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Solo Exhibitions & Projects

2023, Elemental, Patel Brown Gallery, Toronto
2022, What We Bring and Leave, ICA San Diego, San Diego
2022, Beacons, The Bentway, Toronto
2022, Capture Photography Festival, Vancouver
2021-2022, SPACE: A day passes like a year, Mercer Union, Toronto
2021, Believe It or Not, AKA Artist-Run, Saskatoon
2020, To What Do We Owe this Honour, McMaster Museum of Art & Supercrawl, Hamilton
2020, Abundance, Patel Gallery, CONTACT Photography Festival Featured Exhibition, Toronto
2020, Abundance, Artspace, Peterborough
2019, Accent, The New Gallery, Calgary
2019, With You At All Times, Rotblott’s Discount Warehouse, Toronto
2018, The Ties that Bind, Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Core21, Oshawa
2018, Aesthetic of Surfaces, Museums of Mississauga, Mississauga
2018, A Place For Wholesome Amusement, FENTSTER, Toronto
2017, Accent, Whippersnapper Gallery, Toronto
2017, Accent, Y+ Contemporary, Scarborough
2016, Shellie Zhang, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto

Select Group Exhibitions

2024, Human Capital, College Art Galleries, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon
2024, Facing Future, Humber Galleries, Toronto
2023, Lumen, City of Waterloo presented with CAFKA, Waterloo
2023, Chasm, McMaster Museum of Art, Hamilton
2023, Stay with Me, CAFKA 23, Kitchener
2023, Human Capital, Confederation Centre of the Arts, Art Gallery, Charlottetown
2023, Surface Temperature, Patel Brown Gallery,
2023, The Ties that Bind, Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa
2023, What is the Value of a Dollar?, Foreman Gallery, Sherbrooke
2022, Nostalgia Interrupted, Doris McCarthy Gallery, University of Toronto Scarborough, Toronto
2022, Human Capital, Contemporary Calgary, Calgary
2022, Stories and Storefronts, Danforth Ave, Toronto
2022, What is the Value of a Dollar?, aceartinc, Winnipeg
2022, Shifting Articulations, online exhibition
2022, What is the Value of a Dollar?, New Gallery, Calgary
2022, Breaths, Monuments, Offerings, School of Art Gallery, University of Manitoba
2022, Re/flex, Patel Brown Gallery, Toronto
2021, Artifacts of the Horizon, Part Two: Setting Into Space, Patel Brown Gallery, Toronto
2021, (un)happy objects, Artcite, Windsor
2021, Adorned, the plumb, Toronto
2020, Extra Tough, Anchorage Museum, Anchorage, Alaska
2020, Human Capital, Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina
2020, Division of Labour, Art Gallery of Burlington, Burlington
2019, Baroque Ball, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
2019, SALON, Patel Gallery, Toronto
2019, Undomesticated, Koffler Centre for the Arts, Toronto
2019, New Ho Queen: UNDIVIDED, Gardiner Museum, Toronto
2019, The Breadth of Distance, Humber Galleries, Toronto
2019, The Red Envelope Project, Tea Base, Toronto
2018, Working Conditions, Asian Arts Initiative, Philadelphia
2018, Queen Gallery Grand Opening, Project Gallery, Toronto
2018, Home Away Home, Kensington Market, Toronto
2018, Summer Group Show, Project Gallery, Toronto
2018, CONVENIENCE, 187, Toronto
2017, Gifts by Artists, Art Metropole, Toronto
2017, Common Goods, Forest City Gallery, London, Ontario
2017, In pursuit of the perfect pose, Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography, Toronto
2017, Mother Tongue, Varley Art Gallery, Markham
2017, LAND, Toronto Centre for Social Innovation, Toronto
2016, OH SO T.O., Katzman Contemporary, Toronto
2016, Blindspots, Xpace Gallery, Toronto
2016, Identity Kit, Public House of Art, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2016, Political Candy, The Pendulum Project, Toronto
2016, Hard As Nails, Younger Than Beyonce Gallery, Toronto
2015, Outside Of Space 空间之外, WORKJAM, Chaoyang District, Beijing
2015, More Decent Exposure, Living Arts Centre Gallery, Mississauga
2014, Ghost Hole 666, S.H.I.B.G.B.S., Toronto
2014, Homer’s Odyssey, Videofag Gallery, Toronto
2014, Hit Parade, P|M Gallery, Toronto
2014, Feminist Art Conference, Beaver Hall Gallery, Toronto
2013, Little Salon: These Post-Neo-Pop Like Days, Walnut Contemporary, Toronto
2013, Global Aesthetics, Hart House, University of Toronto

Residencies

2022, ICA San Diego, San Diego
2021, Oral History Summer School, Hudson
2019, AKA Artist-Run, Saskatoon
2017, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
2017, PEERS Projects, Whippersnapper Gallery, Toronto
2015, PEERS Program, Whippersnapper Gallery, Toronto

