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Elaine Chiu was born in Hong Kong in 1996.

She lives and works in Hong Kong.

Biography

Elaine Chiu explores memories and identities of urban environments through paintings, on-location sketching and performances. She is enlisted in Forbes 30 under 30 Asia in 2023. Elaine attained her bachelor's degree in art history and sociology at the University of Hong Kong in 2018, receiving the Talent Development Scholarship (2015) and Out Reaching Award (2016) from the Hong Kong SAR Government Scholarship Fund. 

Her recent solo exhibitions include “Before Memories Expire” and “The Memory Library” at JPS Gallery in Hong Kong (2021); Recent artist talks include Phillips Auctions (2023); Asia Society at Art Central (2022), Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office (New York) (2020), and The University of Hong Kong (2021). Permanent collections include The University Museum and Art Gallery (UMAG), HKU; K11 Art Foundation and Société Générale Hong Kong. Artist projects include Vivid Sydney (2018), Hong Kong GeoPark (2019), and HKU Heritage Sights and Sites (2022). Her first publication "Before Memories Expire -- Hong Kong Cityscape's Aesthetics and Impression" is published by Chung Hwa Publishing in 2023.

Solo Exhibitions

2021

Before Memories Expire & The Memory Library, JPS Art Gallery, Hong Kong

 

2019

Signs and the City. Eslite Bookstore, Hong Kong

Signs of Our Times, Parklane Hotel, Hong Kong

 

2018

A Self Portrait of Hong Kong. Le Meridien Cyberport, Hong Kong

2017

Street and Seek, Hotel Jen HK, Hong Kong

 

2016

Heartbeats in Hong Kong, MTR Arttube, Hong Kong

Group Exhibitions

2023

Phillips Modern and Contemporary Art, Phillips Asia Headquarters, Hong Kong

Art Shenzhen, Lucie Fine Arts, China

Interwoven, Dray Walk Gallery, London

Confluence of Voices, Art Centre, Hong Kong

Design Trust "The Art of Presence", Regent Hotel Hong Kong

Sweeping Vistas, JPS Gallery Hong Kong

 

2022 

Bonjour Pairs, JPS Gallery Paris, France

Art Central, HKCEC, Hong Kong

2021

MUSEUM BELOWGROUND, Landmark, Hong Kong

Para Site's Silver Jubilee Auction, Hong Kong

MAKE A WISH, Landmark, Hong Kong

2020

Here and Now, JPS Art Gallery, Hong Kong

Annual Fundraiser Auction on ArtsyHong Kong Art Gallery Association (HKAGA)

SILENT ART TOKYO, JPS Art Gallery, Tokyo

GIRL POWER, JPS Art Gallery, Tokyo

UNWRAPPED, JPS Art Gallery, Tokyo

2019

The New Page, JPS Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

Modern Art of Floating World Exhibition, K11, Hong Kong


2017

Oxford International Art Fair, Oxford Town Hall, United Kingdom

Residency and Awards

2023
Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia list – Class of 2023

2022
DOOOR Residencythe Shophouse Hong Kong
Société Générale's Call for Artist Programme: Winning Artwork

2016
Out Reaching AwardHKSAR Government Scholarship Fund 2015-16

2015
Talent Development Scholarship, HKSAR Government Scholarship Fund 2015-16

Permanent Collections

Publication

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