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curriculum vitae
Education
2001 University of Leeds, MFA Studio Practice
1999 University of British Columbia, BFA, Visual Art, minor in English Literature
Solo & 2-Person Exhibitions
2023 To Exit is to Enter, Evergreen Gallery, Coquitlam
Peep Show, Malaspina Printmakers, Vancouver
Ports of Entry, Sunshine Coast Arts Council, Sechelt
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2022 Ports of Entry, Fort Gallery, Fort Langley
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2021. Found in the Forest, Art Rentals + Sales Program operated by the Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
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2019 Peep Show, Truck Gallery at the Calgary Central Public Library
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2016 Soft Spectacle, Popup Downtown, Regina
Make/Repeat/Alter, Comox Valley Art Gallery
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2015 Habit@, Roundhouse Community Centre, Vancouver
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2014 Discerning Nature, Deer Lake Gallery, Burnaby
Archetypical, Seymour Art Gallery, North Vancouver
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2010 Communication and Transience (with Heather Passmore), Comox Valley Art Gallery
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2007 Inside Out (with Gwenessa Lam) Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond
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2006 The Party, Vancouver East Cultural Centre, Vancouver
Living Room, University Women’s Club, Vancouver
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2005 Snapshots, Jericho Arts Centre, Vancouver
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2001 Familiar bodies and b-sides, University of Leeds, Leeds
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Public Art
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2022. Holding Pattern, City Centre Canada Line Station with City of Vancouver Public Art program
Open Plan, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation Headquarters, Ottawa
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2020. Ports of Entry, National Billboard Exchange with Inc Hamilton, Paved Arts and AKA Saskatoon
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2019. Four Seasons of Movement, Clement Track Public Art Fence, Public Art Richmond
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2017-2018 Ten Different Things, Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Living Labs; Public Art City of
Vancouver; Simon Fraser University and CityStudio,
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Group Exhibitions
2023 Counting the Seconds between Lightning and Thunder, Wassaic Project, NY
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2019 Women Work, curated by Germaine Koh, Vancouver Central Public Library
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2016 The Commons, The Concourse Gallery, Emily Carr University of Art and Design
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2015 30 Years, Seymour Art Gallery, North Vancouver
Antics, James Black Gallery, Vancouver
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2014 Homeland, CityScape Community Art Space, North Vancouver
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2012 Temporary Assignment, Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond
Love Letters to Feminism, The Works Gallery, Edmonton
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2011 Splash, Pendulum Gallery, Vancouver
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2010 The Contemporary Woman, Maynards Fine Arts, Vancouver
Twitter/Art+Social Media, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver
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2009 Faculty Exhibition, Art Institute of Vancouver
I’m Fine, You’re Fine, On the Rise Gallery, Vancouver
Strip Mining for Creative Cities, Toronto Free Gallery, Toronto
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2008 Footprints ArtStarts Gallery & Metropolis, Vancouver
Material Worlds Ghost Gallery, Seattle
Wish you were here City/Space, San Francisco
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2007 Little landscapes & miniature worlds Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond
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2002 Majority Rules! Free Gallery, Glasgow
Vauxhall Open 2002 St Peters Cathedral, London
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2001 Immediate 2 Site Gallery – Sheffield
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1999 Accessions Access Gallery, Vancouver
BFA Graduate Show, Asian Library, University of British Columbia
Projections AMS Gallery, Vancouver
Signal Design Arts Gallery, Vancouver
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1998 Local Spaces AMS Gallery, Vancouver
Awards
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Project Assistance Grant, BC Arts Council, 2023
Project Grant, Canada Council for the Arts, 2022
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Visual Artist Project Grant, Canada Council for the Arts, 2021
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Project Assistance Grant, BC Arts Council, 2020
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Project Assistance Grant, BC Arts Council, 2018
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Professional Development Grant, BC Arts Council, 2016
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Don S Williams Grant, FANS North Shore, 2015
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Visual Arts Development Award, Contemporary Art Gallery, 2007
Rize Prize, 2007
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Featured artist of the British Chinese Artists’ Association, 2004
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British Columbia Arts Council senior award, 2000
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Herb Gilbert Emeritus Ecozoic Art Prize, 1999
Residencies
