Beast of Burden

Painting

Beast of Burden

In Buddhism, "beasts of burden" symbolize both the potential consequences of unethical earning methods and reflect wealth through domesticated animals used for labour, representing the balance between materialism and moral conduct. In this visual... More

Dearest

Painting

Dearest

I want to become one with you. I want to be one in your roots, in your twisted veins, in your horns. I witnessed you and your bare skin. naked as an animal. not knowing it’s nude. I want to be whole. I’d walk with you until the end of the earth,... More

Estrella

Painting

Estrella

Connection with familial: I recreate altars of their existence so I can revisit them in my world. I feel as though she is living and breathing through my work. This is a tribute to Estrella, a horse I rode in Samara, Costa Rica. She was a... More

For You, Only You (ii)

Sculpture

For You, Only You (ii)

This sculpture piece is intended to hold Japanese flower arrangements. As flowers bloom and wither from within the dead bird’s body, the sculpture becomes in harmony with beauty, loss, and renewal. As so do we live, love, lose and grieve. “For You,... More

Gà

Installation

Gà

Gà, also known as chicken in Vietnamese. This piece brings together elements of fabricated steel frames and painted wood panels. Together, Gà represents my farm back home in Cần Thơ. A site of ritual and reverence for farming. Metal frames... More

Leave me a stray

Painting

Leave me a stray

A dog would do anything you’d ask of them. “Stop. Stay. Sit. Speak”. Obey and perform for those bits of reward. And you are to praise them, feed them. Like a dog begging for treats, my hunger sniffed and collected any speck of love left on the... More

Past Life

Mixed Media

Past Life

Through explorations of earthly materials, with natural tones, bare wood panelling, and rusted metal, “Past Life” derives from Costa Rica, a place that gave me a taste of home. Nostalgia always creeps up on me in a land I’ve never been to. In... More

Shed

Installation

Shed

“Shed” represents renewal and spiritual energy moving in cycles. It beckons us to harmonize, to see the beauty in the impermanence and fleeting moments of stillness. The buck of the aluminum antlers draws out the relational pattern of the sun and... More

Toronto Island | Murmuration

Installation

Toronto Island | Murmuration

Living on the island, surrounded by nature, has allowed me to be anything and everything else aside from being a human. Seen as a bird, water, trees, grass, sand, rocks, anything and everything. I felt the island breathing every day, as the trees... More

Work by

Jenny Vong

Drawings & Paintings

“I witness my audience as the trees, the wind, the birds, and to be in unison with everything around them.”