IV Chan
IV Chan’s artistic interests are rooted in the complexity of the human body and the mind. She sees our inescapable and corporeal existence as tragic and ludicrous; sordid and pure. Through her practice of creating soft anthropomorphic sculptures, installations, poetry and performances, she reflects her own problematic bodily experiences, while addressing themes revolving around body politics, psychoanalysis, base materialism, folklore and mythology. Probing this specific arena, namely the ”problematic body”, her research seeks to explore alternate perspectives and anticipations of one’s body in society.
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Born and raised in Hong Kong.
Currently part-time teaching sculpture in the Chinese University of Hong Kong
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Education
M.F.A., The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2020
Post Graduate Diploma in Visual Arts, Goldsmiths, University of London, 2003
B.F.A., Maryland Institute College of Art, 2002
Solo Exhibitions
2023 Poop me to the moon, Para Site, Art Basel, Hong Kong
2021 Art After Hours: Inside Outside “What did mother not tell me”, JC Cube, Tai Kwun Centre for Heritage and Arts, Hong Kong
2018 Pieces to Pieces, Haohaus,TaiPei
our Christmas, Précédée, Hong Kong
Group Exhibitions
2024 Cantando Bajito:Testimonies, Ford Foundation Gallery, New York
Sovereign Asian Art Anonymous Exhibition, Art Central, Hong Kong
Fluid Maze, Woaw Gallery, Hong Kong
2023 ARTabi 2023 International Invitational works exhibition, Tatsuno Museum of Art, Nagano
ARTabi 2023 Selected Invitation Group Exhibition], Sansiao Gallery, Tokyo
One is not born a woman, Square Street Gallery, Hong Kong
Sex Be With You, Novalis Art Design, Hong Kong
A Book Act 2, Karin Weber Gallery, Hong Kong
Works Of Paradise, The Kungers, Hong Kong
WOA ‘23, The Stallery, Hong Kong
2022 The Thread Is Not Straight, Denny Dimin Gallery, Hong Kong
Sovereign Asian Art Prize Finalists Exhibition, Art Central, Hong Kong
2021 Second Skin, Karin Weber Gallery, Hong Kong
Give way to the voices afterwards, Tomorrow Maybe, Eaton, Hong Kong
A Clockwork Lai chi, JCCAC, Hong Kong
Haunting Liminality: Refugia, corspesimulacrum, Hong Kong
WOA ’21, The Stallery, Hong Kong
Celebrating Our 40 Years!, Sotheby’s, Hong Kong
2020 Matters toward incorporeality, PMQ, Hong Kong
Make _art Not War [T/F]: Works by MFA Graduates 2020 CUHK, Osage Gallery,Hong Kong
Young Voices, Taichung City Dadun Cultural Center, Taichun
Beyond Boundaries , Oi! Street Art Space, Hong Kong
2019 WOP - What’s On Paper, Visual Arts Center, Hong Kong
Too Relevant: MFA Year 1 show , The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
2018 A Juxtaposition in Fate, Artourage, Hong Kong
2017 The Paddock III : Posted, JCCAC, Hong Kong
To the souls that connect, 壹艺术画廊 1-Art Gallery, Wuxi
2008 Scorpius, Artist Curated Projects, Los Angeles
2004 Unknown Order, Shanghai Street Art Space, Hong Kong
Dream Garden, Kadoorie Farm and Botanical Garden, Hong Kong
Art Fairs
2023 Abu Dhabi Art Fair
2022 Sovereign Asian Art Prize Finalists Exhibition, Art Central, Hong Kong
2020 The Chinese University of Hong Kong’s Department of Fine Arts, Fine Art Asia, Hong Kong
2019 The Chinese University of Hong Kong’s Department of Fine Arts, Fine Art Asia, Hong Kong
2018 好思當代 Haohaus, Art HsinChu
2017 壹艺术画廊 1-ART Gallery, Shenzhen International Art Fair
2016 壹艺术画廊 1-ART Gallery, Shanghai Art Fair
Theater
2022 Set and costume design for On a New Day, written and directed by Vee Leong, commissioned and produced by On&On Theatre Workshop, 2022
2021 Set and costume design for Who Killed the Elephant, written and directed by Vee Leong, commissioned and produced by On&On Theatre Workshop, 2021 International Association of Theatre Critics (Hong Kong) Critics Awards: Scenography of the Year 2021
2018 Set and costume design for The Plot, written and directed by Vee Leong, commissioned and produced by On&On Theatre Workshop, 2018
Set and costume design for Zoo as Metaphor 2, orleanlaiproject, 2018
Awards
2022 Finalist, The Sovereign Asian Art Prize
