FEN HSU
Artist Statement
and Curriculum Vitae
CONTACT AND SOCIAL MEDIA
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STATEMENT
My artworks are inspired by my home in the Pacific Northwest including the Olympic Peninsula, and the landscapes of the Columbia Gorge and Eastern Washington. The dynamic forms and emotive colors in my paintings evoke the ecosystem of trees and the natural environment.
From my background as a civil engineer, I reflect on current ideas for environmental stewardship including natural storm drainage and evapotranspiration, ideas that relate also to climate change. I also enjoy juxtaposing technology and the deep human affinity for the wild in works that are both whimsical and philosophical.
BIOGRAPHY
I grew up in San Francisco, and studied at Lowell High School and U.C. Berkeley. I remember taking art classes taught by the abstract painter John DiPaolo at the De Young Museum art school. Art is endlessly fascinating for continuously reframing ideas, provoking thought and opening the heart.
EDUCATION
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Oil Painting class in Maui, Hawaii
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Bachelor of Science, Engineering, Studies in Art and Architecture, University of California, Berkeley
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De Young Museum Art School, San Francisco, studied with the abstract painter, John DiPaolo
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Fort Mason Art Center, San Francisco, Classes in Life Drawing and Painting
COMMUNITY AND CREATIVE WORK
2012, Seward Park Tree Ambassador leading tree walks
2010, Contributing writer to Momentum Magazine, a bicycle lifestyle magazine
2010, Fashion contributor to the Great City Fete Du Flaneur celebration event
2010, Presenter at Blue Festival along with the Mangrove Action Project to raise awareness of the health of the oceans
2009, Presenter of up-cycled bicycle fashions at the Sustainable Ballard Festival
2006 to Present, Publisher and designer of books and games
