Wenqing Tan

 

Vancouver, Canada

Email: wtan@ecuad.ca

Instagram: @lea_twq

 

 

 

Education

2021–Present  

BFA, Visual Arts (Painting)  

Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver  

 

2018–2019  

Undergraduate Studies (incomplete), E-commerce  

Bengbu University, China

 

 

 

 

Selected Exhibitions

 

2026  

Group Exhibition, “Hope” (BIPOC Exhibition)  

Neighbourhood Gallery, Vancouver  

– A Dancer (oil painting)  

– Garbage Epiphany (oil painting)  

 

2026  

Group Exhibition, “Constructs Ahead”  

Neighbourhood Gallery, Vancouver  

– Coexistence in Public Space (oil painting)  

 

2026  

Group Exhibition, Painting 310  

Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver  

 

2025  

Group Exhibition, Self-Portrait Project (Painting 200)  

Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver  

 

 

 

 

 

Upcoming Residencies

 

2026 July 

Branscombe House Artist Residency, Vancouver, BC 

 

 

Selected Projects

 

2026  

“Secret Base / Solitude” (ongoing)  

A body of work exploring personal space, temporary shelters, and self-constructed environments through painting, installation, and performance-based gestures.

 

2025–2026  

“Garbage Site & Decaying Garden Studies”  

A series of paintings and photographic observations focusing on marginal landscapes in Vancouver, including garbage sites, abandoned spaces, and decaying natural environments.

 

2023–2025  

“Dwelling and Night Observation”  

An ongoing investigation into interior space, night perception, and the relationship between personal living environments and psychological states.

 

2021–2023  

“Cave and Urban Wandering”  

Research-based work combining photography and painting to explore cave-like spaces, urban exploration, and the connection between image, space, and movement.

 

2020–2021  

“Dream and Perception Studies”  

Early explorations of nightmare imagery, perception, and unstable mental landscapes through drawing and experimental media.

 

 

 

 

Medium

 

Oil Painting, Mixed Media