Craig Yu
Lives and works in Chicago, IL
Education
2006
Masters of Fine Arts, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA
2001
Bachelors of Fine Arts (Honors), University of Gloucestershire, UK
1998
Foundation Studies, City and Guilds of London Art School, London, UK
Solo Exhibitions
2014
Negative Form, Häusler Contemporary, Munich, Germany
Phantom Limb, Devening Projects + Editions, Chicago, IL
Aerials, Butler University, Indianapolis, IN
2010
The Search, (2010-2011) Haeusler Contemorary, Zurich, Switzerland
2008
Zero Entropy, Devening Projects + Editions, Chicago, IL
2003
Milieu Perversions, Goethe Institute Gallery, Hong Kong
2002
City of Light, Art Scene China, Hong Kong
Group Exhibitions
2024
69 For 69 - A Magnetic Fields Art Show, Side Street Studio Arts, Elgin IL
2023
Chartiy art auction, Sotheby's Germany, Cologne, Germany (catalog)
Selections from the Irie Collection, McHenry County College, Crystal Lake IL
2015
Pinakothek Der Moderne, Munich, Germany (catalog)
Waterbound - Von Leben mit dem Wasser<<, Neue Galerie Dachau, Dachau, Germany (catalog)
Waterbound - Von Leben mit dem Wasser<<, Kallmann-Museum Ismaning, Munich, Germany (catalog)
New American Paintings: Midwest Edition, Elmhurst Art Museum, curated by Staci Boris, Elmhurst IL.
(I'd like to suggest) LINGER ON, curated by Anna Kunz, Chicago IL
2014
Surrealism and War, National Veterans Art Museum, Chicago IL
Rocket Run, Abstraction from Chicago, Elder Gallery, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln NE
2013
Little Dark Things, Haeusler Contemporary, Munich, Germany
2011
Jeni Spota, Craig Yu, Ludwig Kittinger, organized by Rainer and Ezara Spangl, Vienna, Austria
Midwinter: Embrace the Darkness, Glass Curtain Gallery, Columbia college, Chicago IL
2010
Angels, Kunz,Vis,Gonzalez, Chicago, IL
Danny Think Tank, Milwaukee Avenue Arts Festival, Chicago, IL
2009
Tempers on Paper, Haeusler Contemporary, Zurich, Switzerland
The Horror Show, Dorsky Gallery, Long Island City, New York
Contemporary Drawing: 7 Perspectives, Elder Gallery, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln Nebraska
2008
Private Eye (4 person exhibition), Haeusler Contemporary, Munich, Germany
Next, Devening Projects + Editions, Chicago, IL
Paper Love, Devening Projects + Editions, Chicago, IL
Natonal Juried Competition: Works of Art on Paper, Juried by Charlotta Kotic (Brooklyn Museum of Art), LBIF, New Jersey
The Horror Show, Chicago City Arts Gallery, Chicago, IL
2007
Drawing Invitational with the Pierogi Flat Files, Kent State University, Ohio
I heart America and America Hearts Me, Old Gold Gallery, Chicago, IL
Preview Exhibition, Devening Projects + Editions, Chicago, IL
2006 22nd International Arts Festival, Sarajevo, Bosnia
Drawing NO Conclusions: A Survey of Contemporary Drawing, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI
Salad Days, Rowland Contemporary, Chicago, IL
Distances, Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago, IL
Art Chicago, Devening Projects + Editions, Chicago, IL
MFA Thesis Exhibiton, Block Museum, Evanston, IL
2005
Lineage, New Jersey space, Chicago, IL
2003
Untitled Group Exhibition, Amnesia Gallery, Hong Kong
2002
Hong Kong Art Month, Art Scene China, Hong Kong
2001
BFA Exhibition, University of Gloucestershire, Cheltenham, UK
2000
Life After Death, Gloucester Docks, Gloucester, UK
1998
Untitled Group Exhibition, Camera Club, London, UK
Awards/Grants/Fellowships
2010
Edes Prize (nominee)
2006
Northwestern University Graduate Fellowship
2005
Mortin Mickenberg/Martin Sosin Graduate Student Fellowship
Bibliography/Reviews/Publications
2015
PIN catalog, Pinakothek Der Moderne
Waterbound - Vom Leben mit dem Wasser, Kallmann-Museum Ismaning / Neue Galerie Dachau
2014
kunstblog-muenchen.de/subCRAIG-YU.html
Artnet pic.twitter.com/O79UtWTmoZ
Feature Artist, Artnet Duetschland, 9/18/14
New American Paintings #113, Juror: Stacy Boris, The Open Studio Press
Surrealism and War, Newcity
2011
The Search, Exhibition Catalog, Haeusler Contemporary
Midwinter: Embrace the Darkness, Exhibition Catalog
In the Bleak Midwinter, blogs.suntimes.com
2009
“The Horror Show” at the Dorsky Gallery, New York Sterioscopic Society
The Big Draw at NWU, The Lincoln Journal Star
2008
The Horror Show, Exhibition Catalog
2003
In and Out of Context, South China Morning Post
Collections
Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, Munich, Germany
University of Gloucsetershire
Soho House
Other
2013
Visiting Artist, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL
Visiting Artist, McHenry County College, Crystal Lake, IL
2010
Visiting Artist, TICA, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Teaching
University of Illinois at Chicago
Harold Washington College
Gallery Representation
Devening Projects + Editions, Chicago, IL. USA
Lives and works in Chicago, IL
Education
2006
Masters of Fine Arts, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA
2001
Bachelors of Fine Arts (Honors), University of Gloucestershire, UK
1998
Foundation Studies, City and Guilds of London Art School, London, UK
Solo Exhibitions
2014
Negative Form, Häusler Contemporary, Munich, Germany
Phantom Limb, Devening Projects + Editions, Chicago, IL
Aerials, Butler University, Indianapolis, IN
2010
The Search, (2010-2011) Haeusler Contemorary, Zurich, Switzerland
2008
Zero Entropy, Devening Projects + Editions, Chicago, IL
2003
Milieu Perversions, Goethe Institute Gallery, Hong Kong
2002
City of Light, Art Scene China, Hong Kong
Group Exhibitions
2024
69 For 69 - A Magnetic Fields Art Show, Side Street Studio Arts, Elgin IL
2023
Chartiy art auction, Sotheby's Germany, Cologne, Germany (catalog)
Selections from the Irie Collection, McHenry County College, Crystal Lake IL
2015
Pinakothek Der Moderne, Munich, Germany (catalog)
Waterbound - Von Leben mit dem Wasser<<, Neue Galerie Dachau, Dachau, Germany (catalog)
Waterbound - Von Leben mit dem Wasser<<, Kallmann-Museum Ismaning, Munich, Germany (catalog)
New American Paintings: Midwest Edition, Elmhurst Art Museum, curated by Staci Boris, Elmhurst IL.
