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Ai-Wen Wu Kratz lives and works in the Washington, D.C. Metro The skyward expansion in architecture and the twenty-four-
Area. She is originally from Hong Kong. She holds an MFA seven city activities had fostered her ability to be flexible, with
degree from Cranbrook Academy of Art. She is an alumna of a dutiful sense of community wellness and an appreciation for
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture and of the New higher education. Making toys to entertain herself in childhood
York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture. had given her a rich imagination and association for creativity.
She finds inspirations from nature, vocal art, classical music, In addition to the United States, Wu Kratz had one-person
stage design and choreographic lines in ballet and modern exhibitions in France, Germany, England, Egypt and Austria.
dance. Her search is in spirituality, intellectualism and Her works are in collections in Canada, Germany, Bangladesh,
aesthetics. She grew up in one of the high-rise buildings in Argentina and the U.S., including the Mildred Lane Kemper Art
Hong Kong, a city among the most populated in the world. Museum in St. Louis, MO, USA.

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