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吳若昕Ruo-Hsin Wu
Review introduction:

Ruo-Hsin Wu (b.1993) is a visual artist working in painting, illustration, and hand-drawn animation. She holds a Master’s degree in Visual Communication from the Royal College of Art in the UK and a Bachelor’s degree in Animation from Taipei National University of the Arts. Her work has been showcased in galleries , film festivals and awards around the world. Her recent solo exhibitions include "Gentle Like Water" at Eligere Gallery in South Korea, "Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow" at Villazan Gallery in Spain, "Sunlight, Air and Water" at Cuturi Gallery in Singapore, and "Lizard & Lullaby" at Mizuiro gallery in Taiwan etc. Her visual styles are dreamy yet bittersweet, fluctuating between innocence and grotesque. The childlike appearance of her work has often packaged uncomfortable feelings and potential threats. She links her creative motivation with the psychological concept of "transitional objects" – a soft, huggable item offering psychological comfort to infants in unfamiliar environments—just like how the artist projects her feelings onto each piece of work to adapt to changing realities and mental states.