Wallace Chan
Lives in Hong Kong
Wallace Chan (b. 1956) is a Hong-Kong based, self-trained artist whose material-focused practice encompasses jewellery, sculpture and carving. He began as a gemstone carver in 1973 and gained worldwide recognition for pioneering titanium’s unprecedented use in art. He was the first Chinese jewellery artist to exhibit at TEFAF Maastricht and Biennale des Antiquaires. His works are in the permanent collections of the British Museum (2019), the Beijing Capital Museum (2010), and the Ningbo Museum (2010).
Chan has had solo exhibitions at Canary Wharf (London, 2022); Fondaco Marcello (Venice, 2021), where he will be exhibiting again in 2022; Asia House (London, 2019); Christie’s (Hong Kong, 2019; Shanghai, 2021), the Gemological Institute of America Museum (Carlsbad, 2011); the Capital Museum (Beijing, 2010); Kaohsiung Museum of History (Taiwan, 1999), and Deutsches Edelsteinmuseum (Idar-Oberstein, 1992).
He has given talks and lectures at prestigious institutions including Tongji University (Shanghai, 2021), DIVA Museum (Antwerp, 2021), the British Museum (London, 2019), Royal College of Art (London, 2019 & 2021); University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong, 2019), Christie’s Education (Hong Kong, 2019); Gem-A (London, 2018); Sarabande Foundation: Established by Lee Alexander McQueen (London, 2018); Sciences Po (Paris, 2018); Harvard University (Cambridge, 2017); Central Saint Martins (London, 2017); V&A Museum (London, 2016) and Christie’s (Paris, 2014).
