en-ca Morris Lum (b. 1983)

en-ca Trinidadian

en-ca Canadian

en-ca "Morris Lum is a Mississauga based photographer/artist whose work explores the hybrid nature of the Chinese-Canadian community through photography, form and documentary practices. Morris is currently working on a cross Canada project that looks specifically at the transformation of the Chinatown. He has exhibited internationally and in 2013 was the recipient of the Canada Council for the Arts project grant for visual artists and an Ontario Arts Council grant for emerging visual artists. Morris currently teaches at the University of Toronto in John H. Daniel faculty of Architecture of Landscape and Design."

en-ca Gallery 44

en-ca "Over the last nine years Lum has been searching for the clusters of Chinatown communities that have been built across Canada and the United States for the purpose of settlement and growth. The artist’s aim is to focus and direct attention towards the functionality of the Chinatown and to explore the generational context of how “Chinese” identity is expressed in these structural enclaves. Armed with a large format camera, Lum documented Chinatowns in Victoria, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Halifax and San Francisco, Los Angeles, Manhattan New York and Boston. Lum has often travelled back and forth to these Chinatowns to record the rapid architectural, and economic changes that these communities have been facing. These images are visual records of the cityscapes in which Lum highlights historical and contemporary cultural fixtures such as small mom-and-pop shops, Chinese restaurants, and community organizations."

en-ca Gallery TPW

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