CICI WU

b. 1989, China

Cici Wu Biography

Cici Wu (b.1989) lives and works in New York. She received her BA from The City University of Hong Kong, School of Creative Media. In 2013, she moved to the United States, where she earned an MFA in Sculpture from Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore. Wu has had solo exhibitions at 47 Canal, New York (2018), Bonnevalle, Noisy-le-Sec, France (2018), and has participated in group exhibitions at Interstate Projects, Brooklyn (2019), Para Site, Hong Kong (2018), and Triangle Art Association, Brooklyn (2017), among others. She also co-founded PRACTICE: a studio, residency, and exhibition space based in New York which has been operating since 2015.

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GROUP EXHIBITION Greater New York 2026 MoMA PS1 16 April–17 August 2026 New York

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Exhibition view: Cici Wu, Belonging and Difference, Empty Gallery, Hong Kong (3 September–12 November 2023). Courtesy Empty Gallery.

Cici Wu, Lanterns from the Unreturned 02, 2025, bamboo wire, handmade paper, light bulbs, and fibre paper, 120 × 89.5 × 29 cm. Commissioned by the Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai. © Cici Wu. Photo: Yan Tao.
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Installation view, Cici Wu, Lanterns from the Unreturned, Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai, May 2–Sept. 28, 2025. © Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai. Photo: Yan Tao.
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Cici Wu, Lanterns from the Unreturned 03, 2025, bamboo wire, handmade paper, LED lights, and plexiglass, 120 × 137 × 29 cm. Commissioned by the Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai. © Cici Wu. Image courtesy of the artist. Photo: Felix Wong.
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Cici Wu, The Soul of Books 08, 2025, ink on paper, paper cut, fabric, and thread, 49 × 36 cm. Commissioned by the Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai. © Cici Wu. Image courtesy of the artist. Photo: Felix Wong.
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