Yan Wen Chang
Sessional Lecturer
Yan Wen Chang (b. 1993) is a visual artist who received her MFA from the University of Guelph in 2022 and her BFA from the Ontario College of Art and Design University in 2015. Chang lives and works in Guelph, Canada, and is represented by Susan Hobbs Gallery, Toronto.
Recent solo and two-person exhibitions include "Gillian" at Galerie Nicolas Robert, Montreal (2026); "Gillian" at Susan Hobbs Gallery, Toronto (2025); "Jillian" at Hawkins Headquarters, Atlanta (2025); "Nympho" at A.D. NYC, New York (2024); "Auto Dealer Dream: Yan Wen Chang and Andrew Harding" at Weatherproof, Chicago (2024); "Odile’s Notorious Magnum Opus Of Thirty-Two Fouettés" at Susan Hobbs Gallery (2023); "Four Hollywood Paintings" at X in Residence, Toronto (2022); and "A. Dream" at General Hardware, Toronto (2022). Selected group exhibitions include presentations at the Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery (2025), the Visual Arts Centre of Clarington (2025), and Hearth, Toronto (2024).
"Nympho" and "Auto Dealer Dream" were both named 'Must See' exhibitions by Artforum. Chang’s exhibition "Gillian" was profiled by CBC Arts through a feature article and video. Her 33-foot public billboard, "same problem my father had and what he dreamed", was presented at Hamilton Artists’ Inc. (2022–23). Chang’s work is held in public collections including TD Bank, RBC, and the Art Gallery of Guelph, as well as numerous international private collections. She is a recipient of SSHRC funding and multiple grants from the Canada Council for the Arts and the Ontario Arts Council, and was a 2022 resident of X in Residence, Toronto, in collaboration with Cooper Cole Gallery.

