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Read more about the article What God Looks Like

What God Looks Like

  • Post author:Jenie
  • Post published:May 27, 2016
  • Post category:All/Everyday Allegories

My mother once told me the story of a cartoon she saw in a newspaper some years ago, which explained God. In the cartoon, God is a faceless, featureless oval on a table. People come…

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Read more about the article Like the Grown-Ups (v2)

Like the Grown-Ups (v2)

  • Post author:Jenie
  • Post published:March 17, 2015
  • Post category:All/Art Career/Art Residencies/Chile/Stories
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Estoy estancada. I'm stuck. I've used up most of my paper, but am dissatisfied with my drawings here in Castro, Chiloé. The setting is tranquil. I am restless. On the…

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Read more about the article Photos from the show at Proyecto’Ace and some thoughts from Chiloé

Photos from the show at Proyecto’Ace and some thoughts from Chiloé

  • Post author:Jenie
  • Post published:March 13, 2015
  • Post category:All/Argentina/Art Career/Art Residencies/Chile/Stories
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It's hard to believe I arrived in South America almost two months ago. I feel like I've lived a lifetime compressed into three weeks here in Patagonia. After being on…

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Read more about the article Proyecto’Ace, Week 2: Drawing and Carving the Images

Proyecto’Ace, Week 2: Drawing and Carving the Images

  • Post author:Jenie
  • Post published:February 24, 2015
  • Post category:All/Argentina/Art Career/Art Residencies/Stories
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If I'm to say any truth about the way our brains work, or at least my own, it's that there's often a delay between our experience of a thing and…

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Jenie Gao (they/she) is an artist-small business owner and consultant on equity and ethics. They are also the Executive Director of Centre A: Vancouver International Centre for Contemporary Asian Art.

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