WU JIARU
b. 1992, ChinaWu Jiaru (b. 1992) experiments with installation, ready-made, painting, and generative digital images. Her works explore issues such as identity, boundaries, and the individualization of history from the perspectives of mythology, literature, and intimate relationships. She graduated from Tsinghua University in 2014 with a dual degree in Art and English. She received her master degree in Creative Media from City University of Hong Kong in 2017. She is currently based in Hong Kong. Her recent exhibitions include solo show Secrets with an Abundance of Foreign Lines, New York (2023) and To the Naiad’s House, Flowers Gallery, Hong Kong (2022); she has also participated at group exhibitions at Tai Kwun Hong Kong (2023), Axel Vervoordt Gallery, Hong Kong (2021), and Para Site, Hong Kong (2021). Wu was awarded the Asian Cultural Council New York Fellowship in 2022, and her works are collected by Burger Collection, M+ Museum, among others.
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