Janet Wang | Making Art in Chinatown About Chinatown

03/13/25 • 25 min

A second-generation settler of Chinese heritage, Janet Wang is a Vancouver-based visual artist and educator working within a traditional painting practice, integrated with sculptural installation practices and digital media. Her creations explore the construction of identity through the appropriation and disruption of social patterns and familiar gestures. Wang pays homage to the canons and traditions of history, both the artistic and the quotidian, in order to use the familiar as a meeting point with the viewer. She has exhibited her work throughout Canada and internationally.

On this episode, learn about Janet’s Here, There, a new installation on display at the Chinese Canadian Museum in the Reshaping Collections: Where History Meets Art exhibition.

The School Room: Reshaping Collections Artist Series is made possible with support from the City of Vancouver and the Province of British Columbia.

To learn more about the Chinese Canadian Museum and book tickets, visit https://www.chinesecanadianmuseum.ca/.

On this episode, learn about Janet’s Here, There, a new installation on display at the Chinese Canadian Museum in the Reshaping Collections: Where History Meets Art exhibition.

The School Room: Reshaping Collections Artist Series is made possible with support from the City of Vancouver and the Province of British Columbia.

To learn more about the Chinese Canadian Museum and book tickets, visit https://www.chinesecanadianmuseum.ca/.

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Morris Lum | Behind the Scenes: The Photography of C.B. Wand

Morris Lum is a Trinidadian-born photographer and artist whose work explores the hybrid nature of the Chinese-Canadian community through photography, form and documentary practices. His work also examines the ways in which Chinese history is represented in the media and archival material. Currently based in Mississauga, Ontario, Lum’s work has been exhibited and screened across Canada and the United States.

On this episode, learn about Morris’s Finding C.B. Wand, a new photography installation on display at the Chinese Canadian Museum in the Reshaping Collections: Where History Meets Art exhibition.

The School Room: Reshaping Collections Artist Series is made possible with support from the City of Vancouver and the Province of British Columbia.

To learn more about the Chinese Canadian Museum and book tickets, visit https://www.chinesecanadianmuseum.ca/.

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Stella Zheng | Illustrating Dr. Wally’s World

Based in Vancouver, Stella Zheng is an artist and illustrator who utilizes a mix of traditional Chinese art-making tools and digital mediums to create illustrations that explore the intricacies of the Chinese diaspora and her identity. She strives to use illustration to present honest, multifaceted, and nuanced representations of Chinese culture that are often ignored. Her previous works include art installations and the catalogue for A Seat At the Table: Chinese Immigration and British Columbia exhibition that was featured in the Chinese Canadian Museum.

On this episode, learn about Stella’s Wally’s World, a new illustration on display at the Chinese Canadian Museum in the Reshaping Collections: Where History Meets Art exhibition.

The School Room: Reshaping Collections Artist Series is made possible with support from the City of Vancouver and the Province of British Columbia.

To learn more about the Chinese Canadian Museum and book tickets, visit https://www.chinesecanadianmuseum.ca/.