Henry Tsang

Henry Tsang is a visual, media artist and occasional curator whose research practice delves into the spatial politics of history, cultural translation, community and food, and the oft-times fraught relationships between mobility, values and desires within, between and across specific places. His projects take the form of gallery exhibitions, pop-up street food offerings, 360 video walking tours, curated dinners, and ephemeral and permanent public artworks. They employ a variety of media, including video, photography, interactive media, convivial events and language, with a particular focus on Chinook Jargon, the historic trade language of the west coast. He is the author of "White Riot: The 1907 Anti-Asian Riots in Vancouver," which received the 2024 City of Vancouver Book Award and the Dr. Edgar Wickberg Prize for the Best Book on Chinese Canadian History.  

Henry has worked with Vancouver’s Chinese Cultural Centre and artist-run centres to produce curatorial projects such as Self Not Whole: Cultural Identity and Chinese-Canadian Artists in Vancouver (1991) and Racy Sexy: Race, Culture & Sexuality (1993); and City at the End of Time: Hong Kong 1997 (1997). He is a past recipient of the VIVA Award and is an Associate Dean at Emily Carr University of Art & Design in Vancouver, Canada.