Artist Talk with Christina Yao
Stride Gallery
Date: May 31, 2025
Location: Stride Gallery (220, 625 11 Ave. SW)
Join us Saturday, May 31 at 2pm for an artist talk with current exhibiting artist, Christina Yao!
Christina’s solo exhibition Real to Me is on view until June 20, 2025.
This is an in-person event, taking place at Stride Gallery, 220, 625 11 Ave SW in Calgary, Alberta.
The artist talk will commence at 2pm, so please feel free to arrive from 1:30pm onwards.
Christina Yao is a China-born, Calgary-based multidisciplinary artist working in photography, video, installation and curation. Having lived and worked in the U.S., Colombia, and Canada, her cross-cultural experiences inform her exploration of relationships, identity, and place. She holds a BDes in Photography (with Distinction) from the Alberta University of the Arts. She was a finalist in the 2024 LensCulture Portrait Awards and exhibited in the Emerging Photographers Showcase at the 2024 Exposure Alberta Photo Festival. Her work has been exhibited at Sotheby’s Institute of Art (New York), ASC Studio (London, UK), Contemporary Calgary, The Marion Nicoll Gallery, TRUCK Contemporary Art, cSPACE, The Bows, and Arts Commons. Additionally, she curated a group exhibition featuring three BIPOC female artists at The New Gallery.
Our space is on the second floor of an office building; Stride can be accessed via an elevator or stairs. We also have wheelchair-accessible all-gender washrooms.
Stride Gallery is located in Mohkinsstsis, the traditional territories of Treaty 7 people. Our activities take place on the land that historically and is currently stewarded and cared for by the Treaty 7 people, who are the Blackfoot Confederacy (comprising the Siksika, Piikani, and Kainai First Nations), Tsuut’ina First Nation, and the Iyarhe/Stoney Nakoda people comprising the Chiniki, Bearspaw, and Wesley First Nations. The City of Calgary is also home to Métis Nation Districts 5 and 6.
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