Alex
Chiu
Los
Angeles, CA, USA
Education
Bachelor
of Arts, Visual Arts, 2007
University
of California, San Diego
Solo / Featured exhibitions
2012
- Artist Exhibition - Innocean 10 X 10
Space (Huntington Beach, CA | March 2012)
- Paper Airplanes - Flock Shop (Los Angeles, CA | February 2012)
- Paper Airplanes - Flock Shop (Los Angeles, CA | February 2012)
2011
- 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)
2009
- Noodles and Doodles – Chuckwa
Gallery (Fullerton, CA; October 2009)
- Eyeball Burp – Rothick Art Haus
(Anaheim,CA; August 2009)
Group
shows
2012
- Game Over - GR2 (Santa Monica, CA | June 2012)
- Line Attack – The Hive Gallery
(Los Angeles, CA | May 2012)
- MEMES – Gallery 1988 Melrose (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)
- 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
- 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)
- The Traveling Eyeball Show -
Neighborhood Grinds (Redondo Beach, CA; September 2010)
- DIY Grad School Showcase Event –
Den Gallery (Culver City, CA; August 2010)
- Attack of the Megalodon –
Neighborhood Grinds (Redondo Beach, CA; July 2010)
- FLASH – Gardena Dance Studio
(Gardena, CA; May 2010)
- Let’s Get Loose, Music and Art
Show – Porter’s Pub (La Jolla, March 2009)
- Let’s Be Buddies, Music and Art
show – Porter’s Pub (La Jolla, August 2008)
Client List
- Hurley Apparel (clothing company)
- Volcom Stone Apparel (clothing
company)
- Deviant Art (Art Website)
- Deviant Art (Art Website)
- Innocean USA (Advertising Agency)
- French Fourch (Publishing
Company)
- Global Inheritance / Coachella
Music Festival
- Epicenter Music Festival
- FMLY
- LA Zine Fest
- Epicenter Music Festival
- FMLY
- LA Zine Fest
- Moodberry (clothing company)
- Neko Press Comics (publishing
company)
- Denizen Kane (Hip-Hop artist,
Oakland)
- SUPERB Concerts, UC Berkeley
(events)
- UCLA Asian American Studies Center
- KSDT Radio (UCSD radio station)
- Cuartro Dias (wine company)
- Mista Cookie Jar (musician)
- Put On The Glasses (webdesign
company)
- Black Thread Method (clothing and
lifestyle company)
Projects
Publications / Interviews / Press
- Get Freaky Magazine 6 –
Contributing Artist (May 2012)
- DisColouring Book #1 - Contributing Artist (Nov 2011)
- Creaturemag.com - Artist Spotlight #61 (October 2011)
- DisColouring Book #1 - Contributing Artist (Nov 2011)
- Creaturemag.com - Artist Spotlight #61 (October 2011)
- Grass Hut Art Market Blog - Artist
Interview (September 2011)
- Saatchi Online Magazine
(http://magazine.saatchionline.com) - Featured Interview (May 2011)
- PORK Magazine - Interview and
Artwork (March/April 2011)
- Volcom Online – Featured Volcom
Artist (September, 2010)
- Drawgasmic, Cranky Yellow
Publishing – Contributing Artist (July 2010)
- 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)
- Group Poop – Editor and
Contributing Artist (June, 2010)
- ColorInkBook.com – Artist
Interview (May 24, 2010)
- Against the Grain Interview,
Hurley website (September 2009)
- Embrosyst, Issue 4 “Witty”
(http://www.embrosyst.com) – Interview and Artwork (March, 2009)
- 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 – artwork (Feb 2008)
Events
- Coachella Music Festival 2012 –
Custom Recycling Bin for Trashed @ Coachella (Indio, CA | April 2012)
- “The Illustrated Book” Guest
Lecture Series - Otis College of Art and Design (Los Angeles, CA) – Guest
Speaker
- FMLY FEST (Music Festival) - Chuco's Justice Center (Inglewood, CA) - Installation Artist (December 2011)
- FMLY FEST (Music Festival) - Chuco's Justice Center (Inglewood, CA) - Installation Artist (December 2011)
- Nomad Lab with Evelyn Serrano -
The Village Apartments (Santa Clarita, CA) - Zine Workshop and Mural
Collaboration (October 2011)
- Epicenter 2011 - Verizon
Amphitheater (Irvine, CA) - Installation Artist (Sept 2011)
- 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 Event –
Den Gallery (Culver City, CA) – Presenter / MFA Candidate (August
2010)
- 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)
- FLASH – Gardena Dance Studio - Art
Curator, Video Artist, and Music Performer (Gardena, CA; May 2010)
- Cartooning Workshop
- Carlsbad Learning Center
- Workshop Facilitator/Instructor (July 2009)
- Cartooning Workshop - Georgina
Cole Library - Workshop Facilitator/Instructor (July 2009)
- San Diego Comic-Con International
2008 – Guest artist for Neko Press Comics (July 2008)
- San Francisco Wonder-Con – guest
artist for Neko Press Comics (February, 2008)
