Pearl Lam Projects

Pearl Lam Projects A driving force in Asia’s contemporary art scene with spaces in Hong Kong and Shanghai

Founded by Pearl Lam, Pearl Lam Galleries is a driving force within Asia’s contemporary art scene. Pearl Lam Galleries presents museum-quality exhibitions that re-evaluate and challenge perceptions of cultural practice in Asia. With a thoughtfully balanced roster of Chinese and international artists, the gallery is strategic in its curation, positioning itself as an educator. With over 20 years of

experience, the gallery continues to play a vital role in stimulating cross-cultural exchange between East and West. The gallery maintains a flagship space in the historic Pedder Building in Hong Kong, whilst the Shanghai gallery is situated in the heritage architecture in the Bund district.

Pearl Lam Projects is pleased to announce its appointment as the exclusive global representative gallery of Arashi Tan...
01/09/2026

Pearl Lam Projects is pleased to announce its appointment as the exclusive global representative gallery of Arashi Tanaka (), marking a significant new chapter in the gallery’s ongoing⁠ commitment to supporting emerging international artists and expanding their presence on the global stage.⁠
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Pearl Lam first presented Tanaka’s work during his participation in the artist residency and exhibition programme at 70 Square Metres () in Shanghai, where he was selected as the fourth artist-in-residence. His residency culminated in the acclaimed solo exhibition ‘Great Beauty Speaks Not’ (2025), introducing audiences to a distinctive artistic language that transforms photography through the natural process of crystallisation. Following this successful collaboration, Pearl Lam Projects is delighted to formalise its relationship with the artist through exclusive global representation. The gallery will work closely with Tanaka to develop his international exhibition programme, foster institutional partnerships, and expand his global collector base.⁠
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His works connect the seamless transience of nature with life, visualising imperceptible elements like sound and life force through crystallisation.⁠
⁠⁠These crystals immortalise the transient beauty and resilience of human existence. This work changes over time; the crystal surface turns white and opaque, obscuring the person's face, inviting reflection on the natural passage of time.⁠
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⁠🔗 Discover more about the artwork via the link in bio.⁠
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Artworks:⁠
1. Photo courtesy of the artist and Pearl Lam Projects
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⁠2. 2025/6/17, 10:35, 2025 ⁠
Crystallisation on canvas from heartbeat⁠
33 x 22 x 3 cm (13 x 8 5/8 x 1 1/8 in.)⁠
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3. Raindrops of Shanghai, 2025⁠
Crystallisation on canvas from raindrops⁠
89 x 24 x 6 cm (35 x 9 1/2 x 2 3/8 in.)⁠
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4. Crystalscape #25, 2025 ⁠
Crystallisation on canvas from seawater and sea sound⁠
22 x 31 x 3 cm (8 5/8 x 12 1/4 x 1 1/8 in.)⁠
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Leaning against the wall is ‘Day 1’, a large translucent coloured gradient glass panel, which captures daylight from the...
31/08/2026

Leaning against the wall is ‘Day 1’, a large translucent coloured gradient glass panel, which captures daylight from the gallery’s exterior to create a more natural experience.⁠
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A.A. Murakami (.a.murakami) examines the cyclical and metamorphic relationships between nature, the built environment, the human body, and their interaction with ecology, technology, and geology. Broken down into complementary modules, this immersive exhibition projects visions of what future anthropology, material culture, and processes of regeneration may hold in the post-technological era.⁠
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: ‘A Thousand Layers of Stomach’ was an exhibition that simulated an endless state of change, reflecting a culture of continuous transformation, much like the constant renewal that occurs within living cells.⁠
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Drawn from Metabolism, a post-war architectural movement originating in Japan with an idea of rebirth of the built environment, ‘A Thousand Layers of Stomach’ is an exhibition that simulates an endless state of change in a culture of constant change, like the constant renewal that occurs in living cells.⁠
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⁠🔗 Discover more about the artwork via the link in bio.⁠
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Artwork:⁠
A.A. Murakami, ⁠
Day 1, 2021⁠
Tempered glass⁠
120 × 120 × 1.5 cm (47 1/8 × 47 1/8 × 1/2 in.)⁠
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Leaning against the wall is ‘Day 1’, a large translucent coloured gradient glass panel, which captures daylight from the...
31/08/2026

