Jasmine Chock

Opening Reception Saturday, August 3rd 6pm-8pm On view August 3rd until November 2nd, 2024 @jasmineechock Cage Match Project is excited to present "Round 22: Plastic Bag Lion Dance" by multi-medium artist Jasmine Chock. "Plastic Bag Lion Dance" combines the Chinese tradition of Lion Dance with the ritual of saving plastic shopping bags to create a new Chinese American Lion species. The Lion Dance originated during the Han Dynasty in Guangdong, China, where Chock's ancestors are from. Lion Dance performances recall legends of scaring off the destructive and terrifying monster, the Nian, to bring good luck, wealth, and prosperity and frighten evil spirits away during the Lunar New Year. While the Lions are traditionally red, a lucky color, Lions today come in different colors and appear at various celebrations. For example, white is a funeral color in Chinese culture. All white lions are either burned to send negative energy away and must also be burned when they become old or damaged or have served their purpose of protecting and bringing good fortune. Check out to learn more about Jasmine Chock's practice, the Lion Dance tradition, and experiences shared during the making of "Plastic Bag Lion Dance." Jasmine Chock is a Chinese American artist based in Austin, TX. Chock works in a wide range of 3D materials, photography, and video, including, but not limited to, sewing, ceramics, noodles, and plastic bags. Chock graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Art. She has shown work at the City of Austin Asian American Resource Center, The Museum of Human Achievement, and the Visual Arts Center. She is an artist, educator, and administrator. She has facilitated art-making workshops for youth, seniors, and adults of all abilities in Austin, TX, using printmaking, clay, paper maché, and fiber arts. Visit to see more of her artwork.

🧧🧨🦁🥬🎊 Lion heads 2024 paper mache and plastic bags and crocheted plastic thank you Julia and Oscar and Mel and Hiroko and Priscilla

Leap Year group show 2024 Ft Kronos eating its son squishmallow (The Lord of Time) and Lucky Leap Day by Julia Kunze showing of art made exclusively for Leap Day 2024 with brilliant co collaborators and artists 💐 Photo credits Itai Almor

Hot Wheels group show 2023 🏎️🔥🫀 ft Elmo Rise Smashing show ⏮️ tysssssm

Happy new year good luck and prosperity for you

Happy 1st Saturday at Canopy! Today is your last day to see Jasmine Chock’s Round 22: Plastic Bag Lion Dance. @jasmineechock One of our favorite things about each installation is to see how different materials weather over time. Check out these moments by 📸 @r0mination

Come make paper 🏮lanterns🏮 to celebrate 🥮🌕🐰Mid Autumn Festival 🐲🥮🧧 and experience Cage Match Round 22: Plastic Bag Lion Dance at night ✨🌌🌝 This session will be outdoors by the Cage, and it is free and open to all 🆓🥳🏮Materials will be provided ✂️🔖🏮 Friday 20 September 2024 7-10pm 3600 Lyons Rd Austin, TX 78702 This workshop and exhibition are supported in part by Cage Match Project, The City of Austin’s Economic Development Department and The Museum of Human Achievement.

Even if you’ve already witnessed Jasmine Chock’s Round 22: Plastic Bag Lion Dance, it’s interesting to see how these plastic bags weather! #Cagematchproject #jasmineechock #installationart #installationartist

Thank you for coming out to the opening reception for CMP's "Round 22: Plastic Bag Lion Dance" by Jasmine Chock. You have until November 11, 2024 to view our current round of CMP 24/7 in the parking lot of the Museum of Human Achievement (3600 Lyons Rd) @jasmineechock "Round 22: Plastic Bag Lion Dance" combines the Chinese tradition of Lion Dance with the ritual of saving plastic shopping bags to create a new Chinese American Lion species. Collected plastic shopping bags surround the cage, combined with fringed plastic grocery twine, transforming the caged trailer into the lion’s body. This lion has many heads adorned with plastic bags and crocheted plastic yarn to ward off evil from all directions. Learn more about the tradition of Lion Dance at cagematchproject.com and learn more about Jasmine Chock's practice at jasminechock.com From the artist: Thank you to each and every person who attended a workshop to contribute to this project. Artist Assistant: Julia Kunze Installation Assistants: Oscar Guerra-Briseño, Jay Roff Garcia Plastic Bag Crochet: Hiroko Faltys, Mel Nguyen, Priscilla Jenkins, Heavenly Dragon Lion Dance Association – Dr. Kevin Gian, Summit Lion and Dragon Dance – Linda C., Texas Dragon/ Lion Dance Team – Sifu Taran Champagne, Asian American Resource Center – Quinn In Special thanks to: Stephen Chock, Ellen Chock, Jonathan Chock, Luisa Fernanda Perez, Chloe C. Photography by: Aryel René Jackson and Jonathan Chock "Plastic Bag Lion Dance" is supported in part by The Museum of Human Achievement, The City of Austin Economic Development Department, and The City of Austin Asian American Resource Center. Note: In Lion Dance Performances, the lion 'eats' lettuce and then spits it out into the audience. If a piece of lettuce falls on you, you will have extra good luck for the new year.

