Projects

  • Material in Translation: Contemporary Chinese Woodblock Printmaking

    Research for the project “Innovating Chinese Printmaking: Contemporary Praxis” March 2026 A studio research project exploring contemporary approaches to water-based Chinese woodblock printmaking through material experimentation and West Coast landscape imagery. Project Context I am honoured to have received a Canada Council for the Arts Project Grant (Research and Creation) supporting my project, Innovating Chinese Printmaking: Contemporary Praxis. This support enables me to investigate traditional Chinese water-based woodblock printmaking through studio research and material experimentation. My interest in this tradition has personal roots. Growing up in Tianjin, I was surrounded by visual cultures connected to historic printmaking centers such as…