Bio
Wang Zi 王紫 (born in Nanjing, China) is an artist-educator based in Tkaronto, Canada. She has a Bachelor's degree in Printmaking (OCAD) and a Master's in Arts Management and Administration (SDA Bocconi, Milan). She is currently pursuing an MFA in Visual Arts at York University. She has shown works in the Ontario Legislative Assembly, Métis Space (HK), Art Bank Canada, and Richmond Hill Public Library. She has facilitated arts and cultural programs in various institutions, including the Royal Ontario Museum, CAMH, the City of Ottawa and the City of Richmond Hill.
When she's not making art, she loves teaching kids, going to weddings, and sharing her terrible jokes with interesting souls.
Artist Statement
My practice consists of printed objects, performance, songwriting and community-based art informed by family history and the observed discomfort of cultural and linguistic misinterpretations. Through reconstructing scenes and artifacts, I use literal and connotative forms to examine the state of people in foreign settings: compromises that are overlooked, perplexities that remain unresolved, and emotions that are self-censored. I believe that shared humanity is what connects us.
Education
SDA Bocconi, Master in Arts Management & Administration
OCAD University, BDes in Advertising
Soochow University, Summer Research Fellow
Acquisition & Collection
Canada Council for the Arts
Private collections in North America
Grants & Awards
2024 Canadian Graduate Scholarship, Canada Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)
2024 Open Studio Award, OCAD University, Toronto
2024 Sharon Merkur Memorial Award, OCAD University, Toronto
2024 Artists in the Library, Toronto Arts Council
2023 Fellowship, York University Graduate Scholarship
2019 Entrance Scholarship, GuggenheimBilbao Scholarship, SDA Bocconi
2019 Untapped Competition National Finalist, Artist Project,Toronto
2016 Ontario-Jiangsu Research & Design Exchange Program
Media
2023 Canada Council for the Arts, Media Release Jan 8th, 2023
2022 MUSING, University of Toronto Museum Management,Dec 13th, 2022
2022 Experience York Region, Nov. 8th, 2022
2022 Feiyue Talk Show, Oct 15th, FM 1540, A1 Radio
2019 Toronto Art Newspaper, Issue No.2, April 2019
2019 Creative of Toronto, March 8th, 2019