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Pearl Lam 林明珠 is the owner of Pearl Lam Galleries. She currently has galleries in Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Singapore.〔("Pearl Lam Galleries" ) Pearl Lam Gallery, Retrieved 18 April 2014.〕 She lives between Hong Kong, Shanghai, and London.〔Mason, Christoper. ("A Shanghai Auntie Mame" ) ''The New York Times'', Retrieved 18 April 2014.〕 In 2008, Lam founded the China Art Foundation.〔The China Art Foundation () Financial Times ()〕 ==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, 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.〔 Following her graduation she returned to Shanghai to help her family oversee a real estate project.〔 In 1993, Lam started organizing 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 organize 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. ("Shanghai Surprise" ) "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. () July 7, 2006.〕 From 2000 to 2008, Lam authored the column, "The Rave", for Baccarat Magazine (then known as 'Talkies').〔Pearl Lam. (China Art Should Rock (But Doesn't)" ) "Baccarat Magazine", Retrieved 29 May 2008.〕 2005 saw Lam open her first permanent gallery space in Shanghai, focusing on design,〔 in an effort to "cultivate Chinese collectors" in the early years of its rise as a centre of contemporary art.〔Jill Triptree ("Returning to Rock" ) "Luxury Insider", Retrieved July 2012.〕〔"China Vogue", Retrieved September 2006.〕 Her exhibition, in Shanghai, for French designer Andree Putman 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 Foire internationale d'art contemporain, (FIAC) in Paris.〔() Forum Talk at FIAC 2005.〕 and at a conference for the French Senate on Luxury as a guest speaker.〔() Conference with the French senate on Luxury.〕 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 Middle Jiangxi Road. 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 Gao Minglu.〔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 early 2014, Lam opened a Singapore branch of Pearl Lam Galleries.〔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.〔()〕 Pearl Lam’s fusion of east-meets-west modern art has put her in the front row of China’s gallerists.〔 She has been named one of the most influential women in art.〔Krakoff. ''Women in Art: Figures of influence'' Galleriest 2013.〕〔Mairi Mackey. ("The Queen of Eastern Art" ) ''CNN'', Retrieved 26 November 2007.〕 A 2014 Cultured Magazine article even dubbed her “Asia’s Art Empress.” 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.〔 Lam has spoken in conferences worldwide, including the New York Times International Luxury Conference in 2013.〔().〕 Lam has featured in a number of interior design publications for her apartment in Shanghai’s French Concession.〔("Shanghai Style", Ed. Angelika Taschen & Reto Guntli, Taschen 2008 )〕 Lam’s home has been described as colourful, extravagant and opulent by British photographer Michael Freeman 〔"China Style", Sahron Leece & Michael Freeman, Periplus Editions(HK)Ltd, 2008.〕 and was on the cover of the World of Interiors magazine.〔"The World of Interiors", Retrieved October 2005〕 Lam also manages a design workshop, XYZ, which produces custom furnishings and lightings solely for her galleries and apartments.〔Paul, Jonathan S. ("37 “Cultured Pearl” ) Departures, Retrieved April 2006.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pearl Lam」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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