Current Position

  • 01/2022 - Present: Sessional Lecturer in Ceramic Art and Art Education Theory at the University of British Columbia.

Recent Exhibitions

  • 02/2025: “(Be)Coming Home” (community-based art installation) at Branscombe House.

  • 10/2024: Group Exhibition Participation (10 paintings selected) at Roundhouse Community Centre Exhibition Hall.

  • 09/2024 - 10/2024: “Home Coming” (community-based art installation) at Richmond Cultural Centre.

  • 10/2023: "Lost and Found" (solo exhibition) at Richmond Cultural Centre.

  • 09/2023: "Chasing Clouds" (painting), “Mind-scape” (ceramic), and “A Space to Belong” (installation) at Grunt Gallery.

  • 09/2023 - 10/2023: "Run" (drawing) at the International Juried Digital Art Exhibition with the theme Fault Lines hosted by InSEA.

  • 07/2022 - 12/2022: "What Have You Been Up To?" (painting) at the Group Exhibition of Sustaining Life on Earth: Arts-Based Responses to the Lived Experience of COVID-19.

  • 07/2020 - 12/2020: "Recall a Day, Recall an Experience" (painting) at the 2020 National Art Education Association Exhibition.

Art Residency

  • 2024 Branscombe House Artist-in-Residence

    Through this residency, I aim to develop a community-based art project named “(Be) Coming Home” to explore diverse meanings of home. The title has dual meanings: “Becoming Home” signifies my personal journey of finding belonging as a queer immigrant from China; “Coming Home” shows an invitation to the public to engage with the project as collaborators at the Branscombe House, finding a sense of home, through various art activities.

Art Festivals and Events

  • 2025 Richmond Children’s Art Festival Featured Artist.

  • 2024-2025 Richmond Art Through The Eras Leading Artist.

  • 2024 Vancouver Outsider Arts Festival Featured Artist.

  • 2024 Richmond Culture Days Participating Artist.

  • 2024 Richmond Doors Open Participating Artist.

  • 2024 ExplorASIAN Festival Featured Artist.

  • 2023 BC Culture Days Artist Ambassador.

Invited Talks and Presentations

  • 09/2024: Artist interview with Pancouver and the Asian-Canadian Special Events Association for “Beyond Chinese.”

  • 06/2024: Artist interview on North by Northwest with Margaret Gallagher, CBC Radio.

  • 12/2023: Lecture on the Intersections and Collaborations Between Art Practice and Social Studies at Jiangsu Second Normal University.

  • 09/2023: Invited Artist Talk at Richmond Art Gallery.

  • 12/2021: Lecture on North American Art Education Approaches and Situations at Jiangsu Second Normal University.

  • 11/2021: Art Research Presentation - "Urban Commute during the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Arts-based Living Inquiry into Affects" at the International Exchange Seminar of Arts-based Research among the University of British Columbia, Tokyo Gakugei University and the Nagaoka Insititute of Design.

Publications

  • Xue, Feng, Zhijian Zhang, and Peisen Ding. Forthcoming. 从文物到艺术的跨界对话：走进纪念馆、博物馆、美术馆的多元世界 [From Cultural Relics to the Works of Art: Interdisciplinary Dialogues Across Memorials, Museums, and Galleries]. Dalian: Dalian Publishing House.

  • Mosavarzadeh, Marzieh, and Peisen Ding. 2022. “Hold Me: Togetherness as an Aesthetic Experience.” International Journal of Art & Design Education 41 (3): 376–388.

  • Cloutier, Geneviève, Peisen Ding, Tiina Kukkonen, Alison Shields, and Jessica Sokolowski, eds. 2020. Making / 2019 InSEA World Congress Proceedings. eBook edition. InSEA Publications. https://insea.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/PROCEEDINGS-small.pdf

  • Ding, Peisen. 2018. “物质文化研究在美术教育中的作用” [The Role of Material Culture Studies in Art Education]. Art Education Studies 2: 113.

  • Ding, Peisen. 2018. “民族志与日常物质文化的关系研究” [Exploring the Relationship Between Ethnography and Mundane Material Culture]. Literature & Art Life 1: 184.

Education

  • MSc in Cultural Materials (Experimental Archaeology Trajectory) at the University of Sheffield

    Research Areas: Mundane Material Culture, Reconstruction of Ancient Art and Crafts in Contemporary Context.

  • BA in Fine Arts (Specialized in Fine Arts Education) at Nanjing Normal University

    *Awarded an overseas exchange scholarship to study Media, Culture, and Art at King’s College London

    Major Courses: Oil Painting, Traditional Chinese Painting, Calligraphy, Drawing, Printmaking, Photography, Illustration, Graphic Design, Art History, Art Education Theory.

Professional Development and Certifications

  • Curating and Exhibition Management at City, University of London.

  • Service Design and Accessibility Technology at the Information and Communications Technology Council (ICTC) Canada.

  • Graphic Design at California Institute of the Arts.