After Hours — Jenny Gao & Marie Valencia

After Hours — Jenny Gao & Marie Valencia

The After Hours series ponders: What do flowers get up to when we're all asleep? Perhaps, away from prying human eyes and in the safety of darkness, they finally let loose. A flower-only rave wherein they showcase their full colours—even shades beyond visible light. 

Jenny Gao is a multi-faceted artist with work across design, photography, film and television. Her images have been in campaigns for various international tourism boards, airlines, Microsoft and Canon New Zealand. She directed 2020 Loading Doc Table for One and 2022 Three/Discovery docu-seriesThe Hustle New Zealand.Jenny loves storytelling in all its forms, pairing striking visuals with dynamic, complex characters. 

Marie is a Philippine born, New Zealand-based photographer whose passion for travel leads her on adventures into otherworldly landscapes, forever in pursuit of a unique perspective. Having a background in graphic design, her style encompasses a mixture of symmetry, balance and colour while documenting the hidden beauty of our world and the stories they tell. Her work has been featured and published with the likes of Accidentally Wes Anderson and exhibited all around the world.