A Bluer Sea
Sansa Wu
Opus Art Supplies Graduation Award MFA — Honourable Mention
See it on campus: Level 2
The work is located in the corner space of The Libby Leshgold Gallery on the second floor, to the left of the main entrance.
Introduction
Sansa Wu is an illustrator and visual artist. Her work A Bluer Sea is a graphic novel based on fragmented personal notes and observations accumulated over the past two years. The narrative explores themes of identity, diaspora, belonging, and proximity, reflecting on her lived experiences over nearly two years since relocating from China to Vancouver.
Drawing from the shifting nature of her identity across cultural and national boundaries, Sansa describes herself as being in a constant state of flux. A Bluer Sea is precisely such a story—one of quiet drift between identities, places, and states of belonging.
Selected pages from A Bluer Sea
BIO
Sansa Wu is a Chinese illustrator and visual artist based in Vancouver. She received her BA in Oil Painting from the LuXun Academy of Fine Arts in 2017, and is currently completing her MFA at Emily Carr University of Art + Design. Her practice focuses on graphic novels and illustration, exploring diasporic life, memory, and intergenerational narratives.
Other Works
Digital illustration
Hand-drawn elements digitally composed
Digital file from Inkjet printed book
Lingering (excerpt), 2024
Digital file from Risograph book
Digital file from Risograph zine
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