oil on canvas, 91 x 122 cm
oil on canvas, 91 x 122 cm
gouache on canvas, 71 x 51 cm
gouache on cotton drop cloth, 81 x 81 cm
gouache on cotton drop cloth
oil on linen, 66 x 51 cm
oil on canvas, 46 x 51 cm
gouache and oil on canvas,
51 x 77 cm
graphite on paper, 36 x 46 cm framed
gouache on canvas, 147 x 147 cm
gouache and oil on canvas, 97 x 86 cm each
chromium oxide mixed with gunpowder on canvas,
97 x 86 cm
chromium oxide mixed with gunpowder on canvas,
86 x 102 cm
chromium oxide mixed with gunpowder on canvas,
97 x 91 cm
chromium oxide mixed with gunpowder on canvas,
102 x 86 cm
Odile’s Notorious Magnum Opus Of Thirty-Two Fouettés, 2023
Odile’s Notorious Magnum Opus Of Thirty-Two Fouettés, 2023
Odile’s Notorious Magnum Opus Of Thirty-Two Fouettés, 2023
Odile’s Notorious Magnum Opus
Of Thirty-Two Fouettés, 2023
oil on canvas, 107 x 127 cm
oil on canvas, 107 x 107 cm
oil on canvas, 107 x 107 cm
oil on canvas, 196 x 196 cm
Yan Wen Chang
With a minimal colour palette and a graphic intensity, the self speaks to you – the rear-view mirror with its piercing eyes, the pretty bows, the five-pointed star, the cash, the glory, the sinister – the self is both beautiful and gritty.
BFA, Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto
MFA, University of Guelph, Guelph
Selected Solo Exhibitions
Nympho, A.D. NYC, New York
Odile’s Notorious Magnum Opus Of Thirty-Two Fouettés, Susan Hobbs Gallery, Toronto
same problem my father had and what he dreamed, Hamilton Artist's Inc., Hamilton
Four Hollywood Paintings, X in Residency, Toronto
A. Dream, General Hardware, Toronto
The Life of Vanda Miss Joaquim, Pushmi Pullyu, Toronto
Selected Group Exhibitions
what worked for me I never paid into, what I worked at never paid off, Hearth, Toronto
PEOPLE PERSON, Upstairs, Toronto
Auto Dealer Dream: Yan Wen Chang and Andrew Harding, Weatherproof, Chicago
1,300,000,000 - 4,000,000,000, Hawkins Headquarters, Atlanta
Unreliable Narrator, A.D. NYC, New York
Piers, UVic Legacy Gallery, Victoria
The size of a credit card, the plumb, Toronto
Temporary Collection 2022, Ed Video, Guelph
hollywood: Yan Wen Chang, Sam Cherof, Robbie McDonald, A.D. NYC, New York
The Bald Eagle’s Claw, Xpace Cultural Centre, Toronto
Come Up To My Room (CUTMR), in collaboration with Sister Co-Resister and Pamila Matharu, The Gladstone Hotel, Toronto
I was categorical, and so, defiant, AKA Artist Run Centre, Saskatoon
No creature can learn that which his heart has no shape to hold, Wil Kucey Gallery, Toronto
What Would the Community Think?, Xpace Cultural Centre, Toronto
Fresh Paint/New Construction, Art Mûr, Montreal
same problem my father had and what he dreamed
by Philip Leonard Ocampo (essay)
Hamilton Artist's Inc., 2023
Yan Wen Chang: Magnum Noirus
by Robert Enright (review)
Border Crossings, March 2023
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The Asian American Dream: In Conversation with Yan Wen Chang
by Angel Callander (interview)
Blackflash, 3 December 2022
10 Toronto visual artists to watch in 2021
by Kelsey Adams (article)
NOW Magazine, 5 August 2021