Through her artist abstractions, Crystal Wu explores one of the more complex and elusive human emotions, the sensation known as love. Wishing to communicate more than a general impression of love, however, she is interested in dissecting the specific aspects and varieties of that changeable feeling. For instance, the portrayal of love’s courage, as exemplified in the works of the Russian French artist Marc Chagall, is one such point of inspiration. In contrast, the comforting aspect of familial intimacy as seen in Paul Gaugin’s painting ‘The Two Sisters’ provides another point of departure. Wu is a keen traveller, and many of her works are inspired and based on places that she has been to. She also believes that this is a love for nature from her memory. Ultimately, Wu strives to create a warmth of feeling in her paintings, a mood that is easily connected to love in all its dimensions.

Crystal Wu was born in Shanghai, China and moved to Melbourne in 2018, she worked in fashion production for more than 20 years, and has her own business in Shanghai. Since moving to Melbourne, Wu has devoted a lot of time to art and paintings. There is a warmth of feeling in her works, one moreover that is easily connected to love in all its dimensions, she said “I feel countless moments of love and being loved in my life, and these intangible feelings turn into a force that drives me to use colours and brushes to express myself freely”. In 2023, her two works both named “Untitled” were selected for exhibition at TWHA WHIF in Los Angeles. Then in 2024, her work “Exit” was again selected for a showcase at ANKHART in Paris. She had her solo painting exhibition in December 2024 at the ACAE gallery.