Jill Ho-You: Inversion
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The New Gallery 208 Centre Street SE, Calgary, Alberta T2G 2B6
Jill Ho-You, "In The Dust I," 2015
ARTIST TALKS Jill Ho-You
When / Saturday, January 26, 2019 from 3:30 to 4:30PM
Where / Main Space, 208 Centre Street SE
Event / https://www.facebook.com/events/2000646993397196/
When / Friday, February 8, 2019 from 10 to 11:30AM
Where / University of Calgary Art Department (110 University Gate NW), room AB672Jill Ho-You will be giving two different artist talks in the coming weeks, with the first one taking place this Saturday, January 26 at 3:30PM at TNG's Main Space. Ho-You will discuss and elaborate on her exhibition, Inversion, currently on view at TNG
Exhibition Description
Jill Ho-You's Inversion engages with the anxiety, fear, and speculation about the future of the planet by imagining the world if the Anthropocene reaches its predicted negative climax of uninhabitable climate change, shrinking biodiversity, and unsustainable development. Imagining what remains after the projected extinction of humanity, the work explores the idea of systemic failure by examining the relationship between the biologic, environmental, and man-made. Blurring the lines between the human body, the natural and the manufactured landscapes, the exhibition traces a speculative history of the Earth from creation to destruction, questioning and emphasizing the role of human industry through the conspicuous absence of people.
Biography
Jill Ho-You is an Assistant Professor in Print Media at the Alberta College of Art + Design. Her practice explores the intersection of trauma, embodied memory and the environment through a mixture of print media, installation, and drawing. Her work has been exhibited internationally, including solo exhibitions at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia and at Alberta Printmakers in Calgary, AB. She has also participated in numerous group shows such as at the Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Japan; International Print Center New York, NY; and the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Art, ROC. She is the recipient of grants from the Canada Council for Arts and Alberta Foundation for the Arts, and has participated in residencies at Open Studio in Toronto, ON and St. Michael’s Printshop in St. John’s, NL.