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AI-WEN WU KRATZ
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Ai-Wen Wu Kratz, of Chinese origin, is a painter and a photographer. She holds a BFA degree from Fort Wright College Spokane, Washington, and a MFA degree from Cranbrook Academy Of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI. She is an alumna of Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. In 2008, she participated in the Drawing Marathon at
New York
Studio School,
New York, NY.
In 2010, she received a diploma in Creative Writing, Long Ridge Writers Group, WEst Redding, CO. She is a recipient of scholarships and awards in the visual arts. She is among the selected artists for the 2010 Dubai Art Project sponsored by the Royal Art Collection, United Kingdom. She had solo exhibitions in the
U.S.,
Germany,
France, England
and Egypt. Her works are in collections in
Canada, Germany, China and U.S.,
including
the
Mildred
Lane
Kemper
Art Museum,
St.
Louis, MO.
Kratz is among the featured artists in, "100 Contemporary International Artists” published in 2007 by the European Communities Artist Library, Barcelona, Spain. She received critical acclaim for her 'wide range of competence' and 'standard of excellence.'
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Stewart Udall, U.S. Secretary of the Interior, 1961 to 1969, died on March 20, 2010 at the age of 90. He was a paragon of purity and dedication. His noble aim was to preserve the earth for future generations. Like Udall, it is important for artists to work with a clear vision, purity of mind and devotion in the making of art.
I always like to keep the wonder of enthusiasm being in an art school, to share and to move onward collegially. My first fascination with art was from a calendar in Hong Kong. I was in my teens. The images were a collection of ships done with the technique in engraving. In my degree candidacy, I talked about my aim to excel in drawing and the importance of an overview of our existence. I titled my thesis, “To See Or To Perish.” It is from that height and a fire in my heart that I work, I write and I create visual images.
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