Madeleine Conover
Folding, 2021. Watercolor Hand Drawn Animation. 2:48.
In Chinese culture, red envelopes are given during holidays or special occasions, such as a child coming home. In 2007, I received a lucky red envelope from my foster family in China I created this animation with them in mind.
Madeleine Conover is an adopted Chinese American. She considers herself a print-based installation maker and agriculturalist. She was raised in Washington, DC but, currently lives and works in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In May 2021, she will receive her Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Printmaking from the Tyler School of Art and Architecture at Temple University. She received a Bachelor of Arts, double major in Studio Art and Sustainable Food & Farming from the University of Massachusetts Amherst ('18). In her free time, she enjoys cooking, gardening, running, biking, and hanging out with her eight-year-old Shiba Inu, Miwa.