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Meagan Wu '18
Submersion is a painting that experiments with figure in distortion, and blends the organic elements of nature with human form.
Link to Website
2015
Acrylic Paint on Canvas
By Meagan Wu '18
Man passing through a quickly gentrifying neighborhood in Paris. The text reads “it is dark (or literally, black) in the country of lights.”
2019
Photograph of Man in Paris
These small paintings were quick, gestural sketches that explore the beauty of the feminine form.
2018
Oil on canvas
These pieces draw on the rich beauty of Italy to subvert ideas of what Italian art must be (i.e stuck in the Renaissance).
2017
Pen and Marker
A colorful view of buildings and the sky over Florence (Firenze).
2014
Oil Paint on Canvas
A portrait of a good dog.
2020
Winter 2017, I wrote my first song, ‘Something You Should Know’. After working on the lyrics, production and recording for two years here it is!
Song available on all streaming platforms (spotify, apple music)
Inspired by Stanford’s Romanesque architecture and towering palm trees, I wanted to capture the university’s vibrant energy and beauty.
Digital Illustration
This work centers on the relationship between the human and the artificial, inspired when I photographed my cousin with a stark, artificial flash.
2023
Oil and Acrylic Paint on Canvas
I painted a face digitally, and I like frames, angels, and rocket ships.
Digital Art
Photo series capturing California’s landscapes and the impacts of human intervention through 35mm film.
Analog Film
A portrait of a good dog who has traveled a very long way.
An exploration of the intergenerational and varied manifestations of Japanese internment on the self, the body, the family, and language.
acrylic and mixed media
Series of 22 photographs reimagining tarot cards (Rider-Waite deck Major Arcana), to reflect the diversity and complexity of the contemporary world.
Digital Photographs
The setting sun casts a firey light onto the skyline of San Francisco, with Coit Tower visible over the hills of the city.
2022
Oil paint on canvas
In “Buried,” I used collage and layering to express the haunting suspicion of a seemingly ordinary event. The nostalgia oblivious bliss.
Mixed Media: paper collage with ink and watercolor
Taken while walking in my hometown of Washington, D.C.
Photograph
A digital re-imagining of my piece about humanity’s changing relationship with the natural world.
Mixed Media
Our limbs perform so many tasks yet we rarely take a moment to recognize the inner workings that make these movements possible.
Acrylic tube, yarn, metal hardware, wood, epoxy resin
This piece explores duality in behavior: relaxing the tongue can provide a positive experience during kissing, but can prove deadly with sleep apnea. Link to Artwork
Writing
Originally meant as a study of diffused light in a “nocturne” scene, this piece is a take on portraiture, figures, and landscape in one.