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