Leaning against the wall is ‘Day 1’, a large translucent coloured gradient glass panel, which captures daylight from the gallery’s exterior to create a more natural experience.⁠
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A.A. Murakami (A.A.Murakami) examines the cyclical and metamorphic relationships between nature, the built environment, the human body, and their interaction with ecology, technology, and geology. Broken down into complementary modules, this immersive exhibition projects visions of what future anthropology, material culture, and processes of regeneration may hold in the post-technological era.⁠
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: ‘A Thousand Layers of Stomach’ was an exhibition that simulated an endless state of change, reflecting a culture of continuous transformation, much like the constant renewal that occurs within living cells.⁠
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Drawn from Metabolism, a post-war architectural movement originating in Japan with an idea of rebirth of the built environment, ‘A Thousand Layers of Stomach’ is an exhibition that simulates an endless state of change in a culture of constant change, like the constant renewal that occurs in living cells.⁠
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⁠🔗 Discover more about the artwork via the link in bio.⁠
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Artwork:⁠
A.A. Murakami, ⁠
Day 1, 2021⁠
Tempered glass⁠
120 × 120 × 1.5 cm (47 1/8 × 47 1/8 × 1/2 in.)⁠
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30/08/2026

Zhu Jinshi () is one of the most influential pioneers of Chinese “abstract” and “installation” art. After moving to Germany in 1986, he engaged with the European painting tradition, particularly German Expressionism’s emphasis on thickness, density, and physicality.⁠
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He gradually developed his unique “thick painting” style that he still uses today, which is usually applied with heavy colour and thick paint.⁠
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⁠The expressive power of Zhu's "thick paintings’ comes more from the stubbornness and fluidity of the objects (paint) themselves.” He uses strong and tense techniques, employing palettes, wall trowels, wooden shovels, and fifteen-centimetre brushes to apply heavy colours of paint onto the canvas. ⁠
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⁠🔗 Discover more about the artwork via the link in bio.⁠
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Artwork:⁠
ZHU JINSHI (b. 1954)⁠
Life Like Summer, 2017 ⁠
Oil on canvas ⁠
180 x 160 cm (70 7/8 x 63 in.) ⁠
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Damian ⁠Elwes () is best known for his paintings of “artists’ studios,” both of living and historical figures. His works...
28/08/2026

Damian ⁠Elwes () is best known for his paintings of “artists’ studios,” both of living and historical figures. His works transport viewers into the environments of artistic geniuses, capturing the intensity and sublimity of the “creative process.”⁠
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He carefully selects moments when an artist was at their most inventive, reconstructing the atmosphere of their studios through extensive research, including archival photographs, personal accounts, and visits to the original spaces. The resulting paintings are both historically evocative and emotionally uplifting.⁠
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Coming from a family of painters—his father and grandfather were both “portrait artists”—Elwes was fascinated from an early age by the coexistence of “chaos and creativity” within the studio environment.⁠
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To find out more about the artist, tap the link in bio!⁠
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Artwork:⁠
DAMIAN ELWES b. 1960, ⁠
Self-Portrait in My Graffiti Studio, 2024, ⁠
Acrylic on canvas, ⁠
189 x 254 cm (74 3/8 x 100 in.)⁠
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Gatot Pujiarto’s () works are narrative and figurative, often using metaphor to convey stories, social criticism, and ob...
27/08/2026

Gatot Pujiarto’s () works are narrative and figurative, often using metaphor to convey stories, social criticism, and observations on moral issues.⁠
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: In 2019, our Shanghai gallery presented ‘Beyond Image and Dreams’, the first solo exhibition of works by Indonesian artist Gatot Pujiarto in mainland China. The exhibition expanded upon his ongoing exploration of overlooked realities in everyday life, with a particular focus on urgent issues in contemporary society, especially environmental destruction.⁠
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The title ‘Beyond Image and Dreams’ conveyed both hope and caution for the future of humankind, reflecting the universality of Pujiarto’s concerns. Through his distinctive approach, Pujiarto transformed the trivial, the strange, and the abnormal into new truths and realities awaiting discovery.⁠
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The visual sensation in his works is combined with the unique textures created by pasting, patching, layering, tearing, binding, and making fabric patterns.⁠
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✨Visit our website to revisit the exhibition and discover more about the artist’s practice.⁠
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Artwork:⁠
⁠Photos courtesy of the artist and Pearl Lam⁠ Projects⁠⁠
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‘Boy Sitting Beside Hibiscus Flower’ (2015) depicts a boy sitting beneath a giant hibiscus flower, shaded from the hot s...
26/08/2026

‘Boy Sitting Beside Hibiscus Flower’ (2015) depicts a boy sitting beneath a giant hibiscus flower, shaded from the hot sun in a dreamlike recreation of the artist’s childhood garden in Nigeria.⁠
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Yinka Shonibare MBE () was born in 1962. His practice spans painting, sculpture, photography, and film, consistently exploring issues of race and class.

