JEN DU
Jen Du is a multidisciplinary artist who combines geometric shapes with striking colours to create bold paintings, prints, and digital art. Her decade-long background in the architecture industry as well as being a former fashion design student have both strongly influenced the work she creates today.
As a self-taught painter, Du successfully merges her experience as an illustrator and graphic designer utilizing various mediums such as gouache, acrylic, and markers to create distinctive one-of-a-kind pieces.
Where are you from?
How did the quarantine affect your creative process?
This pandemic is so tough for everybody. I tried to use more vibrant and colorful colors to warm or cheer up people as well as myself. There is no way to travel abroad, as usual, instead, I imagine some places I would love to visit and transform that idea into my drawings for comfort. And I see a lot of small businesses rising up during these tough years, when they came to me I tried to help them with great designs and balancing my price and their budget. I believe we have to support and help each other during this tough time.
Three artists that have influenced you.
I have no idea. Usually, I’d rather admire them from a distance only for their artistic talent.
When I create I feel …
Free.
What do you listen to when creating?
Happy music.
Something creative you´d like to try.
Maybe writing codes or developing an app.
Most inspiring place you´ve visited.
Iceland. It’s the most exciting place I’ve ever been to and I always want to visit it again and again.
Have you always been an artist?
Before becoming an artist I have been working in an American architecture design firm for more than 10 years, so this might deeply affect my aesthetics and the geometric style of my artwork today. I’ve always been a creative person and I want to create something on my own, so I decided to become an artist.
What inspires you?
I was very sensitive to shapes, it’s kind of strange. Like wood texture, concrete texture, ceramic tile patterns, I could always capture something into an image or figure rather than other people totally ignore it.
