Chu Chu

BIOGRAPHY
1975    Born in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
1980    Started to learn Chinese ink painting
2000    BA, Major in Oil Painting, China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China
Curator, Hangzhou group exhibition for 6 female artists Untitled, 2000 Present
2007    MA, New Media, China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China, studied under Jiao Jian
Lecturer, Department of Art, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
2015    PhD, Calligraphy, China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China, studied under Wang Dongling
Jury, 25th National Photographic Art Exhibition, China Millennium Monument, Beijing, China
2016    Guest professor, Faculty of Humanities, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
Associate professor, Research Centre of Modern Calligraphy, China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China
2017    Christie's produced a video about Chu Chu's art
2018    Featured by Poetry Calligraphy Painting Quarterly No.2, Beijing, China
2020    Featured by Shanghai Photography, 1st issue 2020, Shanghai, China
Potry and All Things, Dialogue with Chu Chu Live-streaming, Hangzhou, China
Chu Chu: Photography and Multi-media, a talk of Chu Chu's new works, Department of Art, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
2022    Waving Clouds and Flwoing River cross media performance, Four Seasons Hotel Hangzhou at West Lake, Hangzhou, China
Present    Vice Secretary, Lanting Calligraphy Society, Hangzhou, China
Vice President, Zhejiang Female Calligraphers Association, Hangzhou, China
Vice President, Zhejiang Culture and Tourism Photographers Association, Hangzhou, China

• Chu Chu: Awakening, Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong

• Rose and Pararkeet, Qiushui Villa, Hangzhou, China
• The Only Green: Chu Chu Solo Exhibition, Four Seasons Hotel Hangzhou at West Lake, Hangzhou, China 

• The Whole Creation: Multi-coloured 21g, Shadowless Art Space, Hangzhou, China 

• Kiss & Beauty, Yinno Living Art Gallery, Hangzhou, China 
  

• Images of Objects: Photographic Calligraphy by Chu Chu, Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong

• Material Immaterial, 3 Gallery, Beijing; Kunst Licht, Shanghai, China

• About Material: Solo Exhibition of New Media, Photography, Calligraphy, Hanhouse Art Museum, Hangzhou, China

• Material Immaterial, Hihey.com, Beijing, China

• It’s Not It, OFOTO Gallery, Shanghai, China

• Beyond Tradition: The Metamorphosis of Chinese Art, Alisan Fine Arts, Cromwell Place, London, UK

• Ink Asia, Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong

• Poetic Jiangnan·Dynamic Zhejiang: New Landscape Photographic Art Exhibition, Gongwang Art Museum, Hangzhou, China
• Psychegraphics: Rejuvenating Contemporary Ink Art, Xiamen Chao Kuang Art Museum, Xiamen, China
• New Calligraphy for the Times: 20th Anniversary of Modern Calligraphy Research Centre of China Academy of Art, Yuan Art Museum, Hangzhou, China
• Kunming Art Biennale: Writing and Boundary, Yunnan Art Museum, Kunming, China
• Ink Alchemy: Beyond Tradition, Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong

• Summoning Memories: Art Beyond Chinese Traditions, Asia Society Texas, Houston, USA

• Wandering Through Nature: 3rd Art Scene of West Lake Photography Exhibition, Gongwang Art Museum, Hangzhou, China
• THROUGH THE LENSES, Alisan Fine Arts-Aberdeen, Hong Kong

• In the Name of Flowers, T Contemporary Art Centre, Changsha, China

• Six-A-Side Exhibition: Mount Mogan Resident Art Season, Chaoyang Cultural Hall at Xiaoxi Street, Huzhou, China
• Lanting Calligraphy Society Biennial, Zhejiang Exhibition Hall, Hangzhou, China
• Out of the Shadows: Contemporary Chinese Photography, Museum of Photgraphic Art, San Diego, USA
• Walking Scenery, Moganshan Homestay Space, Shanghai, China

• Taipei Dangdai, Alisan Fine Arts, Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center, Taipei, Taiwan

2019  

• Group Exhibition, Chinese Art Gallery, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, USA

• Writing Non-writing: Hangzhou International Modern Calligraphy Exhibition, Art Museum of China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China

• Women Ink | China Hong Kong, Alisan Fine Arts-Central, Hong Kong

• Art West Lake · The 2nd International Ink Wash Fair, Hangzhou Peace International Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hangzhou, China

• Art Basel Hong Kong, Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong

2018

• 40 Years of Chinese Contemporary Photography, OCAT Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China

• 2018 Art Weihai: Research Exhibition of Famous Contemporary Ink Artists, Weihai Art Museum, Qingdao, China

• The Voice of the Brush Part 2, Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong
• HOPE A charity exhibition celebrating the works of outstanding contemporary Chinese women artists, Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong
  
• Photo Fairs Shanghai, Shanghai Exhibition Centre, Shanghai, China

2017

• In Flux: Chinese Contemporary Art, Art Basel Hong Kong, Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong

