Andrew Chan Art New York

Dinosaurs, Hipsters, Robots and the recasting of everyday objects

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CONTACT

Inquiries: AndrewChanUs@yahoo.com

Instagram: @AndrewChanArt

Work available on: Singulart Curina Paho-NY and Tag Boat

BIO

Born in Australia, Andrew Chan has a B.A. in Architecture and an M.A. from New York University. He now lives in New York since 1999 and has received grants from the Pollock Krasner Foundation, the New York Foundation for the Arts and a residency at The Lower East Side Print Shop. His work has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Time Magazine, the New York Times and CNN. He has exhibited at the Bronx Museum’s AIM 30 Biennial and at Randall’s Island Sports Center.

His essay “TV cooking shows as pornography” is included in The Gastronomica Reader and was presented at the CAA conference in Chicago and at the inaugural Gourmet Voice food conference in Cannes France 2004.

ARTIST STATEMENT

“Andrew Chan has a Red Groomsian comic verve.”

—Ken Johnson, The New York Times

My art is inspired by consumerism, pop culture, childhood memories, and my experiences living in Hong Kong, New York, Melbourne, and Paris. Paintings, drawings, and sculptures are populated by characters such as a pissed-off Mr. Softee, dinosaur-riding cowboys, Bushwick hipsters fetishizing authenticity, Space Jesus, and T. Rex rappers. Voyeuristic scenes depict passions, frustrations, and appetites. Paintings combine thick encaustic paints with diluted oils and acrylics, in a simultaneous state of construction and deconstruction, hinting at an elusive emotional complexity. Writing is used as a structural element, like lines of graffiti or a (sub)text. My goal is to reveal the unseen essence of things and expose our fragmented way of experiencing the world, in a satirical, liberating form.

EXHIBITIONS-GROUP (selected)

2024 “Yesterday’s Todays”, PahoNY gallery, Osaka, Japan

2024 “Two Persons”, PahoNY gallery, Hiroshima, Japan

2023 “Trouble in Toyland”, Sojourner Gallery, New York

2022 “Bomb Pop 2”, Bullet Space, New York

2022 “Hankyu” - expo, Osaka, Japan

2020 “Bushwick Open Studio” - virtual show, B[x] spaces, New York

2020 “Andrew Chan Calling” virtual show, H.P.F gallery, New York

2019 “H.P.F”, Hiroshima, Japan

2019 “New York Expo”, Hankyu, Osaka, Japan

2018 “Field Art Fair”, James Ward Mansion, Westfield, New Jersey

2018 "Summer New" James Makin Gallery, Melbourne, Australia

2017 “Successive Excessive” The Parlor Gallery, New York

2016 “Between You and Me” Geoffrey Young Gallery, Barrington MA

2015 “Published by the Artist” IPCNY, New York

2014 “Works on Paper” Concepto, Hudson, New York

2014 “Spring /Break art show“ NYC– curated by Benjamin Sutton

2014 “What Say You” LES PrintShop, New york –curator Dextor Wembly

2013 “Stars in my Pocket..” LES PrintShop, New York

2012 “The Hip-pocolypse” Illuminated Metropolis Gallery , New York

2012 “Bomb Pop” Bullet Space, New York

2011 “Flow.11” Randall’s Island Park, New York

2011 “Aim30” Bronx Museum, New York, NY

2011 “Enter the Dragon” Opera Gallery, Hong Kong

2010 “Utopia and Wall-paper”, CAS Art Center, NY

2008 “Sweet Dreams”, HPGRP Gallery New York, NY

2008 “Watch Dog Charity Jubilee 2008,” 10 Chancery Lane, Hong Kong

2007 “Loaded,” M.Y Art Prospects, New York, NY

2006 “New York Narrative,” Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan

