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Jason Phu

Australia

D.O.B: 06/12/2025

Jason Phu is a practicing artist working across a wide range of mediums including printmaking, painting and performance. His work references folk tales, family history and funny jokes. Sometimes it includes imagery from comics, cartoons and Chan paintings.

Phu studied at COFA, Sydney graduating with honours in 2011 and also studied at NSCAD, Nova Scotia. Phu won the prestigious Sir John Sulman Prize in 2015. In 2021, he was the recipient of the $80,000 Mordant Family Moving Image Award (ACMI) and he presented work in a group show titled ‘The Way We Eat’ at The Art Gallery of New South Wales. In 2022, he was one of the 8 artists selected for the 2022 Macfarlane Commissions at Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA). In 2023, he was selected as one of the Artists for The National 4 at Carriageworks as well as a major installation/performance for Dark MOFO, Hobart. In 2024 he was awarded Vogue Living Artist of the Year and presented a major installation at
HOTA, Brisbane.