Judy Chia Hui Hsu is a visual artist. Her abstract work reveals the hidden beauty in nature. She explores ways to transform natural patterns and shapes into vibrant abstractions, using color gradients to amplify their vitality. Dramatic colors and striking forms bring her a sense of beauty and joy that she would like to share with her viewers.

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Travel has been a primary source of inspiration for Hsu. Her imagination is fueled by the elegant curves of bonsai trees, the camouflage stripes of southern Africa’s zebras, Iceland’s frozen river deltas, the wild bird-of-paradise flowers that grew around her childhood home in Los Angeles, and more. 

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Hsu’s artwork is influenced by her years as a journalist. She enjoyed writing about Arts and Entertainment for The Los Angeles Times and The Seattle Times, especially dance performances, where peaceful and frenetic movements alike tell stories through abstractions.

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Her work has been shown around the country, including in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Boston, New York and Hawaii. Hsu has had solo shows at Seattle's Vermillion Art Gallery and the Pacific Bonsai Museum as well as murals on view at the museum.

 

Hsu​ holds degrees from Stanford University and the University of Southern California’s Graduate School of Journalism, and studied at Oxford University. Born in Taipei, Taiwan, and raised in Los Angeles, Hsu is currently based in Seattle, and travels whenever she can.