Chinese artists by Michel Nau - Paul Chan  陈佩之  
 

 

 
 

 

 
 

Paul Chan

 
 

 陈佩之

 
     
 

  Paul Chan  陈佩之   -  portrait  -  chinesenewart

 
     
 

 

   
 

Paul Chan  陈佩之 pinyin Chen Peizhi

   

1973

Paul Chan  陈佩之 was born on April 12, in Hong Kong.

   

1980

The family moved to the United States, in Iowa , then in Nebraska.

 

 

1992

He attended the School of The Art Institute of Chicago where he obtained his B.F.A. (1996 )

  then the Bard College  Annandale - on- Hudson in New York and obtained a Master ( 2002 )
   
    -  Artist and activist
 

He began his career as an artist with videos and animations.

 

His animated images approached very quickly the war, the politics, the religion and

 

made him known.

   

2009

He left Art for experimental publishing by creating Badlands Unlimited

 

He published with other artists, about fifty books -on paper, digital, or artists' books,

   

2013

He started to exhibit again with digital sculptural installations : Arguments - Nonprojections.

   

2014

He won Hugo Boss award..
   

2022

The MacArthur Foundation awarded him the famous MacArthur Fellowship.

  The Walker Art Center presented the first major touring exhibition of Paul Chan :
 

Breathers - 40 works and an installation

 

This exhibition will join Richmond ( 2023 ) then St Louis ( 2024 )

   
  Danièle Sicard
   

   
 

Collections  selection

 

Canada

Art Gallery of Ontario

Toronto

The Netherlands

The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
Bonnefanten Museum Maatsrich

United States

The Institute of Contemporary Art Boston
The Art Institute Chicago
Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles
Hammer Museum Los Angeles
The Walker Art Center Minneapolis
Guggenheim Museum New York
The Museum of Modern Art New York
The Whitney Museum New York
Carnegie Museum Pittsburgh
   

   
  Solo exhibitions selection
   

2007

Lighys and Drawings The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam  The Netherlands

2007

The 7 lights Serpentine Gallery London  United Kingdom

2008

The 7 lights New Museum New York  United States

2009

My laws are my whores University of Chicago Chicago  United States

2009

Sade for Sade's Sake  Greene Naftali Gallery New York  United States

2014

Selected Works Schaulager Basel  Switzerland

2014

The Hugo Boss Award

2015

Deste Foundation Project Space Greece

2015

Non projections for New Lovers Solomon R.Guggenheim Museum New York  United States

2017

Rhi AnimaGreene Naftali Gallery New York  United States  

2018

05. 07 14.10 Odysseus and the Bathers Museum of Cycladic Art Athens  Greece

2022

17.11 16.07  Breathers B/Target Gallery - The Walker Art Center Minneapolis  United States

2023

08.09 07.01 2024 Breathers  Intitute for Contemporary Art  VCU Richmond  United States  

2024

08.03 11.08 2024 Breathers  Contemporary Art Museum Saint Louis   United States  

   
  Collective exhibitions sélection
   

2005

Greater New York Contemporary Art Museum LongIsland City United States  

2008

Sydney Biennial Sydney  Australia

2009

Venice Biennial  Venice  Italy

2010

Haunted : Contemporary photography - Video - Performance Solomon R.Guggenheim Museum

 

New York    United States 

2011

Seeing Is Believing KW Contemporary Art Museum Berlin  Germany

2012

Documenta Kassel  Germany

2015

After Babel Moderna Museet Stockholm  Sweden

2018

Whiteness The Kitche New York  United States 

   

 
 

  Paul Chan  陈佩之   Khara En Penta (Joyer in 5), 2019. Courtesy the artist and Greene Naftali, New York


Paul Chan 陈佩之 -  Khara En Penta (Joyer in 5), 2019. Courtesy the artist and Greene Naftali, New York.

 

 
 

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