Tja Ling Hu

Tja Ling Hu (b. 1987) is a visual artist whose practice explores memory, belonging, and cultural identity through drawing and painting that intertwine personal narrative with universal emotion. She holds a Master of Fine Arts from the Luca School of Arts in Ghent, Belgium (2021).

Her works trace the unspoken spaces between generations and cultures, transforming private recollections into layered, contemplative compositions. By merging Eastern and Western visual languages, Hu reveals how identity is shaped not only by heritage but also by distance, by silence and what remains unseen.

Hu constructs intimate yet symbolic scenes through meticulous, delicate lines. Each image often emerges from family histories and historical photographs, reinterpreted into dreamlike settings where memory and imagination meet. In her practice, painting becomes a meditative act. An attempt to navigate displacement, belonging, and the quiet dialogue between the visible and the invisible.

Hu’s work has been presented in exhibitions including Refresh Amsterdam at the Amsterdam Museum, Framer Framed (Amsterdam), LAM Museum (Lisse), This Art Fair (Amsterdam), Galerie Vriend van Bavink (Amsterdam), The Box Vlaanderen (Ghent), Zebrastraat (Ghent), and No Man’s Art Gallery (Rotterdam), among others. She received the Fiep Westendorp Stimuleringsprijs (2017) for her project on her family’s migration from China to the Netherlands and has participated in artist residencies across Europe. Her works are part of public and private collections, including the Amsterdam Museum, Framer Framed, among others.