Cici Wu (b.1989) lives and works in New York and Hong Kong. She creates complex, sensory and dreamlike investigations into our cultural and material environment using drawing, video, sculpture, writing and installation. Combining historical research and material experimentation with an acute sensitivity to sociopolitical structures, Wu’s works aim to explore and interrupt dominant narratives on a multitude of subjects, including memory, cinematic history, nationalism, cultural belonging and identity, and interpersonal relationships between humans and non-humans.
She received her BA from the City University of Hong Kong, and MFA from Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore. She has had solo exhibitions at Empty Gallery, Hong Kong (2023, 2019); 47 Canal, New York (2021, 2018); a collaborative exhibition at Hordaland Kunstsenter, Norway in 2023; and has participated in group exhibitions at the Drawing Center, New York (2023, 2020), CAPC Musée d’art Contemporain de Bordeaux, F...
