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Theodore Wan (1953–1987) was a Canadian artist and commercial photographer.

Early life and education
Born in Hong Kong on 29 June 1953, Wan immigrated to Vancouver, Canada in March 1967 at age 13. Soon after arriving, Wan's mother married the owner of a funeral home in the city's Chinatown.

Wan came from a Christian religious background. He completed a course in systematic theology at the Northwest Baptist Theological College in Vancouver in 1971.

Trained under Fred Herzog.

Medical illustration
Following graduation from NSCAD, Wan worked as a medical photographer at the Dalhousie University dentistry faculty. He completed three more series of photographs there. In Dental X-Ray Positions

Later life
Returning to Vancouver in 1979, Wan opened a studio and gallery called Main Exit and went into business as a commercial photographer. Among his clients were Chinatown shops such as the Dollar Meat Store and Golden Horse Bakery.

He died of cancer on 21 May 1987.

Legacy
Wan's work was accessioned by the Vancouver Art Gallery in 1988.

posthumous retrospective exhibitions

Exhibitions

 * Two 120 Rolls and Six 35mm Negatives: Photographs Not by Theodore Wan – Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax (1976)
 * Please No Photography Beyond This Point – NSCAD M.F.A. graduation exhibition, Halifax (1978)
 * Inversion of the Readymade – two installations, at the Victoria General Hospital and Centre for Art Tapes, Halifax (1979)