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Fangmin Wu is an award-winning Sydney-based artist who was born in China and immigrated to Australia in 1990, painting and drawing was his passion from an early age. Since graduating from the Sydney College of the Arts with an Honours degree in Visual Arts in 1997, he has been holding solo art exhibitions. His artworks have been exhibited nationally and internationally. He won the first prize for drawing in the Liverpool Art Prize 2020. He was a winner of Werriwa Art Prize (2022). He was also a winner for 2022 Australian Immunisation Coalition Art Prize. He was selected as one of the Top 10 Landscape Artists of 2023 by online gallery Bluethumb. Recently, He was awarded overall winner in Liverpool art prize 2023.
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Fangmin Wu is an Australian artist based in Sydney. Born in China and immigrated to Australia in 1990, painting and drawing was his passion from an early age. He engaged in printmaking during his early life, and has won numerous art prizes. He began his solo art exhibition since 1997 after he graduated from the Sydney College of Arts with an Honours Degree in Visual Arts.
In recent years, his works have been selected for several major art exhibitions both in Australia and internationally, including: “Coming Home” Beijing Art Exhibition (2009); Blake Art Prize (2011, 2013); St. George Art Prize (2012, 2014); Adelaide Perry Drawing Prize (2015); Waverley Art Prize (2015); Fishers Ghost Art Award (2016, 2018, 2020); First Chinese artistic achievement art exhibition (2016), Clifton Art Prize and Miradas International Art Prize (2018); Highly Commended Prize at Bayside Art Prize (2018); First Prize at Liverpool Art Prize (2020); In 2021, His work has been selected for the National Emerging Art Exhibition; He was a Winner of Werriwa art prize (2022); Recently, his oil painting “We Are One” won the first prize of the Australian 2022 Immunisation Coalition Art Prize.
Fangmin’s artistic creation is extensive, his art-making is reactionary to current international events and a reflection on social issues. In his landscape paintings, the Australian countryside, farms and villages are often the source of inspiration for his works. He hopes that his landscape paintings are more than a simple reproduction of nature – they should be works with passion and personality, and bring a new perspective to the viewer. Adopting a style that blends realism with expressionism, he favors oils, acrylics and mixed mediums. His works have been widely collected, both privately and public, notably by the NSW Nepean Public Hospital, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre and Australian National Gallery.
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