
Portrait of Wu Jiaru by Asia_Art_Hopper
Wu Jiaru
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Biography
WU JIARU (b 1992)
Wu Jiaru (b.1992) is a multidisciplinary artist who works across painting, installation, and moving image. She explores the intersection of mythology, memory, and contemporary society. Through large-scale paintings and installations, she creates immersive experiences that question the forces shaping our lives and identities, drawing on influences from mythology to modern philosophy.
Wu Jiaru received her dual BA degrees in Fine Arts and English Language from Tsinghua University in 2014, and her MFA from the School of Creative Media at City University of Hong Kong in 2017.
Selected exhibitions include: Apollo Center, Flowers Gallery, Hong Kong (2025); A Brief Digression, HART, Hong Kong (2024); très sauvage: Secrets with an Abundance of Foreign Lines at Flowers Gallery, New York (2023); Emotional Device at P21, Seoul, South Korea (2023); Myth Makers — Spectrosynthesis III, Tai Kwun, Hong Kong (2023); To the Naiad’s House, Flowers Gallery, Hong Kong (2022); Curtain, Para Site, Hong Kong (2021); Post-Flu Syndrome, Hong Kong Arts Centre (2018). Wu was awarded the Asian Cultural Council New York Fellowship in 2022, and her works can be found in The Burger Collection (Switzerland & Hong Kong), M+ Museum (Hong Kong) and private collections globally.