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Artisan Crafted Creator, J’Atelier9/J’A9 (@jatelier9) emerged after her Los Angeles based visionary founder, Janine Tang, began her movement towards a circular environment philosophy by sourcing reclaimed materials into her sustainable fine arts.

J’A9 reshapes the transcendent beauty of innovative repurposing in her fine arts.. allowing her art to transform into an unconventional vessel. She juxtaposes the dichotomy of consumerism against responsible adaptive reuses of reclaimed materials while enhancing the trajectory of repurposing.

Many of the selectively curated eco-conscious repurposed materials utilized into her works have an inherent patina, imperfection, and rawness. Her environmental contribution is commingled into her narrative.

Artisan hand reconstructed, they merge into an insightful tapestry of ethereal, unconventional, whimsical, and sustainability. She experiments with a mixture of flat color palettes, textures, layers, form, while swirling bold hues of expansive contrast, mood, and technique.

J’A9 translates the interconnectedness of the world through her works by highlighting society’s sensationalism of media, global discourse, planet preservation, glorification of materialism, technological dependence, natural habitat, fashion lifestyle, relatable human experiences, and complex facets of duplicity.

She dissects aspects of societal conditioning and programming within the matrix, while also creating a wondrous majestic world of optimism and reflection. Such liberations are expressed yet interpreted through the beholder.

PUBLICATIONS 

Full House Literary, tbd (in progress)

Assignment Literary Magazine, tbd (slated for Jun 2023)

Levitate Magazine, Issue 7, slated for late spring 2023

Quibble Lit Review, Issue 9: Puzzle, Riddle. Puddle., 3/2023: https://www.quibblelit.com/let-me-be-frank-with-you-by-jj-brewer

Howler Project daily stories, 2/27-3/5/2023: https://www.thehowlerproject.org/post/flourish

Blood Orange Review, Vol 15.1, 2/2023: https://bloodorangereview.com/artists/j-atelier9

Harpur Palate Literary Journal, Volume 21.2 & Special Issue: Ecoptopia, 2/2023 & slated for summer/fall of 2023: https://harpurpalate.binghamton.edu

Nat 1 Publishing's Audience Askew Literary Journal, Volume 1, Issue 3 and following issue, 1/2023 & slated for 4/2023: https://audienceaskew.com

Create Magazine Exclusive Interview, 10/2022: https://www.createmagazine.com/blog/j-atelier9-and-the-circular-movement-in-art

GROUP & SOLO EXHIBITIONS

22nd Japan International Art Exchange Exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, 6/2023

FRESH Spring Fling group exhibit, Laguna Art Gallery, 4/2023

Small Time group exhibit, Los Angeles Art Association/Gallery 825, 3/2023

Coy group exhibit, Los Angeles Art Association/Gallery 825, 2/2023

J'ATELIER9 Art Pop Up Experience (Solo Exhibition), Vives Experience, 2/2023

Centered on the Center, Huntington Beach Art Center, 1/2023

Applied Science, Los Angeles Art Association/Gallery 825, 1/2023

Habitual, Los Angeles Art Association/Gallery 825, 12/2022

Hurly Burly group exhibit, Los Angeles Art Association/Gallery 825, 11/2022

Pancakes and Booze LA Art Show, Catch One LA, 11/2022

Interiority group exhibit, Los Angeles Art Association/Gallery 825, 10/2022

J‘Atelier9 Art Pop Up (Solo Exhibition), Vives Experience, 10/2022

Undisclosed Location group exhibit, Los Angeles Art Association/Gallery 825, 9/2022

Walk the Unsound, Wingwalker Brewery Music & Art Festival, 9/2022

Festoon group exhibit, Los Angeles Art Association/Gallery 825, 8/2022

SeeMe group exhibit & catalog, Sasse Art Museum, 8/2022: https://view.publitas.com/inland-empire-museum-of-art/see-me/page/114-115

Root and Branch group exhibit, Los Angeles Art Association/Gallery 825, 8/2022

Lingering Feast group exhibit, Los Angeles Art Association/Gallery 825, 7/2022

Mannerist group exhibit, Los Angeles Art Association/Gallery 825, 6/2022

ACCOLADES

ZO Magazine's Touch of Blue Expo - Selected as Top Finalist Internationally in 2 categories, 1/2023: https://zomagazine.com/blue-expo-final-judging

ASSOCIATIONS

California Art League, artist member, 1/2023

Where Are The Women Artists/WATWA, member of artist directory, 8/2022: https://www.wherearethewomenartists.com/artists/jatelier9/

Los Angeles Art Association/Gallery 825, selected artist member by juried panel, 5/2022

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