Biography

Born in Jamaica, West Indies and raised in Miami, Jodie Lyn-Kee-Chow received a BFA at the New World School of the Arts, Miami in 1996. In 2005 she attained an MFA from Hunter College, New York City. She has shown her work at Exit Art (NYC), Rush Arts Gallery (NYC), SUNY Old Westbury College (NY), Scope Art Fair (FL) and is one of the exhibiting artists in the Queens International 4 held from January 22nd to April 26th 2009 at the Queens Museum of Art (NY).
In February 2009 she was one of three performers asked to play the role of the late performance artist, Ana Mendieta in the film, “Madre Silva” held at Lehigh University in P.A. for distinguished professor of Hunter College, Juan Sanchez. Lyn-Kee-Chow is one of forty artists selected to perform in the 10th International Performance Art Festival, in Beijing,China which takes place in September of 2009.
Through a feminine perspective Lyn-Kee-Chow uses allegories to navigate issues of the body, desire, and nature while weaving in humor, absurdity, and familiar objects. She lives and works in Queens, New York.


Statement

My work revolves around a tension between images that are pastoral and familiar. Much of my curiosity stems from objects and natural occurrences encountered domestically or within nature. Some of these objects whether manufactured, intentionally altered or specifically created are often combined with performance to create new contexts. These objects become props and part of a narrative in which I investigate their uses or their traditional functions and reinterpret them. Ultimately, my work may read as sensual, romanticized and idiosyncratic versions of the feminine perspective.
Surprise transformations seem to be a common link in my work from sculptures to videos, to performances. I wish to portray an ambiguous relationship between fantasy and reality while questioning the subject, the object and the interplay between the two.