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Janet Wang

Associate Professor

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Education:

BFA, Visual Arts (Minor in English Literature)
MA ,Studio Practice

Bio

Janet Wang is a visual artist and educator working between traditional and digital media practices. A second-generation settler of Chinese heritage, she is based in Vancouver, Canada, the unceded territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of British Columbia and her Master of Arts in Studio Practice from the University of Leeds in England.

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Research Interests

Janet’s practice explores the construction of Chinese identity in Canada, through the appropriation and disruption of social patterns and familiar gestures. She pays homage to the canons and traditions of history, both the artistic and the quotidian, in order to use the familiar as a meeting point with the viewer.

Courses

Course Name Department Course Code Term
Foundation Studio Courses FNDT 174 26/SP

Description

This course introduces students to the basic vocabularies, materials and methodologies of contemporary illustration. Through presentations, research, iterative exercises, group discussions, and constructive critiques, students will explore the key fields, processes, and media that form the basis of illustration practice. Students will form a basic foundation of the materials and principles associated with visual communication, and their professional outlets. Through critical analysis and reflection, students will explore the utilization of these artistic concepts and principles, contextualized within social, historical, and contemporary frameworks. Upon entering the illustration program in their second year, students will have a strong underpinning of technical and conceptual skills ready to develop further in a variety of illustration fields.

Pre-requisites

No prerequisites.