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Biography
Eric Siu is a new media artist raised in Hong Kong and currently a graduate student of Design \| Media Arts at UCLA. In 2008, he completed a 12-month cultural exchange and research project in the United States funded by the Lee Hysan Foundation, Asian Cultural Council. Before this trip, he taught at the Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education (Kwun Tong) for two years right after he had earned his bachelor degree from the School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong. Eric’s video art and multi-media works have been shown both locally and internationally including USA, Australia, Japan, Korea, Germany, and Poland, amongst others. His video short “Sliding Whites” received an honorable mention from the WRO 05, 11th International Media Art Biennale, Wroclaw, Poland. Since 2008, he serves as board member of Videotage, Hong Kong. Eric has a broad interest in animation, video, installation and interactive art. He loves to create interesting spectacles and to transform human perception and experience to sensational levels. His work always blurs the boundaries between high and low culture at the same time provides laughter and amusement that entail critical thoughts. He explores media in a raw and primitive perspective.
Education
2010	Design \| Media Arts, University of California, Los Angeles Master of Fine Arts
2005	City University of Hong Kong Bachelor of Arts Creative Media (First Class Honor)
Academic Appointments
June 2010 to July 2010	Instructor, DMA Summer Institute, Design Media Arts, University of California, Los Angeles Audio and Video
Sept 2008 to June 2010	Teaching Assistant, Design \| Media Arts, University of California, Los Angeles Video 2 (Prof. Christian Moeller) Motion (Instructor Gareth Walsh) Typography in Motion (Prof. Rebeca Méndez) 3D: Modeling & Motion 1 & 2(Prof. Jennifer Steinkamp)
Aug 2005 to July 2007	Teaching Associate, Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education (Kwun Tong) Animation, Character Design, Video, Motion Graphic, Drawing, Culture Studies
Work Experience
May 2005 to July 2005	Technician, Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education (Kwun Tong)
Oct 2000 to Oct 2001	Part-time web designer, Icare.com Ltd.
Awards / Scholarship
2009	Anderson Ranch Scholarship for Workshop
2009	Edna and Yu-Shan Han Award
2009	Dean’s Office Scholarship, Design \| Media Arts, University of California, Los Angeles
2009	Eugene Wurzel Scholarship
2009	John Neuhart Scholarship
2009	Elaine Krown Klein Fine Arts Scholarship
2009	Finalist of the 14th Hong Kong Independent Short Film and Video Awards
2008	Dean’s Office Scholarship, Design \| Media Arts, University of California, Los Angeles
2007	Lee Hysan Foundation Fellowship, Asian Cultural Council 12-month grant for a research project in the United States
2006	Videotage, Hong Kong (Asia’s Media Art Organization since 1986) Represented Artist
2005	The 4th Hong Kong Digital Entertainment Excellence Awards Open Category, The Best Digital Effects Red Act \| 2005 \| Animation \| 2’
2005	Hong Kong Designers Association Design Student of the Year 2005, Runner-up
2005	WRO 05, 11th International Media Art Biennale, Wroclaw, Poland Honorable Mention Sliding Whites \| 2004 \| Video \| Color \| 9’
2002	The 8th Hong Kong Independent Short Film & Video Awards Distinguish Award Constructing Destruction\| 2002 \| Video \| Color \| 15’
Artist-In-Residency
Feb to July 2008	Location One, New York, USA.
Dec 2007 to Jan 2008	18th Street Arts Center, Los Angeles, USA.
2005	FUSE Artist Residence Program, Videotage, Hong Kong, China.
Board
2008 - present	Board member, Videotage, Hong Kong, China.
Screenings
2009	Body Trail, sixpackfilm, Vienna, Austria.
2008	Hands Together, Downtown Artists Unite for China's Earthquake Victims, The Players Theater, New York, USA. Supermasochist, Come Out & Play, Apexart, New York, USA. Pangea Day Shanghai, Shanghai, China. Location One in Brooklyn, Monkeytown, New York, USA. Samson Young and Matrix Music Collaborators, Monkeytown, New York, USA. Peter and the Wolf, Matrix Music Collaborators, featured with Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (1st mvt) by W.A. Mozart as a multi-media music performance, Abrons Arts Center, New York, USA.
2007	NOUFAUX RICHE, Para/Site Art Space, Hong Kong. Festival Loop07, Red03, Barcelona, Spain. Transmediale 2007, Berlin, Germany.
