People’s Choice Award for The Forest Again

“The Forest Again” won the People’s Choice Award 2011 in “Generation 1 Exhibition” held at the University of British Columbia during Asian Cultural Month (May).

“The Forest Again” won the People’s Choice Award 2011 in “Generation 1 Exhibition” held at the University of British Columbia during Asian Cultural Month (May).
J. A. cuts and pastes and glances at the kids, who are watching him. He gives them minimal instructions on how to create a collage and lets them go with the flow. He cuts, he pastes. They cut, they paste. He is a patient teacher. The kids are his nephews, ages 11 and 7, who’ve…
When the Philippine Consulate transferred to their new office space at Canada Place, Vancouver, J.A. loaned 7 of his artworks to give color and a welcoming atmosphere to the consular office. His paintings hung on the walls in the board room and the public space from February to Dec. 17, 2015. This began a wonderful…
In celebration of World Autism Awareness Day on April 2, the United Nations will host Perceptions of Sentience, a group exhibition featuring the works of 24 neurodiverse artists. Curated to spark dialogue around mental health and unconventional expressions of environmental awareness, the exhibition includes J.A.’s painting Second Movement. Notably, J.A.’s artwork Victory was previously selected…
Filipino Canadian Neurodivergent Artist J.A. Tan holds an art exhibit featuring his latest landscape paintings at Melo Patisserie, a popular cafe in the hip and cool neighborhood of Mt. Pleasant in Vancouver, BC. A MESSAGE FROM THE ARTIST I have always loved nature. Wherever and whenever I am able to go to a place surrounded…
We love seeing Art of J.A. Tan paintings out in the wild. Or in this case, A Yaletown home. See how George Verdolaga, design principal of Flowform Design Group (Vancouver) utilized two of J.A.’s paintings in this beautiful orange master bedroom. He notes that the homeowners had actually visited J.A.’s studio and purchased the two…