Fanny Bok Yin Tang Verified listing

We exist in the unifying flows of impermanence between lives, deaths, beginnings, ends, presence, emptiness, distance, connection, hope, and hopelessness. My artworks flow from my changing awareness of the Buddhist teaching “In the present moment lies freedom” which informs my motto "Swim to my dream and freedom from my mind".

A unifying beauty is represented in her pieces by incorporating the technique of pouring acrylic sheets to form swimming sea creatures and integrating: mountains, clouds, birds into seascapes, aquatic life into skyscapes. These elements create a mythical world where qualities of realism, and surrealism are juxtaposed in life’s multi-dimensionality.

A lexicon of personal symbols with cultural meaning and significance inhabits these works. Water representing oneness and connection; Chinese characters’ shaped corals express the insight of the Sūtra on Heart and Eight Realizations of Great Beings; my personally significant symbol for the experience of freedom and suffering are expressed by jellyfishes and puffer fish accordingly.

Solo:

2019 / Dec Round Sky Square Earth / Lipont Gallery / Richmond BC / Canada

2019 / June 2019 Richmond Cultural Centre Upper Rotunda Exhibition / Richmond Cultural Centre / Richmond / Canada

2018 / Art! Vancouver 2018 / Vancouver Convention Centre / Vancouver / Canada

2017 / Harmony Art Festival / CC Violin Café / Vancouver / Canada

2014 / Dream Life Solo Exhibition / 168 Gallery / Hong Kong

2013 / First Solo Exhibition / Hakkokai Gallery / Beijing / China

Exhibitions

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 Council Gallery / Vancouver BC / Canada

2018 / Arts 2018 Annual Juried Arts Exhibition June 2018 / Surrey Art Gallery / BC / Canada

2018 / Annual Chinese Canadian Artists Federation in Vancouver Members’ Exhibition / Chinese Cultural Centre Museum and

Archives / Vancouver BC / Canada

2017 / Beautiful Canada through my eyes the Annual Chinese Canadian Artists Federation in Vancouver Group Exhibition 2017 /

Chinese Cultural Centre Museum / Vancouver BC / Canada