Born in 1979 in Tainan, Taiwan
Lives and works in Taipei, Taiwan
Jam Wu explores the relationship between imagery and medium. Employing elements such as paper cutting, video, and space, his artistic practice involves notions of culture and community through a profound participatory approach in local projects and publications. He dedicates his focus to the individual’s universal pursuit of the creative self, while emphasizing the uniqueness of each culture and individual. His spiritual motivation lies in his poetic and primitive yearnings. In his work, imagery, allegory, and concept manifest themselves not as aesthetic contemplation, but as spiritual comfort immersed in life.
Notable solo exhibitions include: Jam Wu: Through the Walls, TKG+ Projects, Taipei, Taiwan (2021); Whispers of Animism, Chishang Art Center, Taitung, Taiwan (2020). Group exhibitions include: Spectrosynthesis II, Bangkok Art and Culture Center, Bangkok, Thailand (2019); Fra due culture, Palazzo Arese Borromeo, Milan; Magazzini dell'Arte Contemporanea, Sicily, Italy (2018); Art and Design — Dialogue With Materials, Toyama Prefectural Museum of Art and Design, Toyama, Japan (2017); Fully Loaded Tainan–New York 2017, Pfizer Building, New York, U.S. (2017); Art as Social Interaction, 1a Space, Hong Kong; The Pier-2 Art Center, Kaohsiung, Taiwan (2014). He was a resident artist at Art Chishang, Taitung, Taiwan (2019); Cité internationale des arts, Paris, France (2010); Watermill Center, Water Mill, New York, U.S. (2009).
His works are housed in the collections of Facebook AIR Program, Hermès — Petit h Collection, Peninsula Paris, Deutsche Bank Center, Tainan Art Museum, and Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts.