Yong Fei Guan is a Chinese Canadian artist-researcher completing a Master of Fine Arts at the University of Alberta. Guan explores multicultural identity, politics and their relationship to environmental issues in her work. She has been involved in public and community art projects including 塑胶狮 Su Jiao Shi and 金猪 Golden Pig, in which the artist create public art installations made from plastic waste diverted from the landfill. Guan is currently researching an eco-art project regarding local gojis as well as their migration history. Learn more about Yong Fei Guan here.
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