Jeanne F. Jaladoni

My painting and textile pieces attempt to navigate the complexities and tangibility of being culturally Filipino American as a 2nd generation New Yorker. The Recipe Quilt series displays the main ingredients my mother taught me to use in these Filipino dishes. The quilts are made to be celebratory items, and their plushness is reminiscent of the comfort related to food and family. Quilt-making has historic associations to family and exchanging knowledge, which mimics the bonds built in cooking with others. My mother is a registered dietitian, so in addition to teaching herself how to cook, she made slight modifications in her Filipino dishes to make them healthier. She also taught me how to eyeball ingredients and rarely wrote them down. Additionally, I wanted to visually document the various ingredients and the brands found in my Washington Heights/ Inwood neighborhood. I found it interesting that these dishes were dependent on gathering ingredients from all over New York City – from Chinatown to Washington Heights to mainstream grocery stores. The combination of ingredients parallel how Filipinos embody many cultures, and reflect its colonized histories, as well as others under US and Spanish empires.- Jeanne F. Jalandoni

Jeanne F. Jalandoni is a painter and textile artist, based in NYC. Her work attempts to redefine the Filipino American narrative and consider new futures for other multicultural diasporic identities. Jaladoni received her BFA in Studio Art from New York University and had solo shows with Taymour Grahne Projects and Real Art Ways. She has exhibited in group shows with Jeffrey Deitch, Ben Brown Fine Arts, Textile Arts Center, and Asia Society Texas Center. Jalandoni’s honors and awards include artist-in-residencies, grants and awards

 

Jeanne F. Jalandoni, Recipe Quilt (Leche Flan), 2018, Iron-on prints on cotton fabric, batik, trimming, stuffing, 32 x 25 x 2 in., Courtesy of the artist, Photo credit copyright Asia Society Texas Center/Chris Dunn