Figure 1 Publishing

Authors

Paul Wong

Paul Wong (b. 1954, Prince Rupert, BC) is an award-winning artist and independent curator known for pioneering early visual and media art in Canada. He is the artistic director of On Main Gallery and the co-founding director of the VIVO Media Arts Centre, a major Vancouver-based video production and distribution centre. Wong’s honours and awards include the Canada Council Bell Canada Award in Video Art (1992), a Governor General’s Award for Visual and Media Art (2005), the Audain Prize for Lifetime Achievement (2016), an Honorary Doctorate of Letters from Emily Carr University of Art + Design (2023), and the Fire Horse Lifetime Achievement Award (2024) from the Toronto International Reel Asian Film Festival.