Critical Distance DIRECTORY Zi Wang

Wang Zi 王紫 (born in Nanjing, China) is a Tkaronto/Toronto-based artist-educator whose interdisciplinary practice spans print-based installation, performance, sound, and socially engaged art. Her research draws on domestic archives and diasporic experience to explore cultural memory, object-biography, and mistranslation as methods of inquiry. Wang has exhibited at the Ontario Legislative Assembly, Métis Space (HK), and Art Bank Canada, and facilitated programs with the ROM, CAMH, and public libraries across Ontario. Her work is supported by SSHRC, the Toronto Arts Council, and the Ontario Arts Council. She is also a recipient of the Guggenheim Bilbao Scholarship.