ABOUT
Get to know me
Kristin Man is an interdisciplinary artist and author of two publications. Born in Hong Kong, after having lived around the world, she is now based in Vancouver. She writes in English, Chinese and Italian. In projects
A-MARE (to love-to sea), 9_9 and Fragments of Grey Matter, she marries her written and visual poetry.
Man holds an IB from UWC of the Atlantic in Wales, a BA in International Relations from Brown University and an MBA from Columbia University in the US. She is also a certified yoga teacher and believes that life and her art traverse inside-out and outside-in.
Since 2018, she has been focusing on project A-MARE which initiated with weaving her photographic images printed on various materials into 3-D artworks and has evolved to include found plastic objects and industrial scraps. Undercurrents is an offspring. In addition to galleries in Vancouver such as Canton-sardine, Burnaby Art Council, Pendulum Gallery and Gallery 881, Man has exhibited internationally and her work is in the collection of foundations and private individuals. She has presented her work at institutions such as the Museum of Anthropology and Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Garden in Vancouver, Les Rencontres d’Arles in France, the Italian National Archives in Rome, Rizzoli in Milan, the Museum of Contemporary & Modern Art in Naples, and PAN Palazzo delle Arti Napoli as well as radio and TV interviews in Italy. Her works of art invite viewers to question what being human means by exploring disconnects between shared human issues like social justice, migration, anthropocene and consumerism.
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Contact me via Instagram messenger or email for books, existing works and commissions: Instagram @kristin.man
CAREER
My Curriculum
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Luisa Catucci Gallery LCG Lab, Berlin, Germany
June 2024
Undercurrents, Gallery 881, Vancouver, Canada
March-April 2024
Herschel Supply Co., Earth_Army Single Event Performance-Installation, Earth Month Upcycle Workshop
April 2022
A-MARE, Canton-Sardine Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Sep-Nov 2021
9_9, Tyrvee Art Gallery Greece
Jan-Mar 2020
A-MARE, Andrea Nuovo Home Gallery Italy
Oct 2019-Jan 2020
9_9, PAN Palazzo Delle Arte Napoli in collaboration with Andrea Ingenito Art Gallery, supported by Canadian Embassy in Italy
May 2018
9_9, Magazzini Fotografici Italy
Oct 2017
Fragments, JP Morgan New York building, USA, Vogelsang Gallery
Oct 2014
Fragments...Plus, Artistry Singapore
Apr 2014
Fragments of Grey Matter, Asia One Hong Kong
Mar 2014
BOOK PRESENTATIONS:
On 9_9
In Italy:
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Apr 2018 Fondazione Casa Morra Napoli
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Nov 2017 Lettori dei Circoli Torino
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Oct 2017 Museo MADRE Napoli
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June 2017 Archivio dello Stato Roma
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June 2017 Convento Bonaventura Roma
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June 2017 Galleria Andrea Ingenito Capri
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June 2017 Fondazione Beninanti Palermo
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June 2017 Rizzoli Galleria Milano
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May 2017 Castello Vigevano
On Fragments of Grey Matter:
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2014 ARLES
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Oct 2013 Books Actually Singapore
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Mar 2014 Asia One Hong Kong
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2013 IPA PhotoBook Fair at National Museum of Singapore
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Pendulum Gallery Vancouver, Mercy Mercy (Me)
Aug-Sept 2022
Flowers Gallery London, Small is Beautiful, London UK
25 Nov 2021-6 Jan 2022
Burnaby Arts Council, Deer Lake Gallery, Changing Horizons, Vancouver
Jan-Mar 2021
Benjamin Lumb Art House, Written on Water, Vancouver
July-Dec 2020
Transcultural Exchange Global Solidarity Project, Boston USA
June-Sept 2020
A-MARE, La Nuova Maniera, virtual exhibition
May 2020
Flowers Gallery, Her Ground, London UK
July-Aug 2019
A-MARE, Pinea Artist Residency Spain
Oct 2018
New York Art Fair & Pop Up Show, New York
Oct 2014
Palms Springs Art Fair, Vogelsang Gallery
Feb 2014
BOOKS:
Italy, 9_9, Skira (City of Naples Italy awarded the exhibition space at PAN Palazzo Delle Arte Napoli Italy)
May 2017
Singapore, Fragments of Grey Matter (Tokyo Type Directorsʼ Club award of Excellence 2014)
Oct 2013
Misty for A-MARE
Jul 2021, won OTB best mobile film award featuring Kristin's accapella singing, Kristin's original lyrics in Cantonese for the jazz tune Misty, where East meets West (private link available on request)
There's Something About This Place
Sep 2021, in collaboration with Juliane Okot Bitek during her artist residency at Burnaby Art Council's Deer Lake, to be shown at SFU campus.
SEMINAR PRESENTATIONS
A-MARE
Museum of Anthropology at University of British Columbia 28 Jan 2021
Is Identity Relational?
Dr. Sun Yat Sen Garden 24 Feb 2021
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
Luisa Catucci Art Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Apr-Jun 2024
Chateau Orquevaux, France, Didierot grant recipient
Oct 2022
Others
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Oct 2018, PINEA, Andalusia, Spain
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Feb-Apr 2015, Ginestrelle Assisi, Umbria, Italy
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Oct-Nov 2014, CeRCCa, Catalunya, Spain
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Sep- Oct 2014, La Macina San Cresci, Tuscany, Italy
EDUCATION/ TRAINING
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Yoga Alliance recognized 500 Hours Certified Yoga Teacher Training 2018 - 2023
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Summer 2014: Assistant to Magnum Photo Agency’s Patrick Zachmann on his Hong Kong China project
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Summer 2013: Magnum Photo Workshop with Patrick Zachmann, Paris France
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Feb 2012: Magnum Photo Workshop with Nikos Economopoulos, “On The Road”, Myanmar
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Nov 2009: National Geographic Photography Workshop with Nevada Wier, India
2009-2011: Central Saint Martin’s London various photography course from Cameraless Photography to Architectural Photography
Class of 2001: Columbia University Film course whilst pursuing a Master’s in Business Administration at Columbia University
Grad Class 1995: studio art/dance during several semesters whilst pursuing Bachelor of Arts in International Relations, Brown University (Art History credit from summer program at University of Vienna)
Let’s Connect
If you would like to have your show/ visual or literal work reviewed by me, please email me an invitation: kman01@gsb.columbia.edu
NEWSPAPERS/
MAGAZINES/TV/
RADIO/VIDEO REPORTS ON MY WORK
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TV Mattina 9
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Radio Siani
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Il Mattino
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Corriere Della Sera
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Exibart
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Il Roma
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LʼInformatore Vigevanese
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Chiaia Magazine
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Agenzia Vista
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MediterraneoFotografia
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Lens Culture