Henry Tsang immigrated to Canada in 1968. He graduated with a BFA from the University of BC in 1986 and continued studies at the Banff Centre. He has been producing work that deals with photography and text, often with the use of Chinese characters. Chinese Pictures was a solo exhibition at the Banff Centre in 1987 and at Artspeak, Vancouver in 1988. He has also been involved in numerous group exhibitions including the Vancouver Exchange, Cold City Gallery, Toronto; Fear of Others: Art Against Racism, CPR Roundhouse, Vancouver; and In Transition: Chinese Canadian Artists in Vancouver, Chinese Cultural Centre.