Biography: Brendan L S Tang MFA/RCA

Brendan Lee Satish Tang (B: 1975, Dublin Ireland; lives/works: Unceded territory of the Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh and Musqueam Nations) is a visual artist who is widely known for his sculptural ceramic work. He received an MFA from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, a BFA from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, and he is the recipient of numerous awards and accolades, both nationally and internationally. 

Tang’s work explores issues of identity and the hybridization of our material and non-material culture while simultaneously expressing a love of both futuristic technologies and ancient traditions Although he is primarily known for his ceramic work, Tang continues to produce and exhibit work in a wide variety of mixed and multiple mediums. 

A recipient of the 2016 Biennale Internationale de Vallauris Contemporary Ceramic Award, France, shortlisted for the Sobey Art Prize , and a finalist in the Loewe Foundation’s International Craft Prize, Madrid, Spain . Tang’s work has been exhibited at the Museum of Anthropology, Vancouver, BC, the Gardiner Museum, Toronto, ON, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC, the Musee National Des Beaux-Arts du Quebec, Quebec City, QC, the Museo Internazionale delle Ceramiche, Faenza, Italy, the Musée d'Art Contemporain de Montréal, QC, the Boston Art Museum, Boston, MA , the Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA, the Foundation d’Entreprise Bernardaud, Limoges, France, among many others. 

Tang’s professional practice has taken him across North America and to India, Europe, the Middle East, the Caribbean, China and Japan.

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C24, NEW YORK CITY

ELIZABETH LEACH GALLERY, PORTLAND  

GALLERY JONES, VANCOUVER 

Public COLLECTIONS (selected)

Seattle Art  Museum, WA USA

Ariana Muse, Geneva SW

Canada House, London UK

Simons, Square One, Mississauga, ON CDN

Gardiner Museum, ON CDN                                                                              

Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery, ON CDN  

BMO Collection, ON CDN

RBC Collection, ON CDN

Canadian Museum of History, QB CDN

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 Solo and 2-person shows

2018

Brendan Tang & Diyan Achjadi. Surface Handling. Dunlop Art Gallery. Regina, SK.

meatspace. Burrard Arts Foundation. Vancouver, BC.   

Brendan Tang and Sonny Assu: Ready Player Two. Touchstones Gallery. Abbotsford, BC.

Brendan Tang and Sonny Assu: Ready Player Two. Yukon Art Centre, Whitehorse, YT

2017    

Brendan Tang and Sonny Assu: Ready Player Two. The Reach Gallery. Abbotsford, BC.

2016

Souvenirs from Earth. Gallery Jones. Vancouver, BC.

Souvenirs from Earth. Sheppard Contemporary Gallery. Reno, NV.

2015

Brendan Tang and Diyan Achjadi: Residue -Tracing the Lore. Malapsina Printmakers. Vancouver, BC.

Artist series in the Koerner Ceramics Gallery. Museum of Anthropology. Vancouver, BC.

2014

Fan Fiction. Gallery Jones. Vancouver, BC.

2013

Brendan Tang and Alex Mcleod: The future is already here. Surrey Art Gallery. Surrey, BC.                  

Soheila K. Esfahani and Brendan Tang: Ornamental Boundaries. Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery. Kitchener Waterloo, ON

2012

Brendan Tang. Gallery Jones. Vancouver, BC. Solo

Gained in Translation. Rodman Hall Art Centre. St. Catharines. ON. Solo                 

2010

Brendan Tang: Manga Ormolu. Southern Alberta Art Gallery. Lethbridge, AB. Solo.

Dirk Staschke & Brendan Tang. Gallery Jones, Vancouver, BC.

Sugar Bombs: Diyan Achjadi and Brendan Tang. Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK.

2009

Sugar Bombs: Diyan Achjadi and Brendan Tang. MAI Gallery. Montreal, QC.

Sugar Bombs: Diyan Achjadi and Brendan Tang. Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops, BC.

2007

Through the Gilded Looking Glass. The New Gallery, Calgary AB. Solo.

Fresh Donuts. Tilt Gallery and Project Space, Portland OR.

Mimesis: Brendan Tang & Susan Bozic. Nanaimo Art Gallery, Nanaimo BC.

2006

Brendan Tang: Cultural Reflections. The Cube, Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops BC. Solo.

Through the Gilded Looking Glass. New Wagner Art Gallery,Edwardsville IL. Solo.

Selected Group Exhibitions      

2018

Flow:  Surrey Art Gallery. Surrey, BC. 

60th Annual Faenza Prize: Museo Internazionale delle Ceramiche. Faenza, Italy

40 Years of the Kamloops Art Gallery. Kamloops Art Gallery. Kamloops, BC. 

Fait Main / Hand Made: Musee National Des Beaux-Arts Du Quebec. Quebec City, QC

Diverse Voices From Vancouver: Elizabeth Leach Gallery. Portland, OR

Summer Breaks Group Show. Gallery Jones. Vancouver, BC.  

2017 

Loewe Foundation Craft Prize: 21 _21 Gallery, Tokyo Japan.        

Loewe Foundation Craft Prize: Chamber, New York NY

Loewe Foundation Craft Prize: COAM, Madrid Spain

Future Forward on the Ceramics Highway: The Cleaners, Portland OR  

2016

Unconventional Clay: Engaged in Change. Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Kansas City, MO

2015

Dig This. Gallery of British Columbia Ceramics. Vancouver, BC.

