Opening Reception: Jennifer Carvalho - An Archive of Gestures

We acknowledge that CICA Vancouver is situated on the traditional, ancestral, unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ilwətaɁɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.CICA Vancouver is a non-profit multidisciplinary art organization established in 2021. We bring global ideas to Vancouver and local ideas to the world. Through exhibitions, panel talks, workshops, and special events, we provide a forum for everyone to step into the art and learn while having fun. We aim to enhance public engagement in the arts and bridge local and international artists for idea exchange, knowledge sharing, and collaboration.

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Come join us for a fun evening celebrating Jennifer Carvalho's exhibition "An Archive of Gestures" at the Opening Reception!

CICA Vancouver is honored to present "An Archive of Gestures," by Canadian artist Jennifer Carvalho. We sincerely invite you to join the Opening Reception with the artist in presence. The Opening Reception is FREE with RSVP. On view from June 26 to August 10, 2025, "An Archive of Gestures" invites visitors into Carvalho’s evocative world—a space where time folds in on itself and echoes of the past linger in the present. An Archive of Gestures features cinematic framings of hand gestures, weeping faces, Renaissance gardens, ancient masks, jewels, and garments, transporting the viewer to a past recalled in the now—and to a future that feels forever deferred.Carvalho’s practice is deeply research-based, centering on reconstructing the past in the present by reframing artworks from the Renaissance and medieval eras. She brings historical occurrences into contemporary focus, paying close attention to bodily gestures, architecture, jewelry, and garments. Her work meticulously deconstructs notions of femininity through painting, challenging the ways women were historically represented in art. Carvalho combs through history to trace ideas back to their origins and rearticulates them in a postmodern context. Her influences include the writings of Mark Fisher and Silvia Federici, and the works of artists such as Jan van Eyck, Piero della Francesca, Agnolo Bronzino, and Giotto.Jennifer Carvalho graduated from University of Guelph in 2013. Recent exhibitions include Helena Anrather, New York; Franz Kaka, Toronto; Palmer Gallery, London; WOAW Gallery, Hong Kong; Montreal Museum of Fine Art, Montreal; and The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa. In 2020 Carvalho was an artist in residence at The Banff Centre, Banff, AB. Carvalho has been awarded numerous prizes including Toronto Arts Council Visual Artist Program, Toronto Arts Council; Research and Creation Grant, Canada Council for the Arts; and The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant. Carvalho is in the public collection of the Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, ON. Carvalho lives and works in Toronto.

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