Born in Chicago, Illinois
Lives and works in Los Angeles, California
EDUCATION
2007 California Institute of the Arts, MFA, Program in Art, Valencia, California
2004 Swarthmore College, BA with Honors, Studio Art and Political Science, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
Ox-Bow Summer School of Art, Independent Study, Saugatuck, Michigan
2003 Tyler School of Art, Temple University Rome, Foreign Study, Rome, Italy
EXHIBITIONS
(* indicates solo exhibition)
2011
ON TAP Invitational, Bowmont Art Collection at the Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, California, curated by Lauri Firstenberg, Thomas Lawson, Franklin Sirmans, Ali Subotnick, and Dean Valentine
Salamatina Gallery booth, Wynwood Art Fair, Miami, Florida
Chain Letter, Shoshona Wayne Gallery, Los Angeles, California, curated by Doug Harvey and Christian Cummings
By and For: Democracy and Art, Avenue 50 Studio, Los Angeles, California, curated by Carol A. Wells (catalogue)
DAN GRAHAM booth, Art Los Angeles Contemporary, The Barker Hangar, Santa Monica, California, curated by Aaron Wrinkle
Collective Show Los Angeles 2011, 995/997 North Hill Street, Los Angeles, California
2010
Monster Drawing Rally 2010, Outpost for Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California
Getty Underground, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, California
CRW - contemporary reflections on war, BKS Garage, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, Denmark, curated by Julie Galsbo and Malene Dam
2009
Small (though your heart is breaking), Gallery 1927, Los Angeles, California, curated by Kristen English and Kelli Manthei
* Éloignement c’est l’éloignement, Palissades #2 : Audrey Chan, Parvis d’Onyx, St-Herblain/Atlantis, France
* Notes Toward an Exhibition, Galerie de l’École Régionale des Beaux-Arts de Nantes, Nantes, France
2008
Mrs. X For a Day: Audrey Chan, A Solo Show, Sea & Space Explorations, Los Angeles, California
Conventions & Attitudes, Remy’s on Temple, Los Angeles, California, curated by Karen Atkinson
2007
re-Perspective, The Office: An Art Space, Huntington Beach, California, curated by Chloe Flores and Autumn Beck (catalogue)
For Ever, 915 Mateo, Los Angeles, CA, curated by Eungie Joo and Clara Kim
* Matriarch, A402 Gallery, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California
A Not So Simple Case for Torture, D300 Gallery, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California
Memorial Proposals for the Iraq War, 9th Street Entry Gallery, Bethel University, St. Paul, Minnesota
2006
Mid-Residency Exhibition, Mint Gallery, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California
femmeusesaction #15, l’exposition, Parc Saint Léger - Centre d’art contemporain, Pougues-les-Eaux, France, curated by Cécile Proust
It Was the Blurst of Times, Commerce Street Artist Warehouse, Houston, Texas, curated by Jason Kunke
Greater LA MFA Exhibition & Film Screening, California State University at Long Beach, Long Beach, California
Let’s Talk About…, Larissa Goldston Gallery, New York, New York
Speed Limit, REDHEAD at Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York, New York
* BOOMERANG, D301 Gallery, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California, 2006 (solo exhibition)
2005
HELLO my name is, Main Gallery, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California, curated by Audrey Chan
The Door Show, Broad and Annex Studios, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California, curated by Elana Mann
2004
Miniatures, Damen Studio, Chicago, Illinois
* How I Learned to Love the Blob, List Gallery, Lang Performing Arts Center, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania (solo exhibition)
3-D Show, Kaori Kitao Gallery, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
2003
The Maximalist Show, Kaori Kitao Gallery, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
Undergraduate Exhibition, Temple University Rome Gallery, Rome, Italy
PROJECTS
Exquisite Acts & Everyday Rebellions: 2007 CalArts Feminist Art Project
Project Co-founder, Symposium Organizer and Panel Moderator, Fundraising/Budget, Public Relations, Webmaster, July 2006 - March 2007
PERFORMANCES
I Voted for Shirley, 1969, The Friends of Distinction (Dan Graham), Los Angeles, California, organized by Vincent Ramos, 5 December 2009.
