Exhibitions
Current exhibitions
2024
Intersecting Orbits: Michael Morris and Joan Balzar
Group exhibition
Griffin Art Projects
January 27 – May 5, 2024
Past exhibitions
2023
Shaping Relationships Tethered Together
Group exhibition
University of Victoria Legacy Gallery Maltwood
November 21 – February 25, 2024
2023
Gathering Voices at RAM: 20 Years of Building America’s Largest Contemporary Craft Collection
Racine Art Museum
February 8 – July 15, 2023
2021
We Do Not Work Alone
Nanaimo Art Gallery
July 30 – October 3
2021
Splitting Circle
Gailan Ngan, Wayne Ngan, Paul P., Lam Wong
Unit 17
June 10 – July 11
2020
Modern in the Making: Post-War Craft and Design in British Columbia
Vancouver Art Gallery
750 Hornby Street, Vancouver
July 18 – January 3, 2021
Wayne Ngan and Tim Wilson
Nathalie Karg Gallery
291 Grand Street, New York
June 12 – July 10
2019
Ionic Bonds
Kamloops Art Gallery
101 – 465 Victoria Street, Kamloops
July 13 to September 21
2017
Gordon Payne + Wayne Ngan
Macauley & Co Fine Art
293 East 2nd Avenue, Vancouver
July 6 – August 6, 2017
Marion Scott Gallery
Vancouver
Inaugural Exhibition
Elan Fine Art
258 East 1st Street, Unit 4, Vancouver
February 25 – September 23
2016
Trusses
Nanaimo Art Gallery
150 Commercial Street, Nanaimo
June 9 – August 21
Wayne Ngan: Vessels
Marc Jancou
63, rue des Bains, Geneva
January 14 – March 11
Wayne Ngan, Andy Warhol, and Ballande/Gallant
Marc Jancou at artmonte-carlo 2016
April 30 – May 1
Wayne Ngan Pottery Sale
Vancouver
2015
Wayne Ngan / John Riepenhoff
Nathalie Karg Gallery
291 Grand Street, New York
September 9 – October 11
Design in Canada, Outstanding Achievement from British Columbia
Canada House, Trafalgar Square, London
(group exhibition in conjunction with London Design Festival)
August 2 – September 30
Wood Fire Sale
The Apartment, Vancouver 2015
The Apartment @ NADA New York
The Apartment @ Dallas Art Fair
2014
Wayne Ngan: New Works
Daniel Faria Gallery
188 St. Helens Ave, Toronto
October 24 – December 6
20/20 A Celebratory Exhibition
Winchester Galleries and Winchester Modern
2260 Oak Bay Avenue, Victoria
Jessica Jackson Hutchins & Wayne Ngan: No. 1 Rainbow
The Green Gallery
1500 N Farwell Ave, Milwaukee
March 19 – April 19
Wayne Ngan and Gailan Ngan, New Work
The Apartment, Vancouver
April 17 – May 24
2013
The Apartment @ NADA Miami Beach
Wayne Ngan Pottery: Sale from his Private Collection
Vancouver
Wayne Ngan: Traditional & Contemporary Pottery & Ink Paintings
Dr Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden
578 Carrall Street, Vancouver
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In collaboration with Dreamwalker Dance
Dr Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden
578 Carrall Street, Vancouver
2012
Back to the Land: Ceramics from Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands 1970-1985
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
1040 Moss Street, Victoria
Wayne Ngan & Toni Onley
Granville Fine Art, Vancouver
2010
Recent Works
Winchester Galleries
2260 Oak Bay Ave, Victoria
Video link
Vancouver Collects
Gallery of BC Ceramics, Vancouver
2007
On the Table: 100 years of functional ceramics in Canada
Gardiner Museum
111 Queen’s Park, Toronto
2006
Omega Gallery, Vancouver
2005
Omega Gallery, Vancouver
RAG: 25 Years/25 Artists
Richmond Art Gallery
7700 Minoru Gate, Richmond, BC
October 14 – November 23
2004
A Modern Life: Art and Design in British Columbia 1945–1960
Vancouver Art Gallery
750 Hornby Street
May 15 – October 11
Thrown: Influences and Intentions of West Coast Ceramics
Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery
1825 Main Mall, Vancouver
January 30 – April 4
Wayne Ngan: New Work
Winchester Galleries
2260 Oak Bay Ave, Victoria
Artists of Canadian Clay
Lacoste Gallery, American Crafts Museum
Concord, Massachusetts
Solo exhibition
Jeff Hsu’s Art, Taipei
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In collaboration with Dreamwalker Dance
Vancouver, BC; Hornby Island, BC; Sunshine Coast, BC
2003
Wayne Ngan: Pure Abstraction Forms
Portfolio Gallery
863 West Hastings Street, Vancouver
December 4 – February 4, 2004
Wayne Ngan: Masterworks of ceramic and bronze
Omega Gallery, Vancouver
21st Century Ceramics in US and Canada – Art 2003
Carzani Center Gallery
Columbus College of Art and Design, Ohio
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In collaboration with Dreamwalker Dance
Toronto, ON
2000
Wayne Ngan: An Alchemist of Clay and Colour
Winchester Galleries
Victoria
Clay at the Crossroads: Directions in Contemporary Ceramics
Winnipeg Art Gallery
1999
Wayne Ngan: A 20th Century Master
Winchester Galleries
Victoria
1998
Solo exhibition
Hanart Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
