Pak-hing Kan Artist

Website: www.pakhingkan.com

Biography
Born: China 1946
Resides: New York City, USA

Solo Exhibitions

• 2011 New ceramic work, Gallery 456, NYC, NY USA
• 2008 New Ceramic work, XYZ Gallery, 798 Art District, Beijing, China
  
• 2008 Ceramic Art Exhibition, Hammond Museum, North Salem, NY, USA
  
• 2006 Intimacy! Pak-hing Kan’s new ceramic work, Gallery 456, Soho, NYC, NY, USA
  
• 2006 Pak-hing Kan Mini Ceramic, XYZ Gallery, 798 Art District, Beijing, China
  
• 1999 Palm Size Boxes, Pak-hing Kan’s ceramic work, Gallery 456, Soho, NYC, NY, USA
  
• 1984 Landscape Paintings of Unreal Scene, Goethe Institute, Hong Kong Art Center, HK
  
• 1981 Painting, Ceramic &, Quilting, Bentley Gallery, St. Paul, MN, USA
  
• 1980 Painting and Ceramic, New Franklin Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, USA
  
• 1976 Decorative Painting, Minnesota Festival of Nations, MN, USA
  

Selected Group Exhibitions

• 2008 Ceramic Art Exhibition, the Berkeley Art Gallery, NYC, NY, USA
• 2007 Fule International Ceramic Art Museum (www.FLICAM.com), Fuping, Shaanxi, China
  
• 2006 Female Language, Lincoln Center Cork Gallery, NYC, NY, USA
  
• 2004 CSL Exhibitions, Elsa Mott Ives Gallery, New York, NYC, NY, USA
  
• 2002 Past/Present/Future, Contemporary Chinese Art, Kaikodo Gallery, N YC, NY, USA
  
• 2000 Recent Works in Clay, the Cork Gallery, Lincoln Center, New York, NYC, NY, USA
  
• 2000 Big Apple Chinese, Kaikodo Gallery, New York, NYC, NY, USA
  
• 1999 99 Ceramic Arts Millennium-End Invitational, Beijing Arts & Design, Beijing, China
  
• 1998 Visions of New York, the Fifth Ave. Gallery at the Empire State Building, NYC, NY, USA
  
• 1996 The 3rd Annual Asian American Art Exhibition, University of Pennsylvania, PA, USA
  
• 1983 Clay, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong
  
• 1981 Paintings, C.G. Rein Gallery, Edina, MN, USA
  
• 1979 Quilting Show, Urban YWCA, St. Paul, MN, USA
  
• 1974 Paintings, Chinese Women’s Club, Hong Kong City Hall, Hong Kong
  
• 1973 Paintings, Hong Kong Chinese Art Club, Hong Kong City Hall, Hong Kong
  

Grants and Awards

• 2006 Joan Mitchell Foundation for Painters & Sculptors Grant
  
• 2006 Manhattan Community Arts Fund Grant
  
• 1999 Art Achievement Award, AT&T and Chinese American Arts Council present
  

Residency:

• Invitation to Sino-America ceramic art exchange ,Xian, China
  
• Jingdezhen, China
  

Education

• 1980-82 Graduate studies in ceramics, University of Minnesota, MN, USA
  
• 1978-1980 Studied drawing with Julio Alpuy, New York, USA - Studied painting at Art Students' League
  
• 1975-1977 B.F.A. College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, MN, USA
  
• 1968-1971 B. Ed. National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan
  
• 1960-1975 Studied Chinese painting at Chiu-Fung Studio, Hong Kong
  

Selected Bibliography

• Tsang, Wai-Yin, ”Chinese American Designer: World of Flowers” World Journal Weekly Magazine,10/11/09, p.10-12 illus.
• Brown, Glen R.,” American Ceramists at Fuping: A Contextual Unity” , p.8, 44-47,illus
  
• Chau, Lotus, "Pak-hing Kan ceramic art--Cave Living exhibition," Sing Tao Daily, 1/5/2008, B2 illus
  
• Hsieh, David, "Intimacy, Pak-hing Kan's new works," World Journal, 10/26/2006, E11 illus
  
• Chau, Lotus, "Pak-hing Kan's Ceramic Exhibition," Sing Tao Daily, 10/21/2006, B4 illus
  
• Tsang, Wai-Ying, "Ceramic Madness: Pak-hing Kan," World Journal weekly Magazine, 10/22/2006, p 36-38 illus
  
• Chan, Ka-fe, "Female Language show," Sing Tao Daily, 8/26/2006, B3 illus
  
• Tsang, Wai-Yin, " Pak-hing Kan: Kaikodo Gallery exhibition", World Journal, 10/30/2002, C7 illus
  
• Lee, Maria, " Face to Face: Pak-hing Kan and her palm size box," Hong Kong Economic Journal, 10/13/ 2001, p. 17 illus
  
• Ming Pao Daily News, "From Chinatown with Love," 7/26/2000, illus
  
• The Asian Art, "Realms of Faith," 3/2000, p. 43
  
• Chinese Potters Newsletter, "Ceramic News", summer/2000, illus
  
• Chinese Potters Newsletter, "Chinese Artists' New Works", summer/1999, illus
  
• Tsang, Wai-Yin, "Pak-hing Kan's Palm Size Boxes," World Journal Weekly Magazine, 3/14/1999, p.20-21 illus
  
• Yip, Wing Hong, "Palm Size Boxes Kan's Solo Exhibition," The NY China Press, 3/5/1999, p.19 illus
  
• Chau, Lotus, "Pak-hing Kan's Palm Size Box solo ceramic exhibition," NY Sing Tao Daily, 3/5/1999, illus
  
• Hong Kong Daily News, "Pak-hing Kan's ceramic," 8/4/1997, p.10-11, illus
  
• Femina magazine, "Self Portrait," 11/1984
  

Selected Broadcast Media

• 2006 "Cultural Odyssey," Voice of America's Television segment
• 1984 "Good Morning Hong Kong," Television News segment
  

Commissions

• 1982 Silk screen prints (limited editions) for Summit Fine Arts Ltd., New York, NY
  
• 1981 Tapestry and carpet design for Edwards Fields, Inc., New York and California
  
• 1978 Mural painting for Mr. & Mrs. Schindler, New York, NY, USA.
  

Other Experience

• 1977-2000 Designer and Consultant of textile prints to various clothing manufacturers and textile firms.
  

10/2/2010