Pure of Heart, 2024
Medium

Mixed Media


Dimensions

42.0 x 42.0 cm


Year Created

2024

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Tags

Small < 80cm
Landscape orientation
Portrait orientation

About this artwork

Folded paper on wood panel in acrylic case.  This piece is composed of origami lotus flowers. I started folding lotus flowers in the summer of 2024 as a commission for the Canadian Breast Cancer Society’s Milestone Project. Five pieces were installed at The Bentway in Toronto as milestone markers in the fight against breast cancer at the finish line for the CIBC run for the cure. I hung 634 origami lotus flowers on 100 steel wires for my installation. The big reveal was that when viewed from the right location, a portrait of the Cancer Survivor Salimeh could be resolved. I was honoured to be a part of this project and have my art be a part of telling her story. I chose the lotus flower because of its shape but also in its meaning. The lotus plant grows in the swampy muck but a beautiful flower blooms. It is a symbol of purity, rebirth and strength. The vibrant Chiyogami paper is hand silk-screened in Japan, and is PH neutralized by myself sheet by sheet. I use pH neutral glue and adhere to artist grade wood panels painted with a durable, acrylic paint . The acrylic case is custom-made to my specification, and installed myself.  The piece comes ready to hang with either French cleat or D-rings. This piece is part of my migration series of origami assemblage.  My artist statement: Andrew unearths great journeys through origami assemblage, influenced by his experience as a second generation Canadian. “We are keenly aware of our ‘otherness’, wondering if we truly belong. I fold hundreds of origami birds to honour hardships and sacrifices made by my parents’ generation. As I lay each bird in its place, I realize that the journey continues – I am still finding my way, to be accepted, by others, by myself.” The process is a cathartic, meditative practice. Always striving for perfection, taking joy in the completion of each small task, the culmination of thousands of motions to create something greater than the sum of its parts.

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@andrewwangart on September 28 2024, 5:34pm UTC
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@andrewwangart on September 03 2024, 6:34pm UTC

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Andrew left an engineering and business career in 2017 to care for his school age children and pursue his lifelong dream of becoming an artist. He is strongly influenced by the Renaissance period where artists were engineers and vice versa. As he was an engineer for a materials company for over a decade, Andrew takes great care in the choice of materials he uses, considering both technical and symbolic factors. While Andrew’s artistic practice is mainly in Origami, he enjoys the process of creation every single day with each medium before him.

Curriculum Vitae

Born in 1973 in Toronto Street, Toronto, ON, Canada. Currently residing in Toronto, ON, Canada.

Education
2019 · Toronto School of Art

Artist

1997 · University of Waterloo

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering

1999 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Masters of Science in Mechanical Engineering

Solo Exhibitions
Feb 7, 2024 - Mar 5, 2024

Mix and Fold - Riverdale Galley

Group Exhibitions
Feb 7, 2024 - Mar 5, 2024

Mix and Fold - Riverdale Galley

Bibliography
Aug 27, 2024

CIBC Run for the Cure Milestones Project at the Bentway

Apr 18, 2023

CIBC’s Ambition Takes Flight Exhibit at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport

Honors and Awards
Apr 10, 2024

100 Kellogg Lane ART COMP Finalist

Sep 17, 2023

Portrait Society of Canada: Miracle of the Portrait People’s Choice Award

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