"Partially real, partially fictional: the situation of our current time. It can be hard to tell one from the other, and simply believing requires a certain degree of naiveté. As uncertainty grows and the longing for truth fades, we learn to look beyond the surface. Some choose to believe in what they see while simultaneously questioning it, so they can stay sane. Lies in the functioning of the world might seem inevitable and therefore are justified. We do, however, wish to maintain certain simple responses in seeing and to be reminded. The work presented comes from a collection of images partially altered by AI." - Chih-Chien Wang

Wang (born in Taiwan) is an associate professor in photography at Concordia University. He has had numerous solo exhibitions including at Arsenal NY (2023), Kunstlerhaus Bethenien (2016), Art Gallery of Mississauga (2015), Darling Foundry in Montreal (2015), Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (2012), and numerous group shows, including at the Kamploops Art Gallery (BC), Justina M Barnicke (U of Toronto), Jack Shainman Gallery in New York, Quebec Triennial at the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, National Gallery of Canada, Leonard and Bina Ellen Art Gallery, Zenith Gallery in Beijing, Aperture in New York, Musée de l’Elysée in Lausanne Switzerland. His work is in public institutions like Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal, Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec, the National Gallery of Canada, Global Affairs Canada, the Musée de l’Élysée, Lausanne, Switzerland, Giverny Capital, City of Montreal and Canada Council Art Bank. The Canada Council of the Arts awarded Wang the 2017 Duke and Duchess of York Prize in photography and received in 2020 the Prix Louis-Comtois given by the City of Montreal.