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Brubey Hu

Artist member since 2020
Vaughan, Ontario

Brubey (Wanzhi) Hu (b. 1994) is an artist, graphic designer, and educator living in Toronto. Brubey works mostly with but not limited to painting and artists’ book, with interests in architecture, dualism, translation, feminism, memory, and colour theory. Originally born in Xiamen China, Brubey moved to Vancouver for high school, and then to Baltimore for undergrad. Brubey’s work has been exhibited in Canada, the US, and China. She holds MFA from the University of Waterloo, and BFA from Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) with major in General Fine Arts and concentrations in Graphic Design and Book Arts. In 2018, she participated in BAiR Emerging Visual and Digital Arts Residency at Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity. In the Artist Project 2019 in Toronto ON, Brubey is one of the finalists of Untapped Emerging Artist Competition. Currently, she sits on board of CAFKA (Contemporary Art in the Public Space).


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When I'm not making art, I'm (a) ...

writing journals and playing ukulele

Select Past Exhibitions
2021

Winchester Galleries, Victoria, BC
Dynamic Reflections (Two-person)

2020

Window Gallery, Waterloo, ON
Segment by Segment (Solo)

2020

Gallery 1313, Toronto, ON
Coming Home

2020

Queen Elizabeth Cultural Centre, Oakville, ON
Ontario Society of Artists: Emerging Artist Exhibition

2019

Art Incubate, Waterloo, ON
Once, Twofold (Solo)

2019

The Artery, East Campus Hall, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON
Hot Girl Summer

2019

Art Mûr, Montréal, QC
Fresh Paint / New Construction 15th Edition

2019

Hui Yuan, Hefei, Anhui Province, China
Tao Hua Tan Residency Artist Exhibition

2019

Better Living Centre, Toronto, ON
The Artist Project: Untapped

2018

The Artery, East Campus Hall, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON
Le Petit Déjeuner

2018

Project Space, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Banff, AB
26 Days

2018

Waterloo Arts Gallery, Cleveland, OH
Waterloo Arts Juried Exhibition 2018

Accolades
2019

University of Waterloo
Social Science and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)

2019

University of Waterloo
President’s Graduate Scholarship (PGS)

2019

University of Waterloo
Keith and Win Shantz International Research Scholarship

2019

The Artist Project
Untapped Emerging Artist Award

2018

The Banff Centre
Louis Muhlstock Endowment

2017

Main Building #330, MICA, Baltimore, MD
Plus/And, MICA Commencement Exhibition

Press
2019

Sine Theta Magazine
Issue #13 Form

2019

The Gathered Gallery
"Brubey Hu"

2019

Art Mûr
Peinture Fraîche et Nouvelle Construction Invitation, Vol. 14 No.6

Residencies
2019

Anhui, China
Tao Hua Tan: 4th International Artist Retreat and Residency

2018

The Banff Centre, Banff, AB
Banff Artist in Residence (BAiR) Emerging 2018

Education
2020

University of Waterloo
MFA, Studio Art

2017

Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA)
BFA, General Fine Arts

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