Ang Wu’s practice moves between oil painting and tempera, exploring the quiet tension between the inner world and the visible image. Drawn to the religious atmosphere of early oil portraiture, she creates figures suspended between reality, memory, and spiritual presence.

In her portrait-based works, restraint and strangeness coexist. Through simplified compositions, subtle expressions, and restrained color, Wu merges inner emotion with external form, creating images that feel both intimate and distant. Her paintings reveal a delicate balance between serenity and unease, reflecting on the solitude and hidden complexity of the human interior.

Portrait of Ang Wu. Courtesy of the artist.