Kristy M Chan
b.1997, Hong Konglives and works in London (UK)
Kristy M Chan (b. 1997, Hong Kong) lives and works in London. Chan creates artworks that traverse figuration and abstraction, resulting in energetic, intuitive, and autobiographical compositions. Departing from surreal and bewildering moments in contemporary life, Chan describes her works as 'stolen realities.' Primarily employing densely applied oil and oil stick, her paintings serve as visual archives of intense personal interactions amid the transient dynamism of the city. Living between Hong Kong and London, Chan incorporates subject matters from an outsider's perspective, contemplating the interplay between her identity influenced by both Eastern and Western cultures. Chan is intrigued by extracting descriptive metaphors from literature and reimagining them in her own unique way.
Kristy M. Chan completed her BFA at UCL Slade School of Fine Art in 2019 and her MA in Contemporary Art at Sotheby’s Institute of Art. Her recent solo exhibitions include: Night Studio, Tabula Rasa Gallery (Beijing, 2024); Molehill Mountaineer, The Cabin (Los Angeles, 2023); Binge, The Artist Room and Simon Lee Gallery (London, 2022); Strong Cookie, Prior Art Space (Berlin, 2022); Totally Not, The Artist Room (London, 2021).
Selected recent group exhibitions include: Untalely, Tabula Rasa Gallery (Beijing, 2023); Bordercrossing, Yuz Museum (Shanghai, 2023); Women in Abstraction, What’s Up/Hong Kong (Hong Kong, 2023); Immersed, curated by Jack Siebert, (Los Angeles, 2023); Lightness of Being, KWAI FUNG HIN (Hong Kong, 2023); Tabula Rasa: Unveiled, No.9 Cork Street (London, 2023); The Sky Above the Roof, Tabula Rasa, Beijing (2022); Märchen Brunnen, Haus der Statistik (Berlin, 2022); An Arcadian Kind of Love, Soho Revue (London, 2022); New Romantics, The Artist Room x Phillips, Lee Eugean Gallery (Seoul, 2022); Femme-Ate, Soho Revue, London (2021); Big Soft Illusion, Alte Handelsschule, Leipzig (2020); Haam4 Seoi2 Goeng1, Hong Kong Visual Art Centre, Hong Kong (2019).
Chan has also undertaken residencies at Dragon Hill Residence, Castellaras, France (2024); Beecher Residency, Connecticut (2023); The Cabin, Los Angeles (2022–2023); Del Arco Residency, Berlin (2022); PILOTENKUECHE, Leipzig (2020); and AiR Frosterus, Finland (2019).
Her works are included in significant private and public collections, including: Danjuma Collection, London; Femmes Artistes du Musée de Mougins, Mougins, France; Forbes China, Shanghai; Zabludowicz Collection, London; X Museum, Beijing.
RELATED EXHIBITIONS
Night Studio (forthcoming), Tabula Rasa, Beijing, 2024
Tabula Rasa: Unveiled, Frieze No.9 Cork Street, November 2023
Untalely, Tabula Rasa Beijing, November 2023
The Sky Above The Roof, Group show, Tabula Rasa Beijing, June 2022
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Kristy M. Chan completed her BFA at UCL Slade School of Fine Art in 2019 and her MA in Contemporary Art at Sotheby’s Institute of Art. Her recent solo exhibitions include: Night Studio, Tabula Rasa Gallery (Beijing, 2024); Molehill Mountaineer, The Cabin (Los Angeles, 2023); Binge, The Artist Room and Simon Lee Gallery (London, 2022); Strong Cookie, Prior Art Space (Berlin, 2022); Totally Not, The Artist Room (London, 2021).
Selected recent group exhibitions include: Untalely, Tabula Rasa Gallery (Beijing, 2023); Bordercrossing, Yuz Museum (Shanghai, 2023); Women in Abstraction, What’s Up/Hong Kong (Hong Kong, 2023); Immersed, curated by Jack Siebert, (Los Angeles, 2023); Lightness of Being, KWAI FUNG HIN (Hong Kong, 2023); Tabula Rasa: Unveiled, No.9 Cork Street (London, 2023); The Sky Above the Roof, Tabula Rasa, Beijing (2022); Märchen Brunnen, Haus der Statistik (Berlin, 2022); An Arcadian Kind of Love, Soho Revue (London, 2022); New Romantics, The Artist Room x Phillips, Lee Eugean Gallery (Seoul, 2022); Femme-Ate, Soho Revue, London (2021); Big Soft Illusion, Alte Handelsschule, Leipzig (2020); Haam4 Seoi2 Goeng1, Hong Kong Visual Art Centre, Hong Kong (2019).
Chan has also undertaken residencies at Dragon Hill Residence, Castellaras, France (2024); Beecher Residency, Connecticut (2023); The Cabin, Los Angeles (2022–2023); Del Arco Residency, Berlin (2022); PILOTENKUECHE, Leipzig (2020); and AiR Frosterus, Finland (2019).
Her works are included in significant private and public collections, including: Danjuma Collection, London; Femmes Artistes du Musée de Mougins, Mougins, France; Forbes China, Shanghai; Zabludowicz Collection, London; X Museum, Beijing.
RELATED EXHIBITIONS
Night Studio (forthcoming), Tabula Rasa, Beijing, 2024
Tabula Rasa: Unveiled, Frieze No.9 Cork Street, November 2023
Untalely, Tabula Rasa Beijing, November 2023
The Sky Above The Roof, Group show, Tabula Rasa Beijing, June 2022
Download artist’s CV
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