Development

Pearl Lam started exhibiting and promoting Chinese contemporary art and design in 1993 in Hong Kong under the name Contrasts Gallery. The name Contrasts was initially chosen to be reflective of her taste for exploring and celebrating difference – ‘I enjoy lots of different things and I’ve always liked contradiction. I do appreciate things that are quite different’.

In 2011, Contrasts Gallery changed to the name Pearl Lam Galleries to reflect the evolution of the gallery’s artistic activities and multidisciplinary expansion. The Galleries now encompasses Pearl Lam Fine Art and Pearl Lam Design in Shanghai and Pearl Lam Galleries in Hong Kong. The new name reflects the evolution of the gallery’s artistic activities and multidisciplinary expansion. The Galleries will preserve its unique philosophy advocating the revaluation of Chinese aesthetics while working in divergent traditions and across disciplines.