Born
1975 in Dublin, Ireland
Artists
Brendan TANG
Brendan 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.
2008 Ceramics and mixed media H 20.3 x 50.8 x 20.3 cm 2008 Ceramics and mixed media H 20.3 x 50.8 x 20.3 cm 2011 Ceramics and mixed media H 63.5 x 30.5 x 35.6 cm 2011 Ceramics and mixed media H 63.5 x 30.5 x 35.6 cm 2011 Ceramics and mixed media H 50.8 x 24.2 x 20.3 cm 2011 Ceramics and mixed media H 50.8 x 24.2 x 20.3 cm MFA, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, USA 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2010 2009 2007 2006 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 Burrard Arts Foundation, Vancouver, Canada Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, USA
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Education
BFA, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, CanadaSolo and Two Person Exhibitions
Brendan Tang & Diyan Achjadi, Surface Handling, Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, Canada
Meatspace, Burrard Arts Foundation, Vancouver, Canada
Brendan Tang and Sonny Assu: Ready Player Two, Touchstones Gallery, Abbotsford, Canada
Brendan Tang and Sonny Assu: Ready Player Two, Yukon Art Centre, Whitehorse, Canada
Brendan Tang and Sonny Assu: Ready Player Two, The Reach Gallery, Abbotsford, Canada
Souvenirs from Earth, Gallery Jones, Vancouver, Canada
Souvenirs from Earth, Sheppard Contemporary Gallery, Canada
Brendan Tang and Diyan Achjadi: Residue -Tracing the Lore, Malapsina Printmakers, Vancouver, Canada
Artist series in the Koerner Ceramics Gallery, Museum of Anthropology, Vancouver, Canada
Fan Fiction, Gallery Jones, Vancouver, Canada
Brendan Tang and Alex Mcleod: The future is already here, Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, Canada
Soheila K, Esfahani and Brendan Tang: Ornamental Boundaries, Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener Waterloo, Canada
Brendan Tang, Gallery Jones, Vancouver, Canada
Gained in Translation, Rodman Hall Art Centre, St, Catharines, Canada
Brendan Tang: Manga Ormolu, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Canada
Dirk Staschke & Brendan Tang, Gallery Jones, Vancouver, Canada
Sugar Bombs: Diyan Achjadi and Brendan Tang, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Canada
Sugar Bombs: Diyan Achjadi and Brendan Tang, MAI Gallery, Montreal, Canada
Sugar Bombs: Diyan Achjadi and Brendan Tang, Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops, Canada
Through the Gilded Looking Glass, The New Gallery, Calgary, Canada
Fresh Donuts, Tilt Gallery and Project Space, Portland, USA
Mimesis: Brendan Tang & Susan Bozic, Nanaimo Art Gallery, Nanaimo, Canada
Brendan Tang: Cultural Reflections, The Cube, Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops, Canada
Through the Gilded Looking Glass, New Wagner Art Gallery, Edwardsville, Canada Selected Group Exhibitions
Flow: Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, Canada
60th Annual Faenza Prize: Museo Internazionale delle Ceramiche, Faenza, Italy
40 Years of the Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops, Canada
Fait Main / Hand Made: Musee National Des Beaux-Arts Du Quebec, Quebec City, Canada
Diverse Voices from Vancouver: Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, Canada
Summer Breaks Group Show, Gallery Jones, Vancouve, Canada
Forward on the Ceramics Highway: The Cleaners, Portland, Canada
Loewe Foundation Craft Prize: COAM, Madrid, Spain
Player Two: The Reach Gallery, Abbotsford, Canada
Loewe Foundation Craft Prize: Chamber, New York, USA
Loewe Foundation Craft Prize: 21 _21 Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Unconventional Clay: Engaged in Change, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, USA
Dig This, Gallery of British Columbia Ceramics, Vancouver, Canada
My Blue China, Foundation d’entreprise Bernardaud, Limoges, France
Play, Precarity and Survival, Ace Art Inc, Winnipeg, Canada
Seattle Art Fair, Gallery Jones, Seattle, USA
Once + Future: Contemporary Canadian Ceramics, Red Deer Museum, Red Deer, AB, Canada
Boarders, Northern Clay Centre, Minneapolis, USA
Art Toronto, Metro Toronto Conference Centre, Toronto, Canada
Porcelain: Breaking Tradition, Division Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Brendan Tang and Alex Mcleod: The future is already here, Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, Canada
Soheila K, Esfahani and Brendan Tang: Ornamental Boundaries, Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener Waterloo, Canada
Art Toronto, Metro Toronto Conference Centre, Toronto, Canada