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Wassaic Project, Family artist resident, 2022
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Deer Lake Artist residency, 2021
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Artists for Kids and School District #44, Artist-in-residence, 2020
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Once Upon Water, Artscape Gibraltar, 2019
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Coppermoss Artist Residency, 2018, 2019 and 2020
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Malsapina Printmakers, Vancouver, 2018
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Leeway artist in residence, Emily Carr University, 2016
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Artist in Residence, Burnaby Arts Council, 2014
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ArtsStarts, Artist Residency with Bodwell High School, 2008
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Site Gallery, new media residency & commission in collaboration with the Arts Council of England, 2001
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Publications/Catalogues
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Kate Armstrong, Adrian Sinclair and Laura Kozak, Ten Different Things, 2018
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30 Years, Seymour Art Gallery, 2015
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Neil Chung and Hilary Letwin, Janet Wang: Archetypical, short film, 2014
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Stories from a Flickering Plain, Catalogue, Anh Lee, 2012
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Merete Kristiansen and Zoe Pawlak, I’m Fine, You’re Fine, Exhibition Catalogue, 2009
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Carie Helm, Inside Out, Exhibition Catalogue, 2007
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Immediate 2, Interview with Monika Oeschler
Academic and Teaching
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Artist for Kids, Senior Art Intensive, 2022
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Artists for Kids, enrichment workshop, 2020
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Artist talk and panelist, Ten Different Things Symposium, Emily Carr University of Art and Design, 2018
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Instructor, Continuing Studies, Emily Carr University of Art and Design, 2016 - current
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Instructor, Lasalle College Vancouver (previously Art Institute of Vancouver), 2006-current
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Instructor, Illustration, Langara College, 2014-2019
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Public Art Selection, North Vancouver, 2017
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Juror, Painting on the Edge, Federation of Canadian Artists, 2016
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Artist Talk, Emily Carr University and North Island College, 2016
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Design Panel, First Nations Employment Society, 2011
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Artists in Education Selection Advisory Committee, ArtStarts, 2008 - 2012
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Artist Talk, “Processing Painting in Digital Times,” Comox Valley Art Gallery, 2010
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Instructor, Painting & Drawing, Roundhouse Community Centre, 2009
Bibliography
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Deer Lake Gallery explores Nature, Burnaby Now, September 22, 2014
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Janet Wang: Archetypical, Vancouver Sun, February 5, 2014
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Stories from a Flickering Plain, Comox Valley Echo, 2012
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Alexander Varty, Art Tweets in Blips and Bleeps, Georgia Straight, April 15 2010
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Brett Bonderud, Social media plays muse, Langara Voice, April 8 2010
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Jonathan Hanley, Twitter/Art+Social Media Show at Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver Observer, April 5 2010
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Hans Ongsansoy, Getting the art world a-Twitter, The Province, April 1 2010
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Gillian Shaw, Vancouver gallery turns its sights on the fine art of tweeting, Vancouver Sun, March 31 2010
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Art Exhibit all a twitter about social media, Vancouver Courier, Mar 26 2010
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Zoe Margaret, I’m Fine, You’re Fine: On the Rise Artist Collective, whiteHot Magazine, April 2009
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Leah Sandals, Strip searching, Now Toronto Magazine, Vol.28, January 29-Feb 5, 2009
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Anticipating The East Side Culture Crawl, Scout Magazine, October 2008
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Wish you were here: The Souvenir and Urban Memory, San Francisco Bay Guardian, 2008
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Wish you were here: Souvenirs feels like home, San Francisco Chronicle, 2008
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From Inside to outside, The Richmond Review, September 19, 2007
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Eastside Culture Crawl, Ricepaper, Winter 2005
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Ruth Charity, Contemporary Art in Sheffield, Portfolio Magazine, Fall 2001
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Alfred Hickling, Immediate 2, The Guardian, October 29, 2001
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Robert Clark, Immediate 2: New Work, New Media, Artists Newsletter, Fall 2001
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Tractors, streetlights and an orange caravan on the floor, Sheffield Telegraph, October 2001