Artist Bio
Annabell Pu (b. 2002) is a Chinese American artist based in London whose practice investigates how memory, knowledge and identity become embedded through material processes. She holds a BFA in General Fine Arts and Humanistic Studies with a minor in Art History from MICA, and an MA in Curating Contemporary Art from RCA.
Working primarily with hand-carved plywood, she transforms a utilitarian construction material into contemplative sculpture inspired by ancient low-relief tablets, preserving traces of everyday experience. Drawing from personal photographs, architecture and bodily observation, her labour-intensive process slows fleeting moments into objects that carry the weight of time. Recent work has expanded beyond memory alone to consider the structures that support learning, habit and transmission, exploring how knowledge is accumulated through repetition and embodied practice. Her installations bring together sculpture, carving and architectural thinking to question how people construct ideas of home through movement, care and material relationships.
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Exhibition History
Solo Exhibition
Carved and Kept, May 2026; CICA Museum, South Korea
Mobile Studio, May 2024; MICA Main Building Rm 306, Baltimore, MD, USA
Group Exhibition
Subsurface, July 2026; Crypt Gallery, London, UK
Open Studios, June 2026; Kindred Studios, London, UK
Send me a Postcard, June 2026; Fronteer Gallery, Sheffield, UK
Echoes of Stillness, July 2025; Handbag Factory, London, UK
Oscillation, June 2025; Small Gallery, London, UK
Art In Process, Dec 2023; MICA Fox Building Main Gallery, Baltimore, MD, USA
Senior Thesis Highlights, May 2023; MICA Lazarus Project Space, Baltimore, MD, USA
Despite Everything It’s Still You, May 2022; MICA Main Building, Baltimore, MD, USA
Collage Collective, Dec 2021; MICA Fox Building, Baltimore, MD, USA
Intro to GFA Final, May 2021; MICA Main Building, Baltimore, MD, USA