Jia Yi Fan is an Asian Canadian, 2SLGBTQIA+ mapping/environmental professional by day and an award-winning multidisciplinary artist by night. 

Existing at the intersection of multiple identities, her biggest motivations are to raise awareness, democratize knowledge and change minds. Fascinated by duality and ambiguity, Jia Yi’s creative process involves both capturing serendipitous moments and concretizing long-brewing ideas. 

Her practice includes drawing, painting, photography, filmmaking and writing. More recently, she dabbled in rug hooking and furniture painting. Her work has been exhibited in Beaurivage, Sainte-Marie-de-Kent, Fredericton, Montreal, Toronto and the USA. An avid storyteller from a young age, she won 3rd place in the People’s Choice Prize for a short science-fiction drama as the director and screenwriter in 11th grade. She is the Co-Founder of a 2SLGBTQIA+ Asian youth artist collective. Jia Yi also received a Silver Medal in the Art category at the international Global Environmental Issues and Us (GENIUS) Olympiad.

Her film-making repertoire varies from comedy to social action, with her most recent works offering a critique of gender roles, Indigenous Peoples’ disproportional exposure to toxic waste and plastic pollution.