Hayley Chi Hay Chiu

Oil, acrylic

Hayley Chi Hay Chiu(b. 2001) is a second-generation Chinese Canadian painter based in Markham and Toronto. She specializes in oil painting and completed her bachelor’s degree in Drawing and Painting at OCAD University.

Inspired by the long and diverse history of her culture that she was never fully a part of, Hayley appropriates its imagery and combines them with symbolism from her own life to narrate an existence that transcends time and place. She documents the changes that take place within her surroundings and body and the relationship between the two, embracing the self and the changing forms that it will continue to adapt. Combining high realism and overtly overlaid images, she breaks any illusion that her paintings are direct representations of reality, but one that explores the mythologies we create to add charm in a mundane life.

Born

2001

Based

Markham & Toronto, ON

Education

MFA, Concordia University, 2026 - present
BFA, Drawing and Painting, The Ontario College of Art and Design University (OCAD U), 2023

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Selected Works

Hayley Chi Hay Chiu, Core 63, 2026, Oil on canvas — Core 63Lilypads in Chengdu

2026, Oil on canvas

5 × 5 in / 12 × 12 cm

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Hayley Chi Hay Chiu, Core 71, 2026, Oil on canvas — Core 71Hong Kong skyline

2026, Oil on canvas

5 × 5 in / 12 × 12 cm

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Hayley Chi Hay Chiu, Core 72, 2026, Oil on canvas — Core 72outside the house

2026, Oil on canvas

5 × 5 in / 12 × 12 cm

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Hayley Chi Hay Chiu, Core 73, 2026, Oil on canvas — Core 73Montreal rainy street

2026, Oil on canvas

5 × 5 in / 12 × 12 cm

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Hayley Chi Hay Chiu, Fat Fat White White, 2026, Inkjet print on Innova art canvas — Fat Fat White White肥肥白白

2026, Inkjet print on Innova art canvas

24¾ × 24¾ in / 63 × 63 cm

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Hayley Chi Hay Chiu, Core 70, 2026, Oil on canvas — Core 70Hong Kong central market

2026, Oil on canvas

5 × 5 in / 12 × 12 cm

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Hayley Chi Hay Chiu, Core 67, 2026, Oil on canvas — Core 67Rainy Chengdu night

2026, Oil on canvas

5 × 5 in / 12 × 12 cm

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Hayley Chi Hay Chiu, Core 68, 2026, Oil on canvas — Core 68Shiraito Falls

2026, Oil on canvas

5 × 5 in / 12 × 12 cm

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Hayley Chi Hay Chiu, Butterfly dream, 2025, Oil on canvas — Butterfly dream

2025, Oil on canvas

36 × 48 in / 91 × 122 cm

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Hayley Chi Hay Chiu, Fly spotting, 2025, Oil on canvas — Fly spotting

2025, Oil on canvas

60 × 48 in / 152 × 122 cm

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Hayley Chi Hay Chiu, Core 64, 2025, Oil on canvas — Core 64

2025, Oil on canvas

5 × 5 in / 12 × 12 cm

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Hayley Chi Hay Chiu, Core 48, 2025, Oil on canvas — Core 48

2025, Oil on canvas

5 × 5 in / 13 × 13 cm

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Hayley Chi Hay Chiu, Core 49, 2025, Oil on canvas — Core 49

2025, Oil on canvas

5 × 5 in / 13 × 13 cm

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Hayley Chi Hay Chiu, Core 50, 2025, Oil on canvas — Core 50

2025, Oil on canvas

5 × 5 in / 13 × 13 cm

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Hayley Chi Hay Chiu, Core 51, 2025, Oil on canvas — Core 51

2025, Oil on canvas

5 × 5 in / 13 × 13 cm

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Hayley Chi Hay Chiu, Core 52, 2025, Oil on canvas — Core 52

2025, Oil on canvas

5 × 5 in / 13 × 13 cm

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Hayley Chi Hay Chiu, Core 53, 2025, Oil on canvas — Core 53

2025, Oil on canvas

5 × 5 in / 13 × 13 cm

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Hayley Chi Hay Chiu, Core 24, 2024, Oil on canvas — Core 24

2024, Oil on canvas

5 × 5 in / 13 × 13 cm

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Hayley Chi Hay Chiu, Core 25, 2024, Oil on canvas — Core 25

2024, Oil on canvas

5 × 5 in / 13 × 13 cm

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Hayley Chi Hay Chiu, Core 26, 2024, Oil on canvas — Core 26

2024, Oil on canvas

5 × 5 in / 13 × 13 cm

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Hayley Chi Hay Chiu, Core 27, 2024, Oil on canvas — Core 27

2024, Oil on canvas

5 × 5 in / 13 × 13 cm

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Hayley Chi Hay Chiu, Core 28, 2024, Oil on canvas — Core 28

