12-year-old Xeo Chu, Vietnam’s ‘young Jackson Pollock’, opens New York exhibition
- Art prodigy’s abstract paintings have sold for more than US$150,000
- Chu started painting at age 4 and made his first sale two years later
Cynics who view pricey abstract art and scoff that “a kid probably painted that” are finally right.
At just 12 years old, Xeo Chu is setting sales records with his colourful, abstract paintings, which are selling for more than $150,000 and are being compared to works by renowned American artist Jackson Pollock.
Now the seventh-grade student from Vietnam is hosting his first solo exhibition, at the George Berges Gallery in Manhattan’s upscale Soho neighbourhood.
The exhibition titled “Big World, Little Eyes”, which opened on Thursday and runs through January 2, comes years after the artist who started painting at age 4 made his first sale.
“One customer came and bought my painting and I was really happy. That was when I was like 6. Yep,” Chu said.