Pearl Lam () is a Hong Kong-born international gallerist. She is the owner of Pearl Lam Galleries.Mason, Christoper

''The New York Times''. Retrieved 18 April 2014.

Life and career

Lam was born in Hong Kong, which was then a British mandate.Chislett, Helen
"Pearl of the orient"
''The Guardian''. Retrieved 18 April 2014. Lam is the daughter of

Lim Por-yen Lim Por-yen (; c. 1914 – 18 February 2005) was a Hong Kong industrialist. He founded the Lai Sun Group, and his family was the biggest shareholder of Asia Television. Biography Lim Por-yen was born in Chaoyang, Guangdong, and moved to Hong ...

, a Hong Kong real-estate tycoon and founder of the Lai Sun Group. At the age of eleven she was sent to be educated in the United States and the United Kingdom, where she studied accountancy and law. Following her graduation she returned to Shanghai to help her family oversee a real estate project. Not wanting to follow her parents footsteps, and with the help of artist Sun Liang, Lam soon became involved in the Chinese contemporary art scene. In 1993, Lam started organising pop-up exhibitions in Hong Kong.Leanne Mirandilla

"Hong Kong Magazine". Retrieved 17 May 2012. In 2004, Lam was asked by the French Cultural Attache to organise and curate a major exhibition in Shanghai as part of a year of cultural exchanges.Helen Chislett
"A long weekend in Shanghai with Pearl Lam – How to Spend It"
"Financial Times". Retrieved 27 November 2009. The exhibition was called ‘Awakening: La France Mandarin’ and travelled to Beijing, Hong Kong and Paris that year.Nancy Hass

"New York Times". Retrieved 2 April 2006. Lam was called the Chinese design ambassador to France by the French Foreign Ministry and Culture Ministry.Zhu Hui

7 July 2006. From 2000 to 2008, Lam authored the column, "The Rave", for Baccarat Magazine (then known as 'Talkies').Pearl Lam. Why China Art Should Rock (But Doesn't)""Baccarat Magazine". Retrieved 29 May 2008. In 2005 Lam opened her first permanent gallery space in Shanghai, in the early years of its rise as a centre of contemporary art. Focusing on design, Lam used the gallery to introduce Chinese collectors to the international art market.Jill Triptre
"Returning to Rock"
"Luxury Insider". Retrieved July 2012."China Vogue". Retrieved September 2006. Her exhibition for French designer Andree Putman in Shanghai was also shown in Hong Kong's Design Centre.Sophie Hastings
"We will create a vibrant arts scene"
"Financial Times". Retrieved 12 May 2012. The same year, Lam participated in the Forum Talks at the

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, and at a conference for the French Senate on Luxury as a guest speaker. In 2006, Lam opened a new gallery on Middle Jiangxi Road in Shanghai where it remains today. In 2009, the design gallery was moved to the lower ground floor of the Middle Jiangxi Road gallery. In 2012, she opened a permanent branch of Pearl Lam Galleries in Hong Kong's Pedder Building.Joyce Lau
"Hong Kong's Cultural Ambitions"
"New York Times". Retrieved 15 June 2012. The gallery's debut exhibition was curated by

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.Mei Mei Song
"Pearl Lam Gallery to Open in Hong Kong"
"Hong Kong Tatler". Retrieved 1 March 2012. It was named the best gallery show of the year. The gallery then changed its name from Contrasts Gallery to Pearl Lam Galleries. In 2008, Lam founded the China Art Foundation. The foundation aims to foster global interest in contemporary Chinese art. In early 2014, Lam opened a Singapore branch of Pearl Lam Galleries in Gillman Barracks.Catherine Shaw
"Pearl Opens a New Gallery at Gillman Barracks"
"Wallpaper Magazine". Retrieved 17 January 2014. To inaugurate the new outpost, Lam hosted a group show curated by the author and broadcaster Philip Dodd. Her works extends to sponsoring exhibitions of western art in China and funding an artist-in-residence programme in Shanghai for Western and Asian designers. In 2015, a second gallery space in the Sheung Wan district of Hong Kong, was opened with a focus on nurturing younger talents. The inaugural exhibition featured beeswax sculptures by the Beijing-based artist Ren Ri. The exhibit highlights Lam's support for young Chinese artists. Born in 1984, Ren creates beeswax sculptures by removing the artist's subjectivity and allowing bees, nature, and chance to take over the creation process.

Recognition

* 2008: One of 100 Women of the Year in 2008 by ''

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'' * 2012: One of the "2012 Art Power 100" by ''

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Art'' * 2012: "Design Power" list by ''

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'' * 2013: One of the most powerful women "Asia's Women in the Mix" by ''

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'' magazine * 2014: One of the top twenty-five women in the art world by ''

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news'' * 2016: "The 2016 Power List: High-Wattage Women of the Art World" by ''Blouin Art Info''http://www.blouinartinfo.com/photo-galleries/the-2016-power-list-high-wattage-women-of-the-art-world-part-1?image=9

References

External links

Pearl Lam Gallery
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