Based in New York. Please use below email for any request.
will@will-chan.com
EXHIBITIONS
2022 Hands Off My Cuntry [An Emergency Response to Overturning Roe v Wade] | Undercurrent Projects | Artsy Online
2021 Dog Park by Field Project | __pettycash | New York, USA
2020 Seasonal Repression | Field Projects | New York, USA
2020 The Things Itself | NARS Foundation | New York, USA
2018 Unveil’d Presents: Photobook #01 | Borough Road Gallery | London, UK
2018 There is No Threat | New York, USA
2017 Awake! 10x10 Reading Room: Image Text Ithaca | Ithaca College | New York, USA
2017 Awake! 10x10 Reading Room | Magnum Foundation | New York, USA
2017 Istanbul Photobook Festival | Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University | Istanbul, Turkey
2017 Awake! 10x10 Reading Room: PGH Photo Fair | Carnegie Museum of Art | Pennsylvania, USA
2017 Photobook Independent 2017 | The Reef | California, USA
2017 Photobook Show | Griffin Museum of Photography | Massachusetts, USA
2017 Tokyo International Photo Awards | Owada Gallery | Tokyo, Japan
2017 Postcards from the Edge | Metro Pictures Gallery | New York, USA
2016 INFOCUS Juried Exhibition of Self-Published Photobooks | Phoenix Art Museum | Arizona, USA
2016 Unveil'd Photography Festival | Exeter Phoenix | Exeter, United Kingdom
2016 Borders, Limits, and Limitations | Fotografski muzej Maribor | Maribor, Slovenia
2015 See no/Hear no/Speak no | SVA Flatiron Gallery | New York, USA
2015 Grand Salon | Greenpoint Gallery | New York, USA
2015 Onward Compé | Project Basho | Pennsylanvia, USA
2015 Guest Room curated by Bruno Ceschel | Der Greif (Online)
2015 SubmissionFriday | San Francisco MOMA (Online)
2012 Insights Project Summer Show curated by Todd Hido | Superlaxxed | Amsterdam, Netherlands
2012 AAS Show | Fashion Institute of Technology | New York, USA
2011 Summer Group Show | SVA Gallery | New York, USA
2011 Curations of Curations of Curations | Dagny & Barstow | New York, USA
BOOK
2015 Ten Years After Iraq
PERFORMANCE
2024 Paint and Pour and Pain and Poor, Curated by Jesus Benavente | The Boiler | New York, USA
2021 People’s Pavilion | New York, USA
2020 Andrew Yang Primary (Intervention) | New Hampshire, USA
2020 Theater of Operations Tour (Intervention) | MoMA P.S.1 | New York, USA
CURATORIAL / PROGRAMMING / PROJECTS
2023 Curator | Undertow | Transmitter | New York, USA
2023 Curator | Nesting | The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts | New York, USA
2021 Curator | Underneath, the Water Runs | petty cash | New York, USA
2021 Curator | New Romantics | Home Gallery | New York, USA
2021 Curator | The Lams of Ludlow Street | Home Gallery | New York, USA
2016 - 2020 Programming and Curatorial Advisor | Lightfield Festival | Hudson Hall | New York, USA
2017 Curator | Jemma Koo: Past Present | Able Fine Arts Gallery | New York, USA
ARTIST PRESENTATIONS / LECTURES / CRITIC
2024 ISCP | Artists at Work: Azita Moradkhani in Conversation with William Chan | New York, USA
2024 PlayCo Theater | The Cost of War and the Artists' Responsibility with… | Panelist | New York, USA
2023 Hyde Park Art Center | 2023 Veteran Art Triennial & Summit | Presenter | Chicago, USA
2023 ISCP | Artists at Work: Akshay Sethi with William Chan | New York, USA
2023 Parsons School of Design | What Can Art Do? | Artist Presentation | New York, USA
2023 PlayCo Theater, “So You Want To Change NYC?” | Panelist | New York, USA
2023 International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP) | Visting Critic | New York, USA
