May 23rd 2024

Yan Wen Chang and Andrew Harding: Auto Dealer Dream

@ Weatherproof

3336 W Lawrence Ave #303, Chicago, IL 60625

Opening Thursday, May 23rd, from 6PM - 10PM

On view through Sunday, June 23rd

𝔸𝕦π•₯𝕠 𝔻𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕖𝕣 π”»π•£π•–π•’π•ž, A TWO-PERSON SHOW FROM YAN WEN CHANG AND ANDREW HARDING OPENS THURSDAY 5/23 6-10PM. RUNS 5/23-6/23.

β€˜β€¦the first hint of money and there you are, you’ve got a light in your eyes, you find yourself at a dealership, you are walking into the Great American Dream.’

Yan Wen Chang (b. 1993) is a painter exploring the American Dream. She holds a MFA from the School of Fine Art and Music at the University of Guelph in Canada and a BFA from the Ontario College of Art and Design University. She has exhibited at Susan Hobbs Gallery (Toronto), X in Residency (Toronto), and General Hardware (Toronto). Her 33ft public billboard entitled β€œsame problem my father had and what he dreamed” was on display at Hamilton Artists’ Inc. from 2022 to 2023. Chang’s forthcoming solo exhibitions include A.D. NYC (New York) and Hawkins Headquarters (Atlanta) in 2024. Chang currently works and lives in Guelph, Canada.

Andrew Harding (b.1995, Toronto) is an artist who works across sculpture and installation and explores themes of hybridity through found imagery and fabricated forms. Harding completed his MFA at York University (2022), and has shown works in solo and group exhibitions across Toronto and Ontario with upcoming exhibitions in Chicago (2024) and Bowmanville (2025). Harding’s projects have been supported by the Ontario Arts Council, Toronto Arts Council, MΓ©tis Nation of Ontario and SSHRC funding bodies.

Yan Wen Chang and Andrew Harding would like to acknowledge funding from the Ontario Arts Council and the Government of Ontario for their support. Andrew Harding’s work was produced with the support of the City of Toronto through the Toronto Arts Council.

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