Cécile Tang

Regeneration

My submission is a painting (acrylic on canvas) entitled “REGENERATION”. Through this piece, I wish to shed light on the inter-connectedness of living beings thanks to water and the marine world, to our collective resilience and adaptability and ultimately continued hope for marine conservation. This is portrayed through my painting of a jellyfish and the accompanying text: REGENERATION, acrylic on canvas Jellyfish. I’m 90% water, and my structure and survival depend on water like the planet itself. Aren’t we all the same? Fluttering and pulsating, our countless trailing tentacles are all part of an intrinsic system. Aren’t you part of it as well? Our free-moving nature allows us to interpret the world around us, so we constantly respond and adapt to environmental changes. Are we there yet? My tentacles.Pulsating endlessly, forever propelling me forward. This is progress, let’s keep moving. My brothers and sisters are found all over the world, from surface waters to deep seas. Re-birth and regeneration, that we know. I’m a symbol of resilience and renewal–there is hope.

About the artist

Cécile Tang (Chinese name希西, pronounced “C-C”) is a youth engagement, nature, and wildlife advocate from France and China currently based in Montréal. After receiving her Bachelor of Science in Biology from McGill University, she moved to Europe and studied Environmental Sciences, Policy, and Management in Hungary, Greece, the UK, and Sweden (Erasmus Mundus MESPOM program). During her academic studies, her focus was on marine conservation, tropical ecology, and Indigenous communities. Passionate about youth engagement and empowerment, for the past six years she has advised various environmental non-profits on their youth engagement strategies and supported programs focused on capacity-building and environmental action. Outside of work, Cécile enjoys traveling to explore different food scenes and being outdoors.