Fanny Tang

Fanny Tang was born on a beautiful small island, Nauru, a Central Pacific Island near Australia and formerly known as Pleasant Island. She holds a BFA in oil painting (University of Calgary). Back and worked in Hong Kong after her undergraduate. In 2013 she finished her MFA in the Fresco Department (Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing, China). She currently lives and works in Vancouver BC., Canada. Fanny has held solo and group exhibitions in Beijing, Taiwan, Hong Kong, the United States, and Canada.

My motto “swim to my dream, and freedom from my mind”, flows from the Buddhist teaching “In the present moment lies freedom”.
The technique of pouring acrylic sheets to form swimming sea creatures, integrating: mountains, clouds, birds into seascapes, and aquatic life into skyscapes, forms a mythical world, juxtaposing realism, and surrealism, offering reprieve from reality; ultimately reminding us that there is always potential, hope, and connection in the now.
A lexicon of personal, and cultural meaning populate these works. Water represents oneness, and connection; insight of the Sūtra on Heart, and Eight Realizations of Great Beings symbolized by Chinese characters’ shaped corals, jellyfishes, and puffer fishes representing ...

MFA CENTRAL ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS Beijing, China
BFA UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY, Calgary, Canada

Group:
2024 / April / Spring Group Exhibition / Lipont Gallery / Richmond BC / Canada
2023 / Oct - Dec / Duo Exhibition Fanny Tang’s “ONELESS ONENESS” with Artist Tiffany Blaise’s “Seasons of Eternity”/ Queen Elizabeth Theatre / Vancouver BC / Canada
2023 / May / Group Exhibition “Surfacing” / Kay Meek Arts Centre / Vancouver BC / Canada
2022 / July / Group Exhibition / Harmony Arts Festival / John Lawson Park / Vancouver BC / Canada
2022 / July / Group Exhibition / Members’ exhibition of the Vancouver Chinese Artists Association / Chinese Cultural Centre Museum / Vancouver BC / Canada
2022 / June / Summer Group Exhibition / Langley Arts Council / Township of Langley Civic Centre Civic Gallery / Langley / Canada
2022 / April-July / Virtual Art Rental Art Fair 2022 / North Van Arts Art Rental Programme / North Vancouver BC / Canada
2021 / Mar / Project at Lansdowne Skytrain Station Art Columns Public Art Project / Richmond City Public Art Program / Richmond BC / Canada
2020 / Sep / Work On Paper / Online Auction by YKLM.CA / YKLM Auctions / Richmond BC / Canada
2019 / May / OTHER ART FAIR CHICAGO / Mana Contemporary Chicago / Illinois / USA
2019 / May / “Time & Tide”/ Silk Purse Arts Centre / West Vancouver Community Arts Counci...