Lisa Wu is a contemporary Taiwanese realist oil painter who began painting at the age of 50. Specializing in a delicate realist style, she was shortlisted for the NTDTV Global Portrait Realist Oil Painting Competition. She graduated from the Graduate Institute of Fine Arts at National Kaohsiung Normal University, with her master’s thesis titled “The Artist’s New Nomadic State,” focusing on integrating her experiences traveling to various countries into modern narrative painting. Her works cover a wide range of subjects, including figures, landscapes, and still lifes.

Main Experiences and Artistic Style

• Inspiration and Style: Began her creative career after the age of 50, specializing in oil paintings with classical realist techniques, adept at depicting delicate textures.
• Education: Graduate School of Fine Arts, National Kaohsiung Normal University.
• Creative Philosophy: Deeply influenced by “nomadic thought,” her works often combine her experiences traveling to over forty countries, the pulse of the modern internet, and her inner fantasies. She believes that artists should immerse themselves in society and combine Eastern and Western cultural elements in their “new nomadic state” of artistic creation.
• Exhibitions: She has held solo oil painting exhibitions (such as the 2014 Pingtung Realist Oil Painting Exhibition and the 2017 “The Artist’s New Nomadic State” solo exhibition), showcasing her aspirations for a desert life (such as “Song of the Wanderer”) and her interpretation of the inner resilience of women (such as “Lost Voyage”).
• Artistic Views: She advocates for a return to tradition in art, while incorporating her personal experiences and imagination of life.

窺視之窗
2022
Oil painting
50F

發愁
2022
Oil painting
50F