Wayne Ngan
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Wayne Ngan (19 May 1937 – 12 June 2020)was a Canadian visual artist. He was known for his ceramic, sculpture, and painting work and for integrating his environment into his practice.[1][2]
Early Life[edit]
Ngan was born in Yuen Ha, a village near Guangzhou in Guangdong.[3] At age 13, he immigrated to Canada and moved in with his paternal grandfather in Richmond, British Columbia.
Career[edit]
Wayne Ngan graduated from the ceramics program at the Vancouver School of Art (now Emily Carr University of Art and Design in 1963. Upon graduation, he received the A.W. Tickle Memorial Award and the Ceramics Purchase Award. Shortly after graduation, Ngan’s first big solo exhibition served as Bau-Xi Gallery’s inaugural exhibition in 1965.[4]
In 1983, Ngan won the Saidye Bronfman Award, an award for exceptional artists who have “helped shape the field of fine craft.”[5]
Exhibitions[edit]
- 1978 - Pottery by Wayne Ngan, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- 1986 - National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
- 1990 - Selected Treasures from A Treasury of Canadian Craft, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
External links[edit]
- Wayne Ngan Official website
References[edit]
- ↑ "CBC As It Happens". cbc.ca. CBC. Retrieved 2023-11-06.
- ↑ "Canadian Museum of History, Bronfman Collection". historymuseum.ca. Government of Canada. Retrieved 2023-11-06.
- ↑ Weder, Adele (2020-06-30). "B.C. Potter Wayne Ngan turned clay into objects of rare sculptural beauty". www.theglobeandmail.com. The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2023-11-06.,
- ↑ *Allison, Glenn; Hanssen Pigott, Gwyn; Henry, Michael; Irving, Tam; Johnson, Charmain; Lewis, Glenn; Plested, Lee; Read, Herbert; Reeve, John; Sawada, Naomi; Shadbolt, Doris; Steele, Ian; Vaillant, Nora; Watson, Scott; Tanagi, Soetsu (2004). Thrown: British Columbia’s Apprentices of Bernard Leach and their Contemporaries. Vancouver: UBC Press and The Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery. p. 72. ISBN 978-0-88865-803-6. Retrieved 2023-11-06. Search this book on
- ↑ "Saidye Bronfman Award". saidyebronfmanaward.ca. Canada Council for the Arts. Retrieved 2023-11-07.,
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