Education
2023 Master of Fine Arts, University of Alberta (UofA), Edmonton, AB
Summer Exchange, Concordia University, Montreal, QC
2020 Bachelor of Fine Arts with Distinction (Print Media major, Ceramics minor) Alberta University of the Arts (AUArts), Calgary, AB
Rozsa Administration Fundamentals Training, Rozsa Foundation, Calgary, AB
2015 Bachelor of Arts (First Year Studio Art) University of Saskatchewan (UofS), Saskatoon, SK
Selected Awards, Scholarships, Grants
2026 Artistic Creation Grant, Canada Council for the Arts, (ING Art Group: Yilu Xing and Phoenix Ning)
2026 Artist Development Microgrant, Calgary Arts Development — Participation in Lincoln Center’s Summer Forum: Development Labs for Teaching Artists and Educators, New York, NY
2026 Rozsa Foundation Emerging Arts Manager Award – Cultural Leaders Legacy Arts Awards, Calgary Arts Development
2023 Explore and Create: Research and Creation Grant, Canada Council for the Arts
2022 GSA Academic Travel Grants, UofA, Edmonton, AB
J Gordin Kaplan Graduate Student Award, UofA, Edmonton, AB.
2021-22 Alberta Foundation of the Arts Graduate Scholarship, UofA, Edmonton, AB.
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship
Walter H. Johns Graduate Fellowship, UofA, Edmonton, AB
2020 Harriet Snowball Winspear Scholarship, UofA, Edmonton, AB
Board of Governors Graduating Student Award - Print Media, AUArts, Calgary, AB
Screen Printing Third Place Award, 5th New Impressions Printmaking Competition, Speedball Arts Products Company, Statesville, NC
2019 Louise McKinney Post-Secondary Scholarship, Edmonton, AB
Innovative Print Project Scholarship, AUArts, Calgary, AB
Wild Card Third Place Award, 4th New Impressions Printmaking Competition, Speedball Arts Products Company, Statesville, NC
2018 Illingworth Kerr Travel Scholarship, AUArts, Calgary, AB
Solo Exhibitions
2023 Today’s Special, with five participatory performances, The Society of Northern Alberta Print-artists (SNAP), Edmonton, AB
2022 吃得开 eat the open, Fine Arts Building Gallery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
Potluck, public interactive performance, Concordia University, Montreal, QC.
2020 Untitled, Fridge Gallery, AUArts, Calgary, AB
2019 gulugulugulugulug, Galerie Gaulin, AUArts, Calgary, AB
2018 Yum-yum, Galerie Gaulin, AUArts, Calgary, AB
Untitled, The Crosscut Gallery, Alberta Printmaker Society (A/P), Calgary, AB
2017 Have Some Food, The Crosscut Gallery, Alberta Printmaker Society (A/P), Calgary, AB
Selected Collaborative Projects
2026–Present Reading Chinatown’s Water System Through Print, research project, performances, and duo exhibitions, ING Art Group, Calgary, AB
Work-in-Progress Exhibition, Cupola Gallery, cSPACE Marda Loop, ING Art Group, Calgary, AB
2025 Garden Mural series, Calgary Chinese Elderly Citizens’ Association, funded by the Community Microgrant, Calgary Arts Development, in collaboration with Kefei Ning and Diversecities, Calgary, AB
2025 Participant artist, Deep Dream Superstructure, collaborative sculpture by Caitlind r.c. Brown & Wayne Garrett, performance and video in collaboration with Kefei Ning, Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Calgary, AB
2018 Chicken Sweater, Chicken on the Way chicken statue, public installation project in collaboration with Josefina Rodríguez Varela, Calgary, AB
Selected Group Exhibitions
2026 Current: Process + Place, The New Gallery, Calgary, AB
2026 THE APOTHECARY, BUMP Festival Arts Society, Calgary, AB
2025 deleTABLE: The Future and Fragility of Food, Community Gallery, Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
2022 Crossing Time Zone 2022 China-Canada-Australia Emerging Artists Communication Exhibition, Sino-Canada Alliance of Arts & Culture website (online exhibition)
2021 Print Pulse 30, Union Gallery, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON
2020 Virtual Grad Show 2020, Illingworth Kerr Gallery, AUArts, (online exhibition)
5th New Impressions Printmaking Competition Winners-Screen Printing, The Speedball website (online exhibition)
2020 10th Administration Area Student Art Exhibition, AUArts, Calgary, AB
AUArts Student Artwork, Calgary International Airport, Calgary, AB
2019 4th New Impressions Printmaking Competition Winners-Wild Card, The Speedball website, (online exhibition)
2019 Not So Mini Print Exchange, Alberta Printmaker Society (A/P), Calgary, AB
Print Majors Print Like Major, Department Exhibition, AUArts, Calgary, AB
Atmospheric, atmospheric fired ceramics exhibition, AUArts, Calgary, AB
New Impressions Print Competition sponsored by Speedball Art Products,
The Sawtooth School for Visual Arts Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC
27th Annual Cup Exhibition and Sale, NCECA, Minneapolis, MN
Print Yum Yum 2 at the Speedball Booth, 2019 Southern Graphic Printmaking Conference, Dallas, TX
9th Administration Area Student Art Exhibition, AUArts, Calgary, AB
Miniature Silent Auction, AUArts, Calgary, AB
Like a Rock, Ceramic Department Exhibition, AUArts, Calgary, AB
Student Exchange Exhibition, Student Gallery, Metropolitan State University of Denver, Denver, CO
Distilled Revery 被蒸馏的遐想, The Untitled Space, Shanghai, China
2018-19 8th Administration Area Student Art Exhibition, AUArts, Calgary, AB
PrintMedia, Department Exhibition, AUArts, Calgary, AB
2017 Mini Museum, AUArts, Calgary, AB
Fibre Fortnight, AUArts, Calgary, AB
2016 7th Administration Area Student Art Exhibition, AUArts, Calgary, AB
Mix Print Show + Sale, UofS, Saskatoon, SK
Experience
2026–Present Education Program Manager, Contemporary Calgary, Calgary, AB
2024–Present Workshop Instructor, Alberta Printmaker Society (A/P), Calgary, AB
2023–Present Visual Arts Instructor, Shane Homes YMCA at Rocky Ridge, Calgary, AB
2023–2026 Educational Coordinator, Contemporary Calgary, Calgary, AB
2025 Mentor for emerging artist Phoenix Kefei Ning through a Calgary Arts Development Artist Development Microgrant
2023 Lecturer, ART 322 Introductory Studies Silkscreen, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
2020 Teaching Assistant, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
2020 Manhole Cover Printing Project, Alberta Printmaker Society (A/P) and City of Calgary, Calgary, AB
2019–2020 Board Member, Board of Directors, Alberta Printmaker Society (A/P), Calgary, AB
2019–2020 Print Media Department Representative, Student Leadership Council, AUArts, Calgary, AB
2018–Present Volunteer, Alberta Printmaker Society (A/P), Calgary, AB
Artist Residencies
2023 Emerging Artist in Residence, SNAP, Edmonton, AB, Canada (Feb–Jun)
2018 Artist in Residence, The Untitled Space, Shanghai, China (May)
Selected Artist Talks and Presentations
2026 Panelist (ING Art Group), Work in Progress Conference, AUArts, Calgary, AB, 24 April
2023 Glow! Artist, community in Art & Culture presentation series, supported by Edmonton Arts Council, Bao Restaurant, Edmonton, AB, 25 March
Visiting Artist, School of Art, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, 9 March
2018 “Printing on Clay”, The Untitled Space, Shanghai, China, 28 May