Unstable Oscillation
November 7 – December 14, 2019 — Opening Reception: November 7, 2019, 6 – 8 PM | Remarks: 6:30 PM — Unstable Oscillation brings together works of two Seoul-based artists, Dahye Kim and Ye Eun Nam. In this exhibition, the artists respond to a turbulent material world that they have not been part of just […]
Artist-In-Residence: Haruko Okano
October 21 – December 14, 2019 — Artist Haruko Okano‘s residency at Centre A, titled Homing Pidgin, introduces visitors to words and phrases she recovered from a hybrid trade language that was developed and spoken by early settlers during the late 1800s and early 1900s. Pidgin on the west coast incorporated snippets from Chinese, South […]
Everything is a façade
September 6 – October 26, 2019 — Public Reception: September 19, 2019, 6 – 8 PM | Remarks: 6:30 PM — Everything is a façade, featuring works by Tom Hsu and Lin Xin, is an exhibition that draws on impulsive (yet deliberate) gestures and decisions in the vernacular through digitization and reimagination. […]
(dis)location (dis)connect (dis)appearance
June 20 – August 10, 2019 Curated by Diane Hau Yu Wong, Centre A’s 6th Annual Recent Graduates Exhibition focuses on intergenerational relationship gaps, specifically on the loss of language and the resulting erosion of cultural knowledge transfer between generations. Artists: Aaniya Asrani Olivia ChanCheyenne Rain LeGrande Reyhan YazdaniLan “Florence” Yee Curator: Diane Hau Yu […]
Thomas Lin & George Ho: Intersection – Two Cities
April 26 – June 4, 2019— Intersection-Two Cities is an ongoing collaboration by photographer Thomas Lin (Hong Kong) and installation artist George Ho (Canada). Comprised of a series of poetic tête-bêche images where the urban landscape of Hong Kong and Vancouver merge and blur, the exhibition traces a transpacific partnership of thirty years even as […]
Samson Young: It’s a heaven over there
February 23 – June 4, 2019_ It’s a heaven over there is the first solo exhibition in Canada by celebrated Hong Kong artist Samson Young. Situated in a cavernous gallery in a pink walled, neon-lit, 1980s era shopping mall in Vancouver’s ever gentrifying Chinatown, this multimedia installation originates from Young’s archival research on Won Alexander Cumyow, […]
To My Unborn Child
To My Unborn Child Wen-Li Chen Hosted by the Richmond Art Gallery Curated by Tyler Russell September 14 – November 10, 2018 Talk and Tour with Curator Tyler Russell: September 13, 6-7pm Opening Reception: September 13, 7-9pm Richmond Art Gallery Hours: Monday to Friday, 10am-6pm Saturday & Sunday, 10am-5pm The Richmond Art Gallery is located […]
Sun, Sweat, Skirt, Fan
Sun, Sweat, Skirt, Fan Ho Rui An Curated by Natalie Tan September 8 – 29, 2018 Opening Reception: September 7, 2018 | 7-10pm Tropicopolitan Objects (performance lecture): September 14th 2018, 6:30pm Lead Patrons: Anndraya Luui and Denis Walz This exhibition takes place on the unceded Coast Salish territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh peoples. […]
I know you are but what am I
I know you are but what am I Jessica Chu, Alanna Edwards, Aghigh Gougani and Andi Icaza-Largaespada, Candice Jee, Tse Chun Sing, and an eating performance with Olivia Chow Curated by Joni Cheung June 28 – July 28, 2018 Opening Reception: June 27, 2018, 7-9 pm Composting Workshops by Candice Jee: July […]
Sammy Chien | New Media Residency
From May 1st to May 16th, we will be welcoming Sammy Chien as the inaugural artist-in-residence at Centre A’s new media gallery. During his time at Centre A, Chien will be working on research and development for a solo interdisciplinary new media performance piece, W(e)aves. This work will investigate migration, race and gender politics, transcultural […]
