CREATORS

Chi Kuen Victor Chu

PROFILE

プロフィール
Chi Kuen Victor Chu (b. 1989), is a geometry abstraction artist from Toronto, Canada and now resides in Hong Kong. He graduated from University of Toronto (St. George) in 2013, majoring in Visual Studies and Fine Art History. He has previously exhibited in various countries, Japan, Canada and Hong Kong amongst other location.

Victor’s work has been widely praised for its limited palette and handcrafted graphic precision quality, while further pushing the boundaries of 2D graphic elements into a higher level of aesthetic possibilities. He works with reduplicating fundamental elements of design and drawing such as lines and geometries. Drawing the lines individually by hand, Victor wanted to record the time of him re-listening to the voice messages left from the people who passed away. Since time and memories do not have a significant shape, starting individual works with irregular and unrestrained arrangements of line, and sometimes installing line or geometric related material, which would further maturate into seemingly mathematical compositions, yet exhibit various scientific simplicity of a structured imagery, and could be seen as a kind of psychological graphic or symbol.

 

朱詞權(チュー・チークェン)1989年生まれ。カナダ・トロントにてグラフィックアート及びビジュアルエフェクトイラストレーションアーティストとして活躍後、現在は香港を中心に活動している。香港を始め、日本、カナダなど、様々な国にて展覧会が開催される。

彼の稀有で正確な手描きのスタイルは、美術界の注目と評価を集めています。彼の作品は主な媒体として「線」を使用することに重点を置き、すべての線を手で描くことにこだわっています。具象表現主義と抽象表現主義のように、繰り返されるそれぞれの線には、過去の人々が残した音声録音を繰り返し聴いた時間が記録されています。

思考や時間は固定的で具体的なイメージを持たず、不規則な配置とスケッチの繰り返しにより、様々な幾何学的形状の形状変化や段階的な視覚効果を自在に表現し、時には「線」や「幾何学」に関連した素材を組み合わせて、反射や対称性、刺繍曲線などの数学的概念を生み出します。一つは、最も単純な一本の線から二次元平面がどのように導き出されるのかを解体し、さらに直線的な流れから導き出される一種の心象や象徴ともいえる、科学的構造を持った広く簡潔なイメージの視点を発展させて提示することである。

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CAREER

経歴
1989 年 生まれ
2009-13 年 UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO - ST. GEORGE

Exhibition
2023       12th Dynamic Contemporary Artist Exhibition - The National Art Center, Tokyo
ART FAIR ASIA FUKUOKA – ARTFAIR - Marin Messe Fukuoka Hall - FUKUOKA
UNKNOWN ASIA ART EXCHANGE– ARTFAIR - GRAND FRONT OSAKA CONVENTION CENTER – OSAKA
AFFORDABLE ART FAIR – ARTFAIR - a|n Gallery – HKCEC – HONG KONG

2021       ART NEXT EXPO- ARTFAIR - LANSON PLACE – HONG KONG
          SPORTS IN HONG KONG ART 一新剛柔 – GROUP SHOW - SUN MUSEUM – HONG KONG
ARThletes 敢動藝術 – GROUP SHOW - WESTKOWLOON FREESPACE – HONG KONG

2020       MY SUGGESTION, YOUR OPINION. VOL.01 – GROUP SHOW - CREATIVE CENTER OSAKA – OSAKA, JAPAN
BIG WIND BLOW – GROUP SHOW - ROSSI & ROSSI - HONG KONG
+VE / -VE – GROUP SHOW - ART NEXT EXPO - HONG KONG

2019       UNKNOWN ASIA EXTRA – GROUP SHOW - DAIBIRU HONKAN – OSAKA, JAPAN
UNKNOWN ASIA ART EXCHANGE– ARTFAIR - GRAND FRONT OSAKA CONVENTION CENTER – OSAKA
        ART TAICHUNG – ARTFAIR - MILLENIUM HOTEL TAICHUNG – TAIWAN
INTERMEDIA ART PROJECT EXHIBITION – DECONSTRUCTION AND REORGANIZATION OF MULTI-MATERIALS
- GROUP EXHIBITION - NEPTUNE GALLERY TAIPEI – TAIPEI, TAIWAN

2018       TOKYO INTERNATION ART FAIR 2018 - ARTFAIR - BELLESALLE ROPPONGI – TOKYO
SERRIED/II/III – AZALVO OPENING SHOWCASE (Phase 1) - AZALVO CO-WORKING SPACE - HONG KONG

2017       RUNNING OUT OF LINES – SOLO EXHIBITION - K11 SHOWCASE - HONG KONG
ART NEXT EXPO- ARTFAIR - PMQ - HONG KONG
THE CONTEMPLATION GARDEN - GROUP SHOW BY ALTERMODERNIST - TheDESK - HONG KONG     
LIGHT & SPACE – GROUP SHOW BY ART-PARTNERS - 10 DESIGN ARCHITECT STUDIO - HONG KONG                 