2016  

• Contemporary Landscapes: From Modern Classics to the New Vanguard, Art Basel Hong Kong, Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong

• Writing Non-writing, China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China
• Tracing the Brush, Transformed Text, Inauguration of Ink Asia, Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
• 2nd Three Shadows Experimental Image Open Exhibition, Beijing, China

2014  

• Beyond the Jade Terrace, Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong
• FOTO Fever Paris, Grand Palais, Paris, France
• Photo Paris, Louvre, Paris, France

• International Biennial of Lanting Calligraphy Commune, Zhejiang Art Museum, Hangzhou, China
• Zhejiang Contemporary Photography Exhibition by New Artists, Hangzhou, China
• Material-Word, Bottega Veneta Art Space, Shanghai, China
• In situ: Exposition Photo Revelation, Paris, France
• Impression of Pudong: Exhibition by New Artists, Pudong Library, Shanghai, China
• Jetlag: New Media Exhibition, Hannover Exhibition Centre, Hanover, Germany
• Tokyo Photo 2012: International Photography Fair, Tokyo Midtown Hall, Tokyo, Japan
• Calligraphy Exhibition by Chinese Young Artists, Jinhua, China

2011   

• Midsummer, OFOTO Gallery, Shanghai, China
• Fantasy: 3rd Dali International Photography Exhibition, Dali, China
• Contemporary Photography in China, Tasveer Studio, India
• Photo LA+Art LA Projects: Art Fair, Los Angeles, USA

2010   

• Contemporary Photography in China, AKI Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
• Beyond the Body: Contemporary Video Exhibition, MOCA, Shanghai, China
• 1st Jimei International Contemporary Art Festival, Art Museum of Jimei University, Xiamen, China
• Another Landscape: 1st Photography Annual Exhibition by xitek.com, Inter Art Centre, 798 Art Zone, Beijing; ESPON Gallery, Moganshan Art Zone, Shanghai; Dali, China

• Moving, Likailin Contemporary Fine Art Gallery, Manchester, UK
• Photo Beijing, Agricultural Exhibition Centre of China, Beijing, China

2008

• Genius, Shopping Gallery, Shanghai, China
• Creative Women Unite, Houston, USA
• It's Not It, OFOTO gallery, Shanghai, China

• The Light of Searching and the Lotus at Dawn: 12th Lishui International Photography Festival, Photography Museum of Lishui, Lishui, China
• It's Not It Tool: 3rd Lianzhou International Photography Festival, Lianzhou Culture Centre, Lianzhou, China
• A Glance: Ten Viewers of the West Lake, Tne China Academy of Art "Mixed Reality" Post-Graduate Exhibition, China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China
• The Alchemy Shadow, Lianzhou, China

2006   

• It's Not It Tool: Light and Shade, China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China
• L’ Art de Produire Art Exhibition, Pompidou Centre, Paris, France

2005  

• China, Green: 1st Video Festival, Ag-Art Loft, Hangzhou, China
• Thoughts are Seen, Hangzhou, China

2004

• New Media Arts Festival, China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China

2003

• 3rd National Chinese Young Artists Exhibition, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China

2001 

• New Century Oil Painting Exhibition, Hangzhou, China

2000

• 2nd Round of Salon Youth Outreach, Hangzhou, China
• Untitled, 2000 Present: Six Female Artists Group Exhibition, Hangzhou, China

SELECTED AWARDS 
2011   Shiseido Prize of Best Female Photographer, Three Shadows Photography Award, Beijing, China
2010   Yearly Cutting-edge Photographer, selected by www.xitek.com, Beijing, China
2006   Creative Award of New Media, China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China
2001   Excellent Works Award, New Century Oil Painting Exhibition, Hangzhou, China
2000   Excellent Works Award, Zhao Mengfu Prize, National Painting Competition, China

SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, USA
Pompidou Centre, Paris, France
Stavanger Kunstmuseum, Stavanger, Norway
Shanghai Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai, China
Three Shadows Photography Art Centre, Shanghai, China

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2023   Photographic Apocalypse, Zhejiang Photographic Press, Zhejiang, China
2022   Rose and Parakeet, Writing Non-writing Culture and Art, Hangzhou, China
2022   Photography Inspiration, Zhejiang Photographic Press, Hangzhou, China
2019   Xunzhao Taohuayuan, Hangzhou Press, Hangzhou, China
2016   Wuwufeishi - Chu Chu, Jianghong Museum of Art, Hangzhou, China
2014   Beyond the Jade Terrace, Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong
2014   Chu Chu Photography: MATERIAL IMMATERIAL 2014, +3 Gallery, Beijing, China
2013   The Adjustment of Controversies, Zhejiang, China
2011   Contemporary Chinese Photography, China Youth Publishing Group, China
2010   25 Cutting-edge Chinese Photographer, Zhejiang Photographic Press, China
2008   Chu Chu, China Academy of Art Press, Hangzhou, China
1997   Poem “Xiangdie” was published in Genesis periodical, overseas & Poem “Bottle” was published in Author periodical