2006	vidi_festival 06, Valencia, Spain. Inter Media Art Institute, Düsseldorfie, Poland. Centrum Sztuki Współczesnej Łaźnia, Gdańsku, Poland. Centrum Rzeźby Polskiej, Orońsku, Poland. Aula Politechniki Radomskiej, Radom, Poland. Galeria Miejska, Charków (Ukraine), Poland. Centrum Lesia Kurbasa, Kijów (Ukraine), Poland. Dom Muz w Toruniu, w ramach XII Lata Filmów, Toruń, Poland. pokaz wideo i debata w CSW Zamek Ujazdowski, Warszawa, Poland. Instytut Polski w Berlinie, Berlin, Germany. PracOFFnia w Białymstoku, Białystok, Poland. Galeria Zachęta w Warszawie, Warszawa, Poland. Instytut Polski w Lipsku, Lipsk, Poland. Galeria Sztuki w Legnicy, Legnica, Poland. Folkwang Museum Essen, Essen, Germany.
2005	Agnes B. Cinema!, art Centre, Hong Kong, China. WRO 05 in tour. International Festival of Electronic Art 404 2005, Argentina. Videomedeja 2005, Serbia. Backup Festival 2005, Germany. The Long March Framed - China Hong Kong Festival in 20 Years. Hong Kong, China. Media Art Friesland Festival 2005, Nederland. EXiS 2005 Experimental Film and Video Festival in Seoul, Korea. WRO 05, 11th International Media Art Biennale, Wroclaw, Poland. European Media Art Festival 2005, Osnabruck, Germany. Island Art Film & Video Festival, London. 16th Macao Arts Festival (The Power of Creativity), Macao, China. 21st International Short Film Festival Hamburg, Germany. 8. AARHUS FILMFESTIVAL 2005, Denmark.
2004	New Media Art Festival in Seoul Ver0.5, 2004, Korea. Microwave International Media Art Festival 2004, Hong Kong, China. 51st Sydney Film Festival, Australia. International Shorts, California State University, USA. Courtisane Film Festival 2004, Belgium. The 4th Jeon-ju Citizen Film & Video Festival (JCFF), Korea.
2003	Microwave International Media Art Festival 2003, Hong Kong, China. 3rd. txt International experimental media festival, Hong Kong, China. Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival 2003, Korea. Seoul Film Commission, Korea. Tabor Film Festival, Japan. 27th Hong Kong International Film Festival, Hong Kong, China.
	Selected Works Super Cop World \| 2005 \| Video \| Color \| 5’’ Sliding Whites \| 2004 \| Video \| Color \| 9’ OP \| 2003 \| Video \| Color \| 5’ Rainy Nights \| 2002 \| Video \| Color \| 8’ Constructing Destruction\| 2002 \| Video \| Color \| 15’’
Exhibitions
2010	Mario Viva, New Media Art Show, Microwave, Kapok, Hong Kong, China. Hello World, New Wright Gallery, Design \| Media Arts, UCLA, Los Angeles, USA. D\|MA(Device \| Machine Arts x Design \| Media Arts), CnSI Gallery, UCLA, Los Angeles, USA. Useful Ambiguity Exhibition, Biennial Graduate Symposium 2010, College of Design, NCSU, North Carolina, USA.
2009	Art Gallery, SIGGRAPH ASIA 2009, Yokohama, Japan. AFK [AWAY FROM KEYBOARD], New Wright Gallery, Design \| Media Arts, UCLA, Los Angeles, USA. Eagle Rock Music Festival, Los Angeles, USA. SPARK, ISEA 2009, Belfast, Northern Ireland. Interactive Media Category, The 14th Hong Kong Independent Short Film & Video Awards, Hong Kong, China.
2008	Super Deluxe Special Sightings!, 2008 Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival, Toronto, Canada. Galeria Sztuki Najnowszej (Miejski Ośrodek Sztuki, Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland. Xuhui Finalcut, Shanghai eArts, Shanghai, China. Hollywould, Freewaves 11th Festival of Experimental Media Arts, Los Angeles, USA. Eric Siu, Optical Handlers - eeyee and Luis Nobre, Hold It!, Location One, New York, USA. Open Space 2008, Art Cologne, Cologne, Germany. i'm sitting, watching... - WRO collection screening exhibition, WRO Art Center, Wroclaw, Poland. Patriot Acts, Visiting International Artists Open Studio, 18th Street Arts Center, Los Angeles, USA. Hong Kong & Shenzhen Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture, Refabricating City, Hong Kong, China.
2007	Move On Asia 2007, Gallery LOOP, Seoul, Korea. October Contemporary, Videotage, Hong Kong, China. Insert 4: Pearl River City, Kunstverein in Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany. Keep an eye on China, N.O.Gallery, Milan, Italy. WRO 07, 12th International Media Art Biennale, Wroclaw, Poland. Metropolitan Hotel, Bangkok. Writing Machine Collective 2nd edition, 1a Space, Hong Kong, China.