2024, Oil on canvas

5 × 5 in / 13 × 13 cm

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Hayley Chi Hay Chiu, Core 29, 2024, Oil on canvas — Core 29

2024, Oil on canvas

5 × 5 in / 13 × 13 cm

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Hayley Chi Hay Chiu, Core 30, 2024, Oil on canvas — Core 30

2024, Oil on canvas

5 × 5 in / 13 × 13 cm

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Hayley Chi Hay Chiu, Core 31, 2024, Oil on canvas — Core 31

2024, Oil on canvas

5 × 5 in / 13 × 13 cm

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Hayley Chi Hay Chiu, Core 32, 2024, Oil on canvas — Core 32

2024, Oil on canvas

5 × 5 in / 13 × 13 cm

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Hayley Chi Hay Chiu, Abode, 2023, Oil on wood panel — Abode

2023, Oil on wood panel

10 × 7½ in / 25 × 19 cm

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Hayley Chi Hay Chiu, Entry 1, 2022, Oil on canvas — Entry 1

2022, Oil on canvas

10 × 10 in / 25 × 25 cm

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Hayley Chi Hay Chiu, Pond activities, 2022, Oil on canvas — Pond activities

2022, Oil on canvas

6 × 20 in / 15 × 51 cm

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Hayley Chi Hay Chiu, Everybody wants to play, 2021, Oil on canvas — Everybody wants to play

2021, Oil on canvas

20 × 16 in / 51 × 41 cm

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Hayley Chi Hay Chiu, Mahjong (study), 2021, Oil on board — Mahjong (study)

2021, Oil on board

6 × 8 in / 15 × 20 cm

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Hayley Chi Hay Chiu, False embrace, 2021, Oil on canvas board — False embrace

2021, Oil on canvas board

10 × 8 in / 25 × 20 cm

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Hayley Chi Hay Chiu, The Earth, the Moon, and the Selenites, 2021, Oil on canvas — The Earth, the Moon, and the Selenites

2021, Oil on canvas

16 × 20 in / 41 × 51 cm

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Hayley Chi Hay Chiu, Piggy, 2021, Oil on canvas board — Piggy

2021, Oil on canvas board

6 × 8 in / 15 × 20 cm

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Hayley Chi Hay Chiu, Summer heat, 2021, Acrylic on canvas — Summer heat

2021, Acrylic on canvas

48 × 48 in / 122 × 122 cm

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Hayley Chi Hay Chiu, Make a wish, 2021, Oil on canvas — Make a wish

2021, Oil on canvas

20 × 16 in / 51 × 41 cm

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Hayley Chi Hay Chiu, Spotless mind, 2020, Oil on canvas — Spotless mind

2020, Oil on canvas

30 × 24 in / 76 × 61 cm

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Selected
Exhibitions & Awards

2026

Emerging Artist Spotlight

Varley Art Gallery, Markham, Ontario

Artist Project

Enercare Centre, Toronto, Ontario

2025

We heard a rumour that the gallery is shutting down but the gallery isn't shutting down.

Moosey, Norwich, England

Art Toronto

SSEW Project, Toronto, Ontario

The Invisible String

Gagné Contemporary, Toronto, Ontario

Artist Project

Better Living Centre, Toronto, Ontario

San Francisco Art Fair

SSEW Project, San Francisco

2024

When the mud settles

Abbozzo Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

Art Toronto

SSEW Project, Toronto, Ontario

I Notice a Sound That's Out of Place

the plumb, Toronto, Ontario

SEVEN Magazine Issue 02 Launch Party

Foy House, Toronto, Ontario

Fresh Catch

Durand Coffee, Hamilton, Ontario

Artist Project

Better Living Centre, Toronto, Ontario

Youth, Truth, and Imagination

Joseph D. Carrier Art Gallery, North York, Ontario

Untapped People's Choice Award

Artist Project Toronto

2023

Half Plus Half

Ascent Gallery, Etobicoke, Ontario

Next Steps Exhibition

Etobicoke Civic Centre, Etobicoke, Ontario

Half Plus Half

Ascent Gallery, Etobicoke, Ontario

TONIC. 401 Richmond

Toronto, Ontario

GradEx 108

OCAD University, Toronto, Ontario

Paraline

Midnight Arcade, Toronto, Ontario

Collective Momentum

Riverdale Hub Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

Drawing and Painting Medal

OCAD University

Nora E. Vaughan Award

OCAD University

2022

Gathering Divergence

Ada Slaight Gallery, OCAD University, Toronto, Ontario

Blueprint for a Collective Home

Great Hall Gallery, OCAD University, Toronto, Ontario

Navigating Identity in the Asian Diaspora

Ada Slaight Gallery, OCAD University, Toronto, Ontario

2019

Richard Lemieux Memorial Scholarship

OCAD University