Alex Lu

 Education:    

            The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

            Master of Fine Arts- Painting and Drawing, 2005

            Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, Vancouver, BC

            Bachelor of Fine Arts-Painting and Drawing, 2002

            School of Visual Arts, New York, NY

            Summer Studio Residency, 2001

 Exhibitions:

        2005         In the Office, Linda Warren Gallery, Chicago, IL

          2005         Summer Group Show, Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago, IL

          2005         Lookers, Heaven Gallery, Chicago, IL

          2005         Drawn to Drawing, Betty Rymer Gallery, Chicago, IL

          2005         Gallery 2, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

          2004         The Stray Show, Chicago, IL

          2003         Altered Landscapes, City Scape Community Art Space, North

Vancouver, Canada

          2002         Home and Homeland, Concourse Gallery, Emily Carr Institute of

Art and Design, Vancouver, Canada

          2002        11 Painters, Concourse Gallery, Emily Carr Institute of Art and               

                        Design, Vancouver, Canada

    2001         Summer Studio Residency: Open Studios, School of Visual Arts,

                 New York

 Awards:

            Elizabeth Mundy Visual Art Scholarship Award

            1998, Vancouver, BC

            Chancellor’s Fellowship

            2003, University of California, Irvine