About the Artist
Chandra Wu
Seattle, Washington
Biography
Chandra Wu recently completed artist residencies at Glen Arbor Arts Center in Michigan in 2025, and Mother’s Milk in Newton, KS in 2024. At the Shoreline Saltwater Park, she completed a 3 month residency, with open teaching and demos in the park and featuring her first solo showing in June 2022. She has shown work at the Schweinfurth Art Center, Carnegie Museum and the Yeiser Fine Arts Center in Paducah, in addition to other international shows. Her textile work has appeared in many local galleries and museums including Bainbridge Island Art Museum and the Pacific Northwest Quilt and Fiber Art Museum. She left teaching high school math and science to ELL students in 2022 to pursue studio art full time.
Artist Statement
An appreciation of this dynamic planet inspires a lot of the patterns and layers in my textile work. I incorporate the movement of tectonic surface disruption into abstract quilts. They are often like landscapes, drawing the eye to repeating patterns and inviting the viewer to puzzle over the repetitions and variations. The weathering effects from using repurposed or mended cloth reinforce the connection between human and geologic timescales. I make my art from an intimate, multi-generational experience with needlework that I associate with somatic healing, spiritual connection with my ancestors, and contemplation of the ephemeral and utilitarian nature of cloth.
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