Wu Yang – Artist Biography
Wu Yang is a designer, painter and picture book artist and illustrator. Graduated from Tsinghua Academy of Fine Arts in 1988 and stayed at the school to teach. In 1991, she studied fashion design in the UK and worked as a designer for a local fashion company. In 2000, she taught at the School of Art of Renmin University of China and was engaged in the creation of picture books and illustrations. She came to Canada in 2006 and began to focus on painting. Her works have been exhibited in art exhibitions in Canada and around the world.
吴洋 – 简介
吴洋，设计师、画家及绘本画家。1988年清华美院研究生毕业，留校任教。1991年在英国学习时装设计并担任当地时装公司的设计师。2000年在中国人民大学艺术学院任教，同时从事绘本、插画的创作。2006年来到加拿大，开始专注于绘画，作品参加加拿大及世界多地的艺术展览。
The series of works “Hello, Mom” pays deep attention to the social role of “mother”. Stones and abstract human figures are used to blend and entangle with each other, forming a surrealist style in a literary sense. The title “Mom” not only represents “love” and “dedication”, but also implies helplessness, restraint, and even struggle… I hope that every mother can see her own reflection in the work. The works contain the secret feelings and orientations of female artists. At the same time, the relationship between works and design is also a creative feature of the author.
《你好，妈妈》这组作品是对＂妈妈＂这个社会角色深情关注。用石头与抽象的人形相互溶合、纠缠不清，形成文学意义上的超现实主义风格。＂妈妈＂这一个称呼既代表着＂爱＂和＂奉献＂，还暗含着无奈与束缚、甚至挣扎⋯，希望每位做妈妈的人都能在作品中看到自己的影子。作品有着女性艺术家隐秘感觉和取向，同时作品和设计关联也是作者的一个创作特点。