VISIONARY ART FOR THE 21ST CENTURY
Born in 1946 in Taiwan to a very poor farming family, Chan toiled in the fields with his father and grandfather learning humility and discipline through hard work.  Unable to suppress his artistic nature and with no money for pencil or paper, he drew endlessly in the dirt with a stick.  Through a government Teacher Training Program he was able to get an education and was finally accepted at the National Art College.  Gifted, he became a woodcarver, sculptor and painter.

Then fate stepped in and he became intrigued with the long lost art of leather sculpture.  It took him five years of research and experimentation before he perfected his craft.  In 1986, Chan was declared a "Living Treasure" by the government of Taiwan.  They sponsored a tour of his work to Seoul, New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Paris.  His works are in the collection of the Heads of State of Hungary, Japan, Argentine, Poland, South Africa and Panama among others.

Chan's all leather sculpture reflects his expertise in creating life-like figures to scale which express depths of emotions and captures the color and movement of the soul.

"Leather is soft, alive, like skin.  It is warm and allows for movement.  It gives life to the work," explains Chan.  And fortunately for us, Chan's genius gives unique, artistic life to the leather, to feed the world's soul.

Chan does all of his own leather sculpting, which takes an inordinate amount of time.  Galerie Zuger in Santa Fe, New Mexico is fortunate to be among the very few galleries in the world representing his talent.
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