The RBC Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers is excited to announce Yuhan Zheng as the recipient of the Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography Residency 2023 Career Launcher.
Yuhan Zheng is a lens-based artist living in Toronto. Yuhan’s work is grounded in her daily experiences and her approach mainly involves performance and self-portrait. She is interested in investigating the ambiguity of the boundary between the virtual and the real. Through practice, she seeks to reveal the intricacies of navigating identities and finding a sense of belonging in a diverse, constantly changing world. Her artistic interests also extend to the intergenerational relationships within her own family and the relationship between materiality and spirituality.
Website: www.yuhanzheng.format.com
Instagram: @hanzyh_
Yuhan will be awarded a Full Membership with Gallery 44 ($180 value), $500 in credits to go towards the rental of Gallery 44 equipment and facilities, and $250 to go towards the cost of materials from Gallery 44’s inventory of paper, film and more. She will work towards a self-directed final project oriented towards her goals to be determined with the Gallery 44 Membership Coordinator. Possible outputs include an artist talk, exhibition, online project, workshop or more.
Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography is an artist-run centre committed to supporting diverse approaches to photographic and image based practices through exhibitions, education programs and facilitating artistic production. Gallery 44 provides space and context for meaningful dialogue between artists and publics.
Learn more about our Career Launchers at: https://careerlaunchers.format.com