Henry Tsang (artist)

Henry Tsang (born 1964 in Hong Kong) is a contemporary Canadian artist.[1][2]

For the Australian architect and politician, see Henry Tsang.

Life

Tsang was born October 8, 1964, in Hong Kong[1] and immigrated to Canada with his family in 1968.[3] He lives in Vancouver, where he teaches art at Emily Carr University of Art and Design.[4][2]

Public works

Tsang's public artwork Welcome to the Land of Light, a 100-metre long sculpture consisting of a welcome message in Chinook Jargon, is permanently installed on the northern side of False Creek, Vancouver.[5][6][7][8] This work uses fibre optic cable lighting and marine-grade aluminum lettering to highlight texts based on translations to and from Chinook Jargon, a 19th-century trade language local to the Northwest Coast, and English. Welcome to the Land of Light speaks to the histories of immigration in Vancouver and the promise of new technologies (fibre optics).[9]

Collections

Tsang's work is included in the Vancouver Public Library's Art Bank collection[10] and in the Canada Council Art Bank.[11]

Awards

In 1993 Tsang received a VIVA award from the Jack and Doris Shadbolt foundation.[12]

References
  1. "Artist/Maker Name "Tsang, Henry"". Canadian Heritage Information Network. Government of Canada. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
  2. Nancy Duxbury; W.F. Garrett-Petts; David MacLennan (22 May 2015). Cultural Mapping as Cultural Inquiry. Routledge. pp. 368–. ISBN 978-1-317-58801-6.
  3. "On Edge Artist Index". onedge.tv. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
  4. "Henry Tsang". Emily Carr University of Art and Design. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
  5. John Punter (1 October 2010). The Vancouver Achievement: Urban Planning and Design. UBC Press. pp. 211–. ISBN 978-0-7748-5990-5.
  6. Aileen Stalker; Andrew Nolan (2005). Sea Kayak Paddling Through History: Vancouver & Victoria. Rocky Mountain Books Ltd. pp. 38–. ISBN 978-1-894765-57-2.
  7. Shawn Blore (1 July 2002). Vancouver: Secrets of the City. Arsenal Pulp Press.
  8. James T. Day (1 January 2009). Translation in French and Francophone Literature and Film. Rodopi. pp. 11–. ISBN 90-420-2649-9.
  9. Glen Lowry; Eugene McCann (2011). "Chapter 7: Asia in the Mix: Urban form and Global Mobilities–Hong Kong, Vancouver, Dubai". In Ananya Roy; Aihwa Ong (eds.). Worlding Cities: Asian Experiments and the Art of being Global. Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK. pp. 182–204. ISBN 9781405192774.
  10. "Art Bank - Central Library". Vancouver Public Library. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
  11. "Art Bank acquires 55 new works by Canadian artists from culturally diverse communities". Canada Council. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
  12. "VIVA Award Winners". Jack and Doris Shadbolt Foundation. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2016.


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