Gailan Ngan
Gailan Ngan[edit]
Gailan Ngan is a ceramic artist from Hornby Island, British Columbia. She currently works and lives in Vancouver, Canada.[1]
Life[edit]
Gailan Ngan is daughter to ceramic artist Wayne Ngan and painter Anne Ngan.[1] Ngan worked as studio assistant and apprentice to her father on Hornby Island, later developing her own pottery studio, the Corner Shop, in Strathcona, Vancouver.[1]
Education[edit]
Ngan graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design (now known as Emily Carr University of Art and Design) in 2002.[2]
Work and Exhibitions[edit]
Ngan's ceramic work has been exhibited across British Columbia, Canada. Galleries and artist-run centres that have exhibited her work include The Apartment,[3] Centre A: International Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, Western Front, and the Museum of Anthropology.[4] Her work is part of the Doris Shadbolt Collection at the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery.[5]
Ngan is currently represented by Monte Clark Gallery, a contemporary art gallery in Vancouver.[2]
Selected Exhibitions[edit]
- 2018 - Chronicles, Art Gallery at Evergreen, Coquitlam, BC[6]
- 2017 - Moonlighting Papel, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver, BC[7]
- 2016 - Trusses, Nanaimo Art Gallery, Nanaimo, BC[8]
- 2015 - Specific Shapes, with Derek Root, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver, BC[9]
- 2015 - Occasional Furniture, The Apartment, Vancouver, BC[3]
Awards and Honours[edit]
Ngan is the recipient of various awards and residencies. In 2004, Ngan partook in Informal Architectures, a thematic residency at the Banff Centure in Banff, Alberta.[2] In 2007, Ngan received the Visual Arts Development Award (VADA) administered by Emily Carr University of Art and Design in partnership with the Contemporary Art Gallery.[10] In 2012, Ngan was Artist in Residence at St. George's Senior School in Vancouver.[11] In 2015, she received the North-West Ceramics Foundation Award of Excellence for her ongoing commitment to the ceramics community.[12] In 2016, Ngan received the Strojich Fellowship from the Medalta Artist Residency in Medicine Hat, Alberta.[13]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Gailan Ngan - Emily Carr University Alumna". Emily Carr U Alumni Association. Retrieved 2018-03-10.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Monte Clark Gallery". www.monteclarkgallery.com. Retrieved 2018-03-10.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Tamara Henderson and Wayne Ngan & Gailan Ngan at The Apartment, Vancouver •Mousse Magazine". moussemagazine.it (in italiano). Retrieved 2018-03-10.
- ↑ "Gailan Ngan". COOPER COLE. Retrieved 2018-03-10.
- ↑ "Gailan Ngan | Chronicles | Emily Carr University of Art + Design". www.ecuad.ca. Retrieved 2018-03-10.
- ↑ "Current Exhibition - Evergreen". Evergreen. Retrieved 2018-03-10.
- ↑ "Monte Clark Gallery". www.monteclarkgallery.com. Retrieved 2018-03-10.
- ↑ "Trusses". www.nanaimogallery.ca. Retrieved 2018-03-10.
- ↑ "Monte Clark Gallery". www.monteclarkgallery.com. Retrieved 2018-03-10.
- ↑ "ECI Alumni Sweep the 2007 VADA Awards | Emily Carr University". www.connect.ecuad.ca. Retrieved 2018-03-10.
- ↑ "St. George's School | Visual Arts". www.stgeorges.bc.ca. Retrieved 2018-03-10.
- ↑ "From Oven and Kiln catalogue" (PDF). http://www.nwcf.ca/2015_Oven_and_Kiln_Catalogue.pdf. 2015. External link in
|website=(help) - ↑ "Alumni | Medalta". Medalta. Retrieved 2018-03-10.
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