CRAIG YU


Born 1978 Glasgow. Lives and works between Hong Kong and Chicago, IL.

EDUCATION
Northwestern University, Department of Art Theory and Practice, Evanston, IL Master of Fine Art, graduation June 2006
University of Gloucestershire, Cheltenham, United Kingdom Bachelor of Fine Art (Honors), 1998 - 2001
City & Guilds of London Art School, London, United Kingdom Foundation in Art and Design, 1997-1998

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2009 Temperamente auf Papier, Haeusler Contemporary, Zurich, Switzerland, 2008 - 2009

2008 Private Eye, Haeusler Contemporary, Munich, Germany
National Juried Competition: Works of Art on Paper, juried by Charlotta Kotik Brooklyn Museum of Art, LBIF, New Jersey
Zero Entropy, Devening Projects + Editions, Chicago, IL
Next, Devening Projects + Editions, Chicago, IL
The Horror Show, currated by Debra & Dave Tolchinsky, Chicago City Arts Gallery, Chicago, IL

2007 Drawing Invitational with the Pierogi Flat Files Exhibition, School of Art Gallery, Kent State University, Kent, OH
I Heart America & America Hearts Me, currated by Sze Lin Pang, Old Gold gallery,  Chicago, IL 
Preview Exhibition, Devening Projects + Editions, Chicago, IL

2007 Preview Exhibition, Devening Projects + Editions, Chicago, IL USA

2006 Drawing No Conclusions: A Survey of Contemporary Drawing, Urban Institute For Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI USA
Group Exhibition, Rowland Contemporary, Chicago, IL USA
Distances, Group Exhibition Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago, IL USA
Art Chicago, Devening Projects + Editions, Chicago, IL USA
22nd International Festival Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosnia
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Block Museum, Evanston, IL, USA

2005 Lineage, Group Exhibition, New Jersey space, Chicago, IL, USA

2003 Milieu Perversions, Solo Exhibition, Goethe Institute Gallery, Hong Kong
Group Exhibition, Amnesia, Hong Kong

2002 City of Light, Solo Exhibition, Art Scene China, Hong Kong

2002 Hong Kong Art Month, Group Exhibition, Art Scene China, Hong Kong

2001 Group Exhibition, Pittville Gallery, University of Gloucestershire, England

2000 Life after Death, Group Exhibition, Gloucester Docks, England
Group Exhibition, Pittville Gallery, University of Gloucestershire, England

1999 Group Exhibition, Pittville Gallery, University of Gloucestershire, England

1998 Group Exhibition, City & Guilds of London Art School, London, England
Group Exhibition, Camera Club Gallery, London, England

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Pinakothek Der Moderne, Munich, Germany

PUBLICATIONS
2006 Time Out Chicago
2003 Asian Wall Street Journal, South China Morning Post, Milk Magazine, Interviewed by CNN
2002 South China Morning Post, BC Magazine

AWARDS
2005 Morton Mickenberg/Martin Sosin Graduate Student Fellowship
2001 Materials Award, University of Gloucestershire