LYDIA FU

Artist + illustrator + animator in Brooklyn, by way of Chicago [email protected] | www.lydiafu.com

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Short of Breath 8″ x 10″ Ink, gouache, color pencil on paper 2020

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Small Revolutions

Giclée prints for COLOSSAL curated show “Chain Reaction” at the Chicago Design Museum at Block 37, State street.

Printed on archival, acid-free 100% cotton rag, Hahnemühle German Etching Rag.

Limited edition of 25.

(Last photo features print in comparison to the original artwork)

This item will be packaged carefully in a protective sleeve and shipped in a sturdy tube mailer.

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Illustrations done a couple months ago for ProPublica Illinois 

Editorial about immigrant children in Chicago detention centers

Read article here: https://www.propublica.org/article/chicago-immigrant-shelters-heartland-internal-documents

second article here: https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-zero-tolerance-separated-immigrant-children-chicago

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Sonnet VIII

No. 8 for my ongoing series of Sonnets. 12" x 16"  Ink and gouache on Arches 300gsm cold press watercolor paper 2018

(Framed and matted 17” x 21”)

Signed and dated.

This piece will be shipped carefully rolled in a tube unless special framing or other directions are requested. You may indicate a note or shipping directions in the prompt at checkout or email me directly!

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Sonnet VII

No. 7 for my ongoing series of Sonnets. 12" x 16"  Ink and gouache on Arches 300gsm cold press watercolor paper 2018

(Framed and matted 17” x 21”)

Signed and dated.

This piece will be shipped carefully rolled in a tube unless special framing or other directions are requested. You may indicate a note or shipping directions in the prompt at checkout or email me directly!

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*NEW* "Obscene Spaces" Print

Professional high-quality digital print on crisp white, heavyweight paper.

Dimensions: 12" x 9"

Signed by artist.

Prints are shipped within 5 days of order in acid-free protective sleeve, backing board and flat cardboard mailer.

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*NEW* "Heterotopian Visions" Print

Professional high-quality digital print on crisp white, heavyweight paper.

Dimensions: 12" x 9"

Signed by artist.

Prints are shipped within 5 days of order in acid-free protective sleeve, backing board and flat cardboard mailer.

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*NEW* "Detached III" (pink) Print

Professional high-quality digital print on crisp white, heavyweight paper.

Dimensions: 8" x 8", [4”x4” image with 2” white border]

Signed by artist.

Prints are shipped within 5 days of order in acid-free protective sleeve, backing board and flat cardboard mailer.

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*NEW* "Detached II" (green) Print

Professional high-quality digital print on crisp white, heavyweight paper.

Dimensions: 8" x 8", [4”x4” image with 2” white border]

Signed by artist.

Prints are shipped within 5 days of order in acid-free protective sleeve, backing board and flat cardboard mailer.

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*NEW* "Detached I" (blue) Print

Professional high-quality digital print on crisp white, heavyweight paper.

Dimensions: 8" x 8", [4”x4” image with 2” white border]

Signed by artist.

Prints are shipped within 5 days of order in acid-free protective sleeve, backing board and flat cardboard mailer.

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"Face and Coils II" Print

Professional high-quality digital print on crisp white, heavyweight paper.

Dimensions: 8" x 8", [4”x4” image with 2” white border]

Signed by artist.

Prints are shipped within 5 days of order in acid-free protective sleeve, backing board and flat cardboard mailer.

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"Face and Coils I" Print

Professional high-quality digital print on crisp white, heavyweight paper.

Dimensions: 8" x 8", [4”x4” image with 2” white border]

Signed by artist.

Prints are shipped within 5 days of order in acid-free protective sleeve, backing board and flat cardboard mailer.

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Illustration I did for ProPublica Illinois, article about Chicago detention centers and immigrant children

Co-published in ProPublica @propublicagetinvolved and Mother Jones @motherjones

You can read the investigation at:

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/09/as-months-pass-in-chicago-shelters-immigrant-children-contemplate-escape-and-even-suicide/

As Months Pass in Chicago Shelters, Immigrant Children Contemplate Escape and Even Suicide

Internal documents reveal despair and tedium in one of the nation’s largest shelter networks for unaccompanied minors.

https://www.propublica.org/article/chicago-immigrant-shelters-heartland-internal-documents

As Months Pass in Chicago Shelters, Immigrant Children Contemplate Escape, Even Suicide — ProPublica

Internal documents reveal despair and tedium in one of the nation’s largest shelter networks for unaccompanied minors.

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Tomorrow night I will have a short short film screening at @silentfunny in Humboldt Park. Filmmaker roster also includes Deja Harrell, Jacquelyn Jamjoom (@director_barbie), Vincent Singleton, and Andrew Stasiulis (@pisstoll). One time only. No subsequent screenings. All films destroyed at the end of viewing. Be sure to come thru for the art and destruction! #destroyyourart #DYA2018 #silentfunny #chicagoartist #chicagofilmmakers (at Silent Funny)

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Sonnet IV and Sonnet V which I made for the Chicago Public Library in May this year were recently sold while I was at ICON10 Detroit. Thanks to Vick and Sydney for adopting these two <3

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New Studio space! Come thru and visit, check out some art by me and my fellow studio mates. Tomorrow night in Chicago!

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Happy Chinese New Year! Best wishes for the Year of the Dog! (❍ᴥ❍ʋ) - 旺旺！