FEN HSU is a visual artist, writer and video creator dedicated to sustainability and the circular economy.
Fen explores themes of environmentalism and renewal in contemporary paintings referencing myth, wildlife, and favorite Pacific Northwest locations. Gestural forms and magic realism impart an ethereal and philosophic presence to her work.
Love for the Land and Advocacy
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Love for the Land is a force for unity, transformation and healing. The legacy of land conflict, colonialism and the displacement of Indigenous culture and peoples are ongoing sources of division and individual trauma. Looking to natural systems -- the principles of evapotranspiration and the interdependent systems of wildlife -- we find hope in our shared ecological ethos bridging racial and social divides. Fen's contributions to environmental and racial justice, and advocacy for regenerative land management, include publications and video in collaboration with the Ubuntu Climate Initiative, and Unearthodox Voices of Regeneration.
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Publications Video Collaborations
NEWS and EXHIBITS
Upcoming, Unearthodox’s upcoming Voices of Regeneration publication
July 25 to September 14, 2024, Environmental Ties, Magnuson Park Gallery
July 26, 2024, 6-8pm, Opening Reception for Environmental Ties, curated in collaboration with ParksPunks.org
April 2024, Ubuntu Climate Initiative, Emerald Cities Collaborative Film Festival, Political Conflict and Land Displacement in Taiwan, Honorable Mention for the Elder's Category
August - September, 2023, Northwest Mood, Flying Lion Brewing, Seattle
May 12, 2023, Bellown Art Walk, 6-9pm, free and open to the public, Slip Gallery, at 1st and Bell in Belltown
May 2023, Fortitude, Slip Gallery, Belltown in Seattle, with artist networking event on May 27
May 2023, Northwest Mood, Parlour Wines Madison Park
April to June 2023, Two for the Road, original landscapes, Bothell Visitor Center
July 2022, Plein Air Views of Washington, Magnuson Park Gallery
May 2022, Creativity is Ageless, Merrill Gardens, Kirkland, WA
February 2022, Shorelake Arts, Shoreline Lantern Festival at Uplift Climbing
January 2022, City of Shelton Civic Center Rotating Art Gallery
January 2022, Happy New Year and a look back at art in 2021
December 2021, Featured work in The Ecological Citizen
July 2021, Plein Air Views of Washington at Magnuson Park Gallery, Online Exhibit and Drop-in Gallery
April 2021, FromGreentoGrey.com Online Exhibit with print sales to support climate change activism featuring an online 3D gallery experience
April 2021, Wildness, EarthActionInitiative.org Online Exhibit to support soil research and permaculture
February 19, 2020 6-8pm, Lynnwood Convention Center Reception Event for Contemporary Northwest Landscape show, click to see a video about the show on YouTube.
January - June 2020, Lynnwood Convention Center, Contemporary Northwest Landscape group show, Lynnwood, WA