Living Artists, Living Art Lecture series presents

Paul Wong

Recorded March 11, 2026

Paul Wong (b. 1954, Prince Rupert, BC) is an award-winning artist and independent curator known for pioneering early visual and media art in Canada. He is the artistic director of On Main Gallery (On The Cutting Edge Productions Society 1986) and the co-founding director of the VIVO Media Arts Centre (Satellite Video Exchange Society 1973), a major Vancouver–based video production and distribution centre. 

Wong has been the recipient of a number of prestigious honours and awards including the Canada Council Bell Canada Award in Video Art (1992); Governor General’s Award for Visual and Media Art (2005); the Audain Prize for Lifetime Achievement (2016); and the Fire Horse Lifetime Achievement Award (2024) from the Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival. In 2023 he was presented with an Honorary Doctorate of Letters from Emily Carr University of Art + Design.