steve chiu is a process based artist, working across analog and digital mediums to generate visual metaphors for immaterial ideas. steve’s visual language draws upon writings and sketches created through abstraction and observation to generate shapes steeped in memory and emotion. by day, steve works at buddhist tzu chi foundation, building community around sustainable development, interfaith understanding and climate action.

  1. (january 2025) volume 21 i wrote this zine and then became a digital hermit for a whole year and some change
  2. (july 2024) volume 20 a zine made from post it notes
  3. (june 2024) volume 19 what constitutes a good life?
  4. (may 2024) volume 18 a lil red guy takes over my zine
  5. (april 2024) volume 17 a collection of riso prints i did at sva!
  6. (march 2024) volume 16 i painted a 6 foot fat pikachu
  7. (february 2024) volume 15 fat ceramic chicken rescued from the dump
  8. (january 2024) volume 14 a record of imperfect images
  9. (december 2023) volume 13 five months of ideas jammed into one zine
  10. (july 2023) volume 12 me ranting about the internet and emails
  11. (june 2023) volume 11 visual poems
  12. (may 2023) volume 10 hand painted zine
  13. (april 2023) volume 9 a very kind zine
  14. (march 2023) volume 8 I LOVE THIS VOLUME
  15. (february 2023) volume 7 zine made on phone
  16. (january 2023) volume 6 short and sweet
  17. (december 2022) volume 5 my favorite paintings ive ever made
  18. (november 2022) volume 4 vomiting in the shower
  19. (october 2022) volume 3 double feature!
  20. (august 2022) volume 2 i get a lil weird with it
  21. (july 2022) volume 1 i publish my first lil digital zine omg
  22. (september 2021) a painting of burt in my basement
  23. (august 2021) I love you, don’t touch me a super cute artist talk + show w my friends omg
  24. (march 2020) painting during the pandemic
  25. (february 2020) a zine for nyc crit club omg
  26. (november 2019) decomposed: a zine
  27. (january 2019) digital sculptures made by the beach
  28. (december 2018) nonsequitur: a zine
  29. (august 2018) a drawing that encapsulates my year
  30. (april 2017) sounds blared through an old panasonic tape recorder
  31. (october 2016) steve rambling about making art
  32. (march 2016) a small film i made on how to be creative
  33. (february 2016) a short film on the shortness of life
  34. (august 2014) a six foot painting of colors
  35. (december 2013) three paintings i made at osu
  36. you can write to me via this link if you don’t have my cell