"[2] He was educated at King's School in Macclesfield and during his time there he was inspired by his sixth form art teacher, Robin Hidden, who was himself an illustrator.
[5] Back in Manchester, Chow worked for a time as a club DJ, regularly playing at venues including The Roadhouse and The Night and Day Cafe.
[6] While out drinking, he would spend time entertaining himself by sketching his friends, who included Elbow's Guy Garvey, using simple line strokes which eventually became the defining style of his work.
[18] In 2014, he illustrated a set of characters for the advertising agency Leo Burnett UK's long term "Little Piccadilly" interactive campaign for McDonald's.
The campaign enabled people to create their own animated characters using their smart phones, which could then be sent live to the McDonald's screen in Piccadilly Circus, London.
On 4 October, The New York Times Magazine cover had a photograph of a metallic helium balloon depicting the face of presidential hopeful Donald Trump.
[24] In June 2014, Chow launched his first UK solo retrospective which was held at the Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art in the Northern Quarter of Manchester.
[25] At the end of the exhibition all of the works were sold on a first-come, first-served basis at takeaway prices with buyers being able to remove the art from the walls and take it home immediately.