5/20/10 - solo exhibition at LOOP 2010 (Barcelona), Pierre-François Ouellette art contemporain booth, until May 22, 2010

5/13/10 - "Watered Plant/February" (solo show) at The New Gallery (Calgary) until June 19, 2010

3/10/10 - " Péripéties " (group show) at theMaison de la culture Frontenac (Montréal) until April 18, 2010

10/3/09 - "10 Scents" at the Scotiabank Nuit Blanche (Toronto), October 3, 2009

9/12/09 - solo show, "The Jelly Project" at Gallery 44 (Toronto) until October 17, 2009

10/06/08 - group show, "Rearranging Desires" at Concordia FOFA Gallery (Montreal) from October 6- 21, 2008

9/19/08 - group show, "Made in China" at Helen Day Art Center (Stowe), from September 19 - November 22

07/19/08 - duo exhibition with Isabelle Hayeur at Pierre-François Ouellette art contemporain until August 23 (link)

05/23/08 - participation in the Québec Triennial at the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, May 23 - September 7, 2008 (link)

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, Argentina, 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 at, in Montreal, Optica, Artefact, Dare-Dare (Mois de la photo à Montréal 2007), and the Leonard and Bina Ellen Gallery; Zenith Gallery (Beijing, 2008), Pierre-François Ouellette Art Contemporain (Montreal, 2008) and the Quebec Triennial 2008 at the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal.

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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

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
"Chih-Chien Wang: The Centre of the Forest is a Lake Like MIrror" Ciel Variable Magazine March 2006

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Jan. 2009