Nga Man Chan ^{Noor kunstnik}

Kunstniku asukohariik: Eesti

Amie, Chan Nga Man, is a Hong Kong artist living and studying in Tallinn. She studied visual arts at the Academy of Visual Arts of Hong Kong Baptist University and postgraduate visual culture studies at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She is currently completed her master’s degree in Crafts and Design – Ceramics at the Estonian Academy of Arts.

Her practice emphasizes the combination of ceramics, clay, and the environment. She has participated in different ceramics campaigns, including art projects, performance, community projects, and individual artworks. She is also actively engaged in wood-firing studies, formed the “Wood-firing learning and research group” with the local artists and ceramists. Studying different wood-firing methods in Taiwan, Japan, China (Jingdezhen), and other Asia countries at first, now she is going to further exchange her skills and thoughts with western countries’ artists.

Her works have been exhibited mainly in Hong Kong and Tallinn. She is interested in the relationship between pottery, makers, and audiences. Being one of the founders of Ceramies studio and Laichankee studio, she engaged a lot in art project ideas generation. Pursuing great possibilities, she endeavors to encompass ceramics with varying materials to collaborate and work creatively and passionately.