Today Pearl Lam’s credentials in the art world are unquestionable, but behind the bright purple hair and iconic sense of style, is a woman who is so multi-faceted, that to label Pearl Lam only as a gallerist and collector seems to do her a huge disservice.

That’s how I stumbled across art. It made me feel alive, not like a living zombie. I started with pop-up exhibitions in Hong Kong before opening a permanent gallery in 2005. It cemented my place in the industry as I was among the first to give a platform to Chinese abstract art.