Zhu Jinshi () is one of the most influential pioneers of Chinese “abstract” and “installation” art. After moving to Germ...
25/08/2026

Zhu Jinshi () is one of the most influential pioneers of Chinese “abstract” and “installation” art. After moving to Germany in 1986, he engaged with the European painting tradition, particularly German Expressionism’s emphasis on thickness, density, and physicality.⁠
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Internationally acclaimed for his innovative use of materials, most notably rice paper and bamboo, Zhu’s installations challenge conventional notions of space, materiality, and perception. Over more than four decades, abstract painting and installation have developed in parallel within his practice—sometimes complementary, sometimes deliberately confrontational. ⁠
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While his installation works stand independently, they have continually informed and transformed his approach to painting, yielding a distinctive visual language that bridges medium, culture, and history.⁠
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His works embody a remarkable vitality and openness that transcend artistic categories, geographical boundaries, and distinctions between Eastern and Western identities. Through a deeply personal yet globally resonant practice, Zhu has created an evolving artistic narrative that reflects the complexities of contemporary culture while remaining rooted in a lifelong pursuit of material and spiritual exploration.⁠
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Artwork:��⁠
ZHU JINSHI (b. 1954)⁠
Pathway, 2024⁠
Rice paper, cotton thread, bamboo and steel ⁠
500 x 1350 x 600 cm (196 7/8 x 531 1/2 x 236 1/4 in.)⁠
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Installation at Art Basel Miami Beach 2024, Meridians sector, Courtesy of the artist and Pearl Lam Projects⁠
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Antony Micallef (b. 1975) () is a contemporary expressionist whose work blurs the line between “painting” and “sculptu...
24/08/2026

Antony Micallef (b. 1975) () is a contemporary expressionist whose work blurs the line between “painting” and “sculpture.” Micallef’s paintings are created using unique methods in which oil paint is transformed into a material that realises a new form of physical embodiment.⁠
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Micallef loves the idea of pushing oil paint to its limits. There is something very tangible about this earthy medium, derived from minerals, that he finds positively intoxicating. To mould and make the paint behave in unconventional and eccentric ways, the process of crafting the different elements of these paintings can take years, as oil paint takes so long to dry.⁠
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These paintings are made after years of crafting and cultivating different elements of oil paint and fusing them. Even pieces of vintage oil paint scraped from the studio walls and floors are recycled, once again contorted and recast into a new narrative, bringing the cycle of creativity full circle.⁠
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Artwork:⁠
ANTONY MICALLEF (b. 1975)⁠
Constructing Auras No.7, 2017⁠
Oil on linen with raw pigment⁠
30 x 26 x 2.5 cm (11 3/4 x 10 1/4 x 1 in.)⁠
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⁠🔗 Discover more about the artwork via the link in bio.⁠
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23/08/2026

with Japanese artist Chisato Matsumoto (.chisato), exploring the making of her sculptural works through shibori, a traditional Japanese tie-dyeing technique.⁠
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By tying, gathering, and manipulating fabric with thread, Matsumoto transforms a two-dimensional textile into intricate three-dimensional forms. Through this process, the material takes on new volume, movement, and presence, becoming a means to explore the relationship between “the individual and the crowd.”⁠
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Her practice brings together traditional Japanese craft and contemporary forms of expression, including installation, performance, and kinetic art.⁠
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‘The Universe Twinkling in White’, Matsumoto’s first solo exhibition in China, was presented at our Shanghai gallery in 2025. ⁠
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✨Visit our website to revisit the exhibition and discover more about the artist’s practice.⁠
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Artwork:⁠
⁠Video courtesy of the artist and Pearl Lam⁠ Projects⁠⁠ ⁠
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