Yu-Wen Wu
Yu-Wen Wu is an interdisciplinary artist living and working in Boston. Born in Taipei, Taiwan, Wu’s subjectivity as an immigrant is central to her artwork. Relocating to the United States at an early age, her experiences have shaped her work in areas of migration–examining issues of displacement, arrival, assimilation and the shape of identity in a new country. At the crossroads of art, science, politics and social issues, her wide range of projects include large-scale drawings, site-specific video installations, community engaged practices, and public art.
She is the 2021 recipient of the Mass Cultural Council Artist Fellowship, and was recognized by Boston Magazine as the 2021 Best Artist in its annual Best of Boston issue. Jerry Saltz named her work, Walking to Taipei, now in the collection of the Harvard Art Museums, as one of the Best Art Exhibitions in New York of 2022.
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Let Love Quiet Fear
Group Exhibition 12 Jan - 12 Feb 2023Artwork by Paul Briggs, Erin Genia, Eric Gottesman, Ekua Holmes, DA Mekonnen, Helina Metaferia, Jo Nanajian, Kiyomi Quinn Taylor, Hank Willis Thomas, Yu-Wen Wu. Organized by For Freedoms. In conversation...Read more -
Internal Navigation
Solo Exhibition by Yu-Wen Wu 9 Sep - 10 Oct 2021How do we internally navigate the world, the times, and within ourselves? For interdisciplinary artist Yu-Wen Wu, this question provides the basis for her solo exhibition Internal Navigation. The Boston-based...Read more
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The Immigrant Experience is Central to Her Art
Danna Lorch, Tufts Now, May 19, 2023 -
Dallas Art Fair's 15th Edition, Featuring Yu-Wen Wu
Darryl Ratcliff, Patron Magazine, March 31, 2023 -
The Best New York Art Shows of 2022
Jerry Saltz, New York Magazine, December 8, 2022 -
Yu-Wen Wu’s Algorithmic Odyssey Around the World
Jerry Saltz, New York Magazine, June 7, 2022 -
Yu-Wen Wu Asked Google How to Walk From Boston to Taipei. She Spent the Next 10 Years Turning the Directions Into an Inc
Sarah Cascone, Artnet News, May 6, 2022 -
The Best Booths at Independent New York 2022, from Personal Abstraction to a Response to the Guston Controversy
Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews, May 5, 2022 -
Yu-Wen Wu navigates themes of immigration and identity in exhibit at Praise Shadows Art Gallery
Cate McQuaid, The Boston Globe, September 23, 2021 -
Yu-Wen Wu: Different mediums of immigration
Jesse McCeney, Metal Magazine, September 9, 2021