De la porcelaine à l’oeuvre, Art Mûr, Montreal, Canada
The Art Bank in the 21st Century, MSVU Art Gallery, Halifax, Canada
New Blue-and-White, Museum Fine Art, Boston, USA
The Art Bank in the 21st Cent, Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston, Canada
Materially Speaking, Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, Canada
SEVEN (re)Thinking Ceramics, Schneider Museum of Art, Ashland, , Canada
Here and Now, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, USA
Elegant Disorder Perspectives on Porcelain, Satellite Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Where It’s At, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Canada
Red Lodge Clay Centre, Red Lodge,, Canada
RBC Emerging Artists Award, Gardiner Ceramic Museum, Toronto, Canada
Barroco Nova, Museum London, London, ON, Canada
OverThrown: Clay Without Limits, Denver Art Museum, Denver, USA
Making Fun, 67th Scripps Ceramic Annual, Claremont, CA, USA
By Sea, Land & Air, We Prosper, ART LABOR Gallery, Shanghai, China
Dirk Staschke & Brendan Tang, Gallery Jones, Vancouver, Canada
Sugar Bombs: Diyan Achjadi and Brendan Tang, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Canada
Sobey Art Award, Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, Montreal, Canada
BAM Biennial 2010: Clay Throwdown, Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA, Canada
You are Here, Plus Gallery, Biennial of Americas, Denver, USA
Breaking Boundaries: Four Young Canadian Artists, Gardiner Museum, Toronto, Canada
SOFA New York, Option Art Gallery, New York, USA
Sugar Bombs: Diyan Achjadi and Brendan Tang, MAI Gallery, Montreal, Canada
Sugar Bombs: Diyan Achjadi and Brendan Tang, Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloop, Canada
Nothing to Declare, The Power Plant, Toronto, Canada
SOFA Chicago, Option Art Gallery, Chicago, USA
A Little Distillery in Nowgong, Thompson Rivers University Gallery, Kamloops, Canada
Blue Like an Orange, Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, Canada
A Little Distillery in Nowgong, Karsh-Masson Gallery, City of Ottawa and Centre A Gallery, Canada
Post-Kiln, Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
How Soon Is Now, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Eye Gouging: Sensational Ceramics, Arnica Gallery, Kamloops, Canada
A Little Distillery in Nowgong, Centre A Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Clay and Glass Invitational 2008, Atrium Gallery, Corning, NY, USA
Archie Bray Artists in Residence Exhibition, Kolva-Sullivan Gallery, Spokane, USA
On the Cusp II, Prime Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Toronto International Art Fair, Prime Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Resident Artist Exhibition, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, USA
Post Modern Sculpture, Lillstreet Art Center, Chicago, USA
The Greatest Show on Earth, Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh, USA
Clay? II, Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, USA
en feu*, 52nd annual Salon des métiers d’art du Québec, Place Bonaventure, Montreal, Canada
Bitters and Sweets, Gallery 1988, Los Angeles, USA
NCECA 2007 Clay National Biennial Exhibition, Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, Louisville, USA
Art LA 2007, Sam Lee Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Merging Lanes, Vancouver Island Short Film Festival, Nanaimo, Canada
Narrative Viscosity, Faculty Show, Thompson Rivers University Art Gallery, Kamloops BC, Canada
Interchange, Montminy Gallery, Columbia, Canada
Graduate Student Show, New Wagner Art Gallery, Edwardsville, USA
Wagner Potters Association Members Show, James S, Murray Gallery, Lincoln Land Community College, Springfield, USA
Asian Heritage, Crafthouse Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Made on a Tuesday, Main Street Art Gallery, Edwardsville, USA
Evocative Implements, Baltimore, USA
Graduate Student Show, New Wagner Art Gallery, Edwardsville, USAArtist Residency
Selected Public Collections
Ariana Muse, Geneva, Swiztherland
Canada House, London, UK
Simons, Square One, Mississauga, Canada
Gardiner Museum, Toronto, Canada
Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery, Waterloo, Canada
BMO Collection, Canada
RBC Collection, Canada
Canadian Museum of History, Gatineau, Canada
Vancouver Art Gallery, Canada
Nanaimo Art Gallery, Canada
Surrey Art Gallery, Canada
Kamloops Art Gallery, Canada
Art Bank of Canada, Canada
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Canada
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Canada