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J A S M I N E    R E I D

Reid is a multimedia artist who works mainly on canvas. While she has been painting since childhood, it wasn't until 2018 that she began developing her now-established, often improvisational style of collaging tissue paper, ink, gold leaf, acrylic paint, and found materials together. Since then, she has explored different scales of work that often play with themes of memory, reclamation, emplacement, and displacement. Currently, her paintings draw on the materiality of real landscapes, but often mediated through – and consequently changed by – the act of recollection. The twin acts of remembering and forgetting frequently appear in her work.

Reid is an anthropologist by training. Her PhD work (2016-2022) brought her into close contact with southern African artists, museum curators, historians, and public educators who encouraged her to think deeply about how narratives form. While she has stepped away from academia, she still pays close attention to the stories we tell – and the experiences, people, and historical elements that get silenced in the process. 

Reid currently resides in San Jose, CA, but often spends time in Johannesburg, New England, and Montana. All three landscapes deeply influence her work. When she is not painting, you can find her improving e-commerce experiences as a B2C UX Researcher, practicing her faith, and traveling abroad with her husband.

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