Jennifer Weih is a Canadian artist and educator based in

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. She currently teaches at the

Emily Carr University of Art and Design Emily Carr University of Art + Design (abbreviated as ECU) is a public art university located in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The university's campus is located within the Great Northern Way Campus in Strathcona. The university is a co-e ...

. Weih received her BFA from the

and her MFA from the

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. She works in installation, objects, video, and print. Her projects include a range of aesthetics including found, manufactured, or crafted materials.Artspeak, "Jen Weih," Accessed on March 18, 2017. https://artspeak.ca/jen-weih/ She is part of the production team at Other Sights for Artists' Projects. Weih was a programmer for

VIVO Media Arts Centre VIVO Media Arts Centre, run under the Satellite Video Exchange Society, (SVES) is an artist-run centre and video distribution library located in Vancouver, Canada. It was founded in 1973 to promote the non-commercial use of video technology by pro ...

, which she initiated community oriented projects, and founded Signal and Noise Media Art Festival.

Exhibitions

Weih has had exhibitions both nationally and internationally that include shows at: Western Front, Vancouver, BC
''Sound Separation,'' 2000
); Or Gallery, Vancouver, BC
''Things' Matter,'' 2012-13
; Unit/PITT Gallery, Vancouver, BC (''Open,'' 2002), Oakville Galleries, Oakville, Ontario (''The Jennifer Show,'' 2002); the London Biennale, London, Ontario; the

Pratt Institute Pratt Institute is a private university with its main campus in Brooklyn, New York (state), New York. It has a satellite campus in Manhattan and an extension campus in Utica, New York at the Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute. The school was ...

, New York City;

Burnaby Art Gallery The Burnaby Art Gallery (abbreviated as BAG) is an art museum in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. The museum is located on the northern periphery of Deer Lake Park, situated off of Deer Lake Avenue. The museum occupies Fairacres Mansion, a histor ...

, Burnaby, BC (''How Deep is Your Disaster,'' 2013); The Apartment, Vancouver, BC (''Local,'' 2008); Yukon Arts Centre, Whitehorse, Yukon (''The Sleep of Reason,'' 2012); and the

Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery The Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery is a contemporary art gallery in Vancouver, British Columbia, on the campus of the University of British Columbia. The gallery is housed in an award-winning building designed by architect Peter Cardew and o ...

at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC."Jen Weih," UBC Department of Art History Visual Art and Theory, Accessed on March 18, 2017, http://ahva.ubc.ca/jen-weih/

Publications

She has had writings published by, Lola Magazine, Or Gallery, Access Gallery, and Wreck UBC Graduate Journal.

Select work

Stack of Moves Stack of Moves (2013) is a work that was presented by the Pitt Gallery as part of the No Wave Festival. The work included elements of modern dance and explorations of movement in a guided class led by Justine Chambers. Apollo Hall This work was shown at the Or Gallery (2004) and used the lobby of the gallery to create an immersive experience that uses lighting, texture, sound, furniture and flat sculptural elements. The show was an immersive installation, complete with, sound, lighting, furniture and flat sculptural elements. The installation created a noticeably disconcerting space that called viewers’ subjecthood into question.

Sound Separation

Sound Separation was an exhibition that took place at Western Front in 2000. The show featured artists such as Jennifer Weih, who work with sound in the context of film, video, new media and installation.

References

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