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