Henry Tsang
Canadian artist (born 1964)
About Henry Tsang
Born 1964. Henry Tsang is a contemporary artist.
Henry Tsang (born 1964 in Hong Kong) is a contemporary Canadian artist.
Life Tsang was born October 8, 1964, in Hong Kong He lives in Vancouver, where he teaches art at Emily Carr University of Art and Design. 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).
Collections Tsang's work is included in the Vancouver Public Library's Art Bank collection and in the Canada Council Art Bank.
Awards In 1993 Tsang received a VIVA award from the Jack and Doris Shadbolt foundation.
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