Chu Chun-Teng was born in 1982, Taipei, Taiwan. He graduated from the Department of Film at Shih Hsin University, Taipei in 2006 and completed his MFA in Fine Art at Goldsmiths, University of London in 2010.
Chu Chun-Teng made a number of feature films and was selected for international film festivals before graduation. Upon receiving his BA in film, he shifted his focus towards fine art and worked on film, video art and installation. He is deeply concerned with the dilemma of an individual in modern society, in particular an individual’s existence, social hierarchy and political conflicts which are all closely examined throughout his artistic practice.
His work has been widely presented by major film festivals and international art institutions, including the 28th Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival, the 19th Singapore International Film Festival, the 7th Seoul International Film Festival, the 2014 Taipei Biennial, Kunsthaus Esse, Shanghai Contemporary Art Museum, Glasgow Centre for Contemporary Arts and Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art.
In 2013, Chu Chun-Teng found a co-working art studio Polymer in Taipei and he is the first Executive Director until 2016.