Vancouver 
Events Description
Richmond Art Gallery presents Restless by Nature, the first retrospective of multidisciplinary artist Mary Sui Yee Wong’s work, on view from April 12 to June 8, 2025. Wong’s artistic practice over three decades spans sculpture, installation, photography, video, and costume, and works in this exhibition have been specially updated for this new context–reflecting the site-specificity that Wong is known for. A newly commissioned performance-based work, Gold Mountain, draws from the rising levels of anti-Asian violence seen in recent years, and will use an act of destruction to explore systemic racism as driven by the neoliberal economy. Born in Hong Kong to Cantonese opera master Toa Wong and raised in Vancouver, the artist frequently addresses themes of personal memory, familial legacy, and cultural history in her work. Based in Montréal, Wong is a professor in Concordia University’s Fine Arts department, an advocate for the Chinese Canadian community, and a celebrated mentor of younger generations of Asian diaspora artists. A collaboration between the Gallery, City of Richmond Public Art, and Capture Photography Festival, her work TREASURE II, which honours her Chinese cultural and artistic heritage, will be featured at Lansdowne Station.
This exhibition is part of the 2025 Capture Photography Festival Selected Exhibition Program.
Who is it for?
All ages
HOW MUCH
Tickets : Free
Admission to the Richmond Art Gallery is free. Donations are appreciated.
How to get tickets?
At the door: Free
WHEN & WHERE
Date: Saturday April 12, 2025 to Sunday June 8, 2025
Gallery hours Monday-Friday 10am-6pm, Saturday-Sunday 12-5pm
Venue & Address
Richmond Art Gallery, 7700 Minoru Gate, Richmond, BC V6Y 1R8
Wheelchair accessible
Free Parking
Street Parking
Paid Parking
Accessible by Public Transport
