Gailan Ngan (Canadian, b. 1971, Cumberland, BC) works and lives in Vancouver and occasionally works from Hornby Island, BC. Her practice involves pottery, sculpture and co-managing her late father’s art estate.

Ngan's work spans pottery, sculpture, and painting, as well as a deep exploration of material histories. She utilizes clay acquired from commercial suppliers as well as clay and materials sourced from the natural landscape. In recent years, Ngan has incorporated highly textured materials and surfaces in her work, imbuing them with a tactile richness reminiscent of geological formations. Incorporating elements such as grogs and pulverized insulation brick, her surfaces emerge as landscapes of texture, marked by irregularities and dents that echo the passage of time and the forces of nature. This tactile language is often further explored through the lens of modern technology, including the translation of forms into the realm of digital fabrication through 3D scanning and printing techniques.

Ngan graduated with a BFA from Emily Carr University in 2002. She has shown work at the Esker Foundation, Cooper Cole, The Apartment, San Diego Art Institute, Nanaimo Art Gallery, Art Gallery at Evergreen, Kamloops Art Gallery, Unit 17, Christian Lethert Gallery, and The Vancouver Art Gallery. In 2015 she received the North West Ceramic Foundation Award. Ngan is represented by Monte Clark Gallery (Vancouver).