晋美 jm

SIGNED by Jin Mei at Artbook @ MoMA PS1 Bookstore

In 2015, a surgery confined her to drawing on paper only. Passionately and relentlessly, Jin Mei began creating patterns that are endearing, stubborn, and mysterious. Stunned by Jin Mei’s explosive creativity, her daughter Chang Yuchen began compiling and sequencing Jin Mei’s drawings into a book. In 2024, 晋美 jm was published under Yuchen’s imprint How Many Books, encompassing Jin Mei’s nine-year practice of mark-making and accompanied by an introduction and interview by Yuchen. The new edition of 晋美 jm is distributed by D.A.P.

Jin Mei was born in Shanxi in 1961 and attended the School of Art at Shanxi University in 1982. In 1993, she “jumped into the sea”: she quit her job and opened her own business, Jin Mei Flower Shop, through which she supported the artistic practices of her husband and daughter. In 2011 Jin Mei picked up a paintbrush again at the age of fifty.

晋美 jm
Artwork by Jin Mei
Edited and designed by Chang Yuchen. Scanned and photographed by Chang Qing

2nd Printing | 2025 | 15 x 21.5 x 3 cm | 458 p | color throughout
$ 55.00

Produced with the support of the HUAYU GROUP and the HUAYU YOUTH AWARD
Published by How Many Books. Distributed by D.A.P.