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Derek Chan

Born 1981, Berkeley, CA
Lives and works in Santa Fe, NM


Education

MFA, University of Illinois at Chicago, School of Art and Design, 2007
BA, University of California, Los Angeles, 2004


Selected Solo Exhibitions

2018

Night Navigation, Inpost Artspace, Albuquerque, NM

2015

Mending The World Through a Dream, Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM

2014

Causation, Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago, IL

Causation, Roswell Museum and Art Center, Roswell, NM

2011

All Our Relations, Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago, IL

2010
Thirty and Eight, Golden Age, Chicago, IL
A Way of Life, UBS 12×12 at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Chicago, IL


Select Group Exhibitions

2018

Living Architecture (curated by Tricia Van Eck), 6018 North, Chicago, IL

Mirror Box (curated by Strangers Collective), Form & Concept Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

2016

Outer Local (curated by Scuba), David Richard Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

Render Bender, Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM

2012

20th Anniversary Show, Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago, IL

Spring 2012 CSA, ThreeWalls, Chicago, IL

Speak Forward, Harold Washington President’s Gallery, Chicago, IL

2011

Cosmic Workshop, in collaboration with Lisa Alvarado and Joshua Abrams, Chicago, IL

Happiness Project, presented by 6018north, Chicago, IL

Write Now, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL

Creative Will, Backspace, Peoria, IL

Bless, Ben Russell, Chicago, IL

2010
Monastic Residency, Cosmology of Yard (in collaboration with Theaster Gates for Whitney Biennial), Whitney Museum, New York, NY

2009
A Mindless Affair, Antena, Chicago, IL
NY Art Book Fair, Golden Age, New York, NY

2008

Tomorrow, Vega Estates, Chicago, IL
Attack Your Cardiac, Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago, IL
Milwaukee International, Old Gold, Milwaukee, WI
Dark Fair at the Swiss Institute, Golden Age, New York, NY


Residencies

2012-13 Roswell Artist in Residence Program, Roswell, NM


Select Bibliography

2015

Abatemarco, Michael, “Derek Chan’s experimental multimedia exploration of reality” Pasatiempo, May 22, 2015

2011

Weber, Candice, “Derek Chan at Carrie Secrist Gallery” Timeout Chicago, December 28, 2011

Lund, Karsten “Derek Chan, Chicago,” Art Papers January/February 2011 p. 45

2010

Nichols, Thea Liberty “Review: Derek Chan/ Museum of Contemporary Art,” New City Art, November 15, 2010

Syms, Martine, “Center Field: Art in the Middle with Bad At Sports/ Interview with Derek Chan” Art:21, October 26, 2010

Stabler, Bert, “Fall Arts Guide, 2010: Derek Chan (Best Bet: Art)” Chicago Reader, September 16, 2010