Maiko Jinushi has held her first solo exhibition in Canada. Curated by independent curator Makiko Hara, the exhibition was held at Centre A, the only art center in Vancouver focusing on the exhibition of Asian art and art by the Asian diaspora.
The multiple works by Jinushi on display were created around the time of the coronavirus pandemic. They explore a desire for the possibilities of exchanging energy and intimate feelings with others through the medium of video. Using her unique method, Jinushi also explores the unseen, multi-layered sense of distance that emerges between people.
Exhibiting art and holding a public program in Vancouver – a community where people of diverse races and cultural backgrounds coexist – provided a more open forum to consider how we can reconstruct new relationships between the self and others in a transforming contemporary society.