black and white drawing of a cartoon person reading a zine. they have a heart growing from the top of their head, curly short hair, a triangle nose, and smiley face. the book they hold in front has two big hearts on each page. surrounding them are stars and swooshes


J Wu 小文 (they/them) is an artist dedicated to self-publishing hand made books and zines. They explore queer friendship, belonging, and healing. 小文是一位藝術家,自己出版手作的書跟小誌。內容包括酷兒友情,互相自持的重要性。

email: [email protected]

EXHIBITIONS & SHOWCASES 展覽

♥ 2024「Stapling Histories: The Power of Our Perspectives in Asian American Zines」UC Berkeley Ethnic Studies Library, Berkeley, CA
♥ 2023「Queer Dreams Reading Corner」Queer Reads Library x Moments Cooperative, Oakland, CA
♥ 2023 「Positively Charged:Copier Art In the Bay Area Since the 1960’s」SFPL Main Branch + SF Center for the Book
♥ 2022 「BEYOND BINARY」 SFSU Fine Arts Gallery, San Francisco, CA
♥ 2021 「我們 WO MEN」Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco x Queer Reads Library
♥ 2020 「Queer Reads Library Showcase」Zi Space, Taipei, Taiwan
♥ 2020 「The Beat of Resistance」Asian Arts Initiative, Philadelphia, PA
♥ 2019 「Love Aswang」Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
♥ 2018 「Queer Reads Library Showcase」 Eaton, Hong Kong
♥ 2018 「Jess Wu in the Ramp Gallery」SOMArts, San Francisco, CA
♥ 2018 「Featured Artist:APAture Bookarts Showcase」 Kearny Street Workshop, San Francisco, CA
♥ 2018 「Pave」New Image Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
♥ 2017 「APAture Bookarts Showcase」 Kearny Street Workshop, San Francisco, CA
♥ 2017 「Girls Are Awesome」The Growlery, San Francisco, CA
♥ 2017 「Tooned In: Our Stories Our Visions」CultureStrike, Oakland, CA
♥ 2016 「APAture Bookarts Showcase」Kearny Street Workshop, San Francisco, CA

BOOK & ZINE FAIRS 書和小誌展

♥ 2024 「Bay Area Queer Zine Fest」Oakland, CA
♥ 2024 「San Francisco Zine Fest」San Francisco, CA
♥ 2024 「Vancouver Comic Arts Fest」Vancouver, Canada
♥ 2024 「Queer & Well ~ QTBIPOC Wellness Fair」Oakland, CA
♥ 2024 「Santa Rosa Zine Fest」Santa Rosa, CA
♥ 2024 「Spring Canzine」virtual
♥ 2024 「Pride In Panels: SF Queer Comics Fest」San Francisco, CA
♥ 2023 「East Bay Alternative Book and Zine Fest」Oakland, CA
♥ 2023 「Bay Area Queer Zine Fest」Berkeley, CA
♥ 2023 「San Francisco Zine Fest」 San Francisco, CA
♥ 2023 「Printed Matter’s LA Art Book Fair」with Queer Reads Library, Los Angeles, CA
♥ 2023 「Sick and Disabled Zine and Craft fair」virtual

♥ 2023 「Dear Diary Zine Fest」Oakland, CA
♥ 2022 「East Bay Alternative Book and Zine fest」 Berkeley, CA
♥ 2022 「San Francisco Zine Fest」San Francisco, CA
♥ 2022 「Bay Area Queer Zine Fest」 San Francisco, CA
♥ 2022 「Lower Grand Radio Swap Meet」 Oakland, CA
♥ 2021 「Hong Kong Art Book Fair 大館當代美術館」 Tai Kwun Contemporary, Hong Kong
♥ 2021 「CanZine」virtual
♥ 2021 「Vancouver Art Book Fair」virtual
♥ 2021 「San Francisco Zine Fest」virtual
♥ 2021 「Bay Area Queer Zine Fest」virtual
♥ 2021 「Claremont Zine Fest」 virtual
♥ 2021 「Glascow Zine Fest」virtual
♥ 2019 「Bay Area Queer Zine Fest」Oakland, CA
♥ 2019 「East Bay Alternative Book & Zine Fest」Oakland, CA
♥ 2019 「San Francisco Zine Fest」San Francisco, CA
♥ 2019 「Dear Diary Zine Fest」Oakland, CA
♥ 2018 「East Bay Alternative Book & Zine Fest」Oakland, CA
♥ 2018 「Bay Area Queer Zine Fest」Oakland, CA
♥ 2018 「Dear Diary Zine Fest」 Oakland, CA
♥ 2018 「San Francisco Zine Fest」San Francisco, CA
♥ 2018 「San Jose Zine Con」 San Jose, CA
♥ 2017 「East Bay Alternative Book & Zine Fest」Oakland, CA
♥ 2017 「Banned Books」San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
♥ 2017 「San Francisco Zine Fest」San Francisco, CA
♥ 2017 「Bay Area Queer Zine Fest」Oakland, CA
♥ 2017 「San Jose Zine Con」San Jose, CA
♥ 2016 「East Bay Alternative Book & Zine Fest」Oakland, CA
♥ 2016 「Queer Comics Expo」San Francisco, CA
♥ 2016 「San Francisco Zine Fest」San Francisco, CA
♥ 2016 「Santa Cruz Zine Fest」Santa Cruz, CA
♥ 2015 「East Bay Alternative Book & Zine Fest」 Oakland, CA
♥ 2015 「Monster Mash Zine Fest」Oakland, CA
♥ 2015 「San Francisco Zine Fest」San Francisco, CA
♥ 2015 「Claremont Zine Fest」Claremont, CA

READINGS, TALKS & INTERVIEWS 採訪

♥ 2021「Best Group Zine Reading」Broken Pencil Magazine Zine Awards Ceremony, virtual
♥ 2021 「Zine Reading Show & Tell」San Francisco Virtual Zine Fest
♥ 2021 「J Wu’s Selection for 我們 WO MEN」Queer Reads Library x Chinese Culture Center of SF
♥ 2021 「Zine Friends Worldwide Talk + Q&A」Queer Reads Library x Chinese Culture Center of SF
♥ 2021 「Interview:HUNGER magazine」SS21 Issue
♥ 2019 「Interview:Carving Space」documentary by Annie Dean-Ganek
♥ 2019 「Interview: But I Love the Zine」documentary by Fiona McDougall
♥ 2019 「Panel discussion + Q&A」 Intro to Trans Studies, San Francisco State University
♥ 2018 「Featured Artist reading + Q&A」APAture Bookarts Showcase
♥ 2017 「Panel discussion + Q&A」APAture Bookarts Showcase, San Francisco CA
♥ 2017 「Interview on KPFA radio」Berkeley, CA
♥ 2016 「100% Mixed Zine Release Reading」 Adobe Books, San Francisco CA