Zac Chu
Zac is an emerging visual artist whose works have been exhibited online and offline in various states in Australia with a highlight being his entry for the Royal Children Hospital’s online exhibition, which is the first exhibit on the top left-hand corner of the web page. He has also been commissioned by the Youth Affairs Council of Victoria’s Youth Disability Advocacy Service to produce a visual art for its disability pride project. Furthermore, he has been selected to participate in Colour Them Safe’s Art for Wellbeing programme and Arts Access Victoria’s Nexus professional development programme.
Besides being the founder of Diet to Save Earth, Zac is an active volunteer in various capacities with a diverse range of organisations at municipal, state, national and international levels for different causes mainly in consumer representation in healthcare; disability and carer support; climate change; youth empowerment; diplomacy and international affairs; and multicultural and ethnic advocacy.
In recognition of Zac’s volunteering effort to date, he has received a number of accolades the highlights of which include Global Youth Parliament’s Global Youth Leadership Award for Australia, Disability Leadership Institute’s National Awards for Disability Leadership in the rights activism category, Maribyrnong City Council’s Youth Leadership Award, and Youth Projects Ltd’s Youth Participation Award.
