

- Bydfault (Clothing Company)

- Neko Press Comics (publishing company)

- Glenn & Viola Walters Cultural Arts Center

- The Independent Publishing Resource Center

- Multnomah County Libraries

- SUPERB Concerts, UC Berkeley (events)

- UCLA Asian American Studies Center

- Woodland Hills Private School (Primary School)

- KXLU 88.9 FM Los Angeles (Radio Station) 

- KSDT Radio (UCSD radio station)

- Southeast Grind (Coffee Shop)

- Ausland Schlage (Record Label)

- Denizen Kane (Hip-Hop artist, Oakland)

- Psychomagic (Rock & Roll Band)

- Dr. Rek (Musician)

- Mista Cookie Jar (musician)

- Gridlords (Comics Publishing and Events)

- Goldsmith Blocks (Artist Studio and Office Spaces)