Shaping the Orbits

Biographies

Li Chai was born in Inner Mongolia, China, during the Chinese Cultural Revolution, when her

parents were sent to a rural village. She grew up, lived, and worked in Shanghai, Shenyang,

and Beijing until she was 28. In 2000, she immigrated to Canada, and in 2003, she completed

a MFA program in textiles at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. Li Chai currently lives

in Toronto, but returns to China regularly to visit family. She recently held a solo exhibition of

her work at the Mary E. Black Gallery in Halifax.

Ying-Yueh Chuang received a diploma in fine arts from Langara College in 1997, a BFA from

the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design in 1999, and a master’s degree with a major in

ceramics from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in 2001. She has been exhibiting her

work since the early 1990s in Taiwan, Canada, the U.S., Korea, Hungary, and Australia. Her

work is found in public and private collections including the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, the

Canada Council Art Bank, and the WOCEK Icheon World Ceramic Centre in Korea. She is

currently working as a studio ceramist in Toronto.

Montréal-based artist Karen Tam holds a MFA in sculpture from the School of the Art Institute

of Chicago and a BFA from Concordia University. She has participated in exhibitions and artist

residencies across Canada, in Ireland, and in the United States.

Doris Sung is a Toronto-based visual artist and curator. Sung graduated with a master of

fine arts in 2004 and is currently a PhD candidate in the Social and Political Thought

program at York University. Her research focuses on contemporary Chinese visual culture

and her artwork investigates the relationship between Daoism and visuality.

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