Celia Wu was born in Nanking, China and grew up in Taipei, Taiwan. Both of her parents had tremendous passions for fine arts. She took private lessons from prestige drawing, watercolor and Chinese brush painting artists in college in Taiwan. She moved to the United States with her family in 1978 and completed her Bachelor degree in California from the California State University, Long Beach. Following a career in Information Technology over a decade, she returned to pursuing her art education at Saddleback College in 2003. Searching for a fulfilling challenge, she began painting and found a passion she could pursue for the rest of her life. Some of her many awards include, first place, second place and honorable mention from juried competitions in painting/oil or watercolor. She presented an Oil Painting Show of the Esencia Flamenca Dance Company of Long Beach at the Sacred Grounds in San Pedro in January 19 2008.
Currently, Celia Wu is an Artist member of Orange County Fine Arts in California.
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