John Ziqiang Wu

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Halloween Over Toys “R” Us, 2019

Image courtesy of the artist and Todd Madigan Gallery, Bakersfield.

Car Accident ? And Car Accident., 2019

Image courtesy of the artist and Todd Madigan Gallery, Bakersfield.

Installation view from The Third Thing.
Image courtesy of the artist and Todd Madigan Gallery, Bakersfield.

No Parrot, 2018-2019
Image courtesy of the artist and Todd Madigan Gallery, Bakersfield.

California Stay Home Order, 2020

Image courtesy of the artist and Empty Gallery.

Inside of Screens (Government Briefing), 2020

Image courtesy of the artist and Empty Gallery.

 

6 Feet Distancing Welcome Back, 2020

Image courtesy of the artist and Empty Gallery.

Lunch Meat Can, 2020

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Blend In, 2020

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Changing The Landscape, 2020

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Come On, 2020
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Pigeon Camera, 2020

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Pine Cones, 2020

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No Smoking, 2020

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Life Is Good Chart Drawing, 2018

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John Ziqiang Wu (b. 1983, Tangshan, China) is an artist and educator who lives and works in Los Angeles. He received his BFA in Fine Art from Art Center College of Design in 2013 and his MFA in Photo/Media from the California Institute of the Arts in 2017. Wu is the co-founder of Learning Art & Art Learning Studio, an art tutoring workshop he has run with his wife, Yinan, in Chino, California since 2014. Wu’s work has been included in group exhibitions at SALT, Istanbul (2018); and Pasadena Museum of California Art (2010). He also performed alongside Asher Hartman in ANNIE OKAY at the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (2010). Wu has published several artist books, including The Place and The PeopleThe Lamps’ Story; and Dad’s Hands Are Smaller (all 2018); and Learning Art and Art Learning Society (2017), which was also translated into Turkish as part of the exhibition Bureau of Unspecified Services at SALT in Istanbul. Wu will use the Hammer residency to engage with the daily activities of the museum and its staff. Through an observational process that translates his experiences into numerous watercolors and drawings, Wu’s interests are in the moments of overlap between institutional and personal experience. His practice as a whole reflects on the various models of art learning and pedagogy across different contexts and cultures in order to explore what art can be and how it can function in daily life.

Education

2018
CalArts, MFA, Photo/Media
2013
Art Center College of Design, Art
2008
Otis College of Art and Design, Art
Pasadena City College
2004
TianJin Academy of Fine Art, Oil Painting

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2017
How It Began, and What Its Becoming, CalArts
Learning Art & Art Learning Society, CalArts
2016
Translation, Calarts
2014
John Wu’s Recent works, solo show at SOSM gallery, Los Angeles

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2018
The Bureau of Unspecified Services, Salt Galata, Istanbul
CAA 2018 MFA Exhibition, Sustainability and Public Good, Cal-state LA
2014
“Six Against The Cyclops” group show at ED Freeman gallery, Los Angeles
2010
UCLA Hammer Art Museum, Participating Anne Okay Performing
Pasadena California Museum of Art, Tomorrow Today Exhibit

Publications

2017-2018
artist books by artist
Learning Art and Art Learning Society
The Place and The People- CalArts story
The Lamps’ Story
Dad’s Hands Are Smaller