Turn Right / Jing (Ellen) Xu

Jing (Ellen) Xu
Queens, New York, United States
 
 
Turn Right, 2022
Acrylic and modeling clay on canvas, 24 × 36 × 3 in
 
Turn Right is part of an ongoing body of work that explores decision-making, repair, and collective responsibility through material accumulation. Built through layering, pressing, and repeated gestures, the work holds visible traces of time, labor, and constraint, transforming small actions into larger structures. The composition suggests a moment of redirection, a choice to pivot when existing systems fail, aligning personal agency with collective action. Rather than focusing on singular solutions, the work emphasizes persistence, maintenance, and incremental change as forms of resilience, proposing that climate justice emerges through sustained, shared effort over time.
 
Jing (Ellen) Xu is an artist working across painting and installation, using acrylic and modeling clay to build surfaces through repetition and accumulation. Her practice explores themes of labor, care, and decision-making, framing small, embodied actions as part of larger collective systems. Through modular and process-driven work, she reflects on how individual gestures contribute to shared structures of resilience and responsibility.
 
$8500 USD