Mark Chu was born in Australia and was a pianist as a teenager, recorded as a soloist with the Melbourne and West Australian Symphony Orchestras. Then after studying criminology in University, Chu moved to writing literature, where he was able to explore complicated ideas about morals and philosophy.
Chu have been practicing painting for five years, and have had exhibits in Melbourne, NYC, and Amsterdam, concentrating mostly on faces and how make abstract shapes from faces, and dark emotions.