2006	40 Years of Video Art in Germany and Hong Kong, The Goethe-Institut Hongkong, Hong Kong, China. Micro Narratives: invented time & space in video, Too Art Gallery, Art Centre, Hong Kong, China Multiplo_4, N.O.Gallery, Milan, Italy. Miart2006 - International Modern and Contemporary Art Fair, Milan, Italy. The Inner, Outer Sphere \| Hong Kong Contemporary Art Exhibition, China Time 2006, Hamburg, Germany. The Pearl River City, The Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania. The Pearl River City, Zachęta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, Poland. The Pearl River Delta, Nassauischer Kunstverein, Wiesbaden, Germany.
2005	Digital Entertainment Leadership Forum (V.Clicks New Media), Cyberport, Hong Kong, China. 4th Asia Game Show & Digital Entertainment Expo Asia, Hong Kong, China. Microwave International Media Art Festival 2005, Culture as Play, Hong Kong, China. City University of Hong Kong, School of Creative Media Graduation Show, Medialogue: 7.05cm, Hong Kong, China. Take a ST/Roll, Para/Site, Hong Kong, China.
2004	Writing Machine Collective, 1a Space, Hong Kong, China.
	Selected Works Machine Motion no.1 - Box From Home \| 2010 \| Kinetic Sculpture Detour \| 2010 \| Kinetic Sculpture Happiness \| 2010 \| Kinetic Sculpture Body Hack \| 2009 \| Interactive Installation A Couple of Irons \| 2008 \| Interactive Device Optical Handlers - eeyee \| 2008 \| Interactive Device grARTphicator \| 2006 \| Interactive Installation Face Hack \| 2005 \| Interactive Sliding Whites \| 2004 \| Video \| Color \| 9’ Morpheme Blender \| 2004 \| Interactive (Collaborated) Optical Handlers \| 2003 \| Interactive Device Rainy Nights \| 2002 \| Video \| Color \| 8’
Curatorship
2009	GADGET OK!, Device Art in Japan Symposium Lecture, Performance & Exhibitions. Design \| Media Arts, UCLA, Los Angeles, USA. I co-curated with Machiko Kusahara two exhibitions - “GADGET OK! - Device Art + Gadgets From Japan” at the EDA Bermant Gallery and “D\|MA (Device \| Machine Arts x Design \| Media Arts) at the CnSI Gallery. Participated Artists: Novmichi Tosa (Maywa Denki), Kazuhiko Hachiya, Sachiko Kodama, Hiroo Iwata, Ryota Kuwakubo, Jonathan Cecil, Megan Daalder, David Elliot, Michael Kontopoulos, Lauren McCarthy, Eric Siu, Pinar Yoldas.
Projects
2007	Lee Hysan Foundation Fellowship, Asian Cultural Council Research Artist of a 12-month research and cultural exchange project in the United States. Chan Fai Young - 12 Faces of Woman, 2007 Hong Kong Arts Festival So Poetic \| 2007 \| Video \| Color \| 7’ Editor of one of twelve video works for a multi-media live concert.
2006	Videotage 20th Anniversary Collection Admitted Project 2 Cartons of Alphabet H \| 2006 \| Video \| Color \| 42’ Visual Collaborator
Performance
2009	eeyee - gogo! 004, SPARK, ISEA 2009, Belfast, Northern Ireland. eeyee - gogo! 003, 13th Media Art Biennale, Expanded City, Wrocław, Poland.
