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Jun 24, 2024 · At a vigil on Sunday to honour the family of four found dead in their Harrow, Ont., home, people left flowers, stuffed animals and other items. Police have released few details but community ...
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- Dalson Chen
- 'Instant Recognition of His Talent'
- 'Improbable Territory For A Young Artist'
- Mental Health Struggles
- 'He Felt That He's Very Lucky'
According to Dugan, Wong wasn't trained as a painter; his artwork started from poetry and then translated into photography. He taught himself how to paint. Wong earned a bachelor of artsdegree in cultural anthropology from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor in 2007. In 2013, he completed a masters of fine arts in photography at City University...
By 35, Wong had three solo exhibitions — two in Hong Kong and one in New York City. He has one more with Karma that's forthcoming. Wong was also featured in 13 group exhibitions and two publications. David Moos, the owner of David Moos Art Advisory, said he came across Wong's work at Karma. Moos was also the modern and contemporary curator for the ...
Wong was born in Toronto on March 8, 1984, though he and his family moved frequently between Hong Kong and Toronto. According to Cheng, Wong struggled with depression while growing up. He was diagnosed with autism as a child and, by 14, he was diagnosed with depression and prescribed anti-depressants. Wong began seeing a psychiatrist at four years ...
Cheng said despite her son's struggles, he knew he was "lucky." "Even though he suffers a lot because of the mental issues, he felt that he's very lucky," she said. "I think Matthew really wanted to be recognized as a great Canadian artist." "Me and my husband, we are extremely proud of our son. He had a lot of struggle, but he also has a very stro...
Stirling Road murder. On 1 July 2007, 38-year-old odd-job worker Tharema Vejayan Govindasamy murdered his 32-year-old ex-wife Smaelmeeral Abdul Aziz by flinging her off the 13th floor of a HDB block in Stirling Road, Queenstown, after they got into an argument which eventually escalated into an assault before Smaelmeeral was thrown to her death ...
Jan 2, 2012 · Milton Wong, twice the chancellor of Simon Fraser University and in his own right a businessman and philanthropist, died Dec. 31 of complications from pancreatic cancer.
May 9, 2022 · Matthew Wong, the gifted Canadian painter who died by suicide at the age of thirty-five, just before the pandemic, worked from a studio in Edmonton, on the east side of the North Saskatchewan...
Sep 17, 2022 · Rachel Madden, 33, was killed by her 32-year-old husband, Jason Madden, at the Southern Ohio Lumber company Wednesday afternoon, where they both worked, authorities say.
Nov 14, 2012 · (CBS/AP) TOLEDO, Ohio - Mandy Hayes, the mother of three children who died in a murder-suicide apparently orchestrated by their grandmother and uncle, counted on her mother to care for her...