My Blue China. Foundation d’entreprise Bernardaud. Limoges, France.

Play, Precarity and Survival. Ace Art Inc. Winnipeg, MB.

Seattle Art Fair. Gallery Jones. Seattle, WA.

2014

Once + Future: Contemporary Canadian Ceramics. Red Deer Museum. Red Deer, AB

Boarders. Northern Clay Centre. Minneapolis, MN

Art Toronto, Metro Toronto Conference Centre, Toronto ON

Porcelain: Breaking Tradition. Division Gallery. Toronto,ON 

2013

Art Toronto, Metro Toronto Conference Centre, Toronto ON

De la porcelaine à l’oeuvre, Art Mûr, Montreal QB

The Art Bank in the 21st Century, MSVU Art Gallery, Halifax NS

New Blue-and-White. Museum Fine Art. Boston, MA.     

The Art Bank in the 21st Cent. Agnes Etherington Art Centre. Kingston, ON

 Materially Speaking. Richmond Art Gallery. Richmond, BC

2012

SEVEN (re)Thinking Ceramics. Schneider Museum of Art. Ashland,OR. Invitational

Here and Now. Seattle Art Museum. Seattle, WA.

Elegant Disorder Perspectives on Porcelain. Satellite Gallery.Vancouver, BC.

Where It’s At. Mendel Art Gallery. Saskatoon, SK.

Red Lodge Clay Centre. Red Lodge, MT

RBC Emerging Artists Award. Gardiner Ceramic Museum. Toronto, ON.

2011           

Barroco Nova. Museum London. London ON. Invitational

OverThrown: Clay Without Limits. Denver Art Museum. Denver, CO. Invitational.

Making Fun. 67th Scripps Ceramic Annual. Claremont, CA. Invitational.

Where We Are. Art Labour. Shanghi, China. Invitational

2010

Sobey Art Award. Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal. Montreal, QC.Jurors: Grant Arnold, Jen Budney, Philip Monk, Lesley Johnstone, David Diviney                                   

BAM Biennial 2010: Clay Throwdown. Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA. Jurors: Bif Brigman; Stefano Catalani; Akio Takamori; Namita Wiggers.                 

You are Here. Plus Gallery, Biennial of Americas, Denver CO. Invitational.

Breaking Boundaries: Four Young Canadian Artists. Gardiner Museum, Toronto, ON. Invitational.

SOFA New York. Option Art Gallery.

2009

Nothing to Declare. The Power Plant, Toronto, ON. Invitational.

SOFA Chicago. Option Art Gallery.

A Little Distillery In Nowgong. Thompson Rivers University Gallery, Kamloops, BC. Invitational.

Blue Like an Orange. Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, ON. Invitational.

A Little Distillery In Nowgong. Karsh-Masson Gallery, Ottawa, ON. City of Ottawa and Centre A Gallery. Invitational.

Post-Kiln. Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, BC. Invitational.

How Soon Is Now. Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC. Invitational.

Eye Gouging: Sensational Ceramics. Arnica Gallery, Kamloops, BC.

A Little Distillery in Nowgong. Centre A Gallery, Vancouver, BC. Invitational.

2008

Clay and Glass Invitational 2008. Atrium Gallery, Corning, NY. Invitational.

Archie Bray Artists in Residence Exhibition. Kolva-Sullivan Gallery, Spokane WA. Invitational

On the Cusp II. Prime Gallery, Toronto, ON. Invitational.

Toronto International Art Fair. Prime Gallery, Toronto ON. 

Resident Artist Exhibition. Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT. Invitational. 

Post Modern Sculpture. Lillstreet Art Center, Chicago, IL. Invitational.

The Greatest Show on Earth. Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh, PA. Invitational.

Clay? II.  Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland WA. Jurors: Doug Jeck; Akio Takamori; Jamie Walker.                 

2007

en feu*. 52nd annual Salon des métiers d’art du Québec, Place Bonaventure, Montreal, QC. Jurors: Janelle Mellamphy & Jérôme Zaavy.

Bitters and Sweets. Gallery 1988, Los Angeles, CA. Invitational.

NCECA 2007 Clay National Biennial Exhibition. Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, Louisville KY. Jurors: Nick Kripal; Silvie Granatelli; Syd Carpenter.                 

Art LA 2007. Sam Lee Gallery, Los Angeles CA.                

Merging Lanes. Vancouver Island Short Film Festival, Nanaimo BC.

2006

Narrative Viscosity, Faculty Show. Thompson Rivers University Art Gallery, Kamloops BC.                 

Interchange. Montminy Gallery, Columbia MO. Invitational.

Graduate Student Show. New Wagner Art Gallery, Edwardsville IL. Juror: Eric Lutz.

2005

Wagner Potters Association Members Show. James S. Murray Gallery,

Lincoln Land Community College, Springfield IL.

Asian Heritage. Crafthouse Gallery, Vancouver BC. Juror: KC Solano.

Made on a Tuesday. Main Street Art Gallery, Edwardsville IL. Juror: Charity Davis-Woodard.

Evocative Implements. Baltimore MD. Invitational.                 

Graduate Student Show. New Wagner Art Gallery, Edwardsville IL.Juror: Dawn Nash.