Tony Yin Tak Chu

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Gender	Male
Industry	Arts
Occupation	Installation
Location	Richmond, BC, Canada
Introduction	Tony came to Canada from Hong Kong in 1996. Since graduating from the Visual Arts program at ECIAD in 2006, his work has revolved around his cultural identity as a Chinese descendant. While primarily a painter, various processes are employed including digitalized images. In fact, Tony interested in using different medium to recreate a piece of work involving sound, images and audiences. According to him, without the viewers’ responses, work is boring. In January 2011, Tony made his first installation art at a public space in Richmond’s Lansdowne Shopping Centre. Later the same year, he had his first solo exhibition at a commercial gallery, Hunter Bisset, as well as a Container Art at PNE, both in Vancouver. Tony also ran Pick up a Pencil, a workshop on discussion, social interaction and drawings, a monthly event at Richmond Art Gallery in 2011. With a few like-minded friends from the workplace, the Richmond Printmakers group is formed and became one of the resident art groups at Richmond Cultural Center in early 2012.
Interests	mixed media Paintings + Installations
Favorite Movies	Blow-up and The Hannibal Lecter Series
Favorite Music	Pink Floyd
Favorite Books	Waiting for Godot and The Smiling Proud Wanderer