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)
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
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