Weihua Zhu
zhukee1@gmail.com
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Weihua Zhu was born and raised in China, and later moved to Japan. She now lives in Columbia, USA. These experiences laid the basis for her lifelong concern with cultural diversity. She first discovered her God-given talent when she won an art award when she was 7 years old. Her mediums includes watercolor, ink and acrylic on canvas. Much of her work revolves around figure work, animals and Chinese characters. She exhibits her artwork in Columbia Art League, Memorial Student Union and at The Montminy Gallery.
Artist Statement: I am seeking my inner bridge between the Western and Eastern. I have practiced Chinese calligraphy since a very young age. Using acrylic paint as medium, I’ve been talking about a correlation between stories and symbols, and expressing my abstract language on the canvas. I understand my own traditions and reconstruct the relationship between myself and the contemporary world. It takes a lot of visionary strength to enact words that evolve into a mountain scape, evoking parallels with Classical Chinese landscape painting in pen and ink. The simplicity of technique and arrangement allows my paintings to achieve an abstract and pure visual effect. My artworks are seen as a compensation, poems of homesickness.
