"Strange Fruits of Labor" (performance remnant from Physical Law)
Photo credit: Jessica Breedlove Chatham
Jaleesa Johnston
Holding Space
July 7 - August 20 ,
ONLINE ARTIST TALK:
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ARTIST RECEPTION
First Thursday Art Walk
July 7th & August 4th
5:00-8:00pm *
*THESE EVENTS ARE COVID CASE DEPENDENT AND
CAN BE CANCELED DUE TO INCREASED CASE COUNTS*
HOURS:
FRIDAY
Noon-4pm
BY APPOINTMENT ONLY
SCHEDULE YOUR FRIDAY VISIT
SATURDAY
Noon-4pm
NO APPOINTMENT NECESSARY
Holding Space
July 7 - August 20 ,
ONLINE ARTIST TALK:
Scroll to bottom of page or HERE
ARTIST RECEPTION
First Thursday Art Walk
July 7th & August 4th
5:00-8:00pm *
*THESE EVENTS ARE COVID CASE DEPENDENT AND
CAN BE CANCELED DUE TO INCREASED CASE COUNTS*
HOURS:
FRIDAY
Noon-4pm
BY APPOINTMENT ONLY
SCHEDULE YOUR FRIDAY VISIT
SATURDAY
Noon-4pm
NO APPOINTMENT NECESSARY
"Holding Space" (detail view of gallery)
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"Holding Space" (detail)
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"Encounters" (detail) Photo by Mario Gallucci
ARTIST STATEMENT
Jaleesa Johnston's work explores the ruptured and queer existence of the black female body as both subject and object through performance, video, photography, sculpture, collage, and drawing. Creating and contesting historical and social truths, mythologies, and narratives, she uses bodies, places, spaces, objects, sounds and movement together in ways that harness their symbolism and embrace the complexities and vulnerabilities of human experiences. Working with her body as material, Jaleesa uses its malleability and symbolism to conjure new narratives that suggest blackness as a liminal site for personal and communal transformation. Jaleesa is particularly concerned with articulating gestures of the body as a fragmented language that can be used to voice narratives of fugitivity, resistance and freedom.
"Tether", video still, courtesy of artist
ARTIST BIO
Jaleesa Johnston is an interdisciplinary artist currently living and working in the Pacific Northwest. She holds a BA from Vassar College and an MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute. Her work explores the black female body as both subject and material through performance, video, photography, sculpture and collage. She has been the recipient of the AICAD Post-Graduate Teaching Fellowship, Centrum’s Emerging Artist Residency, Open Signal’s New Media Fellowship and an Artist Trust Fellowship Award. Jaleesa has exhibited her work in cities along the west coast, including San Francisco, Portland and Seattle, and she occasionally facilitates workshops and classes in new media and performance art.
For more information visit: jaleesajohnston.com
Instagram @jaleesa31
Jaleesa Johnston is an interdisciplinary artist currently living and working in the Pacific Northwest. She holds a BA from Vassar College and an MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute. Her work explores the black female body as both subject and material through performance, video, photography, sculpture and collage. She has been the recipient of the AICAD Post-Graduate Teaching Fellowship, Centrum’s Emerging Artist Residency, Open Signal’s New Media Fellowship and an Artist Trust Fellowship Award. Jaleesa has exhibited her work in cities along the west coast, including San Francisco, Portland and Seattle, and she occasionally facilitates workshops and classes in new media and performance art.
For more information visit: jaleesajohnston.com
Instagram @jaleesa31