25th Anniversary of Canada-Vietnam diplomatic relations and the 300th Anniversary of the City of Saigon
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
(featured design: tea bowl)
1997
Solo exhibition
Hanart Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
1996
Wayne Ngan: Pottery, Painting & Sculpture
Bau-Xi Gallery
3045 Granville Street, Vancouver
(solo exhibition celebrating 30 year anniversary of the gallery)
Reshaping Tradition: Contemporary Canadian Ceramics in Asian Modes
Royal Ontario Museum
100 Queen’s Park, Toronto
Beyond the Rock Garden: Craft Forms for a New World
Wing Luke Asian Museum, Seattle, Washington
1995
Solo exhibition
Hanart Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
1994
Pottery Exhibition of Wayne Ngan
Hanart Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
February 19 – March 5
1993
Solo exhibition
Hanart Gallery at the Bank of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
1992
Selected Treasures: A Treasury of Canadian Craft
The Canadian Craft Museum, Vancouver
(inaugural exhibition)
Bronfman Award Recipients from B.C. and their Commonwealth Colleagues
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
1040 Moss Street, Victoria
Wayne Ngan, Potter
Hanart Gallery
5/F, 2A Des Voeux Road Central, Hong Kong
November 27 – December 19
1991
Wayne Ngan: Works from a Master Potter
Volcano Art Centre; Hawaii Cultural Center, Hilo, Hawaii
(solo exhibition, workshops and lecture)
1990
Solo exhibition
Hanart II Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
Selected Treasures from A Treasury of Canadian Craft
Taipei Fine Arts Museum
Group exhibition
Ufundi Gallery
541 Sussex Drive, Ottawa
The Many Faces of Wayne Ngan
Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden
578 Carrall Street, Vancouver
1989
Solo exhibition
Franklin Silverstone Gallery, Montreal
Masters of the Crafts
Canadian Museum of Civilization
100 Laurier Avenue, Gatineau Quebec
1988
Group exhibition and lecture
Traditional and Modern Chinese Ceramics for the Promotion of Chinese Culture
Hong Kong
Solo exhibition
Hanart Gallery, Hong Kong
Wayne Ngan: Pottery, Painting and Sculpture
Beatrice Jumpsen Gallery, Victoria
1987
Wayne Ngan
UMSU Gallery, University of Manitoba
101 University Centre, Winnipeg
January 25 – February 24
Wayne Ngan
The Downstairs Gallery
1425 Marine Drive, West Vancouver
1986
Creating from Tradition
A Taste of our Modern Arts
The National Palace Museum
Taipei, Taiwan
1984
Wayne Ngan and Paul Soldner
Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, Michigan
Raku and Smoke
Newport Art Museum (now Orange County Museum of Art)
1661 W Sunflower Avenue, Santa Ana, California
Ceramics: Wayne Ngan and Walter Dexter
Presentation House Gallery, North Vancouver
1983
Wayne Ngan
Bau-Xi Gallery
3045 Granville Street, Vancouver
October 31 – November 12
Made by Hand ’83
Arts, Sciences, & Technology Center
600 Granville Street, Vancouver
October 24 – November 27
Potters’ Choice
Hockaday Center for the Arts
With Slide Presentation by Wayne Ngan
Kalispell, Montana
March 9 – April 3
Workshops and lectures
Several locations in Taiwan
1982
Filberg Festival
Comox, BC
(first featured artist at the festival)
1981
The Power Behind the Thrown
Pottery by Wayne Ngan
The Craft Gallery of the Ontario Crafts Council
346 Dundas Street West, Toronto
May 7 – 31
Nita Forrest and Wayne Ngan
Whales Gallery
1007 Fort Street, Victoria
November 22 – December 11
Solo Exhibition
Rubaiyat Gallery, Calgary
1979
Solo exhibition
Mitsukoshi Department Store
Sendai, Japan
1978
Pottery by Wayne Ngan
Vancouver Art Gallery
750 Hornby Street, Vancouver
December 2 – January 7, 1979
Catalogue essay by curator Doris Shadbolt
1974
The Ceramics of Wayne Ngan
The Potter’s Wheel Gallery
Victoria
June 11 – 29
1973–1977
Five solo exhibitions
House of Ceramics, Vancouver
1970
An Exhibition of Pottery
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
1040 Moss Street, Victoria
April 14 – May 3
1969
Wayne Ngan Pottery & Sculpture
Handcraft House
1942 Marine Drive, North Vancouver
October 27 – November 8
Canadian Ceramics ‘69
Vancouver Art Gallery
750 Hornby Street, Vancouver
1966
Canadian Fine Crafts 1966-67
National Gallery of Canada
380 Sussex Drive, Ottawa
December 13 – January 3, 1967
1965
Wayne Ngan Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture and Ceramics
Bau-Xi Gallery
3045 Granville Street, Vancouver
(Bau-Xi’s inaugural exhibition)
Canadian Ceramics 1965
Toronto
Group exhibition of sculptures
University of Alberta, Edmonton
1964
The New Ceramic Presence
University of British Columbia Fine Arts Gallery
Vancouver
1962
BC Craftsman
University of British Columbia, Vancouver