Lot
15
2020 Visual Diary: 2020-06-07 (Still Life)
Inkjet print on metallic archival photo paper, 2020
50.8 x 76.2 cm
3/5
Estimate
$2 250
2020 Visual Diary: 2020-06-07 (Still Life) is part of my 2020 Visual Diary project, which began soon after the spread of COVID-19 in Montreal. From March 18, 2020, to March 17, 2021, continuously for 365 days, I documented the changes in nature in photographs and short texts to reflect on our relationship with it. I shared my photos and texts on social media daily with the purpose of rebuilding our relationship with nature while most of us were locked indoors, and to boost people’s spirits.
Biographical note
Hua Jin is a visual artist based in Montreal. Jin received her MFA at Concordia University and her BFA at the Emily Carr University of Art and Design. Jin’s media are photography, installation, and video. She has exhibited in solo and group exhibitions throughout Canada, China, the United States, Mexico, Holland, and Iceland. One of her works is permanently on display at the Museum of Fine Arts of Montreal, and her works were exhibited in the Canadian Pavilion at International EXPO 2020 in Dubai. Jin has attended several residencies and has received many awards and grants, including the first Cultural Diversity in Visual Arts Award from the Conseil des arts de Montréal. Jin’s works are in private and public collections, including the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts; Canada Global Affairs; the Ville de Montréal; the Montreal Art Council; and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai. Her projects are supported by the Canada Council for the Arts and the Conseil des arts et des Lettres du Québec. In her practice, Jin contemplate the idea of permanence and change, of the passing time and the evanescent quality of existence. She focuses on the spiritual, memorial, and meditative side of nature and its related human stories.