jarodlew

I’m so thrilled to be apart of Algorithms of Longing, a group exhibition at @pacegallery in Hong Kong with some crazy talented artists. Curated by the brilliant @blancdexin. Thank you Xin ♥️ Exhibition is from January 14th- February 27th, 2025

Visualizing the unknowable 📸 Jarod Lew’s series ‘In Between You and Your Shadow’ (2021-2023) reflects on intergenerational encounters of diasporic loss and photography’s role in visualizing truth and cultural memory. The series examines the artist’s relationship to his parents after learning of his mother’s previous engagement to Vincent Chin, who was murdered by hate crime in Detroit in 1982, which led to one of the largest Asian American civil rights movements. Imbued with light flares and shadows, Lew’s intimate portraits turn away from “official” histories towards untold stories and memories in the formation of personal and cultural identity. Lew’s work is currently on view as part of ‘Makeshift Memorials, Small Revolutions’ at the Blaffer Art Museum (@blafferartmuseum), University of Houston, until March 9, 2025. Jarod Lew, Untitled (Picture of Mom) (2021), Untitled (Mom) (2021), Untitled (Dad the Mail Carrier) (2023) | Courtesy the artist, KADIST collection. @jarodlew #KADISTcollection #contemporaryart #MakeshiftMemorials

This past Monday I was able to watch the amazing @thenotarypublic and @erikameichua put the finishing touches for an exhibition I’m apart of titled: Makeshift Memorials, Small Revolutions at @blafferartmuseum Thank you both for inviting me to be apart of the exhibition and to give an artist talk about my practice! ♥️

This past weekend was a whirlwind that I will never forget! I’m so grateful to all the new and old friends that I was able to see at the artist opening of Spirit House at @cantorarts. @aleesapalexander curated such a moving show. So much love to you and your team ♥️

Loved hanging out at this shoot with the brilliant @tonytula . Thanks so much to @coralie.kraft and @nytmag for the trust and guidance and @vanibhushann for assisting. What a special day!

Thesis work by @jarodlew 💥 Come hang and see this work at upcoming MFA 24’ group exhibitions @webber_gallery LA curated by @awolerizku opening July 25 & @anonymousgallery NYC opening Aug 3.

My amazing friend Simon Wu’s book Dancing On My Own comes out today! This past winter I spent a weekend making photographs with @noghost_justshell at his childhood home in PA—enjoying his mothers home cooked meals, listening to his father meditate in the morning and having Rita’s Italian Ice for the first time. Some of the work we made together will be shown in an exhibition titled “Cuteness Is The Beauty I Can Afford Which Is The Beauty I Deserve” alongside works made by him and his mom, and @ekinbilal. Come by on 6/28 at @earshot.nyc (255 Canal) from 8-11 PM.

Another installation view from the thesis exhibition at @yaleschoolofart Huge thanks to @jackie_furtado for the documentation! Dislocation (Henry and Me), 2023 Archival pigment print, 36x45 inches Self Projection, 2024 Archival pigment print, 32x40 inches

Hey y’all, come and check out what my cohort and I have been working on for the past couple of years here @yalephoto. The closing reception for our thesis exhibition titled Hourglass is tomorrow May 3rd from 6-8 pm. Hope to see you there ❤️ Image: Finger Trap 2023, 43x53.75 inches

2023 was an unforgettable whirlwind ❤️ Thanks you to everyone who sent these pictures to me.

A little over a week left to check out Kinship: Photography and Connection at @sfmoma I’m so grateful to @eotoolesf for curating such a beautiful exhibition with some of the best folks around. And to all who visited and shared your experience with the work, thank you ❤️ Exhibition closes November 26th

In his series “Please Take Off Your Shoes,” Jarod Lew (@jarodlew) photographs other young Asian Americans in their homes, dressed casually and addressing his camera with frankness. Here he describes the process of creating the photo “Consumption of Love (Eugene, Miyi, and Qun)” (2020), and the significance of what it contains. See this piece and more of Jarod Lew’s photography as part of our exhibition “Kinship: Photography and Connection” on Floor 3! [Jarod Lew, “Consumption of Love (Eugene, Miyi, and Qun)”; (2020); courtesy the artist; ©Jarod Lew] #JarodLew #SFMOMA #SanFrancisco #bayarea #photography