Joy Wu
吴美月

Artist Statement

A painting is created by one’s cultural background, ideology, totem and innermost emotions expressed through the use of color and paint brush on different mediums. 

In most of my paintings, I often use bright colours to present a feeling of joy and freedom which display the essence of my unadorned spirit and innermost desires.

After my participation in “Her Color Space – 2006 World Female Artist South Korea Exhibition”, I strongly feel that even though art is established on different thoughts and domains, but it also manages to pull many artists closer together by the exchange of personal experiences and emotions. Throughout this exhibition, everyone is so friendly and the atmosphere is so harmonious.  Therefore, I believe art has no boundary and it is the common language of the world.

If the entire world can adopt this kind of tolerance and acceptance of each other as evident in the artistic world; if people make an effort to reduce unnecessary wars and march on together towards a greater purpose, then I believe there will be peace, joy and hope for the future.

 画画是来自各种民族自身的思想，景象，图腾以及内心的情绪，用不同的媒介透过色彩和画笔所呈现出来的创作。在我个人的画作中大部分都以鲜艳的色调呈现一种喜悦与自在，以第一自然‘视觉’透过内心的灵觉所表现诠释出扑挫的本质。我有幸在2006年第一次参与‘她的色彩空间-世界女艺术家韩国展’之后深深的感受到虽然艺术是建立在不同的思维与领域上，但它把不同艺术工作者之间的距离拉近了一大步，且融合在一起更促进彼此之间的情感与交流。在展出期间，画家与画家之间的相处是这么的和谐融洽。因此我相信艺术是无界限，也是世界的共同语言。如果现今整个世界大环境，人与人之间的相处能够学习艺术工作者的接纳与包容的好表现。大家共同努力减少不必要的战争，迈向一个永恒的目标。相信魏来得十届是有平安有喜乐的。

  

Dance Together
Oil on canvas
46cm x 55cm
2006
 

Born 1948 in  Kaohsiung, Taiwan . Started art lessons in Taiwan since 1996. Participated in many groups exhibitions including  “2nd Nature Deduction” Art Group in Taiwan (1999) , Exhibition of New Expression of Asian Art in Taiwan (2002), Malaysian-Taiwanese Women Artists Exhibition in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia(2004), National Day Exhibition in Malaysia (2005), Asian Women Artists Exhibition in Penang, Malaysia(2005),World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action – Exhibition of “Mother’s Love” in Penang (2006), The 3rd Exhibition of New Expression of Asian Art in Kuala Lumpur(2006), Her Presence In Colours VII- International Women Artists Exhibition –Korea 2006 , Women by Women 11Women Artists Exhibition in Penang & Kuala Lumpur( 2007), Malaysia and Thailand-Malaysia Women Artists Exhibition in Thailand Hat Yai Art Gallery ( 2007) and 1st Art Expo Malaysia 2007 in Kuala Lumpur . Award: Recipient of the 15th Annual NanYing Award (Category: Oil Painting) 2001.