Collection: Liang Wang

Artist Statement 

Liang Wang’s paintings move between observation and symbolism, tracing how places hold cultural, emotional, and spiritual weight. His early cityscapes captured the quiet stillness of urban life, while recent works—such as Neon Superstitions—draw on scenes from Vancouver’s Chinatown to explore the persistence of belief and ritual in everyday spaces. Through icons like Guan Gong statues, beckoning cats, and neon signs, Wang reflects on how heritage and imagination shape our sense of place.

Bio

Liang Wang (b.1992) is a Taiwanese-Canadian artist based in Vancouver whose work explores themes of cultural identity, urban space, and symbolism. Raised between cultures, Wang draws on his personal background and lived experiences to examine how belief systems, traditions, and visual languages are adapted across geographies.

Wang holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from OCAD University in Toronto. He has exhibited widely across Canada and Taiwan, with selected exhibitions including Art With Heart Auction at Casey House, Toronto (2024); Fragments of Passage at the Centre of International Contemporary Art, Vancouver (2024); Akin x MOCA: An Index at MOCA Toronto (2019); the Toronto Outdoor Art Fair (2019); and the UNTAPPED Emerging Artists Competition at The Artist Project, Toronto (2019). His solo exhibitions include Never Left at Arcade Art Gallery, Kaohsiung (2021), and One Day I Saw the Sunset Forty-Four Times at Northern Contemporary Gallery, Toronto (2018). Wang’s work is held in private collections in Canada, the United States, Taiwan, and New Zealand.