Education

Honours Bachelor of Arts With Distinction (Hons. B.A.) 2013, University of Toronto
Specialist: Visual Studies
Minor: English Literature and Music History & Culture

Awards & Grants

2023, Heritage Toronto Awards Public History, Nominated
2023, Canada Council for the Arts, Explore and Create Grant
2023, Superframe Framing Fund
2022, Ontario Arts Council Visual Artists Creation Projects
2022, Ontario Arts Council Project Grants for New Generation Artists
2022, Longlisted, National Gallery New Generation Photography Award
2022, Canada Council for the Arts, Arts Across Canada Grant
2021, Toronto Friends of Visual Arts Artist Award
2020, Campbell's Award Recipient, Cambridge Food & Wine Society
2020, Canada Council for the Arts, Explore and Create Grant
2020, Toronto Arts Council Visual Artists Grant
2019, Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant
2018, Ontario Arts Council Visual Artists Creation Projects Grant
2018, Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant
2017, Canada Council Visual Artists Project Grant
2017, Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant
2016, Toronto Arts Council Visual Artists Grant
2016, Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant
2014, RBC Museum Internship for Emerging Professionals Grant
2013, Student Engagement in the Arts Award, Tri-Campus, University of Toronto
2012, Sydney Key Memorial Scholarship, University of Toronto, Fine Arts Department

Publications & Press

2023, The Best Shows to See During Art Toronto, Frieze
2022, Long Read Review: Shellie Zhang: What We Bring and Leave, HereIn Journal, San Diego
2022, First winters in Canada can be a shock. How one program is helping newcomers find warmth in the Canadian cold, Toronto Star
2022, Maisonneuve Magazine, Fall 2022
2021, Saskatoon Moves Art Outdoors, Galleries West
2021, Fruition, SPACE, Portland, Maine
2020, The Human Labour of Building Canadian Identity, Briarpatch Magazine with the MacKenzie Art Gallery
2020, tofeelclose, AKA, online, Akimblog
2020, What the Pandemic Means for Chinese Canadian Art Communities, Canadian Art Magazine
2019, Abundance, Y+ Contemporary & Artspace, Scarborough and Peterborough
2019, Issue 36.6, Blackflash Magazine
2019, Pink & Green No. 2, Toronto Art Book Fair
2019, Our Chemical Romance: MSG as a Love Story, New Gallery, Calgary
2019, In the Body, Winter 2019, Canadian Art
2018, West End Phoenix, Oct 2018
2018, Peripheral Review 2018
2018, Fusion Cuisine: With Added MSG, Art Gallery of York University, Toronto
2018, Aesthetic of Surfaces, Museums of Mississauga, Mississauga
2018, 亞洲藝術計畫「工作條件」展 述說移民工背後故事, Worldjournal
2018, 3 Asian American artists talk labor: The emotional, the invisible, the inconsequential, The Philadelphia Inquirer
2018, Shellie Zhang Recovers Spectral Traces from a Diasporic Past, Canadian Art Magazine
2018, Two Neon Forms on College Street are Reminders of Toronto’s Immigrant Past, The Toronto Star
2018, Focus Mandarin , OMNI Television
2018, Issue 41.2., Rooms Magazine
2018, Art explores Toronto’s Jewish, Chinese communities, The Canadian Jewish News
2018, Shellie Zhang, Akimbo Connects
2018, Inspired by corner stores this art show confronts ‘convenient’ Asian stereotypes, CBC Arts, Canada
2017, Looseleaf Magazine, Vol. 4, Toronto
2017, Parking Lot: Shellie Zhang
2017, How MSG Hysteria Became a Chinese Food Problem, Daily Vice, Canada
2016, In Pursuit of the Perfect Pose, Gallery 44, Toronto
2016, Yellow Fever, Vol. 2, Toronto
2016, Intersections: The Clapback, Toronto
2016, Xpace 2015-2016 Anthology, Toronto
2016, Bad Sport, Good Sport, London, Ontario
2016, Blindspots, Xpace Gallery, Toronto
2015, It’s Still Privileged Art, A Space Gallery, Toronto
2015, Tough as Nails: Transgressive Queer Glamour, Younger Than Beyonce Gallery, Toronto
2015, 新楓采, New Maple Mining Series Profile, Fairchild TV, Scarborough
2014, More Decent Exposure, Fairchild TV, Scarborough
2013, Living Arts Gallery showcases upcoming trendsetters in art, Mississauga News, Mississauga
2013, SHIFT, Issue 2.1, John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Toronto
2013, The Hart House Review: Canadian Literary and Arts Magazine, Toronto
2013, The UC Review, University College, Toronto
2013, The Trinity Review, Trinity College, Toronto

Collections

Robert McLaughlin Gallery Permanent Art Collection
McMaster Museum of Art Permanent Art Collection
Humber College Permanent Art Collection
Drake Hotel Permanent Art Collection
RBC Bank Corporate Art Collection
Scotiabank Fine Art Collection
EQ Bank Corporate Art Collection
BMO Bank Corporate Art Collection
TD Bank Corporate Art Collection
Manulife Corporate Art Collection
Cleveland Clinic Art Program

