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Centre A (Vancouver International Centre for Contemporary Asian Art) is a non-profit public art gallery in Vancouver committed to the research, production, presentation and interpretation of
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Art museums and galleries in British Columbia Tourist attractions in Vancouver 1999 establishments in British Columbia Buildings and structures in Chinatown, Vancouver
Centre A (Vancouver International Centre for Contemporary Asian Art) is a non-profit public art gallery in Vancouver committed to the research, production, presentation and interpretation of contemporary
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Asian art
Asian art includes a vast range of arts from various cultures, regions, and religions across the continent of Asia.
East Asian art includes works from China, Japan, and Korea, while Southeast Asian art includes the arts of Brunei, Cambodia, E ...
. It is the only public gallery in Canada dedicated to contemporary Asian and Asian Diasporic visual art practices. Founded in 1999 by Hank Bull
Hank Bull (born 1949) is a Canadian artist and illusionist who was an early member of the Western Front Society and a founding director of the Pacific Association of Artist-run Centres.
Life and work
Hank Bull was born in Calgary, Alberta. Hi ...
(Founding Director), Zheng Shengtian and Stephanie Holmquist, the centre has been led by a board of directors with respected members of the community consisting Milton Wong
Milton Wong (born February 12, 1939 - December 31, 2011) was a Canadian businessman, financier, and philanthropist. Wong became one of Canada's most prolific money managers and was the Chairman of HSBC. Many of his peers consider him one of the mo ...
, Joanne Louie Mah, Joe Wai and Anndraya Luui. Over the years, a number of curators and directors contributed to the success of the gallery, such as Sadira Rodrigues, Alice Ming Wai Jim, Makiko Hara, Haema Sivanesan, Tyler Russell, and Henry Heng Lu. Centre A is a registered charity.
Centre A was originally located at 849 Homer Street, near the Vancouver Public Library's central branch. It then moved to 2 West Hastings Street, in the Vancouver's Downtown Eastside
The Downtown Eastside (DTES) is a list of neighbourhoods in Vancouver, neighbourhood in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. One of the city's oldest neighbourhoods, the DTES is the site of a complex set of social issues, including disproportio ...
. During this time Makiko Hara was Curator. In 2013, under the direction of Haema Sivanesan, Centre A relocated to Chinatown at 229 East Georgia Street. Over the years, the centre has exhibited a number of notable Canadian and international contemporary artists, such as Yoko Ono
Yoko Ono (, usually spelled in katakana as ; born February 18, 1933) is a Japanese multimedia artist, singer, songwriter, and peace activist. Her work also encompasses performance art and filmmaking.
Ono grew up in Tokyo and moved to New York ...
, Lida Abdul
Lidā Abdul (; née Lidā Abdullah, ; born 1973), is an American-Afghan-born video artist and performance artist. She was born as Lida Abdullah in Kabul in 1979 and fled the country as a child during the Soviet Invasion. She went on to live in In ...
, Abbas Akhavan, Young-Hae Chang Heavy Industries
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, Hajira Waheed, Ali Kazimi
Ali Kazimi (born 1961) is an Indo-Canadian filmmaker, media artist and writer.
Early life and education
Born and raised in India, Kazimi attended St. Columba's School and graduated from St. Stephen's College, Delhi University in 1982. He was ...
, Lani Maestro
Lani Maestro (born 1957) is a Filipino Canadians, Filipino-Canadian artist who divides her time between France and Canada. She works in installation, sound, video, bookworks and writing. Her works deal with investigations of memory, forgetting, la ...
, Kyohei Sakaguchi, Jim Wong-Chu
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, and Samson Young
Samson Young (born 1979) is a Hong Kong artist, working primarily in the mediums of sound performance and installations.
Early life and education
Samson Young was born in Hong Kong. He received both his BA degree in Music, Philosophy and Gende ...
. Recently (2017-2018), Centre A moved to its current 3,300 square foot location at the Sun Wah Centre at 268 Keefer Street.
Reading room and library
The Reading Room and Library at Centre A began in 1999 with contributions from artists, researchers, and curators both locally in Vancouver and internationally. Previous curators at Centre A "have made significant contributions in collecting publications that reflect and engage in conversations concerning contemporary Asian and Asian diasporic art practices, and the artistic relationships between North America and Asia." Centre A's Reading Room also houses the Fraser Finlayson Collection of rare books on Classical Chinese and Japanese Art with publications dating back to the late 19th century.References
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Art museums and galleries in British Columbia Tourist attractions in Vancouver 1999 establishments in British Columbia Buildings and structures in Chinatown, Vancouver