(I'd like to suggest) LINGER ON, curated by Anna Kunz, Chicago IL
2014
Surrealism and War, National Veterans Art Museum, Chicago IL
Rocket Run, Abstraction from Chicago, Elder Gallery, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln NE
2013
Little Dark Things, Haeusler Contemporary, Munich, Germany
2011
Jeni Spota, Craig Yu, Ludwig Kittinger, organized by Rainer and Ezara Spangl, Vienna, Austria
Midwinter: Embrace the Darkness, Glass Curtain Gallery, Columbia college, Chicago IL
2010
Angels, Kunz,Vis,Gonzalez, Chicago, IL
Danny Think Tank, Milwaukee Avenue Arts Festival, Chicago, IL
2009
Tempers on Paper, Haeusler Contemporary, Zurich, Switzerland
The Horror Show, Dorsky Gallery, Long Island City, New York
Contemporary Drawing: 7 Perspectives, Elder Gallery, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln Nebraska
2008
Private Eye (4 person exhibition), Haeusler Contemporary, Munich, Germany
Next, Devening Projects + Editions, Chicago, IL
Paper Love, Devening Projects + Editions, Chicago, IL
Natonal Juried Competition: Works of Art on Paper, Juried by Charlotta Kotic (Brooklyn Museum of Art), LBIF, New Jersey
The Horror Show, Chicago City Arts Gallery, Chicago, IL
2007
Drawing Invitational with the Pierogi Flat Files, Kent State University, Ohio
I heart America and America Hearts Me, Old Gold Gallery, Chicago, IL
Preview Exhibition, Devening Projects + Editions, Chicago, IL
2006 22nd International Arts Festival, Sarajevo, Bosnia
Drawing NO Conclusions: A Survey of Contemporary Drawing, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI
Salad Days, Rowland Contemporary, Chicago, IL
Distances, Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago, IL
Art Chicago, Devening Projects + Editions, Chicago, IL
MFA Thesis Exhibiton, Block Museum, Evanston, IL
2005
Lineage, New Jersey space, Chicago, IL
2003
Untitled Group Exhibition, Amnesia Gallery, Hong Kong
2002
Hong Kong Art Month, Art Scene China, Hong Kong
2001
BFA Exhibition, University of Gloucestershire, Cheltenham, UK
2000
Life After Death, Gloucester Docks, Gloucester, UK
1998
Untitled Group Exhibition, Camera Club, London, UK
Awards/Grants/Fellowships
2010
Edes Prize (nominee)
2006
Northwestern University Graduate Fellowship
2005
Mortin Mickenberg/Martin Sosin Graduate Student Fellowship
Bibliography/Reviews/Publications
2015
PIN catalog, Pinakothek Der Moderne
Waterbound - Vom Leben mit dem Wasser, Kallmann-Museum Ismaning / Neue Galerie Dachau
2014
kunstblog-muenchen.de/subCRAIG-YU.html
Artnet pic.twitter.com/O79UtWTmoZ
Feature Artist, Artnet Duetschland, 9/18/14
New American Paintings #113, Juror: Stacy Boris, The Open Studio Press
Surrealism and War, Newcity
2011
The Search, Exhibition Catalog, Haeusler Contemporary
Midwinter: Embrace the Darkness, Exhibition Catalog
In the Bleak Midwinter, blogs.suntimes.com
2009
“The Horror Show” at the Dorsky Gallery, New York Sterioscopic Society
The Big Draw at NWU, The Lincoln Journal Star
2008
The Horror Show, Exhibition Catalog
2003
In and Out of Context, South China Morning Post
Collections
Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, Munich, Germany
University of Gloucsetershire
Soho House
Other
2013
Visiting Artist, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL
Visiting Artist, McHenry County College, Crystal Lake, IL
2010
Visiting Artist, TICA, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Teaching
University of Illinois at Chicago
Harold Washington College
Gallery Representation
Devening Projects + Editions, Chicago, IL. USA