Jenna Michelle Pink
Multidisciplinary Artist
Artworks
You Stole Pieces of Myself From Me, But I Am Taking Them Back
You Stole Pieces of Myself From Me, But I Am Taking Them Back is a short experimental animation I created exploring the themes of reclaiming and taking ownership of my body after sexual violence and chronic illness through movement and dance. The animation was hand rotoscoped using a recording of a pole routine I choreographed to represent the positive impact dance, in particular pole dance, has had on my sense of self and personal wellbeing.
You Stole Pieces of Myself From Me, But I Am Taking Them Back
2024
Digital Animation
Hand Rotoscope
Abstracts
All The Place I Have Lost My Phone
All the Places I Have Lost My Phone is a personal project created to document my experience of living with ADHD. Whenever I lose my phone, I take a photo of where I find it with its camera. This documents not only my life and my frustration with my brain but also creates a positive and creative association with something that often causes me to become emotionally dysregulated.
You Once Said If I Was Serious About Being An Artist I Would Find The Time
Hand-drawn Digital Animation, Concrete, Clothing, Thread, Image Transfer, Fabric PaintYou Once Said If I Was Serious About Being An Artist I Would Find The Time, explores the overwhelming experience of early motherhood through sculpture, textiles, and moving images. It represents the weight of domestic life and the loss of identity new mothers often experience. Symbolic of the conflicting emotions of motherhood, the concrete is heavy and ugly but also beautiful. The mother is tired, repetitively walking with her child, but also bright and colourful against the grey of the street.
The installation represents a question I often wondered when my children were small: How do you find the time for the things that make you you when the baby is crying and the laundry is overflowing?
About
Jenna Michelle Pink is a multidisciplinary artist based in Derbyshire whose practice examines neurodiversity, trauma, motherhood, and how these identities and experiences shape domestic life.Jenna draws from her personal experiences to create work that is intimate and vulnerable. Her sculptures, paintings, installations, and animations encourage viewers to reflect on their personal relationships with themselves, their families, and their domestic lives.
