Jenie Gao
Central Library Bubbler Room
January - February 2017
Jenie Gao is an artist who believes that creativity and hands-on learning are crucial to how we connect with the world and others around us, and how we learn to express our stories so that we may be heard. To honor this belief, she created an installation for the ceiling of the children’s library about the stories we tell ourselves and of the cycles we repeat.
Jenie chose to make something for the children’s library as a nod to her own childhood. The public library was her most consistent “daycare,” and she spent countless hours there after school, before her mom got off work to take her home. During that time, Jenie immersed herself in books about nature, human history, and the arts. The library was a place to learn about the world and imagine different possibilities.
During this residency, Jenie invited people to get their hands involved in transforming the old into the new. She encouraged us to look up and wonder what we could accomplish if we moved with the purpose of rising together.
In 2019, Jenie exhibited with the Bubbler in a solo exhibition titled A Voice Crying Through the Vista of Time.
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