Jenn Kitagawa

Jenn Kitagawa is a visual artist from Montréal/Tiohtià:ke, Québec. She is of Japanese descent and is 4th generation, or Yonsei and Scottish. She primarily makes textile based artwork to explore ideas of identity, labour and biophilia. Creating work through the medium of textiles is intentional as they hold histories and stories within them. Using hand based techniques such as weaving, sewing and silk painting informs her practice as these approaches encapsulate time and physicality.

Kitagawa graduated from MacEwan University (Edmonton, Alberta) and the Alberta University of the Arts (Calgary, Alberta), where she studied graphic design, illustration and printmaking. Shortly after receiving her Bachelors of Design, she lived in New York where she interned for artist Mike Perry and for the fashion magazine Nylon. She has exhibited in Canada and internationally.

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