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BIO
Eric Chengyang (b. Guangzhou, China/PRC) is an interdisciplinary artist based in Toronto. They works in the hybrid of traditional, digital, and ephemeral mediums including painting, photography, time-based media, design, and installation. By integrating visual storytelling with experimental, hybrid art forms, Eric explores themes of symbiotic duality and paradox. In particularly, their recent works center on the intersections and proximity between the East and the West, while challenge the conventional notion of “the East versus the West”, or East-West dichotomy.
Besides a solo practice, Eric is also a part of a collaborative duo called the Dawat Yan Project, founded with fellow artist Mariam Magsi.
Besides a solo practice, Eric is also a part of a collaborative duo called the Dawat Yan Project, founded with fellow artist Mariam Magsi.
EXHIBITIONS
Solo & Duo Exhibition
- As Individual -
2019 Dao: Duan-Xiu (Passage: the Broken-Sleeve) 道·斷袖, Trinity Square Video (TSV) Vitrine, Toronto
2018 Purdah | Shui, a duo-show with Mariam Magsi, Glory Hole Gallery (Glad Day Bookshop), Toronto
- As Dawat Yan Project -
2022 Dawat Yan Banquet , online digital project supported by AGO X RBC Artist-In-Residence program
Selected Group Exhibition
2019 Nuit Rose Arcade: Room for Shifting Expressions, curated by Critical Distance in partnership with Nuit Rose, Artscape Youngplace, Toronto
2019 Salon 44, Gallery 44, Toronto
2018 Feelings, curated by Art Police Collective at VSVSVS Studio, Toronto, ON
2018 The W(Hole) Picture, a Nuit Blanche independent project/group exhibition, Canadian Lesbian Gay Archives & Glory Hole Gallery (Glad Day Bookshop), Toronto, ON
2018 Salon 44, Gallery 44, Toronto
2017 Salon 44, Gallery 44, Toronto
2014 Wall to Wall 35th Anniversary Edition, Gallery 44, Toronto
Student Shows - pre 2014
2014 Tri-City Stopgap presents Pop-Up Art Exhibition, 151 Weber St. S., Kitchener-Waterloo, ON
2013 Touched By Fire art show & sale, Artscape Wychwood Barns, organized by MDAO, Toronto, ON
2012 Youth Video On The Cube, Kitchener City Hall, organized by the City of Kitchener, ON
2011 Gathering group exhibition, Artery Gallery, Kitchener, ON
2008 Arts Alive 2008 group exhibition, Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, BC
- As Individual -
2019 Dao: Duan-Xiu (Passage: the Broken-Sleeve) 道·斷袖, Trinity Square Video (TSV) Vitrine, Toronto
2018 Purdah | Shui, a duo-show with Mariam Magsi, Glory Hole Gallery (Glad Day Bookshop), Toronto
- As Dawat Yan Project -
2022 Dawat Yan Banquet , online digital project supported by AGO X RBC Artist-In-Residence program
- Conceptualized as a collaborative project, this work is led by the Dawat Yan Project (Mariam Magsi & myself), and created by us with 4 guest artists: Amin Alsaden, Niloufar Salimi, Karina Iskandarsjah, and Abdullah Qureshi
Selected Group Exhibition
2019 Nuit Rose Arcade: Room for Shifting Expressions, curated by Critical Distance in partnership with Nuit Rose, Artscape Youngplace, Toronto
2019 Salon 44, Gallery 44, Toronto
2018 Feelings, curated by Art Police Collective at VSVSVS Studio, Toronto, ON
2018 The W(Hole) Picture, a Nuit Blanche independent project/group exhibition, Canadian Lesbian Gay Archives & Glory Hole Gallery (Glad Day Bookshop), Toronto, ON
2018 Salon 44, Gallery 44, Toronto
2017 Salon 44, Gallery 44, Toronto
2014 Wall to Wall 35th Anniversary Edition, Gallery 44, Toronto
Student Shows - pre 2014
2014 Tri-City Stopgap presents Pop-Up Art Exhibition, 151 Weber St. S., Kitchener-Waterloo, ON
2013 Touched By Fire art show & sale, Artscape Wychwood Barns, organized by MDAO, Toronto, ON
2012 Youth Video On The Cube, Kitchener City Hall, organized by the City of Kitchener, ON
2011 Gathering group exhibition, Artery Gallery, Kitchener, ON
2008 Arts Alive 2008 group exhibition, Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, BC
art RESIDENCY & mentorship
2022 Dawat Yan Project at the AGO X RBC Emerging Artist-In-Residence Program, a digital art residency supported by the Art Gallery of Ontario
ARTIST TALK
2022 AGO X RBC Artists in Residence in Conversation: Dawat Yan Banquet, hosted by Art Gallery of Ontario
- As the Dawat Yan Project with Niloufar Salimi, Karina Iskandarsjah, Abdullah Qureshi, and Ange Loft
AWARDS & ACHIEVEMENTS
2017 Finalist, 37th Annual Spring Photography Contest, Photographer’s Forum magazine, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
2014 Finalist (college group), 34th College and High School Photography Contest, Photographer’s Forum magazine, Santa Barbara, USA
2012 Winner, Youth Video Competition 2012, organized by the City of Kitchener, ON
2012 Winner, “Capture the Campus” Photo Contest, organized by Alumni Affairs, University of Waterloo
2012 Digital Imaging Award, from Department of Fine Arts, University of Waterloo
2009 Merit Scholarship, University of Waterloo
2014 Finalist (college group), 34th College and High School Photography Contest, Photographer’s Forum magazine, Santa Barbara, USA
2012 Winner, Youth Video Competition 2012, organized by the City of Kitchener, ON
2012 Winner, “Capture the Campus” Photo Contest, organized by Alumni Affairs, University of Waterloo
2012 Digital Imaging Award, from Department of Fine Arts, University of Waterloo
2009 Merit Scholarship, University of Waterloo
EDUCATION
2014 BA: Fine Art with Economics Minor, University of Waterloo, ON
SELECTED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
2023-present Gallery 44 | Centre for Contemporary Photography - Education Committee member
2019-2020 The Glory Hole Gallery: miniature gallery at The 519, Toronto - Collective & curatorial team member
2012-2013 Art in Context Internship at the Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, Waterloo - Art instructor / Tour guide
2013-present Freelane Photographer: event coverage, exhibition documentation, and photojournalism
2012-present Freelance Designer: graphic design, illustration, and video production
2019-2020 The Glory Hole Gallery: miniature gallery at The 519, Toronto - Collective & curatorial team member
2012-2013 Art in Context Internship at the Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, Waterloo - Art instructor / Tour guide
2013-present Freelane Photographer: event coverage, exhibition documentation, and photojournalism
2012-present Freelance Designer: graphic design, illustration, and video production
