Cumberland, BC, b. 1971
Education
2002 — Emily Carr University of Art and Design, BFA
Selected Exhibitions
2022 — Gailan Ngan: From the Studio Floor, Esker Foundation, Calgary, AB
2021 — Splitting Circle, Unit 17, Vancouver, BC
2021 — Delineations, Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, BC
2020 — Where Do We Go From Here, Vancouver Art Gallery
2019 — Gailan Ngan and Peter Scherrer, Hardware Applied Services, Bellingham WA
2019 — Ionic Bonds, The Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops BC
2019 — Moonlet/Moonlit, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver BC
2018 — Chronicles, Art Gallery at Evergreen, Coquitlam BC
2017 — Moonlighting Papel, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver BC
2016 — Trusses, Nanaimo Art Gallery, Nanaimo BC
2015 — Specific Shapes, with Derek Root, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver BC
2015 — Mud, Hands, Fire, School of Art Gallery, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg MB
2015 — Outside the Box, Toronto Design Offsite, Wanted Design Industry, Brooklyn NY
2015 — Occasional Furniture, The Apartment, Vancouver BC
2015 — The Apartment, Los Angeles Contemporary
2014 — New Work, with Wayne Ngan, The Apartment, Vancouver BC
2014 — The Apartment, Los Angeles Contemporary
2013 — In Conversation, Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby BC
2012 — New Work, The Commons, Vancouver BC
2008 — Radiant Dark, Cambridge Galleries, Cambridge ON
2005 — Evolution, Emily Carr University of Art and Design
2004 — Informal Residency, Centre A: Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, Vancouver BC
2002 — Ranger Station Art Gallery, Harrison Hot Springs BC
2001 — Voices, Centre A: Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, Vancouver BC
2001 — Ceramic Questions, Atrium Gallery, Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Vancouver BC
2001 — Room 808, Sylvia Hotel, Vancouver BC
2000 — Echoes 2000, Museum of Anthropology, Vancouver BC
Awards and Honours
2016 — Strojich Fellowship, Medalta Artist Residency, Medicine Hat, AB
2015 — North-West Ceramics Foundation Award of Excellence
2014 — Gailan Ngan edition, commission for the Contemporary Art Gallery 26th Annual Gala and Art Auction, Vancouver, BC
2012 — Artist in Residence, St. George’s Senior School, Vancouver, BC
2007 — VADA: Vancouver Art and Development Award
2004 — Informal Architectures, Thematic Residency, The Banff Centre, Banff AB