7/16/11 - "Corporel" (group) at Pierre-François Ouellette art contemporain until August 6

5/5/11 - "Vente de garage" (group) at the Musée d'art contemporain de Montreal until July 10

4/16/11 - Jérôme Delgado. "Un phrasé empreint d'émotion" Le Devoir (Montreal) 16 April 2011 (in French)

3/26/11 - "Short Sentences" solo exhibition at Pierre-François Ouellette art contemporain until May 7

12/1/10- Group exhibition at AQUA Art Miami - December 1-5, 2010

11/12/10 - "Péripéties"(group) at the Maison de la culture Plateau Mont-Royal until December 12, 2010

11/05/10 as part of "it Is What It Is: Recent acquisitions of new Canadian Art" (group show) at the National Gallery of Canada until April 24, 2011

11/04/10 - "Point of View on the Collection: Acts of Presence" (group) at Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal until March 27, 2011

11/03/10 - "Out of Grace" (group), a project by Lynda Gaudreau at the Leonard and Bina Ellen Art Gallery (Montreal) until December 11, 2010

9/3/10 - "Péripéties"(group) at the Maison de la culture Côte-des-Neiges until October 10, 2010

Born in Taiwan, Chih-Chien Wang has been living in Montreal since 2002. He obtained a BFA in Theatre and Cinema from the Chinese Culture University in Taipei in 1994, and worked for several television companies producing documentaries before moving to Canada. Wang obtained an MFA in Studio Arts at Concordia University in 2006.

Wang's works, mainly in photography or video, frequently contain subtle traces which might refer to personal, cultural or social concerns while dealing primarily with his everyday experience.

Wang has participated in residency programs at Prim (Montreal, 2005), El Basilisco (Buenos Aires, 2007) and Sagamie (Alma, 2008). Since 2004, Wang's works have been seen in exhibitions held in Montreal, Lausanne, Milan, New York, Ping Yao, Peterborough, Toronto, Boston, Miami and Beijing. Recent solo and group exhibitions include, in Montreal at Optica, Artefact, Dare-Dare (Mois de la photo à Montréal 2007), and the 2008 Quebec Triennial at the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal; in Toronto at Gallery 44 and as part of Nuit Blanche; and in Beijing at Zenith Gallery (2008). His work can found in the collections of the National Gallery of Canada, the Musée de l'Elysée (Lausanne), le Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, and in several corporate and private collections.

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My work focuses on the everyday experience. I use photography and video to examine texture, smell or existence of life, and, accompanying with sensibility, I also express my concern about urban environment and cultural differentiation. These concerns sometimes resemble my understanding about people, sometimes reflect the space which I live in, and sometimes answer my doubt about the self. The intrigued signal happens so often that it seems normal to be ignored; however, once it opens up the awareness, the magic of recognition flows.

-Chih-Chien Wang

For a current list of works in inventory please click here

July 2011 - "Corporel" (group) at Pierre-François Ouellette art contemporain
April 2011 - PAPIER '11 contemporary art fair of works on paper (Montreal), Pierre-François Ouellette art contemporain booth
March 2011 - "Short Sentences" solo exhibition at Pierre-François Ouellette art contemporain
December 2010 - AQUA Art Miami (group), Pierre-François Ouellette art contemporain booth
June 2010 - Looking Back (group show). at Pierre-François Ouellette art contemporain
May 2010 - LOOP 2010 (Barcelona) solo show, Pierre-François Ouellette art contemporain booth
October 2009 - Toronto International Art Fair (group), Pierre-François Ouellette art contemporain booth
December 2008 - photo MIAMI art fair (group exhibition) Miami (USA)
October 2008 - Toronto International Art Fair (group), Pierre-François Ouellette art contemporain booth
July 2008 - duo exhibition with Isabelle Hayeur at Pierre-François Ouellette art contemporain

Video interview with Chih-Chien Wang, Cabine C (ARTV) click here
François Dion. "Combinaisons" Spirale (portfolio) No. 215, July 2007
"PORTFOLIO: The Centre of the Forest is a Lake Like MIrror" Ciel Variable Magazine March 2006
Alice Ming Wai Jim. "Domestic Trajectories" Ciel Variable Magazine March 2006

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