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Jenie Gao
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Photos taken by Christopher Patterson, at the Empire of Dirt artist residency in Creston, BC, on Ktunaxa land.

#artresidency #ktunaxa #nativeland #asiandiaspora #asianamericanartist #taiwaneseamericanartist #chineseamericanartist #bc #britishcolumbia #pnw 💜🖼️
February 25, 2025 at 9:43 PM Everybody can reply
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Read more about An Ethic is a Root here: jenie.org/portfolio.ht...

Part of my larger series, The Negotiation Table.

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Close-up of An Ethic is a Root, part of my larger series, The Negotiation Table, of print-based art installations. To build the installation, I take my hand-carved woodblocks and after printing the editions turn the blocks into tables. Underneath the tables are linoleum and mirrored tiles, which reflect a woodcut of my migration route and create patterns of light on the walls and prints. An Ethic is a Root navigates and negotiates how we arrive at our ethics. What do we risk when we uphold our ethics? And what makes the risks worthwhile? The central image in this series is a map of my migration route, from where I grew up on the lands of the Kansa, Osage, Kickapoo, and Shawnee, to each of my homes including Teejop (land of the Ho-Chunk, Madison, WI) to my current home on the unceded territories of the Squamish, Musqueam, and Tsleil-Waututh in what is called Vancouver, British Columbia. In the two woodblock prints, I made water, instead of land, the geographic anchor, with the Great Lakes blooming at the top of the map. I oriented the map with my route(s) growing downward. My mother still resides in my last childhood home in rural Kansas. Agricultural runoff and nearby development have made the soil poor. The land around my mother’s house regularly erodes and floods when it rains. Yet the iris flower continues to grow here. Irises are known for growing in places with polluted water, effectively removing toxins and holding soil together. Photo by Khim Hipol.
March 5, 2025 at 5:54 AM Everybody can reply
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Jenie Gao
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Formosan Sika Deer keep their spots long after they grow into adulthood.

They are indigenous to Taiwan, and I've included them in my newest #woodcut and #printmaking projects as a part of familial storytelling.

#printpromptmonday #growth #taiwaneseamericanartist 💜🖼️
Closeup of Jenie Gao's latest woodcut in progress and a carving tool. The artwork features a Formosan Sika Deer and Clouded Leopard leaping in a cyclical chase.
May 29, 2025 at 4:03 PM Everybody can reply
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