War and Peace, performance with Emery Martin, Eternal Telethon 11: Dia de Los Muertos, Los Angeles, California, 1 November 2009.
Counts of 8, A Day in L.A.: Washington Boulevard Art Concert, Los Angeles, California, 11 October 2009.
Chan & Mann: A MANNdate for CHANge, Exchange Rate: 2008, Remy’s on Temple, Los Angeles, California, 4 November 2008
Chan & Mann: Nature! This One’s For You!, performance with Elana Mann and others, This River is Our Parade, hosted by Fritz Haeg, Santa Clarita, California, 14 May 2006
Short Story, screening, Puppetry That Matters, hosted by Paul Zaloom and School of Theater, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California, 2 May 2006
Chan & Mann: Soul Satisfaction, performance with Elana Mann, Sounding Out: New Music and Performance, Main Gallery, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California, 25 November 2005
VIDEO SCREENINGS
Untitled: Soliloquy in Blue, Juste à côté de L.A. : CalArts Video, 2005-2007, Le Cinématographe, Nantes, France, 25 May 2009, curated by Audrey Chan
BOOMERANG, screening and discussion with Emmanuelle Cherel (translator: Gaëlle Bourges), femmeusesaction #17, journées, Parc Saint Léger - Centre d’art contemporain, Pougues-les-Eaux, France, 21 January 2007
BOOMERANG, screening and discussion, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, New York, June 10, 2006
BOOMERANG, screening, Video Nightmare, Raid Projects, Los Angeles, California, 15 April 2006
SYMPOSIA/PANEL DISCUSSIONS
Upcoming: Co-chair (with Elana Mann) of The Feminist Art Project Day of Panels, College Art Association conference, Los Angeles, California, February 25, 2012
Artist presentation, Still Doin’ It: Fanning the Flames of the Woman’s Building, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, California, October 16, 2011
Panel moderator, “The Personal is Political, Revisited,” panel speakers: Andrea Bowers, Dorit Cypis, and Martha Rosler, Exquisite Acts & Everyday Rebellions: 2007 CalArts Feminist Art Symposium, Main Gallery, California Institute of the Arts, March 10, 2007
Panel speaker, Greater LA MFA Exhibition Panel Discussion, California State University at Long Beach, Long Beach, California, 6 September 2006
WRITING/INTERVIEWS
“Reports from a Strange Democracy: Guillermo Gómez-Peña.” East of Borneo, 11 August 2011
“Artists at Work: Mark Manders.” Afterall Online, 7 December 2010
“Artists at Work: Patrick Bernier and Olive Martin.” Afterall Online, 3 November 2009
“I am here because of Ashley: Obama and Piper on the Rhetoric of Race.” …might be good, 31 October 2008
“Protest Story.” Published in ID 517: Special Topics in Art and Society: A Not So Simple Case for Torture, Nancy Buchanan and Sam Durant eds., onestar press, 2008
“Lloyd Hamrol Remembers CalArts.” Afterall Online, 14 February 2008
“Artists at Work: Matt Keegan.” Afterall Online, 6 February 2007
TEACHING/LECTURES/RESIDENCY
Gallery Teacher, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, California, 2009-current
Visiting Artist Lecture with Elana Mann and Theresa Masangkay, The Experimental Impulse (MFA course), Program in Art, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California, 2009
Artist in Residence, École Régionale des Beaux-Arts de Nantes, Nantes, France, 2009
AWARDS
Friends of CalArts Scholarship, California Institute of the Arts, 2006-7
CalArts Scholarship, California Institute of the Arts, 2005-7
Frank Solomon Jr. Student Art Prize, Swarthmore College, 2004
