Engaging in architecture, art and design, ELSWORTHY WANG is the combined creative practices of Will Elsworthy and Deborah Wang. Their focus is on multi-disciplinary research and making to generate ideas, objects, exhibitions, projects and spaces. They collaborate with each other, but also with many others.
ELSWORTHY WANG is based in Toronto, Canada.
Will Elsworthy
Will loves architecture and invention. While working at Teeple Architects (2006-12, 2015-16), he contributed significantly to award-winning projects such as the Stephen Hawking Centre at Perimeter Institute (Waterloo), 60 Richmond East Housing Co-op (Toronto), the Langara Student Union (Vancouver), and the Scarborough Chinese Baptist Church (Toronto). Will holds a BAS (Hons. Arch) and M.Arch from the University of Waterloo School of Architecture, where his outstanding thesis work was recognized with the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) Student Medal. In addition to working at architectural practices in Vancouver, and London, England, he has worked with Toronto-based architect and artist Philip Beesley. He is currently an Principal at superkül architecture, and a licensed architect with the Ontario Association of Architects.
Deborah Wang
Deborah is a curator and architect based in Toronto, with a broad range of experiences in contemporary art, design and architecture that spans two decades. She holds a Master of Fine Arts from OCAD University, and a Master of Architecture from the University of Waterloo, earning the prestigious RAIC Student Medal. Through her diverse practice, Deborah has curated and co-curated exhibitions for the Textile Museum of Canada, Harbourfront Centre, Gladstone Hotel, XPACE Cultural Centre, Art Gallery of Ontario, The New Gallery (Calgary), and WantedDesign (New York); organized numerous public programs and exhibitions for DesignTO; and designed for award-winning architectural practices KPMB and superkül. As a community leader and design expert, she has been interviewed by The Globe and Mail, Monocle Radio and CBC Radio, and profiled in Azure Magazine. Currently Deborah is Artistic Director of DesignTO, a non-profit arts organization that produces Canada’s leading and largest annual design festival, and recently launched her own architecture and design studio DW / A.
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