Shellie Zhang Explained

Shellie Zhang
Birth Place:Beijing, China

Shellie Zhang (born 1991) is a Chinese multidisciplinary artist based in Toronto, Ontario.

Zhang is known for work that examines identity, diaspora, gender and tradition.[1] [2]

Her 2018 exhibit A Place for Wholesome Amusement re-imagined marquees for 285 Spadina in Toronto, which previously housed the Standard Theater, a Yiddish playhouse, and the Golden Harvest Theatre, which screened kung-fu films to parallel the histories of immigrant communities in the same space at different points in time.[3] [4] The work was inspired by research conducted at the Ontario Jewish Archives.[5]

Zhang's book Fusion Cuisine, Now with Added MSG! (2018), published with the Art Gallery of York University, looks at the MSG a seasoning additive in Chinese cooking and the role xenophobia played in modern attitudes about the ingredient.[6] [7]

In 2019, Zhang created a project from research in the Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan, the Moosejaw Archives and Library and the City of Saskatoon Archives about the stories of early Chinese settlers in the prairies.[8] The project, Believe it or Not, presented her findings and included seminal stories of Chinese Canadian history such as the Supreme Court of Canada case Quong Wing v.R.

During the 2022–2023 season, Zhang's Beacons was featured along Toronto's Bentway skating trail.[9] [10] Her work and the Bentway's programming was centred on creating a warm public space for newcomers experiencing their first winter in Canada.[11]

On December 16, 2022, she began as artist in residence at The Institute of Contemporary Art, San Diego until January 15, 2023.[12]

In 2023, her public art project, Flowers Between, presented a visual and historical parallel between two early Chinese Canadian businesses located in the Region of Waterloo.

Zhang's work is in public collections such as the Robert McLaughlin Gallery and the McMaster Museum of Art.[13] [14]

Select exhibitions

Publications

Book: Zhang . Shellie . Fusion Cuisine: Now with Added MSG! . 2018 . Art Gallery of York University . 9780921972747.

Notes and References

  1. News: Chuen . Lorraine . Offerings to both Past and Future: Still Life Photographs by Shellie Zhang . 4 July 2023 . BlackFlash Magazine . 9 April 2020.
  2. Web site: Art in the Spotlight: Shellie Zhang . Art Gallery of Ontario . 4 July 2023 . en.
  3. News: Whyte . Murray . Two neon forms on College Street are reminders of Toronto’s immigrant past . 4 July 2023 . thestar.com . 22 May 2018 . en.
  4. Web site: A Place for Wholesome Amusement . www.ontariojewisharchives.org . 4 July 2023.
  5. News: Wong . Annie . Shellie Zhang Recovers Spectral Traces from a Diasporic Past . 4 July 2023 . Canadian Art.
  6. Web site: Fusion Cuisine: With Added MSG! . Art Gallery of York University . 4 July 2023 . 6 July 2018.
  7. Web site: Pasipanodya . Chiedza . FAIR SHAKE . West End Phoenix . 4 July 2023 . en-CA . 17 December 2021.
  8. Web site: Believe it or not-Work . 2023-11-22 . AKA . en-US.
  9. Web site: "First Winter" Programming at The Bentway . The Bentway . 4 July 2023.
  10. News: Attention, Toronto artists. Local landmarks are looking to exhibit your work . 4 July 2023 . CBC News . January 15, 2023.
  11. Web site: Reporter . Nicholas Keung Immigration . 2022-12-25 . First winters in Canada can be a shock. How one program is helping newcomers find warmth in the Canadian cold . 2023-11-22 . Toronto Star . en.
  12. Web site: Shellie Zhang: What We Bring and Leave . Institute of Contemporary Art . 4 July 2023.
  13. Web site: 2022-09-29 . The Ties That Bind - The Robert McLaughlin Gallery . 2023-11-22 . en-CA.
  14. Web site: Art . McMaster Museum of . Recent Acquisitions . 2023-11-22 . McMaster Museum of Art . en-US.
  15. Web site: Shellie Zhang Elemental . 2023-11-22 . Patel Brown . en-US.
  16. Web site: Surface Temperature . Patel Brown . 4 July 2023.
  17. Web site: 2022-02-08 . Shellie Zhang - Capture Photography Festival . 2023-11-22 . en-CA.
  18. Web site: Sandford . Mathew . Museum brings mural by artist Shellie Zhang to Hamilton for Supercrawl . McMaster Museum of Art . 4 July 2023 . 23 October 2020.
  19. Web site: Shellie Zhang Believe it or not . AKA . 4 July 2023.

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