Exhibition in CKS Memorial Hall, June 2015

Two more paintings from my new series. I had a blast at the exhibition!!

Taiwan Arts Society Exhibition 2015 | 2015 台灣美展
2015/06/19 - 2015/06/30
National Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, Taipei | 中正紀念堂

YW Elena Wang

Sin Título 

Oleo sobre lienzo

72.5 × 60.5 cm

2015, Taichung

Photo credit: Paris Tien

YW Elena Wang

Otro Sin Título 

Oleo sobre lienzo

72.5 × 60.5 cm

2015, Taichung

Photo credit: Paris Tien

Photo credit Boke Pan 

y sobre mi lengua se desviste un ruiseñor,
y entre sus alitas nos amamos sin pudor,

Nuevas Obras: Tiempo

Nocturna

Oleo sobre lienzo

72.5 × 60.5 cm

2015, Taichung

Atardecer

Oleo sobre lienzo

72.5 × 60.5 cm

2015, Taichung

Amanecer

Oleo sobre lienzo

72.5 × 60.5 cm

2015, Taichung

Tiempo
Estoy más que encantada de presentarles mis primeras obras de este año. Estas obras forman parte de mi nueva investigación temado el tiempo. Siento que es la primera vez después de muchos años que me estoy tomando el tiempo para respirar el aire que tanto me faltaba. El tiempo, que sin darnos cuenta se vuela; o que a veces, especialmente cuando sufrimos, parecen infinitos. Tan difícil es tomarnos el tiempo que tanto necesitamos para volvernos a encontrarnos después de golpes fuertes en la vida y para cicatrizar heridas profundas, o pelear contra la fugacidad de los tiempos libres y alegrías sin preocupaciones, o capturar la belleza e inocencia que nos regaló la juventud y que ya está en la esquina por disiparse en silencio mientras entramos al mundo supuestamente adulto. Quiero, capturar los momentos, esos instantes tan momentáneos, cuando sentimos que el universo se conspiró para que todo en nuestro mundo se sienta perfectamente hermoso.
Estas obras estarán presentadas por la primera vez en la Galería de Arte Colorida en Lisboa, Portugal desde el 9 a 22 de mayo. Mil gracias a Rosemary y José por todo su apoyo tan especial.
Les mando un abrazo muy fuerte a todos ustedes desde Taiwán y espero que la pasen muy bonito. Besos y LQM!!

New show @ Colorida Art Gallery, Lisboa

勇敢活下去

前面還有路要走

My studio

OK.  So.  I just wanted to share something that is actually a big deal for me.  I have a new studio now - that is actually separate from my bedroom.  I know it sounds funny but it's been something I've been dreaming of for the past 8 years or so and I fiiiinally made it happen.  For the past couple years I never really had enough space to create art outside my bedroom.  First it was Philly, then Taipei, then Shanghai - my bedroom always looked more like a bed inside a painting studio.  And trust me, it sucks. Despite making paintings size 80+, I would literally have to squeeze to the edge of the room just to get enough perspective.  I guess house searching for 4 months plus did pay off!  

2015

I just realized that I had no posts in 2014.  Sorry about that.
I moved back to Taichung in 2014 from Shanghai.  I moved eight times in the past two years.  I'm exhausted but also excited about Taichung.

My next show is in Portugal.  I'll be posting details soon.  Looking forward to Feb. so I can wrap up a lot of the paintings that I brought back from Shanghai.

I watched The Village by Stan Lai yesterday, it made me laugh and it made me cry. I can't wait to go to his next show in June.

Elena 

New show at the Art Xpres group exhibition in Galería Paspartú in Barcelona

I am proud to be presenting two works from my new series in 2012 at the Art Xpres group exhibition in Galería Paspartú in Barcelona from September 25-28.

Una mirada hacia el pasado, reflejando la profundidad de la soledad, de las imaginaciones de lo que podría ser el futuro.  Reflejo despierta el encuentro con uno mismo, con el paso de nuestro tiempo, con nuestra soledad, nuestras esperanzas y deseos.   Esta obra invita uno a mirar hacia nuestro interior, y sentir nuestras aspiraciones más profundas. 

irecruzyah

影子 | reflejo

taipei, 2012 

oil on canvas 

45 x 38 cm

Cuando uno esta enfrentado en la vida con osuridades, pérdidas, fracasos y frustraciones, cuando la vida parece que ya no hay luz ni cambio, lo único que nos queda es una fuerza interior, una luz que enciende nuestra fé en el medio de la oscuridad.

irecruzyah

石 | piedra

taipei, 2012

oil on canvas

45 cm x 38 cm

Bueno, estoy más que encantada para estar participando en esta exposición, mil gracias a Elena Jordán y Christy Liao por todo el apoyo maravilloso.  Espero que la exposición nos abrirá nuevas perspectivas hacia nuestras expresiones artísticas y nos brindará nuevas inspiraciones para seguir adelante. 

Tim McFarlane's new show Presence

Hope yall get to check out Tim McFarlane's new show Presence at the Bridgette Mayer Gallery
Tim's artwork has the ability to transport me to a different space, a different dimension.  I see so many layers of spaces and emotions, of layers of wisdom and secrecy hidden beneath somewhere/ something yet still perceivable.  His artwork reminds me that these spaces still exist in the world, and that we have the capability of feeling and perceiving them.

Anyways, wished I could actually be in Philly for this.  The show runs from September 5 - Oct 5, 2013

(photo: ©Bridgette Mayer Gallery)

dead ends

I think we spend a lot of time in life going after and then running away from dead ends.
people, choices, situations.
like those times, when doors open, and after tricking you into thinking that something was actually possible, they are slammed right back in your face
and all the hopes that you have built around that,
somehow ends up in an empty vaccuum

to find that hope and optimism again..
is hard.

I'm in Shanghai

I moved to Shanghai in March ~
and haven't updated much of my blog mainly because
1) I had no access to internet for the entire first month after moving into my new place
2) My blog is blocked in China!
3) I don't have a camera....yet

but...
I set up my studio between tears and heartaches and sleepless nights
I found out a way to access my blog too
I've started working on my art again, like never before
I have so much energy

The children said that my paintings looked like exploding heads!

I seriously love them.  I love sharing my creativity with children, their imaginations are limitless.  I can already picture myself being that kid, thinking of the world in so many shapes and shades and melodies.  I think there is a big part of me that will never stop being that kid.

To be fair, the one behind me looked like an "exploding head".

Encuentro in Sun Moon Gallery, Puli

A long journey.  

I live, I breathe.  

Art.  

Rise

When grief and depression hits you for a very long time - you don't know if there will ever be a day where you will come out of that dark, dark, dark hole.  when things hit a point where it can't go any lower, it will be the time to rise.

Rise
Oil on canvas
45.5 x 38 cm
2012, Taipei

Work in progress

Encuentro exhibition at Christy's Art Gallery

Today

today is probably one of the most important days in my life. It is the opening of my first solo, something I have been preparing for since I was a kid! (i just didn't know it) So, I am going to go get ready and upload some pics when I get back! Take care of me B!

New Show at Christy's Art Gallery!

Please join the opening auction this weekend, which will a feature the latest creations by Christy Liao and exclusive artwork by some of the most renown Taiwanese artists. Please visit www.christy-artgallery.com for more information.

Thank you Christy for all your support!

today

I feel happy today. For a first time in years I have a calm feeling that things are going to be ok.

在淡水的街上