2006 “Summer Group Show,” 3rd Ward, Brooklyn, NY

2006 “Fresh Start,” Santa Monica, CA

2006 “No Money Down,” Gallery Aferro, Newark, NJ

2005 “A Changed Perspective,” Visual Arts Center, Hong Kong

2005 Philosophers Box, New York City

2005 “Watch Dog 2005,” Hong Kong

2004 “Sub-Plot,” Barthelemy Gallery, New York

2004 “Windows,” Kimmel Center, New York University

2003 “Watch Dog 2003,” Hong Kong

2001 “International Works on Paper,” Soho20, New York

2001 “Summer Spices,” Galerie Martini, Hong Kong

2001 NYU M.A. Art Thesis Show, 80 Washington Square Gallery, New York

2001 “Video Marathon,” Art in General Gallery, New York

EXHIBITIONS-SOLO

2023 “Always Looking Never Touching”, PahoNY gallery, Hiroshima, Japan

2022 “Pop Up”, S&J Frame Work Shop, Melbourne, Australia

2020 “Andrew Chan Calling” HP group gallery, New York

2019 “Back to the Future”, Osaka, Japan

2016 “Inflight Entertainment” NYSF gallery, New York

2014 “Bush-Whacked” Concepto, Hudson, New York

2012 “DZ” Dopio Zero, Hong Kong

2011 “Space Junk” Australian Galleries, Melbourne, Australia

2009 “Ferry Stars 09, Hong Kong

2008 “War-mart” – HPGRP Gallery, New York

2004 “Killing Me Softee” - Jackman Gallery, Melbourne, Australia

2002 “White Room” - White Columns, New York

2000 “A Fish, A Tram and A Chan” - Galerie Regal, Hong Kong

1999 “Ghost in the Tram” - FAD Gallery, Melbourne

1998 “La Belle et la Bete” – Galerie Martini, Hong Kong

1997 “The Handover show” - Galerie Martini, Hong Kong

1997 “Un Cafe Creme” - Continental Gallery, Melbourne

AWARDS AND GRANTS

2013-14 Key Holder Residency – Lower East Side Print Shop, New York

2011 Randall’s island park outdoor installation for “Flow.11” 2011

2002 New York Foundation for the Arts

2002 Pollock Krasner Foundation

2001 Jack Goodman, New York University

OTHER HIGHLIGHTS

2011 Guest speaker at New York University Visual Arts Administration MA program's colloquia.

2010 “Aim 30” Bronx Museum Winter session, Bronx Museum, New York, NY

2004 “Gourmet Voice” International Food & Arts Conference (Cannes, France)

Panelist; paper entitled: “Representations of Food and Cooking”

2001 Added to slide files at the Drawing Center and White Columns, New York

2001 Featured speaker at College Arts Association annual conference (Chicago)

BIBLIOGRAPHY - REVIEWS

2022 “About 'Bomb Pop 2”, EV Grieve (news site), East Village, New York

2018 “Mid-Century wonder in Warrandyte”, The Design Files (Australia)

2016 “Empty Nesters”, South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)

2012 “Zero to Hero”, Prestige Magazine (Hong Kong)

2011 “Learning about the Marketplace”, The New York Times

2008 “Charity Jubilee”, Prestige Magazine (HK)

2006 “New York Narratives”, The Oakland Post

2009 “Ferry Stars 09, Hong Kong

2006 “Unambiguous,” Art World Digest

2005 “A Changed Perspective,” South China Morning Post

2003 “Biting the Hand That Feeds Them,” The New York Times

1999 “Painting Inside the Chicken Coop,” The Asian Wall Street Journal

1999 “Life in Hong Kong‑But Not as We Know It,” South China Morning Post

1999 “Opening up a world behind closed doors,” South China Morning Post

1998 “Captured in a Café,” The Herald Sun, Melbourne, Australia

1997 “A Casual Appreciation of Art,” The Age, Melbourne

1997 “The Handover Show”, Asian Art News

1997 “The Handover Show”, Home Journal Asia

EDUCATION

2001 MA Studio Art, New York University, New York

1995 BA Architecture, RMIT, Melbourne, Australia