Chua Yuen Chang, a modern impressionist artist, was born in 1986 in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, where he lives and works. At 17, Chua began learning drawing under the guidance of Sabah-based art teacher Dickson Chin and has continued to paint ever since. He acquired a Diploma in Architecture from the Sabah Institute of Art before pursuing a Degree in Architecture at the University of Newcastle, Australia. Chua is a Senior Architectural Designer at the architectural firm Arkitek Oma Sdn Bhd (AOMA) and also a part-time lecturer at the Sabah Institute of Art, where he teaches drawing, sketching, and illustration.

Chua is known for his semi-abstract works in acrylics and oils, characterized by bold, heavy strokes of colours painted using a palette knife, developing a unique style full of imagination. Chua has been represented by the Sabah Art Gallery (Balai Seni Lukis Sabah) and was a committee member of the Sabah Visual Art Society (Persatuan Seni Visual Sabah). Major exhibitions include Bornean Artist Exhibition "Wonders of Sabah's Rainforest", Gallery Mona, Azabu Minato-ku Tokyo, Japan (2012); "Pola-Pola dan Warna Sabah", Sabah Art Gallery (2012); Bornean Artist Exhibition "Precious Life", Gallery Mona, Azabu Minato-ku Tokyo, Japan (2011); and the Invitational Artists Exhibition, University Malaysia Sabah (2011). Chua won the Sabah Annual Art Selection Award in 2004 and 2005, as well as the Visual Arts Painting Competition (Pertandingan Lukisan Seni Visual), Jabatan Ketua Menteri in 2008.