Fenmei Hu

In her paintings Fenmei frequently uses different techniques and materials. Perhaps it’s also an impatient search for a harmonious result.

In her works she expresses the relation and the feelings towards people, nature and decoration. This approach results in rather subdued paintings, and anno 2008 containing many Chinese and other Asian elements. According to Fenmei her artworks are finished when at a glance it gives her a feeling of satisfaction. The works are simple and complicated, Asian and Dutch at the same time.

The serial “fallen leaves” is in search of her innerself: What am I? Which part of myself is still Chinese and which part is Dutch? How can I combine my two cultures harmoniously in my artworks? “Fallen leaves” is a combination of her youth in China (her years at primairy school and her childhood in her birthvillage) and her current life as a young woman living in the Netherlands, where the weather is always like autumn, where leaves of trees are always thumbling and falling and where the wind always blows.

A constant weather factor that also provides a kind of peace and rest. In her artworks you see a young Chinese girl with a red muffler (school uniform) who quietly undergoes the changes concerning her life. The leaves thumbling down on her, the wind that blows in her eyes, all is well. Her artworks tell a tale and at the same time you can hear the wind gently blowing in your ears.

Here and there you see a joke, a little girl that sticks out her tongue, a braid which covers her lips. This is also Fenmei herself, not too serious the whole time, always with a sence of humour.

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Biography

Born in 1980, in Yuhu, Zhejiang Provence, China. Fenmei lives and works in Rotterdam.

Graduated in 2005, at the Academie voor de Beeldende Vorming in Amsterdam.

Fenmei was nine years old, when she came to the Netherlands. She grew up in a Dutch village with a Chinese restaurant. As a youngster she has a passion for drawing and painting, therefor she did not fit in the stereotype Chinese life of the Netherlands.Convinced of her talents she chose for the profession of an artist and graduated in 2005, at the Academie voor de Beeldende Vorming in Amsterdam.


Solo Exhibitions:

2008 I was made in China, Holland Art Gallery, Rotterdam

Group Exhibitions:
2009 China Art, Gallery Voorhaven One, Rotterdam

2008 “Fallen Leaves”, Passenger Terminal Amsterdam, Amsterdam
“Explosive”, Dutch Design Centre, Utrecht
“Real Bananas”, Lokaal Cultuur Centrum Delfshaven, Rotterdam
“Open doors”, Atelierroute Delfshaven, Rotterdam
“Art workshop and conference”, Jeugdagenda Capelle a/d IJssel, Jeugdhonk Linc and Tourmalijn, Capelle a/d IJssel
“People and nature”, Galerie Thyenkamp, Drenthe
“Real Bananas”, library Kralingen-Crooswijk, Rotterdam
“I was made in China”, Holland Art Gallery, Rotterdam
“Real Bananas”, Lloyd hotel Amsterdam, Amsterdam
“Real Bananas”, Town Hall Assen, Assen
“Real Bananas”, Het Krabbedans, Brabant
Exhibition at health clinic Bodyfix, Amsterdam

2007 Exhibition GB5 in Rhoon “Cultural influences”, Art gallery R Hillegersberg, Rotterdam

2006 “International Artists”, Vrijplaats, Amsterdam

2005 Final Exams Exhibition, Fin, Academie voor de Beeldende Vorming, Amsterdam

 

Projects

2009 Opera days “Chinese girl”, Katendrecht, Rotterdam and Onkruid&Roosv
“Youth in Sichuan in the picture”, and IOC

2007 Project: “Foe Ooi Leeuw”
Project: “Real bananas”
Project: geTALENTeerd Ministry of OCW