curriculum vitae
Biography
Diann Chea is an emerging video, performance and installation artist. She has a BFA in Visual Arts and Women’s Studies from York University in Toronto.
Scholarships and awards
2010 Kondor Fine Arts Award
2010 Ethel Armstrong Award for Undergraduate Students
2009 Jack Bush Scholarship
2009 Faculty of Fine Arts Dean’s Prizes for Excellence
2009 David Gardner Wilkinson Bursary
2009 Ethel Armstrong Award for Undergraduate Students
2008 Faculty of Arts Essay Prize Honourable Mention
2005-2009 Queen Elizabeth II Aiming for the Top Scholarship
Solo Shows
2009 ‘An Open Letter to the Asshole who Masturbated in Front of Me on the Subway’,
Special Projects Gallery, York University, Toronto
Selected Performances
2009 ‘Roar! I Am Oriental Rug!’,
Hysteria: A Festival for Women, Buddies in Bad Times, Toronto
2008 ‘Roar! I Am Oriental Rug!’,
Ladyfest Art Show, Beaver Hall Gallery, Toronto
2007 ‘go go girl power ranger!’,
York University, Toronto
Selected Screenings
2009 ‘Diane Chea’,
Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival, Toronto
2008 ‘During the Day I’m An Art Student but at Night I Turn into A Small Green Frog’,
Feminism is my Girlfriend in More Ways than One, Centre for Women and Trans People at York, Toronto
Group Exhibitions
2009 Racing Thoughts II York University Graduating Students Exhibition,
Propeller Gallery, Toronto
2009 Time Based Area Art Show,
Special Projects Gallery, York University, Toronto
2008 Time Based Area Art Show,
Special Projects Gallery, York University, Toronto