#singulart

I am so grateful for all the support and love that I’ve received. It is such a blessing to have my solo show opening on my birthday and to be able to spend it with my love ones.

“Bare” is an interactive solo art show that offers a unique and intimate experience by local Artist Fiona Tang. Tang invites viewers to discover hidden animals with the use of blacklight flashlights. The show reveals a glimpse into Tang’s mental struggles in the most bare form.

“Bare” invites viewers to get close and experience the artwork. At first glance, the atmosphere of each drawing seems empty, and bare but the viewers are given the key - a blacklight flashlight, to unlock what’s hidden within each drawing. Through the use of blacklight flashlights, animals emerge from the dark. These hidden animals represent Tang’s mental health condition of feeling trapped with anxiety and depression in the past year. Tang has felt robbed, invisible, and silenced by her own mental health, and the struggles are buried beneath the surface. One that struggles with mental health may look physically healthy, but are unwell inside. Tang is often known for her large scale drawings of powerful and fierce animals such as tigers, however, this show takes a different approach where the fighting animals are caged in the depths of the drawings. Come take a dive into the world of invisible.

“Bare”, Nov. 3rd - Nov 28th, The Gallery at Queen’s Park.
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#drawing #fineart #charcoal #carandache #chalkpastel #graphite #fionatangart #fionatang #artist_features #wildlife #wwfcanada #wildlifeart #mural #trompeloeil #blacklightart #animal #artcollective #singulart #fionatang #saatchiart #Saatchigallery #opusartsupplies #wildlifeartist #invisibleink #emilycarralumni #depressionawareness #uvlight #soloshow
(at The Gallery at Queen’s Park)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CV8kXjGhOYa/?utm_medium=tumblr

Behind the scenes: “Recalibrating” my nips
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#drawing #fineart #charcoal #carandache #chalkpastel #graphite #fionatangart #fionatang #artist_features #wildlife #wwfcanada #wildlifeart #mural #trompeloeil #blacklightart #animal #artcollective #singulart #fionatang #saatchiart #Saatchigallery #opusartsupplies #wildlifeartist #invisibleink #emilycarralumni #depressionawareness #uvlight #tiger #soloshow #tigers
https://www.instagram.com/p/CVFC0TClpu-/?utm_medium=tumblr

It’s like drawing with stars ⭐️
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#drawing #fineart #charcoal #carandache #chalkpastel #graphite #fionatangart #fionatang #artist_features #wildlife #wwfcanada #wildlifeart #mural #trompeloeil #blacklightart #animal #artcollective #singulart #fionatang #saatchiart #Saatchigallery #opusartsupplies #wildlifeartist #invisibleink #emilycarralumni #depressionawareness #uvlight #tiger #soloshow #tigers
https://www.instagram.com/p/CU8xTdYp6eM/?utm_medium=tumblr

Sneak peak of my upcoming solo show “Bare”. One of my most intimate shows yet.

This show focuses on my battle with anxiety and depression in the past year, where I felt trapped, robbed, invisible and silenced by my own mental health, which is represented by the animals drew with invisible ink.

Through the use of blacklight flashlights, the viewers are invited to come close to the drawings to unleash and discover the animals that are trapped within the artist. A metaphor for how my close ones had helped me reopened my heart and heal, by seeing me and staying close to me.

If you are feeling the same, please know that you are not alone. I see you and I am with you.

“You say you’re ‘depressed’ – all I see is resilience. You are allowed to feel messed up and inside out. It doesn’t mean you’re defective – it just means you’re human.” ― David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas
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#drawing #fineart #charcoal #carandache #chalkpastel #graphite #fionatangart #fionatang #artist_features #wildlife #wwfcanada #wildlifeart #mural #trompeloeil #blacklightart #animal #artcollective #singulart #fionatang #saatchiart #Saatchigallery #opusartsupplies #wildlifeartist #invisibleink #emilycarralumni #depressionawareness #uvlight #tiger #soloshow #tigers (at The Gallery at Queen’s Park)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CUysBYYF1Ds/?utm_medium=tumblr

I’ve been posting on my stories about my mural at James Thompson Elementary but realized I have never posted it in my feeds!

I’m incredibly grateful for being selected for the mural and all the connections and engagement with the teachers, students, City, and the principal. It’s been an uplifting journey so far and I cannot wait to show everyone the finished product.

This is what my artistic process looks like:

1. Research, gather ideas from students about what the school motto is and what does “Thompson Tigers” mean to them. I discovered it meant “Thinking, Learning, Caring”.
2. With the motto in mind I drafted up the tigers that represents each word.
3. I then turned my sketches into digital work and worked on the colours.
4. Transferring the artwork onto the wall using sharpie,
5. Started painting on the wall.

Here is what the mural looks like so far! I will also be adding grass and greenery and butterflies to it too. What do you think is the most interesting so far? Comments below
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#acrylicpainting #acrylic #painting #paintings #fionatang #fionatangart #arts_help #artist_features #mural #artnet #artist #artcollective #art_conquest #fionatang #saatchiart #saatchiartist #Saatchigallery #opusartsupplies #wildlifeartist #blickartmaterials #wwfcanada #wildlifeart #emilycarrunista #wacfeature #Connect2Earth #outdoormural @thompsontigers @howartworks @ecualumnirelations @singulartofficial #singulart (at James Thompson Elementary)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CQeuuMnMnmN/?utm_medium=tumblr