(IN)COMPLETE FORMATION

Jodie Lyn-Kee-Chow

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 

PUTTY'S CORONATION is pleased to announce the opening of (IN)COMPLETE FORMATION, a solo exhibition by Jodie Lyn-Kee-Chow at Putty’s Coronation on 1086 Myrtle Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11206.  

(IN)COMPLETE FORMATION December 4th - January 7th, 2022 

Open Reception December 4th, 2021 5-9pm 

In her solo debut for Putty’s Coronation, Jodie Lyn-Kee-Chow presents; (IN)COMPLETE FORMATION. A series of sculptures, drawings, videos, and installations. In addition the artist will be releasing her first NFT with the gallery.  

(IN)COMPLETE FORMATION represents the culmination of Jodie Lyn-Kee-Chow critical investigation into cultural symbolism embedded in the contemporary American zeitgeist. Drawing from her lived experience and heritage histories as a Jamaican-Chinese immigrant, Lyn-Kee-Chow counters the political, economical, and social archetypes of American life through a meticulous deconstruction and reconstruction of capitalistic tropes. 

Inside the gallery, Lyn-Kee-Chow has transformed the space into a re-envisioned Americana. American flags form a tent over a lit Christmas star. Behind it a semi-transparent white curtain with a drawing of a fireplace mantel gently sways back and forth. Works on paper of Lyn-Kee-Chow’s characters from the artist's ongoing project, Junkanooacome, pulls from historical figures from the ritual freedom dance of Junkanoo. Gracing the gallery walls, their portraits are stately, yet modest. Here, Lyn-Kee-Chow creates a futuristic utopian vision of Americana. One that is deliberate and inclusive. Recognizing her own embodiment of both cultures, Lyn-Kee-Chow seeks to reveal and challenge participants’ assumptions towards capitalist/corporate symbolism embedded in American lexicon and embrace the idea of home as being multifaceted.  

The exhibition (IN)COMPLETE FORMATION extends during the holiday season, when the Jamaican Junkanoo is traditionally performed. The Junkanoo is a pre-abolition satirical masquerade and decolonization satirical ceremony confronting slave-masters, and practiced during Christmas in parts of the Caribbean. Celebrations include parading with ornate costumes including grand hats replicating houseboat mansions, while others entail colorful characters engaging in miming, drumming, and dancing. In showing this work throughout the holiday season Lyn-Kee-Chow seeks to honor and extend this tradition.

Jodie Lyn-Kee-Chow is a 1.5 generation Jamaican-American interdisciplinary artist living and working in Queens, NY.  She holds a BFA with honors from New World School of the Arts, University of Florida and an MFA from Hunter College, CUNY.  Lyn-Kee-Chow’s exhibitions of note include “Jamaican Pulse: Art and Politics from Jamaica and the Diaspora”, Royal West Academy of England, Bristol, UK (2016), a special project commission at “Jamaica Biennial”, The National Gallery of Jamaica, Kingston, JA (2017), “Live Action 12” in Gothenburg, Sweden (2017), Guangzhou Live 5: International Performance Art Festival, China (2014).  She has been the recipient of the New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship Award in Interdisciplinary Art (2012), Rema Hort Mann Artist in Community Engagement Award (2017), Franklin Furnace Fund (2017-18), Culture Push Fellowship for Utopian Practice (2018), and Queens Art Fund (2019). Her recent publication, “Junkanooacome: A Masquerade Coloring & Activity Book with A/R Experience” is published through EFA Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop and Triangle Arts.