Shellie Zhang

Shellie Zhang (born 1991) is a Chinese multidisciplinary artist based in Toronto, Ontario.[1][2]

Shellie Zhang
Born1991 (age 31–32)
Beijing, China
Websiteshelliezhang.com

Zhang is known for work that examines identity, diaspora, gender and tradition.[3][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.[4][5][6] The work was inspired by research conducted at the Ontario Jewish Archives.[6][5] Zhang's book Fusion Cuisine, Now with Added MSG! (2018) looks at the MSG a seasoning additive in Chinese cooking and the role xenophobia played in modern attitudes about the ingredient.[7][8]

During the 2022–2023 season, Zhang's Beacons was featured along Toronto's Bentway skating trail.[9][10] On December 16, 2022, she began as artist in residence at The Institute of Contemporary Art, San Diego until January 15, 2023.[1]

Select exhibitions
  • Surface Temperature - Patel Brown, Toronto, Ontario - 2023[11]
  • To What Do We Owe this Honour - McMaster Museum of Art & Supercrawl, Hamilton, Ontario - (2020)[12]
  • Believe it or Not - AKA, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan - 2018[13]

Publications

Zhang, Shellie (2018). Fusion Cuisine: Now with Added MSG!. Art Gallery of York University. ISBN 9780921972747.

References
  1. "Shellie Zhang: What We Bring and Leave". Institute of Contemporary Art. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  2. "Art in the Spotlight: Shellie Zhang". Art Gallery of Ontario. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  3. Chuen, Lorraine (9 April 2020). "Offerings to both Past and Future: Still Life Photographs by Shellie Zhang". BlackFlash Magazine. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  4. Whyte, Murray (22 May 2018). "Two neon forms on College Street are reminders of Toronto's immigrant past". thestar.com. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  5. "A Place for Wholesome Amusement". www.ontariojewisharchives.org. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  6. Wong, Annie. "Shellie Zhang Recovers Spectral Traces from a Diasporic Past". Canadian Art. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  7. "Fusion Cuisine: With Added MSG!". Art Gallery of York University. 6 July 2018. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  8. Pasipanodya, Chiedza (17 December 2021). "FAIR SHAKE". West End Phoenix. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  9. ""First Winter" Programming at The Bentway". The Bentway. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  10. "Attention, Toronto artists. Local landmarks are looking to exhibit your work". CBC News. January 15, 2023. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  11. "Surface Temperature". Patel Brown. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  12. Sandford, Mathew (23 October 2020). "Museum brings mural by artist Shellie Zhang to Hamilton for Supercrawl". McMaster Museum of Art. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  13. "Shellie Zhang Believe it or not". AKA. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
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