Min-Jia

Min-Jia. Photo: Ellen Hu. Courtesy of the artist.

Min-Jia. Between Their Legs I (detail), 2024, Hand-carved vellum and ox-hide gelatin pigments, 27 x 20 x 17 cm (10.6 x 7.9 x 6.7 in). Photo: Lok Hang Wu. Courtesy of the artist and PODIUM, Hong Kong.

Min-Jia. Between Their Legs II (detail), 2024, Hand-carved vellum and ox-hide gelatin pigments, 27 x 20 x 17 cm (10.6 x 7.9 x 6.7 in). Photo: Lok Hang Wu. Courtesy of the artist and PODIUM, Hong Kong.

Min-Jia. Between Their Legs III (detail), 2024, Hand-carved vellum and ox-hide gelatin pigments, 27 x 20 x 17 cm (10.6 x 7.9 x 6.7 in). Photo: Lok Hang Wu. Courtesy of the artist and PODIUM, Hong Kong.

Min-Jia. Between Their Legs IV (detail), 2024, Hand-carved vellum and ox-hide gelatin pigments, 27 x 20 x 17 cm (10.6 x 7.9 x 6.7 in). Photo: Lok Hang Wu. Courtesy of the artist and PODIUM, Hong Kong.

Min-Jia. Lure Drawings I-IX (detail), 2024, Graphite on paper, Each: 29.5 x 29.5 cm (11.6 x 11.6 in), Framed size: 102.7 x 102.7 cm (40.4 x 40.4 in). Photo: Lok Hang Wu. Courtesy of the artist and PODIUM, Hong Kong.

Min-Jia. Lure Drawings X, 2024, Graphite on paper, Work: 29.5 x 29.5 cm (11.6 x 11.6 in), Framed size: 42.7 x 42.7 cm (16.8 x 16.8 in). Photo: Lok Hang Wu. Courtesy of the artist and PODIUM, Hong Kong

Min-Jia. On the Riverbank, 2024, Hand-carved vellum, brass and fishing wires, fly screen, aluminum frame, 142 x 175 x 6 cm (55.9 x 68.9 x 2.4 in). Photo: Lok Hang Wu. Courtesy of the artist and PODIUM, Hong Kong.

Min-Jia. On the Riverbank (detail), 2024, Hand-carved vellum, brass and fishing wires, fly screen, aluminum frame, 142 x 175 x 6 cm (55.9 x 68.9 x 2.4 in). Photo: Lok Hang Wu. Courtesy of the artist and PODIUM, Hong Kong.

Installation view of ‘The Last Laugh’ at PODIUM, Hong Kong, 18 May—06 July 2024. Photo: Lok Hang Wu. Courtesy of PODIUM, Hong Kong.

Biography
Min-Jia (b. 2001, lives and works in Berlin) destabilises the myths of origin and identity through narratives of transformation. Their work samples and remixes folk and ornamental arts and their global transformations—from Orientalist kitsch to Art Nouveau to manga—to re-examine fantasies of the Other across canonical and outsider art histories. They have completed a Shaanxi Huaxian shadow puppetry apprenticeship under Master Wang Tianwen in Xi’an, China, and graduated from Berlin University of the Arts (UdK). They have exhibited in group exhibitions at ACUD Galerie, Berlin (2025), Tofu Space, Copenhagen (2025), PODIUM, Hong Kong (2024), James Fuentes Gallery, New York (2024), Franz Kaka, Toronto (2024), Bernheim, London (2023), A.I. Gallery with Linseed Projects, London (2023), X Museum, Beijing (2023), Hunt Gallery, Toronto (2022), among others. Their works can be found in the collection of the Royal Bank of Canada. They are currently completing their forthcoming novel, Mechanical Tail.

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Works

Min-Jia
Mother I
2024 - 2025
Hand-carved vellum, mineral pigments, stainless steel, plexiglass, 3D printed resin, motor, hardware
110 x 120 x 111 cm | 43.3 x 47.2 x 43.7 in
With mechanical engineering by Salvador Marino