the balance

Jon Feinstein

5th October - 11th November 2023

Opening reception 5-9pm 5th October

Moments of loss and joy, small or large; how do we honor one, without compromising the other? How do we mourn the loss of a family member while also celebrating new life?

Image credit: Jon Feinstein

Press release.

This exhibition, Feinstein’s first solo show in Seattle, combines two of his series: Breathers and What it Means to Be Alive, using the city’s lush landscape to make sense of death, memory loss, and joy.

Breathers is an emotional typology of Pacific Northwest trees and their relationship to Jon’s late mother-in-law, who suffered from early-onset Alzheimer’s Disease. The trees, often filled with holes and breaks that reflect cognitive decline, hover over homes, set against skies that isolate them in space.

Punctuating Breathers’ large-scale prints are smaller, intimate prints from What it Means to Be Alive – portraits of dandelions from Feinstein’s backyard. These images symbolize the process of balancing this loss, the sudden death of his sister, and the death of other close family members with the daily sparks of joy in Jon’s two young daughters, and his ongoing search for clarity.

Together, these series are a bridge between memorializing death and finding the bright spots that keep us going – and ultimately, scattering them about.

jon feinstein

Jon Feinstein is a Jewish photographer, curator, and writer, and the co-founder of Humble Arts Foundation. Jon has curated countless exhibitions over 15+ years at galleries and institutions including Photoville; Blue Sky Gallery, PDX; The Ogden Museum in New Orleans for PhotoNola; Glassbox and Photographic Center Northwest Seattle; Colorado Photographic Arts Center; and Barclays Arena in Brooklyn, NY for ArtBridge. Jon’s projects have been featured in Aperture, NY Times, BBC, VICE, The New Yorker, Hyperallergic, and Feature Shoot, and he’s contributed to VICE, Hyperallergic, Aperture, Photograph, TIME, Slate, GOOD, Daylight, Adobe, and PDN.

Most recently, Jon is a recipient of the 2019 BlueSky Curatorial Prize and the 2021 Peter S. Reed Foundation artist grant, and a winner of the Lensculture 2022 Summer Open.

http://www.jonfeinstein.com/

Instagram: @jonfeinstein

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