Hai Ying Wu
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A native of China, Wu received his degree in sculpture from the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, and became staff sculptor for the city of Chengdu on the Chengdu Public Arts Commission.[2][3] He worked primarily in public art and in the "socialist realist" genre.[4] A large number of his public art works can be seen in Chengdu.[2] He participated in the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, and was caught in the square when the Chinese military attacked the demonstrators.[5] He emigrated to the United States later that same year, and in time became a U.S. citizen.[3] He worked in construction and as a dishwasher before enrolling in the University of Washington School of Art.[4] He graduated with a Master of Fine Arts degree.[3][6] For his master's thesis, he designed a memorial to 19th-century Chinese railroad workers which was later installed in a park in Tacoma, Washington.[3]
As of 2007, he divided his time between his home in Everett, Washington,[7][8] and China.[9]
Wu is best known for sculpting the Seattle Fallen Fire Fighters Memorial in Seattle's Pioneer Square.[10] A design competition was held among all interested students in the UW School of Arts, and Wu's design was chosen.[3] He has erected similar memorials throughout the Pacific Northwest. He also created the Auto-Lite Strike Memorial in Toledo, which commemorates the violent United Auto Workers strike of 1934.[11] His work for Compass Health in Everett, Washington, was his first sculpture to focus on children.[12]
Public works
Among Wu's public works are:
- "Crane and Turtle" located at North Shore Health Center, Bothell, Washington
- "Dance" in Lynnwood, Washington
- "Emerging" in Renton, Washington
- "The First Pitch" in Redmond, Washington
- "Hide and Seek" Template:Webarchive at Imagine Children's Museum Collection, Everett, Washington
- "Children Crossing a Stream" at Luther Children's Crisis Facility at Compass Health, Everett, Washington[13]
- "Migration" in Bend, Oregon
- "Mushroom Lanterns” (four separate pieces), a collaboration with Michiko Tanaka, in Seattle, Washington[14]
- "Northglenn Veterans Memorial" in Northglenn, Colorado[15]
- "Seattle Fallen Firefighter's Memorial" in Pioneer Square, Seattle, Washington
- "Team Work" in Glendale, Arizona Template:Webarchive
References
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- ↑ a b Paynter, Susan. "Artist Tributes to Firefighters Cause Sparks." Seattle Post-Intelligencer. May 17, 1996.
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- ↑ Hall, Christina. "Final 3 Chosen for Memorial to Toledo Firefighters." Toledo Blade. June 11, 2007.
- ↑ Schubert, Ruth. "Memorial Honors 31 Firefighters Who Gave Everything." Seattle Post-Intelligencer. January 24, 1997; Ohlsen, Becky. Seattle: City Guide. Oakland, Calif.: Lonely Planet Books, 2008. Template:ISBN.
- ↑ "Auto-Lite Strike Memorial." Toledo Blade. May 25, 2006.
- ↑ "Artist Gives from the Heart to Encourage Young Troubled Souls." Press release. Compass Health. January 21, 2003.
- ↑ "Compass Health Center Gets Sculpture, Merges With Health Provider." Everett Business Journal. March 1, 2003.
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- ↑ "Northglenn Chooses Sculptor." Rocky Mountain News. October 5, 2001.
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