Ketty Haolin Zhang (b. Chaoyang) is an emerging interdisciplinary artist currently living and working as an uninvited guest on the unceded and ancestral territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations, also known as Vancouver, Canada. She is a 1.5-generation immigrant, having spent half of her life so far in China and half in Canada. Informed by her diasporic experience, her art practice navigates her relationship with placelessness, liminal space and (non)belonging in a hyper-globalized world. She is interested in creating works that embody both closeness and distance - the simultaneous desire to belong and to resist being defined.
Education
BA Double Major, Visual Arts + Art History, University of British Columbia, CAN
Interior Design (Residential + Commercial) Short Courses, Central Saint Martins, ENG
Solo exhibitions
2024 (upcoming) Nocturnal Daydream, Slice of Life, Vancouver, CAN
2024 (upcoming) TBA, Deer Lake Gallery, Burnaby, CAN
2022 Elevator Music, The Art Shop, Vancouver, CAN
2022 On the ninety-ninth night, Slice of Life, Vancouver, CAN
2019 luxe, Hatch Art Gallery, Vancouver, CAN
2019 Gen 1.5, The Reach Gallery Museum, Abbotsford, CAN
Group exhibitions
2023 Mushin, Casa Lü, Mexico City, MEX
2023 ART PARTY!, Seymour Art Gallery, North Vancouver, CAN
2023 Curator's Sauna, Canton Sardine, Vancouver, CAN
2022 Tropical Cafe, Centre A Holiday Art Auction, Vancouver, CAN
2022 Pressure Point, The James Black Gallery, Vancouver, CAN
2021 CARRY-ON!, Centre A Holiday Art Auction, Vancouver, CAN
2021 FUNNEL Batch 4 fundraiser auction (virtual)
2021 Unibrow Zine Festival (virtual)
2021 Fraser Valley Biennial, The Reach Gallery Museum, Abbotsford, CAN
2021 Capturing Moments, Coquitlam Heritage Society, Coquitlam, CAN
2020 #WildAuction2020, Pacific Wild (virtual)
2020 10500km to Beirut fundraiser auction (virtual)
2020 HEAR US NOW!, Ethnocultural Art Histories Research at Concordia University (virtual)
2018 Arts 2018, Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, CAN
2018 UNDERGROWTH 2018 BFA/BA Visual Art Graduating Exhibition, Vancouver, CAN
2017 Arts 2017, Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, CAN
2017 Ipseity, HiVE, Vancouver, CAN
2016 Vancouver Art Book Fair, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, CAN
2016 Print Ready 7, Dynamo Arts Association, Vancouver, CAN
2016 Print Ready VII: Stockholm Edition, Minibar, Stockholm, SWE
Residencies & awards
2023 Casa Lü residency, Mexico City, MEX
2023 Tools for Change residency at MakerLabs, Vancouver, CAN
2022 Joya arte + ecología artist residency, Vélez Blanco, ESP
2020 Emerging Artist Residency Award, Spark Box Studio, Picton, CAN
2018 Honourable Mention: Arts 2018, Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, CAN
2017 1st Place Award: Arts 2017, Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, CAN
Public art
2023 Sasq’ets rides the Milky Way,The Reach Gallery Museum: CITI/SEEN mural program, Abbotsford, CAN
2021 luxe, Art Gallery of Evergreen: Outdoor Exhibitions, Coquitlam, CAN
2018 UBC West Parkade mural series, Vancouver, CAN
2018 # filter29, Beijing Design Week (on behalf of I: project space), Beijing, CHN
2016 Heights Merchants Association: City of Burnaby public mural series, Burnaby, CAN
Feature
2021 "Familial Writing", Asian Diasporic Visual Cultures and the Americas 6.3, Concordia University
2021 "Hey", Feels Zine, issue 15: Falling out of Love
2020 Long Distance Picnic, Perpendicular Play, vol. 5, What Lab
2018 Carnation Zine, vol. 1
2018 "Vestiges of Transnational Belonging: Marking the Millennial Diasporic Identity in Ketty Zhang’s Works" by Alexandra Trim, The Undergraduate Journal of Art History, issue 9, UBC