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 working with various mediums, including painting, installation, photography, and digital work. Most recently, she has been working with animation and sound. She is inspired by the human condition, particularly our shared life experiences. he is also inspired by the raw emotional experiences that make us human. Her work frequently addresses themes such as mental illness, trauma, and neurodiversity.Jenna is driven to create work that is influenced by her personal experiences. She strives to create work that is both honest and vulnerable, speaks to those who can relate, and provides an opportunity to reflect for those who can not personally relate to the emotions presented in her work.
