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