About Mengya Zhao

Mengya  ['məŋ ja ]

Vancouver, BC, Canada

Ceramicist / Printmaker / Graphic Designer / Illustrator / Food Lover

Solo Exhibition

  • 2026 – Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden, Vancouver, BC, Canada

  • 2025 – Emma Award Exhibition, Britannia Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada

  • 2024 – A Whimsical Dance of Porcelain, The Fifty Fifty Arts Collective, Victoria, BC, Canada

  • 2023 – Super Safe, This Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada

  • 2021 – The Encounter Calms Her Down, Slice of Life Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Group Shows / Exhibitions / Activities / Residencies

2026

  • Residency, Medalta in the Historic Clay District, Medicine Hat, AB, Canada

  • Deer Lake Artist Residencies Program, Pottery Studio, Shadbolt Art Centre, Burnaby, BC, Canada

  • Residency, Radio28cs, Mexico City, Mexico

2025

  • Residency, Höchster Porzellan-Manufaktur (HPM), Höchst, Germany

  • Residency, Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, Waterloo, ON, Canada (Mar–May)

  • Perspectives Triennial, Cultural Center of Andenne, Belgium

  • Maybe Mirror, M.O.L.D Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada (Feb)

  • Calisse de Goblet, Montréal, QC, Canada

  • Group Exhibition, Lilburn Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada

  • Slice of Life Collective Show, Slice of Life Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada (Mar 1)

2024

  • Residency, Medalta in the Historic Clay District, Medicine Hat, AB, Canada (Nov)

  • Slice of Life Collective Show, Slice of Life Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada (Jun 15)

  • Special Exhibition: Suzhou Alley Women’s Mural, Richmond Public Library – Brighouse Branch, Richmond, BC, Canada (May)

  • Get Lucky Art Show, 312 Main, Vancouver, BC, Canada (Feb 10–11)

2023

  • Winter Art Market, This Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada (Dec)

  • Parade of Lost Souls, Installation, Britannia Community Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada (Oct)

  • LIFE = ABSURD, This Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada (Sep)

2022

  • Tropical Cafe: Centre A Holiday Art Market, Centre A, Vancouver, BC, Canada (Nov)

  • Art Auction Fundraiser for Working Gear, This Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada (Sep)

  • Lantern Installation, Still Moon 20th Annual Moon Festival, Vancouver, BC, Canada

2021

  • 2022 MAU (Makers Artists United) Calendar, Vancouver, BC, Canada

  • Lantern Installation, Still Moon 19th Annual Moon Festival, Vancouver, BC, Canada

2020–2025

  • Suzhou Alley Women’s Mural, Vancouver, BC, Canada; installed at Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden Yard, Vancouver, BC, Canada (2025)

2020

  • Lantern Installation, Still Moon 18th Annual Moon Festival, Vancouver, BC, Canada

  • Sarah Ross House Community Mural Painting, Vancouver, BC, Canada

  • Vancouver Mural Festival Online Exhibition, Vancouver, BC, Canada

  • Red Gate Art Society Mixed Gem Live Stream, Vancouver, BC, Canada

  • Confetti Zine Book, Sicily, Italy

2019

  • Vancouver Mural Festival Group Show, Vancouver, BC, Canada

  • Moniker Press Annual Calendar, Vancouver, BC, Canada

2018

  • 10x10x10xTieton, Tieton Arts & Humanities, Tieton, WA, USA

  • Living Mark Exhibition, Verum Ultimum Gallery, Portland, OR, USA

  • International Ceramic Art Competition, Blue Line Arts, Roseville, CA, USA

  • Footprint Biennial, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT, USA

  • Pressure Points, M. Rosetta Hunter Art Gallery, Seattle, WA, USA

2017

  • Vancouver Mural Festival, Burrard Arts Foundation, Vancouver, BC, Canada

  • Sunday Afternoon in the Park, Vancouver Mural Festival, Vancouver, BC, Canada

  • Art Battle International, Vancouver, BC, Canada

2015

  • Applied Arts Winners’ Exhibition, Ontario Science Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada

  • Little Lantern Cultural Magazine (littlelantern.org), Vancouver, BC, Canada

Recognitions

  • 2025Permanent Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A), London, UK

  • 2025Craft Award Recipient, Craft Ontario, Toronto, ON, Canada

  • 2025Emma Award, Britannia Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada

  • 2018Featured Artist, Vancouver Mural Festival, Vancouver, BC, Canada

  • 2017 – Runner-Up, VMS Annual Mushroom Show Poster Design Competition

  • 2015Applied Arts Student Award, Ontario Science Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada

  • 2010Monthly Illustrator, eYeka.com, Singapore