Detail of a multimedia artwork. In the centre is a circular mirror with a reflection of a blue sky and cumulus clouds. To the left and right of the mirror are smooth metal spheres and abstract metal tear-shaped structures that merge into long vertical stems. that become bowl-like structures. In front of the mirror and between the metal structures is a small even-textured marble cube. All the elements are on a flat, yellow cloud patterned surface and background. 
In the centre is a circular mirror with a reflection of a blue sky and cumulus clouds. To the left and right of the mirror are smooth metal spheres and abstract metal tear-shaped structures that merge into long vertical stems that become bowl-like structures. In front of the mirror and between the metal structures is a small even-textured marble cube. All the elements are on a flat, yellow cloud patterned surface and background. 
Photo: Detail of Metal Elemental by Shellie Zhang.

Layered dynamics Layered dynamics

of proximity and distance: physical, emotional or cultural.

Photo: Metal Elemental" by Shellie Zhang.

Shellie Zhang: Near Yet Far Exhibition

Mon, Jan 6 - Fri, May 23, 2025: The Robert Langen Art Gallery at Wilfrid Laurier University’s Library hosts multidisciplinary artist Shellie Zhang’s Near Yet Far exhibition. This exhibit brings together works that feature historical & symbolic references from Chinese and Chinese American/Canadian culture, to explore how images & language evolve as they traverse time and geography.