Meet Jenny Wu

We recently connected with Jenny Wu and have shared our conversation below.

Jenny, so great to have you with us today. There are so many topics we want to ask you about, but perhaps the one we can start with is burnout. How have you overcome or avoided burnout?
I don’t know if I can say I’ve overcome burnout or know how to avoid it. Learning how to live with it is probably a more accurate description of my current situation. You know that cliche, ‘If you do what you love, you’ll never work a day in your life’? I completely disagree. I absolutely love what I do and have somehow managed to work seven days a week. It is mentally and sometimes physically exhausting to work in the studio. My right hand has developed more muscles than my left hand because I use the exacto knife so much. Work is work, whether it is something I love or dread.

When I had a home studio, I found it very hard to step away from it. So, sometimes, I would paint my nails as a way to force myself not to mess with anything while they were drying. Now that my studio is away from home, it is easier to create a physical separation. Oh, and I bring my cats to the studio with me whenever I can. I call them my assistants, but 99% of the time, they nap by the window, waiting for birds to come. It is very comforting to have them there with me. When I need a break, I sometimes take them out for a short walk.

Thanks for sharing that. So, before we get any further into our conversation, can you tell our readers a bit about yourself and what you’re working on?
I watch paint dry, and then I used dried layered paint to make geometric abstract sculptural paintings.

If you had to pick three qualities that are most important to develop, which three would you say matter most?
1. Work work work work work. 2. Don’t envy others. Taylor Swift and I are both born in 1989, if we compare how famous one is, how much money one has, and how many cats one has, it’s Taylor 3 and Jenny 0.
3. Question everything.

To close, maybe we can chat about your parents and what they did that was particularly impactful for you?
My parents are Chinese. When I told them I wanted to study art back in college, they just said, ok, you should pursue your passion.

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