Shuling Guo
Shuling Guo, Sotto Voce-Le Marin, Martinique, 2021. Oil on canvas, 35 x 27 inches
©Shuling Guo, courtesy of Fou Gallery
b.1986, Hu’an, Guangdong Province, China
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Painting is an everyday activity and spiritual need for Shuling Guo (郭淑玲). Through painting, she depicts the scenes and colors hidden in the folds of memories, and creates a connection to another space beyond the picture frame. The 5–6 pm series was completed aboard the sailing vessel Selkie during a sub-tropical Winter filled with light and sensation. The size of the series is small, constrained by the limited space aboard. It aims to present as many colors and gray scales as possible on 10-12 inch square frames. The subtle changes in palette conveys visual and other senses—touch, smell, and hearing.
Shuling Guo on her boat “Selkie”. Photo by Selkie ©Shuling Guo
Guo Shuling graduated from the Oil Painting Department of Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing (B.F.A.) in 2010. She immigrated to the United States in 2019, and now lives in Philadelphia and on the Sailing Vessel Selkie, painting while implementing sailing voyages. In 2012, she had her first solo exhibition Secret Fragrance in Beyond Art Space in Beijing. Since then, her work has been widely exhibited in Beijing, Los Angeles, Philadelphia and among other places. Her works have been included in the permanent collections of Central Academy of Fine Arts Art Museum (Beijing) and Art Museum of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts (Guangzhou). In 2020 she held the first solo exhibition in New York at Fou Gallery: 5—6 pm. In 2022, she opened the second exhibition in New York at Fou Gallery - Sotto Voce.
