A new body of work from Taiwanese-Canadian painter Liang Wang. Currently based in Vancouver, Wang holds a BFA from OCAD University. His practice investigates the psychological landscape of modern isolation, cultural memory, and the quiet frictions of daily co-existence. Navigating multiple continents and cultures throughout his youth, Wang’s work is an ongoing exploration into what it means to belong and the vulnerabilities of displacement. “Into the Inhabited Silence” takes on the psychological space where human habitation meets the infinite expanse of the wild—the small structures we build to anchor ourselves within nature.

“Having spent much of my life in dense, humming urban environments, encountering the quiet vastness of the Canadian West Coast brought a profound shift in perspective. It introduced an unfamiliar, heavy solitude that forced a deeper way of looking. In these paintings, that isolation is translated through a high-key, cinematic palette. The vibrant, internal light of these structures acts as a visual heartbeat, pushing back against the dark weight of the surrounding forest. Ultimately, these works function as portraits of co-existence. They capture the quiet friction of daily life in places where wildlife and human infrastructure share the same space. By framing everyday utility against an overwhelming natural backdrop, the series measures our fundamental smallness in the world, while honouring the quiet ways we carve out a place to belong.”

“Into The Inhabited Silence” is currently on display at Visual Space Gallery.