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Henry Tsang

Associate Dean and Associate Professor

Education:

MFA, University of California
BFA, University of British Columbia

Bio

Henry Tsang is a visual and media artist whose projects include gallery exhibitions, pop-up street food offerings, 360 degree video walking tours, curated dinners and ephemeral and permanent public artworks. He is the author of White Riot: The 1907 Anti-Asian Riots in Vancouver, which received the 2024 City of Vancouver Book Award and the Dr. Edgar Wickberg Prize for the Best Book on Chinese Canadian History. Henry is a past recipient of the VIVA Award for the Visual Arts.

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Research Interests

Henry's work investigates the politics of history, language, community, food and cultural translation in relation to place. His practice spans video, photography, interactive media, convivial events and language, with a particular focus on Chinook Jargon, the historic trade language of the North American west coast. Henry’s many projects include 360 Riot Walk, a video walking tour of the 1907 Anti-Asian Riots in Vancouver, Hastings Park, a project depicting the buildings in Vancouver where Japanese Canadians were detained during WWII, Tansy Point, a video installation examining the 1851 treaty signings between the Chinook peoples and the U.S. government, The Maraya Project, a reimagining of Vancouver’s False Creek, and Orange County, an immersive video installation exploring spaces in California and China.