2008	eeyee - gogo! 002, Intrude 366, Zendai MoMa, Shanghai, China. eeyee - gogo! 001, Location One, New York, USA. 2008
	Selected Work Optical Handlers - eeyee \| 2008 \| Interactive Device
Publication
In progress	20 years of Hong Kong Independent Media Art DVD Box-set Super Cop World \| 2005 \| Video \| Color \| 5’ Sliding Whites \| 2004 \| Video \| Color \| 9’ OP \| 2003 \| Video \| Color \| 5’ Rainy Nights \| 2002 \| Video \| Color \| 8’
2005	PLAY> An Experimental Video/Game Project Curated by Ip Yuk-Yiu DVD Published, Funded by Hong Kong Arts Development Council Super Cop World \| 2005 \| Video \| Color \| 5’ Cyberport, Hong Kong, iResource Centre (The 1st Legal Movie Download Channel in Hong Kong) Online Video Rental Sliding Whites \| 2004 \| Video \| Color \| 9’
Collection
2006	N.O. Gallery, Italy, Five Limited Edition Sliding Whites \| 2004 \| Video \| Color \| 9’
Archives / Distributions
	Videotage, Hong Kong Super Cop World \| 2005 \| Video \| Color \| 5’ Sliding Whites \| 2004 \| Video \| Color \| 9’ OP \| 2003 \| Video \| Color \| 5’ Rainy Nights \| 2002 \| Video \| Color \| 8’ The Hong Kong Independent Short Film & Video Awards Constructing Destruction\| 2002 \| Video \| Color \| 15’ City University of Hong Kong, Run Run Shaw Library Sliding Whites \| 2004 \| Video \| Color \| 9’ Constructing Destruction\| 2002 \| Video \| Color \| 15’
Guest Lecture / Artist Talk / Presentation
2009	Artist Talk Ishikawa Komuro Laboratory, University of Tokyo, Japan Artist Talk, Art Gallery, SIGGRAPH ASIA 2009 Yokohama, Japan Artist Talk SPARK, ISEA 2009, Belfast, Northern Ireland
2008	Project presentation, Quadocular mobile vision and cinematic toy, The 1923rd dorkbot-nyc meeting Location One, New York, USA.
2007	Works presentation in regular classes Department of Visual Arts, University of California, San Diego, USA.
	Works presentation in regular classes Media Arts and Technology, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA.
	Artist Talk, Writing Machine Collective 2nd edition 1a Space, Hong Kong, China.
2006	Artist Talk, The Inner, Outer Sphere \| Hong Kong Contemporary Art Exhibition School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong, China. Career Talk School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong, China.
2005	Guest for support to officiate iResource Centre, Cyberport, Hong Kong Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong, China. Workshop Tutor, Optical Handlers presentation, Take a ST/Roll Exhibition Para/Site, Hong Kong, China. Artist Talk, “Media Art - where do we go from here?”, Microwave International Media Art Festival 2005, Culture as Play, Hong Kong, China. LT-9, Lecture Hall, City University of Hong Kong, China.
2004	Artist Talk, Writing Machine Collective 1a Space, Hong Kong, China.
Bibliography
2010	Gadget OK! Showcases Oddball Japanese Devices, Underwired (http://www.wired.com/underwire/2010/02/gadget-ok/all/1), Wired, Los Angeles, USA Exhibit bridges art, technology in playful displays, The Daily Bruin (http://www.dailybruin.com/articles/2010/2/18/exhibit-bridges-art-technology/), Los Angeles, USA
2008	Shift: http://www.shift.jp.org/en/archives/2008/07/eric_siu.html, People, Japan.
2007	Radio Interview, Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education - Outstanding Alumni Series, Metro Broadcast, Hong Kong, China. Obieg magazine: http://www.obieg.pl, an interview for a review of WRO 07, Poland.
2006	“Digital World”, i-Cable Finance Info Channel, Hong Kong Cable Television Limited, Hong Kong, China. “97 in the shade”, Life \| Feature Section, Arts, South China Morning Post, Hong Kong, China. “Flying COLOURS - CityU Students’ Achievements”, City University of Hong Kong Prospectus 2006, Hong Kong, China.
2005	“Cultural World”, Jade Channel, Television Broadcast Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. “Closer to Culture”, i-Cable News Channel 1, Hong Kong Cable Television Limited, Hong Kong, China. “Trendy Mall”, Horizon Channel, Hong Kong Cable Television Limited, Hong Kong, China. “Video Artist Honored”, Cityseen section, South China Morning Post, Hong Kong, China. “$20 movie earns international acclaim for young videomaker”, News/City section, South China Morning Post, Hong Kong, China. “Reel delight CityU graduate wins award at media competition in Poland”, Feature, Youth Post, South China Morning Post, Hong Kong, China. “CityU student wins international award”, Education section, Wen Wei Po, Hong Kong, China. “CityU student’s short video wins international award”, Relaxing Zone, Local News section, Ming Pao, Hong Kong, China. “Experiment made creativity”, Education section, Oriental Daily, Hong Kong, China. “Eric Siu recreates the originality of image”, Culture section, Tai Kung Pao, Hong Kong, China. “Local video artist, Eric Siu, wins award from Europe”, Culture section, Tai Kung Pao, Hong Kong, China. “CityU student earns international acclaim”, Local News section, Apple Daily, Hong Kong, China. “CityU student gains an edge over international competition”, Education section, The Sun Newspaper, Hong Kong, China. “CityU student gains an edge over international competition, video work received award”, Education section, Oriental Daily, Hong Kong, China. “CityU student’s short video wins international award”, Daily Magazine, Local News section, Sing Tao Daily, Hong Kong, China.