Julia Chiang: Salt on Our Skin January 12 - February 25, 2023 Opening Thursday January 12, 6 - 8 PM "I grew up with parents who didn’t throw things away. Sometimes out of thrift, but a lot because my dad would give old things a new life. An old chair leg would become a new railing. A hand-painted wood carving would show up as a holder for some new kitchen gadget. Piles of newspapers in Chinese and English would be twined together, waiting for recycling, but there were too many piles to ever really disappear. There were textures and materials of all kinds put aside for later use, we just weren’t sure what. The idea of transformation, including our own, seemed to always be coming." - Julia Chiang Julia Chiang (b. 1978) lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. She received her degree in Art History and Studio Art from New York University. Her work has been widely exhibited internationally and solo exhibitions of her work include Holding My Breath Moving Closer Closer, The Modern Institute, Glasgow (2020); Julia Chiang, The Journal Gallery, New York (2020), Pump And Bump, NANZUKA, Tokyo (2019); Spit Sweat Shhh, The Modern Institute, Glasgow (2019); Tennis Elbow, The Journal Gallery, Brooklyn (2018) and LET ME IN, LET ME OUT, B20A, New York (2015), among others. ✨ We wish you a happy holiday season and an excellent new year. ✨ @juliachiang #juliachiang @nicolavassellgallery #nicolavassellgallery