Select Speaking Engagements

2023, Guiding Bonds Conference, OCAD University, Toronto
2023, Guest Lecturer, Visual Studies, University of Toronto Scarborough, Toronto
2023, Guest Lecturer, Visual Studies, Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design, U of T
2022, Shellie Zhang Artist Talk, ICA San Diego
2022, Shellie Zhang & Lei Liang in Conversation, hosted by Art of Elan, San Diego
2021, The Creative Process in The Making of a Public Artwork, Artworx TO, City of Toronto
2021, (un)happy objects panel, Artcite, Windsor
2021, Wish You Were Here, Blackwood Gallery, Mississauga
2021, Friendship Conversation, AKA Artist-Run, Saskatoon
2021, Anti-Asian Hate: Artists in Dialogue: Past, Present, Futures, Scholar’s Strike Canada
2021, Guest Lecturer, Photography Program, York University, Toronto
2020, Oral Fixation: Food for Thought, International Chinese Fine Arts Council
2020, Art in the Spotlight, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
2020, Online Conversation with respectfulchild and Marcel Petit, Remai Modern, Regina
2020, Artist Spotlight with Audie Murray, Anchorage Museum, Anchorage, Alaska
2020, Representation & Photography: Subjectivity, Collaboration and Ethics, Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto
2020, Imagining Chinatown in 2050: Speculative Futures Storytelling, Myseum Festival, Toronto
2020, Karen Tam & Shellie Zhang in Conversation, Koffler Centre of the Arts, Toronto
2020, Artist Professional Development Workshop Series, RMG Gallery, Oshawa
2019, Reel Asian Roundtable, Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival, Innis College, Toronto
2019, Neither fortunes nor flowers last forever #1, Scarborough Museum
2019, Exhibition Proposal Writing Workshop, Xpace, Toronto
2019, Make MSG Great Again, Foodies of Colour
2019, ArtWorks, Hart House, University of Toronto, Toronto
2019, Guest Lecturer, Cross-Disciplinary Art Program, OCAD University, Toronto
2019, Guest Lecturer, Photography Program, OCAD University, Toronto
2019, Guest Lecturer, Visual Studies, Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design, U of T
2019, Guest Lecturer, Image Arts: Photography, Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto
2019, Guest Lecturer, School of Interior Design, Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto
2018, Trampoline Hall, June
2018, Artist Talk & Meal, Montréal Monochrome VI, Articule
2018, Guest Lecturer, Art & Art History, Sheridan College, University of Toronto Mississauga, Mississauga
2017, Creative Time Summit: Of Homelands and Revolutions
2017, Visual Studies Course, The John H. Daniels Faculty, University of Toronto, Toronto
2017, C Magazine 132: Conversations about FORCE, TPW Gallery, Toronto
2017, Guest Lecturer, Visual Studies, Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design, U of T
2016, Is it Worth It? Let Me Work It, 8-11, Toronto

Donations

2024, Arts Effect for Vibe Arts, Toronto
2023, Arts Effect for Vibe Arts, Toronto
2022, Photorama, Gallery TPW, Toronto
2022, SNAP, Aids Committee Toronto, Toronto
2021, Art with Heart, Casey House, Toronto
2020, Salon 44, Gallery 44, Toronto
2019, Photorama, Gallery TPW, Toronto
2019, Art with Heart, Casey House, Toronto
2019, Salon 44, Gallery 44, Toronto
2018, SNAP, Aids Committee Toronto, Toronto
2018, Salon 44, Gallery 44, Toronto
2018, ARTATTACK!, Buddies in Bad Times Threatre, Toronto
2017, Xpace Cultural Centre Fundraiser Exhibition & Sale, Toronto
2017, ARTATTACK!, Buddies in Bad Times Threatre, Toronto
2016, GAL’s Third Annual Art Auction Fundraiser, Xpace Gallery, Toronto
2015, ARTATTACK!, Buddies in Bad Times Threatre, Toronto

Writing

2022, Artificial Artifacts: Michelle Bui and Shellie Zhang in conversation, C Magazine Issue 132, Toronto
2022, Three Short Glimpses on Shared Space in Toronto, Stories and Storefronts, Toronto
2020, tofeelclose, AKA Artist-Run, Saskatoon
2019, The moon is doing her best., Circa Art Actuel, Montreal
2018, 43.654°N 79.385°W, Xpace, Toronto
2016, Model Minority, C Magazine, Issue 132, Toronto
2016, Beyond Measure: Domesticating Distance, Art Asia Pacific Magazine Online, Hong Kong
2016, Animating The Antiquated Song Dong, Art Asia Pacific Blog, Hong Kong
2016, Yoko Ono: Golden Ladders, Art Asia Pacific Magazine, Issue 97, Hong Kong