Project Space Residency

October 23 – November 20, 2025

Jamie Ho is an interdisciplinary artist and educator from Fort Myers, FL. Her art practice engages with GIFs, photography, new media, and sculpture to investigate the long-term impact of assimilation and cultural bereavement through references to ancestral Chinese traditions and artifacts. She received her MFA at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and her BFA from the University of New Mexico. She was included in the 2023 Silver List and was a 2021 Critical Mass Finalist. She was awarded residencies at ACRE Residency and Vermont Studio Center. She recently had solo exhibitions at Houston Center for Photography, and Winona State University.

When a beam of bright light hits the polished convex surface, an image is reflected onto the wall. This description of a magic mirror is synonymous with how Euro-America views China: both technically advanced and shrouded in mystery. Like magic mirrors, my work generates mirror images that trouble the long history of public spectacle of Chinese American femme and women. By utilizing photography, GIFs, and sculpture, I create a disruption to these narratives by critiquing the power structures that render my body as an ornament. I stage drag performances to question patriarchal notions of gender by presenting beauty rituals that embrace failure. I reference historical and current Chinese diasporic objects to reimagine connections to my ancestral roots and demonstrate the resourcefulness of my upbringing. These gestures are interventions that reject pressure to fit into western societal norms, envisioning new realities that prioritize queer modes of play, humor, and joy.

VSW Project Space Residencies are supported by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the New York State Legislature, Monroe County, and Joy of Giving Something. Photography-based artists participating in the program receive support from the Phillip and Edith Leonian Foundation.