Residencies
2021 Tai Kwun Contemporary: Artist’s Studio Programme, Hong Kong Eaton House, Hong Kong
Articles and Interviews
Art Asia Pacific, May/June 2024
Ming’s, Feb 2024
Ming Pao Monthly, June 2023
Art and Piece, Mar 2023
STIRworld, Mar 2023
Ming’s, Mar 2023
Asian Art News Volume 30, no.3, 2020
Asian Art News Volume 27, no.1, 2017
Currently part-time teaching sculpture in the Chinese University of Hong Kong
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Education
M.F.A., The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2020
Post Graduate Diploma in Visual Arts, Goldsmiths, University of London, 2003
B.F.A., Maryland Institute College of Art, 2002
Solo Exhibitions
2023 Poop me to the moon, Para Site, Art Basel, Hong Kong
2021 Art After Hours: Inside Outside “What did mother not tell me”, JC Cube, Tai Kwun Centre for Heritage and Arts, Hong Kong
2018 Pieces to Pieces, Haohaus,TaiPei
our Christmas, Précédée, Hong Kong
Group Exhibitions
2024 Cantando Bajito:Testimonies, Ford Foundation Gallery, New York
Sovereign Asian Art Anonymous Exhibition, Art Central, Hong Kong
Fluid Maze, Woaw Gallery, Hong Kong
2023 ARTabi 2023 International Invitational works exhibition, Tatsuno Museum of Art, Nagano
ARTabi 2023 Selected Invitation Group Exhibition], Sansiao Gallery, Tokyo
One is not born a woman, Square Street Gallery, Hong Kong
Sex Be With You, Novalis Art Design, Hong Kong
A Book Act 2, Karin Weber Gallery, Hong Kong
Works Of Paradise, The Kungers, Hong Kong
WOA ‘23, The Stallery, Hong Kong
2022 The Thread Is Not Straight, Denny Dimin Gallery, Hong Kong
Sovereign Asian Art Prize Finalists Exhibition, Art Central, Hong Kong
2021 Second Skin, Karin Weber Gallery, Hong Kong
Give way to the voices afterwards, Tomorrow Maybe, Eaton, Hong Kong
A Clockwork Lai chi, JCCAC, Hong Kong
Haunting Liminality: Refugia, corspesimulacrum, Hong Kong
WOA ’21, The Stallery, Hong Kong
Celebrating Our 40 Years!, Sotheby’s, Hong Kong
2020 Matters toward incorporeality, PMQ, Hong Kong
Make _art Not War [T/F]: Works by MFA Graduates 2020 CUHK, Osage Gallery,Hong Kong
Young Voices, Taichung City Dadun Cultural Center, Taichun
Beyond Boundaries , Oi! Street Art Space, Hong Kong
2019 WOP - What’s On Paper, Visual Arts Center, Hong Kong
Too Relevant: MFA Year 1 show , The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
2018 A Juxtaposition in Fate, Artourage, Hong Kong
2017 The Paddock III : Posted, JCCAC, Hong Kong
To the souls that connect, 壹艺术画廊 1-Art Gallery, Wuxi
2008 Scorpius, Artist Curated Projects, Los Angeles
2004 Unknown Order, Shanghai Street Art Space, Hong Kong
Dream Garden, Kadoorie Farm and Botanical Garden, Hong Kong
Art Fairs
2023 Abu Dhabi Art Fair
2022 Sovereign Asian Art Prize Finalists Exhibition, Art Central, Hong Kong
2020 The Chinese University of Hong Kong’s Department of Fine Arts, Fine Art Asia, Hong Kong
2019 The Chinese University of Hong Kong’s Department of Fine Arts, Fine Art Asia, Hong Kong
2018 好思當代 Haohaus, Art HsinChu
2017 壹艺术画廊 1-ART Gallery, Shenzhen International Art Fair
2016 壹艺术画廊 1-ART Gallery, Shanghai Art Fair
Theater
2022 Set and costume design for On a New Day, written and directed by Vee Leong, commissioned and produced by On&On Theatre Workshop, 2022
2021 Set and costume design for Who Killed the Elephant, written and directed by Vee Leong, commissioned and produced by On&On Theatre Workshop, 2021 International Association of Theatre Critics (Hong Kong) Critics Awards: Scenography of the Year 2021
2018 Set and costume design for The Plot, written and directed by Vee Leong, commissioned and produced by On&On Theatre Workshop, 2018
Set and costume design for Zoo as Metaphor 2, orleanlaiproject, 2018
Awards
2022 Finalist, The Sovereign Asian Art Prize
Residencies
2021 Tai Kwun Contemporary: Artist’s Studio Programme, Hong Kong Eaton House, Hong Kong
Articles and Interviews
Art Asia Pacific, May/June 2024
Ming’s, Feb 2024
Ming Pao Monthly, June 2023
Art and Piece, Mar 2023
STIRworld, Mar 2023
Ming’s, Mar 2023
Asian Art News Volume 30, no.3, 2020
Asian Art News Volume 27, no.1, 2017