Kelly Wu

Kelly Wu works across sculpture, installation and performance, using found objects and personal archives to explore memory, identity and cultural inheritance.

 

Recurring themes of race, gender and class often appear partially withheld or obscured, expressed through secretive, resistant forms that challenge the desire for resolution. Writing and ‘life-art’ performances extend these concerns, introducing embodied and narrative dimensions to the work.

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Born in Essex to immigrant parents from Beijing, Wu studied at Central Saint Martins and is currently completing an MA in Fine Art at the Slade School of Fine Art. Recent exhibitions include Missing Angel at Small-Time Project, GLORY BOX at the Shop at Sadie Coles HQ and the East Wing Biennial at the Courtauld Institute of Art. 

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They currently live and work in London.