L. SONG WU

L. Song Wu Portrait
Photo by Krystal Ramirez

Bio

L. Song Wu is a figurative painter originally from Tampa, Florida, currently dividing her time between northern California and Milan. Her paintings explore the tension between intimacy and alienation, challenging viewers to confront their own sense of belonging and constructions of place and femininity. Drawing from a range of sources like anime, YouTube thumbnails, and memory, Wu creates a meticulously crafted world that refracts her ideas of place and self in today's dizzying contemporary landscape. Wu's work has been exhibited in New York, Paris, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. She has been selected as a finalist for the AXA Art Prize and the Tournesol Award.

Contact: lsongwustudio 'at' gmail.com

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

ELSEWHERE, IRL Gallery, New York City, NY 2024
OUT IN THE OPEN, New Image Art, Los Angeles, CA 2023
Gleaming Things, Miller Exhibition Space, Stanford, CA 2022

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

[UPCOMING] Storytime, Rhodes Contemporary, London, UK 2025
[UPCOMING] The River Never Runs Dry, Glass Rice, San Francisco, CA
Untitled Art Fair, IRL Gallery, Miami, FL 2024
Fritto Misto Vol. II, IRL Gallery, New York City, NY
Body Language, Atla x IRL Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
AXA Art Prize Exhibition, New York Academy of Art, New York City, NY 2023
SATELLITE OF LOVE, Double V Gallery x IRL Gallery, Paris, France
Twice as Many Stars, Coulter Gallery, Stanford, CA
SLOW VIOLENCE, Coulter Gallery, Stanford, CA
8th Annual Undergraduate Juried Art Exhibition, Stanford Art Gallery, Stanford, CA 2022
Multifaceted: ArtX Pop Up Show, SOMArts, San Francisco, CA
New Voices: Art from Bay Area Universities, Peninsula Museum of Art, San Bruno, CA
Spring Art Auction, Weserhalle, Berlin, Germany

AWARDS

Raina Giese Award in Painting, Winner 2024
Tournesol Award, Headlands Center for the Arts, Finalist
Undergraduate Performing/Fine Arts Award, Stanford University, Winner
AXA Art Prize, Finalist 2023
Major Grant for Art Practice, Stanford, Awardee
Stanford Art + Justice Grant, Awardee 2022
Anderson Ranch x Stanford Scholarship, Awardee
Chappell Lougee Grant, Awardee 2021
Cantor Art Scholar, Awardee 2020
National American Visions Award - Scholastic Art and Writing, Awardee 2018