{"id":1863,"date":"2019-06-18T09:14:45","date_gmt":"2019-06-18T08:14:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.exeter.ac.uk\/exploringdiagnosis\/?p=1863"},"modified":"2019-06-18T09:14:45","modified_gmt":"2019-06-18T08:14:45","slug":"visit-to-ja-tans-studio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/exploringdiagnosis\/2019\/06\/18\/visit-to-ja-tans-studio\/","title":{"rendered":"Visit to JA Tan&#8217;s Studio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recently ExDx Research Fellow Dr Steven Kapp went to meet one of the project\u2019s featured artists, JA Tan, in his native habitat. His studio is in Vancouver, Canada on Granville Island, is a creative paradise where artists study, work, and show or sell their products in crafts shops, boutiques, and galleries. Indeed, JA studied down the road at the Emily Carr University of Art and Design.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/exploringdiagnosis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/719\/2019\/06\/Vancouver.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1864 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/exploringdiagnosis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/719\/2019\/06\/Vancouver-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/exploringdiagnosis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/719\/2019\/06\/Vancouver-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/exploringdiagnosis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/719\/2019\/06\/Vancouver-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/exploringdiagnosis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/719\/2019\/06\/Vancouver-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/exploringdiagnosis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/719\/2019\/06\/Vancouver.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A table with awards and honours for some of JA\u2019s achievements over the years greets entrants to his studio. His beautiful paintings decorated the peaceful space, illustrating scenes inspired by his travels around the world as well as his inner experiences. It was exciting to see the full-size piece \u2018Throwing a Party\u2019, which the ExDx website features on JA Tan\u2019s page: <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.exeter.ac.uk\/exploringdiagnosis\/artistsbiographies\/ja-tan\/\">https:\/\/blogs.exeter.ac.uk\/exploringdiagnosis\/artistsbiographies\/ja-tan\/<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/exploringdiagnosis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/719\/2019\/06\/JA-Tan-painting.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1867\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/exploringdiagnosis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/719\/2019\/06\/JA-Tan-painting-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/exploringdiagnosis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/719\/2019\/06\/JA-Tan-painting-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/exploringdiagnosis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/719\/2019\/06\/JA-Tan-painting-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/exploringdiagnosis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/719\/2019\/06\/JA-Tan-painting.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/exploringdiagnosis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/719\/2019\/06\/JA-Tan-workspace.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1868 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/exploringdiagnosis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/719\/2019\/06\/JA-Tan-workspace-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/exploringdiagnosis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/719\/2019\/06\/JA-Tan-workspace-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/exploringdiagnosis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/719\/2019\/06\/JA-Tan-workspace-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/exploringdiagnosis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/719\/2019\/06\/JA-Tan-workspace-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/exploringdiagnosis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/719\/2019\/06\/JA-Tan-workspace.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/exploringdiagnosis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/719\/2019\/06\/JA-Tan-awards.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1866 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/exploringdiagnosis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/719\/2019\/06\/JA-Tan-awards-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/exploringdiagnosis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/719\/2019\/06\/JA-Tan-awards-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/exploringdiagnosis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/719\/2019\/06\/JA-Tan-awards-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/exploringdiagnosis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/719\/2019\/06\/JA-Tan-awards-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/exploringdiagnosis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/719\/2019\/06\/JA-Tan-awards.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thank you to JA and his mother Zelie and father Vince for their generous hospitality in Vancouver, and it was lovely to see them again in San Diego.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/exploringdiagnosis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/719\/2019\/06\/JA-and-Steven.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1865 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/exploringdiagnosis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/719\/2019\/06\/JA-and-Steven-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/exploringdiagnosis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/719\/2019\/06\/JA-and-Steven-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/exploringdiagnosis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/719\/2019\/06\/JA-and-Steven-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/exploringdiagnosis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/719\/2019\/06\/JA-and-Steven-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/exploringdiagnosis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/719\/2019\/06\/JA-and-Steven.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently ExDx Research Fellow Dr Steven Kapp went to meet one of the project\u2019s featured artists, JA Tan, in his native habitat. 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