2016       FASHION I.D. - K11 GROUP SHOW - CHI K11 ART SPACE - HONG KONG
KO SHING GALLERY COLLECTION GROUP SHOW - KO SHING GALLERY - HONG KONG

2015       RUNNING OUT OF LINES - SOLO EXHIBITION - KO SHING GALLERY - HONG KONG

2014       GRAND OPENING ART EXHIBITION OF ESPACE - ESPACE GALLERY - HONG KONG
OH K LA! - SCADHK ILLUSTRATION ART SHOW - ESPACE GALLERY - HONG KONG
HKAC HONG KONG YOUNG EMERGING ARTIST AWARD WINNING ARTWORK EXHIBITION - MTR ARTUBE (CENTRAL STATION) - HONG KONG

2013       AFTERWORD - VISUAL STUDIES THESIS ART SHOW - NORTH BORDEN, UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO - CANADA
PAINTED REALM - VISUAL STUDIES UNDERGRADUATE CLASS PROJECT SHOW - EEL GALLERY, NORTH BORDEN, UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO - TORONTO, CANADA

2012       EYEBALL - VISUAL STUDIES UNDERGRADUATE FACULTY SHOW - SPADINA CRESCENT, UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO - CANADA


COLLABORATION / COMMISSION / PUBLIC SHOWCASE
2018-2019   K11 ART MALL 10TH ANNIVERSARY REVAMP PROJECT – ARTWORK COMMISSION - K11 ART MALL - HONG KONG
SERRIED/II/III – ARTWORK COMMISSION, INTERIOR DESIGN (Phase 2) - AZALVO CO-WORKING SPACE - HONG KONG

2017        SERRIED/II/III – PUBLIC SHOWCASE - NEW WORLD DEVELOPMENT MOUNT PAVILIA SHOWFLAT
2015        NEON SAYS - PUBLIC SHOWCASE - DFS T GALLERIA, CANTON ROAD - HONG KONG

AWARDS
2013        HKAC HONG KONG YOUNG EMERGING ARTIST AWARD
2007        CHINESE YOUTH ARTIST AWARD

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実行委員会レビュー

Chi Kuen Victor Chu Thank you for participating in the fair. Victor Chu's works show the infinite possibilities of the simple material of line. The strength and precision of his hand-drawn, repetitive lines create a unique expression that cannot be found anywhere else. His style, a fusion of figurative expressionism and abstract expressionism, reflects not only visual beauty but also the flow of time and thought. He is already well-known in Japan and may not need any support from us, but he is certainly a differential talent that we would like to introduce to as many people as possible.

Chi Kuen Victor Chu フェア参加ありがとうございました。線というシンプルな素材が持つ無限の可能性を感じるVictorの作品。手描きにこだわり、繰り返し描かれる線が持つ力強さと精緻さは、他にはない独自の表現を生み出しています。具象表現主義と抽象表現主義を融合させたスタイルは、視覚的な美しさだけでなく、時間や思考の流れをも反映させています。もうすでに日本でも有名だし僕たちが何かをサポートする必要もないかもしれませんが、一人でも多くの方に紹介したいディファレントな才能であることは確かです。

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審査員レビュー

繰り返し描かれる線の構図に将来性を感じる(徳光健治)
別の展示で拝見してとても印象に残ってました。もうサポートなどは必要ないかもしれませんが、別の素材や職人と交配できれば面白いのではないかなと。(金谷勉)
一見するとデジタル・幾何学文様の作品だが、その構成されるプロセスとコンセプトは興味を惹きます。彼の技術やインプットした情報をどのように再構成し、作品に落とし込んでいくか、その工程に興味をそそられます。ビジュアルの惹きの強さはもちろんですが、そこからコンセプト等を知りたいと思わせる力を持つ作品だと感じました。香港での製作と日本での製作で何かしら変化があれば見てみたい。(木下直子/納富健太郎)
過去の音声録音をビジュアル化するというコンセプト、数学的でデジタルなんだけど、「手描き」によって経典?・修行?みたいなストイックな作品になってる。(川口智士)

“The composition of repeated lines shows promise (Kenji Tokumitsu).
I was very impressed when I saw this in another exhibition. I think it would be interesting if you could cross breed with other materials and craftsmen, although you may not need any more support. (Tsutomu Kanaya)
At first glance, the work appears to be a digital/geometric pattern, but the process and concept of its composition is intriguing. I am intrigued by the process of how he reconstructs and incorporates his techniques and input information into his work. I felt that the work has the power to make us want to know more about the concept, etc. from it, not to mention the strong visual appeal. I would like to see if there are any changes between the production in Hong Kong and Japan. (Naoko Kinoshita/Kentaro Nortomi)
The concept of visualizing audio recordings from the past, mathematical and digital, but with “hand-drawn” scriptures? A stoic work like a scripture or an ascetic practice? It is a stoic work like a scripture or a practice. (Tomoji Kawaguchi)
He will be invited to showcase their work at the Mango Art Festival 2025.(Kanoknuch Sillapawisawakul)

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