Wayne Ngan News


Wayne Ngan in Apartamento #32

An interview with Goya Ngan and Gailan Ngan about Wayne is included in the Autumn / Winter 2023-2024 issue of Apartamento Magazine (Issue #32).


Shaping Relationships Tethered Together, University of Victoria Legacy Gallery, Maltwood

21 November 2022 - February 25, 2024

Works by Wayne Ngan in the University of Victoria’s permanent collection will be on display for this group exhibition curated by Mel Granley.

Shaping Relations, Tethered Together dives into Legacy's permanent collection to explore ideas of togetherness and that which cultivates relationships. Each work examines a different facet of the relationships people form with one another, the world around us, and our relationships with ourselves. Tenderness and the importance of connection are meditated on throughout the exhibition, through a diverse selection of media and artists.”


Wayne Ngan at Art Toronto, 2021

October 29 – 31, 2021
Metro Toronto Convention Centre

Works by Wayne Ngan are included in Art Toronto 2021 with Unit 17, Booth B30.


We Do Not Work Alone, Nanaimo Art Gallery

July 30 – October 3, 2021

This exhibition activates Nanaimo Art Gallery’s collection of more than sixty-five ceramic works from B.C. through encounters with contemporary artists, craftspeople, and other cultural practitioners. We Do Not Work Alone also features works by Kanjiro Kawai, Shoji Hamada, and Maria and Santana Martinez, films by Marty Gross/ Mingei Film Archive and new installations by Steven Brekelmans, Roy Caussy, and Kate Metten and Laura Wee Lay Laq. 

Photo by Sean Fenzl, courtesy of Nanaimo Art Gallery.


Wayne Ngan in Splitting Circle, Unit 17

June 10 – July 11, 2021

Works by Wayne Ngan appear in Splitting Circle at Unit 17 alongside works by Gailan Ngan, Paul P., and Lam Wong


Wayne Ngan in Modern in the Making at the Vancouver Art Gallery

July 18, 2020 – January 21, 2021

Works by Wayne Ngan appear in Modern in the Making at the Vancouver Art Gallery


Wayne Ngan, 1937 – 2020

Globe and Mail Tribute, “B.C. potter Wayne Ngan turned clay into objects of rare sculptural beauty.”


Elan Fine Art Inaugural Exhibition

February 25 – September 23, 2017

Wayne Ngan’s work will be shown at Elan Fine Art in their inaugural exhibition. The collection includes works by Andy Warhol, Anish Kapoor, David Urban, Douglas Coupland, Gathie Falk, Gordon Smith, Graham Gilmore, Jack Bush, Jeff Koons, Jeff Wall, Joseph Kyle, Ray Mead, Willem de Kooning and other artists.

Opening:
Sat Feb 25, 2017, 1pm to 5pm
Vancouver, BC


Trusses at the Nanaimo Art Gallery

June 9 – August 21, 2016

Wayne Ngan’s work is included in Trusses at the Nanaimo Art Gallery. Additional artists in the exhibition include Shannon Bool, Lloyd House, Rebecca Loewen, Alex Morrison, Gailan Ngan, Patkau Architects, and Aaron Peck.


Wayne Ngan: Vessels at Marc Jancou

January 14 – March 11, 2016
Geneva, Switzerland


Wayne Ngan / John Riepenhoff at Nathalie Karg Gallery

September 9 to October 11, 2015
New York, NY


Wayne Ngan: New Works at Daniel Faria Gallery

October 24 – December 6, 2014
Toronto, ON


Contemporary Ceramics of British Columbia by Deborah Sloan

Wayne Ngan is included in the article ”Contemporary Ceramics of British Columbia,” Ceramics Now Magazine, Issue 3, 2014.


Tamara Henderson, Gailan Ngan, and Wayne Ngan at the Apartment, Vancouver BC

Mousse Magazine, July 2014


Jessica Jackson Hutchins & Wayne Ngan, No. 1 Rainbow at Green Gallery

March 19 – April 19, 2014
Milwaukee, WI


Wayne Ngan in Ron Thom and the Allied Arts

February 13 – April 27, 2014

Wayne Ngan’s work is included in Ron Thom and the Allied Arts at the Gardiner Museum, Toronto ON.


BC Achievement Foundation Award

Wayne Ngan: Award of Distinction
2013 Carter Wosk Award in Applied Art and Design