CHUNG YU-TING
鍾 宇 婷
│ tingchzy@gmail.com │
│ +44 7745331721 │
Born in Taichung, Taiwan, Yu-Ting is a London-based visual artist and curator with a fine art background. Her work spans murals, paintings, films, and multimedia projects, exploring imagery and cultural boundaries inspired by Buddhist concepts, particularly emptiness. She questions transformation within the infinite possibilities that are held in the contemporary context of emptiness. With a Fine Art background and an MA in Digital Direction from the Royal College of Art, she has established herself in creative environments across London, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.
Education
2020 Royal College of Art, Digital Direction MA
2016 Taipei University of the Arts, Fine Arts MA, Multimedia Pathway
2013 Taipei University of the Arts, Fine Arts BA
Exhibitions/Screening (selected)
2024 Welcome to the UK, Ugly Duck, London
2023 LOOKING OUT: LOOKING IN, Studio Voltaire, London
2023 Pidgin, Royal College of Art Battersea campus, London
2023 Inspirational Women Artists, ‘a space arts’ Gallery, Southampton
2022 Collisions, ASC Gallery, London
2022 GALVANISE, Spitalfields Studio, London (Screening)
2021 Toward the New Spirituality, Lumen Gallery, London
2019 Burning Crowds Project, Royal College of Art, London
2018 The Great Dystopia, Royal Academy of Art, London (RA Student
Night)
2017 Strange Valley, Good Underground Art Space, Hualien (Screening)
2016 Strange Valley, Daan Forest Park Outdoor Screening, Taipei
Selected Commissions
2024 Residential mural, Constellations Perfume, Private commission, Leeds
2023 Art project, Buddhi from the Duplication (No Illusion in the Wind),
Curating Contemporary Art MA at the Royal College of Art,
London (June.2023)
2023 Antique jewelry portraits, Milly’s Marvels Antique & Collectibles,
Milly’s Marvels Ltd., London
2023 Large scale mural, Translucent Mumbai, Mumbaikar Vadapav
restaurant, London (June.2023)
2023 Large scale mural, Mystery of Hope, Sultan Sofrasi Greenwich
restaurant, Sultan Sofrasi Ltd., London (April.2023)
2018 Artists’ film, L’écriture à venir: Encounters between Contemporary
Writing and Criticism, Fine Art Department at Taipei National
University of the Arts, Taipei
2018 Promotional film, Tianguang (Hakka musical drama), Theatre
Arts Department at Taipei National University of the Arts, Taipei
– director & interviewer
2018 Official promotional film, Look after and be with you forever,
Taipei National University of the Arts, Taipei – director
2017 Promotional film, Cursive ( a reenactment of the classic
performance of Cloud Gate Dance Theatre), Dance Department
at Taipei National University of the Arts, Taipei – director
2017 Creative Documentary, President Inauguration Ceremony, Taipei National University of the Arts, Taipei – director
Awards and grants (selected)
2020 Mask, international cooperation feature film project – writer & producer Golden Horse Film Project Promotion – Finalist
2018 The Metamorphosis of Zhongshan Hall, Taipei Film Festival VR Hackathon – Best Teamwork Award
2016 Strange Valley, short Film – director & writer Granted the Domestic Short Film Fund New Taipei City Star Award, shortlisted
Workshops, Presentations
2023 Workshop: QRL lexicon x Pidgin Language Battle (co-host), Studio Voltaire, 1st Nov
2023 Workshop: Multilanguage Calligraphy Battle (Lead and design), Curating Contemporary Art MA at Royal College of Art, London, June 21st
2019 Visiting Artist Presentation, Hybrid Body Lab, Cornell College of Human Ecology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, August 14th
2017 Visiting Artist Workshop:, Good Underground Art Space, Hualien, October 28-29th
Curatorial Projects
2023 Lead curated and participated in Hua De Hua Hua, a group show with 12 artists,
Deptford X Visual Arts Festival, Deptford, 23-24 September
2022 Co-organized and participated in Collisions, a group show with 10 artists, ASC gallery,
London, 2-4 December
Filmmaking & Design
2023 Speculative design project, Skill Capital LLP, London
2023 The Praxis Society, a documentary project directed by Tony Kaye – production designer
2020 Mask, a feature film project directed by Tony Kaye – writer & producer
2020 Josie Ho & The Hong Kong Sound, a musical film directed by Tony Kaye – concept visualizer
2016 Duo Skin, MIT Media Lab PhD project prototype film
2015 The Arc of Life, the TV series screenwriting group member (2021 Golden Bell Awards
Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Program Award)
Artist’s Book/Published Writing
2023 Pagemasters Winter Zine fair, South London Gallery, London (8-9 Dec)
2023 MISS READ: The Berlin Art Book Festival, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, (22-24 Sep)
2023 BF Day23 Festival, Burley Fisher Books, London (21-23 Sep)
2023 Pagemasters Summer Zine fair, South London Gallery, London (2-3 Sep)
2023 ESEA Sisters Sustainable Makers Market, Camden Chinese Community Centre, London
(13th Aug)
2023 Small Press Fest, The Mosaic Rooms, London (22-23th Jul)
2023 LOOKING OUT: LOOKING IN, Studio Voltaire, London (25 Jun)
2023 Glasgow Zine Festival, Centre of Contemporary Arts Glasgow, Glasgow (8-9 Jul)
2023 Pushkin Zine Fair, Pushkin House, London (10th Jun)
2022 Bradford Zine Fair, Bradford City Library, Yorkshire (1st Oct)
Publications and Press
2023 Camilla Worster, “Milly’s Marvels Collaboration with Artist Yu-Ting Chung”, Milly’s Marvels Antique & Collectibles, 27th July
https://millysmarvels.co.uk/blogs/news/antique-portrait-lockets-hand-painted-by-yu-ting-chung
2023 Emily Candela and Eric de Visscher, “The Sounding Object’: Sound Design in the Critical Reimagining of Museum Object Narratives”, Design Issues, MIT Press, Volume 39, Issue 2, Spring 2023, https://direct.mit.edu/desi/article/39/2/57/115330/Learning-from-The-Sounding-Object-Sound-Design-in
2018 Yun Hung, Lin, “Not Sufficient as Merely an Occupation, Challenging to Become a Vocation: Weberian Reflections on the Current State of Literary Criticism in Taiwan”, July 2018. https://reurl.cc/65MYmr
2021 Comic Communication Studio, “The Full Production Record: The Arc of Life”, P.185
2020 Andrew Trendell, “ Josie Ho’s band The Uni Boys are working on a film with Tony Kaye and some “new wave” music”, New Musical Express, 17th December 2021. https://www.nme.com/news/music/josie-hos-band-the-uni-boys-working-on-film-with-tony-kaye-and-some-new-wave-music-2841430
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