About
Biography
JC is a multidisciplinary artist and designer based in Naarm/Melbourne, Australia. His work explores the ongoing internal dialogue he experiences in defining his cultural and social identity.
Australian born with mixed Asian and Caucasian ancestry, his blended heritage coupled with his queerness, creates an internal tension. This tension fuels a perpetual cycle of questioning and redefining his identity, which often leads to a heightened sense of otherness and ambiguity.
Heavily influenced by Abstract Expressionism, Maximalism, and his cultural heritage, JC’s introspective process is translated through his art using personal and cultural symbolism, dynamic mark-making, and a bold use of colour.
JC earned his Bachelor of Fine Art from the Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne, and studied graphic design at RMIT University.
JC's work is held in private collections in Brisbane and Melbourne.
Full CV can be downloaded here
Education
2014
Bachelor of Fine Art (Drawing)
Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2025
Rejected/Projected - Gallery 1, RED Gallery, Melbourne
2024
Become Whatever - Gallery 1, Rubicon ARI, Melbourne
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025
Pocketful of Sunshine - Dark Horse Experiment, Melbourne
RED Salon - RED Gallery, Melbourne
RED Collection, Gallery 1, RED Gallery, Melbourne
SOULS - SOL Gallery, Melbourne
2024
Christmas Group Show - RED Gallery, Melbourne
Essence - Gallery Unbound, Melbourne
Merri-bek Summer Show: (Be)longing- Counihan Gallery - Melbourne
You Look Good On Paper - RED Gallery - Melbourne
Emerge: OUT - Brunswick Street Gallery - Melbourne
2023
60BYSIXTYFOR60 - RED Gallery – Melbourne
BUY OR CRY - SOL Gallery, Melbourne
2022
Emerge: Tenth Edition - Brunswick Street Gallery - Melbourne
2012
RAW Brisbane: Radiate - Oh Hello! - Brisbane
2011
Transit - Brunswick Arts Space - Melbourne