Lan Chiann Wu吳嵐倩
http://www.thetranquilstudio.com
Fireflies at Nightfall, 1999
Ink, pigment and gold on paper
19.25x14.5 inches
Fireflies at Nightfall is a painting inspired by Tao Yuanming’s famous 5th-century poem: Peach Blossom Spring
Born and raised in Taiwan, Lan-Chiann Wu studied at the Chinese Culture University in Taipei, Taiwan. She holds an MA from New York University’s Fine Art Department. Lan-Chiann has exhibited and lectured on the subject of Chinese ink painting in the Los Angeles area, San Francisco, and well as in New York, Taiwan and Japan. Lan-Chiann has received numerous prizes and awards, and she currently lives and works in California.
Inspired by universal themes that connect people across time and space, Lan-Chiann creates work that centres on exploring the meaning of life. She uses an array of expressive devices to create images that contains both emotional intensity and a sense of surreal physical space. Lan-Chiann blends eastern and western modes of representation into a distinctly authentic style that is marked by decisive brushwork and delicate application of colour. Thus, conceptually as well as aesthetically, Lan-Chiann’s hauntingly beautiful art bridges distinctive cultures across time and space.
Education:
1998 MA, New York University, School of Art and Art Education, Department of Arts and Art Professions
1995 BFA, Chinese Culture University, Fine Arts Department,, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Selected Exhibitions
Miami Art & Design Fair
Works represented by Michael Goedhuis Gallery,Miami, Florida
February 14-18, 2014
American International Fine Art Fair
Works represented by Michael Goedhuis Gallery,2014Palm Beach, Florida
February 5-9, 2014
Art Miami International Contemporary+Modern Art Fair
Works represented by Michael Goedhuis Gallery
Miami, Florida
December 4-8, 2013.
Palm Beach Jewelry, Art & Antique Show
Works represented by Michael Goedhuis Gallery
Palm Beach, Florida
February 15-19, 2013.
American International Fine Art Fair
Works represented by Michael Goedhuis Gallery
Palm Beach, Florida
February 5-10, 2013.
LA Art Show 2013
Works represented by Michael Goedhuis Gallery
Los Angeles, California
January 23-27, 2013.
Art Miami
Works represented Michael Goedhuis Gallery
Miami, Florida
December 5-9, 2012.
The International Fine Art & Antique Dealers Show
Works represented by Michael Goedhuis Gallery
The Park Avenue Armory, New York, New York
October 19-25, 2012.
Sam and Alfreda Maloof Foundation for the Arts and Crafts: “Three Paths to Expression”, three women artists group exhibition, Alta Loma, California, March 3 – September 30, 2011.
ARTROM Gallery, Rome, Italy: International On-Line Exhibition “Asian Inspiration International”, award winner in an international competition and exhibition organized by the Italian Gallery ARTROM. December 6, 2009 – January 18, 2010.
SOMArts Cultural Center: Celebrating 20 Years: “Asian American Women Artist Association”, group exhibition, SOMArts Cultural Center, San Francisco, September 24 – October 4, 2009.
Once a Tree Gallery: “A Collective: Fine Woodworking and Painting”, group exhibition, 1340 N. Dynamics, Suite F, Anaheim, CA 92806, May 24,
2008 – June 30, 2009.
Feldman-Horn Gallery: “Heaven and Earth”, group exhibition, Harvard-Westlake School, North Hollywood, April 30 – May 12, 2006.
JKD Gallery: “Between Dusk and Dawn”, solo exhibition, Bergamot Station, Los Angeles, May 11 – June 12, 2004.
Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts: Group exhibition (by invitation) “2002 Asian Ink and Water Painting Exhibition”, Osaka, Japan. September, 2002 to January, 2003. This exhibition traveled to three other venues in Taidong, Taipei and Yuenlin in Taiwan.
Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts: Group exhibition (by invitation) “2001 Asian Ink and Water Painting Exhibition”, Osaka, Japan. September - November 2001. This exhibition traveled to three other venues in Hsinchu, Taichung and Kaohsiung in Taiwan.
New York Studio Exhibition: “Paintings by Lan-Chiann Wu”, New York City,
September 9 - 10, 2000. Paintings made between 1994 and 2000.
Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts: Group exhibition (by invitation) “2000 Asian Ink and Water Painting Exhibition, Osaka, Japan, September-December 2000. This exhibition traveled to two other venues in Taichung and Taipei in Taiwan.
Hsinchu Academy of Science, solo exhibition of thirty paintings from March 1994 to February 1995.
National Memorial Museum, graduation group exhibition, Taipei. Organized by the Chinese Culture University, June 1995.
Grants and Scholarships
2012 - New York Foundation for the Arts. Cycle of Life project accepted by NYFA’s Artspire sponsorship program.
2010 - Durfee Foundation Artist Completion Grant (ARC), Santa Monica.
1995 - Jin Ren-Chuo Scholarship for scholastic achievement in oil painting, awarded by the Education Department of the Government of Taiwan.
1994 - Liu Yen-Tao Scholarship for Chinese Calligraphy and Painting awarded by the National History Museum in Taipei.
1993 - Ma Sho-Hua Scholarship for Chinese painting awarded by the Ma Sho-Hua Family Trust, Taipei.
Collections:
Paintings and drawings have been collected in Australia, Germany, Japan, Taiwan, The Netherlands, and in the United States in Los Angeles and New York City by private collectors between 1995 and present.
Awards and Hornors:
2009, Award winner in “Asian Inspiration International”, an international competition and exhibition organized by the Italian Gallery ARTROM.
December 6, 2009 – January 18, 2010.
1995, Chinese Culture University honor for contemporary Chinese painting.Chinese Culture University, especially selected to join the Hua-Kang Painting
Association (comparable to Dean’s list).
1995, Chinese Culture University. Highest honor ‘Hua-Kang Chi-Nien’ for scholastic and artistic achievement.