Lucie Chan (born 1975) is a visual artist born in Guyana, who is now based in Canada.
[1] Her artwork employs various techniques including large-scale drawings-based installation and animation focusing on such themes as cultural confusion, the transient nature of human connections, and shape-shifting identity.
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Chan was born in Georgetown, Guyana and later moved to Halifax, Nova Scotia in Canada. [3] Chan believes that she doesn't feel attached to any one culture, as she lived in Guyana then Canada, and is part of Chinese, Black, East Indian and Portuguese cultures. [4] Chan received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Alberta College of Art and Design and a Master of Fine Arts from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in 2001. [3] [5] She lives and works in Vancouver, British Columbia, where she is an associate professor of drawing at Emily Carr University of Art and Design. [6]
Chan received the VIVA Award as one of the three distinguished individuals working in the field of visual arts in 2020. [7]
She was a nominee for the Sobey Art Award in 2010. [8]
From July 2023 to January 2024, Chan created a large-scale sketchbook project The Library of Continuous Image-Making in collaboration local community members of all ages. The project was located in the BMO Learning Centre. It invites visitors to co-developed the assorted handmade sketchbooks with mixed media art supplies which transformed images into multi-layered hybrid visuals. [13]
Chan was one of the eight artists presented by The Blue Building Gallery at Art Toronto 2023. [14]
Chan and Marigold Santos collaborated to create the artist exhibition Attachments, which was shown at the Richmond Art Gallery in 2014. [4] [15] Her works were part of Assemble in Art Gallery of Sudbury in 2016. [16]
Lucie Chan work was exhibited in a 3-person exhibition Drawn Positions: Geographies and Communities at the National Gallery of Canada in 2008. [17]
Lucie Chan was one of the curators of 2017 Nocturne Festival, held annually in Nova Scotia. [18]
Lucie Chan (born 1975) is a visual artist born in Guyana, who is now based in Canada.
[1] Her artwork employs various techniques including large-scale drawings-based installation and animation focusing on such themes as cultural confusion, the transient nature of human connections, and shape-shifting identity.
[2]
Chan was born in Georgetown, Guyana and later moved to Halifax, Nova Scotia in Canada. [3] Chan believes that she doesn't feel attached to any one culture, as she lived in Guyana then Canada, and is part of Chinese, Black, East Indian and Portuguese cultures. [4] Chan received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Alberta College of Art and Design and a Master of Fine Arts from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in 2001. [3] [5] She lives and works in Vancouver, British Columbia, where she is an associate professor of drawing at Emily Carr University of Art and Design. [6]
Chan received the VIVA Award as one of the three distinguished individuals working in the field of visual arts in 2020. [7]
She was a nominee for the Sobey Art Award in 2010. [8]
From July 2023 to January 2024, Chan created a large-scale sketchbook project The Library of Continuous Image-Making in collaboration local community members of all ages. The project was located in the BMO Learning Centre. It invites visitors to co-developed the assorted handmade sketchbooks with mixed media art supplies which transformed images into multi-layered hybrid visuals. [13]
Chan was one of the eight artists presented by The Blue Building Gallery at Art Toronto 2023. [14]
Chan and Marigold Santos collaborated to create the artist exhibition Attachments, which was shown at the Richmond Art Gallery in 2014. [4] [15] Her works were part of Assemble in Art Gallery of Sudbury in 2016. [16]
Lucie Chan work was exhibited in a 3-person exhibition Drawn Positions: Geographies and Communities at the National Gallery of Canada in 2008. [17]
Lucie Chan was one of the curators of 2017 Nocturne Festival, held annually in Nova Scotia. [18]