Join us for another community art-making workshop in addition to the workshop taking place at the Asian American Resource Center on June 22. In preparation for Jasmine Chock’s Round 22 Cage Match installation opening on August 2, 2024! At the workshop, we will create paper mache lion dance lion heads to help make Jasmine Chock's plastic bag lion dance installation! Please complete the form in our bio to RSVP to the workshop. When: Saturday, June 29, 11 am-2 pm Where: (outdoors) The Museum of Human Achievement (MoHA)- yard 3600 Lyons Rd. Austin TX 78702 Who: This workshop is free! Creatives, artists, people who like to get their hands dirty, writers, lion dance teams, and lion dance enthusiasts of all ages and skill levels are welcome! We request that children attend with an adult for the entire duration of the workshop. We will close registration at 30 participants (no prior experience or skill level is required to participate!) Workshop led by artists Jasmine Chock and Julia Kunze The installation will open on August 2, 2024, at The Museum of Human Achievement This workshop is partly supported by the Cage Match Project, the City of Austin's Economic Development Department, and the Museum of Human Achievement. If you have any questions, please email Jasmine Chock: at [email protected] About the artist: Jasmine Chock (b. Plano, TX) is a Chinese American artist based in Austin, TX. Jasmine works in a wide range of 3D materials, photography, and video, including, but not limited to, sewing, ceramics, noodles, bathroom facilities, and plastic bags. She graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Art. She has shown work at the City of Austin Asian American Resource Center, The Museum of Human Achievement, and the Visual Arts Center. She is an artist educator and has facilitated art-making workshops with printmaking, clay, and fiber arts in Austin, TX, for students, seniors, and adults of all abilities.

You have until July 6th to check out our current Cage Match Project Installation, “Round 21: cullective” by Ariel Wood @arielrw , and in the meantime, we are excited to announce a workshop being run by our upcoming CMP artist Jasmine Chock @jasmineechock in preparation for Chock’s Round 22 opening on August 2, 2024. For the installation, Jasmine, with the assistance of Julia Kunze @julpippin , is making a lion dance costume for the 20’x7’x8’ cage with four lion heads using plastic bags, plastic twine, plastic bag crochet elements, and paper mache. On Saturday, June 22, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., come to the Asian American Resource Center at 8401 Cameron Road in Austin, TX, to learn how to make plastic bag yarn and collaborate on Jasmine Chock’s plastic bag lion dance installation for The Cage Match Project! Complete the RSVP to the workshop using our bio link. This workshop is free and open to the public. Creatives, fiber artists, crocheters, writers, lion dance teams, and lion dance enthusiasts of all ages and skill levels are welcome! Artists Jasmine Chock and Julia Kunze will lead the workshop. Jasmine Chock (b. Plano, TX) is a Chinese American artist in Austin, TX. Jasmine works in a wide range of 3D materials, photography, and video, including, but not limited to, sewing, ceramics, noodles, bathroom facilities, and plastic bags. She graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Art. She has shown work at the City of Austin Asian American Resource Center, The Museum of Human Achievement, and the Visual Arts Center. She is an artist educator and has facilitated art-making workshops with printmaking, clay, and fiber arts in Austin, TX for students, seniors, and adults of all abilities.

I’ve been working an installation for @cagematchproject at The Museum of Human Achievement (MoHA) it will be a lion dance lion made of plastic bags, plastic yarn and four paper mâché heads. The exhibition will open on August 3. I am going to have two community art making workshops to invite people to make parts of this installation 1. Plastic bag yarn at the Asian American Resource Center June 22 2. Paper Mache at MoHA June 29 These workshops will be 20% art making tutorial 80% community art making for the installation and sharing experiences about lion dance. They are both free with rsvp and open to all. More information and rsvp for these workshops will be linked in my bio and stories. Thank you to Cage Match Project, The City of Austin’s Economic Development Department, The Museum of Human Achievement and the Asian American Resource Center for supporting this exhibition and these workshops. Thank you Julia, gracious friend, and expert assistant artist of all fabrication elements of this project <3