2022 School of Visual Arts | “What Does Violence Look Like” | Panelist | New York, USA
2022 Island Gallery | “What Can Art Do?” | Moderator. | New York, USA
2022 International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP) | Visting Critic | New York, USA
2022 Nars Foundation | Visting Critic | New York, USA
2021 Monira Foundation | “Artists as Civic Leaders in Times of Crisis” | Panelist | New York, USA
2019 School of Visual Arts | “In Conversation: Thomas Holton and AnRong Xu” | Moderator | New York, USA
2018 1882 Foundation | Guest Speaker | Washington D.C. USA
2017 Fashion Institute of Technology | Portfolio Reviewer | New York, USA
2016 Drexel University | Guest Critic | Pennsylvania, USA
2016 Michigan State University | Artist Presentation & Guest Critic | Michigan, USA
2016 NYABF - MoMA PS1 | "Ten Years After Iraq - Book Launch & Signing" | New York, USA
2015 Fashion Institute of Technology | "Map of Displacement" | New York, USA
2015 School of Visual Arts | Moderator - "War and Representation" | New York, USA
2015 Fashion Institute of Technology | "From School to Tearsheet" | New York, USA
2014 Queens Flushing Library | "Fighting for the Dream" | New York, USA
2014 Fashion Institute of Technology | "Homemade – The Book" | New York, USA
HONORS / AWARDS
2019 Union Docs UNDO Fellowship | Nomination
2016 ICP Infinity Award | Nomination
2016 IPA/Lucie Awards | 3rd Place
2016 Photobook Award Maribor | Runner-up
2016 Tokyo International Foto Award | 1st Place
2016 Unveil'd Photobook Award 2016 | Finalist
2015 Beth Block Travel Grant
2015 Onward Compé International Competition | Honorable Mention
2015 School of Visual Arts MFA | Chairman's Grant
PRESS / INTERVIEWS
2023 Woolbright, Andrew, Brooklyn Rail, “The Potential Worldings of the Kitbash” | Online (link)
2022 Field Pod, “Home Gallery with Will Chan”, Field Projects | Podcast
2022 Lahav, Jav, Two Coats of Paint, “Kris Rac’s Art Provocation” | Online (link)
2021 Zhang, Lisa Yin, Brooklyn Rail, “Thomas Holton: The Lams of Ludlow Street” | Online (link)
2021 Ren, LingFei, Musee Magazine, “Close Knit Family. Thomas Holton + William Chan” | Print
2021 Art Uncovered Podcast, “Moral Emergencies with William Chan”, Kimberly Ruth | Podcast
2021 Cowan, Katy, Creative Boom, “Photographs that document a Chinese family… ” | Online (link)
2021 Roalf, Peggy, “AI-AP Presents The DART Board: 05.26.2021” | Online (link)
2020 Waxman, Lori, Quarantine Times, “COVID Reviews: William Chan…” | Online (link)
2020 O’Shea, Eve, “A Conversation with William Chan”, Nars Foundation
2018 Stirling, Dana, Ain't Bad Magazine, "Interview: William Chan" | Online (link)
2018 Kelly, Shuan, Strant Magazine, "Ten Years After Iraq" | Online
2017 Art Narratives, "Ten Years After Iraq" | Online
2017 Sitar, Matej, The Angry Bat's, "Nice Photobooks - Ten Years After Iraq review" | Online (link)
2016 Stirling, Dana, Float Photo Magazine, "Ten Years After Iraq - Book Review" | Online (link)
2015 Eiferman, Pauline, Roads and Kingdoms, "Coming Home Alive: Q&A with William Chan" | Online (link)
2015 School of Visual Arts, "William Chan wins Beth Block Award" | Online (link)
COLLECTIONS
Brooklyn Museum, Library, USA
Bronx Documentary Center, Tim Hetherington Library, USA
Harvard University, Fine Arts Library, USA
International Center of Photography Library, USA
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas Watson Library, USA
Tate Modern, Library, United Kingdom
Yale University, Robert Haas Family Arts Library, USA
EDUCATION
MFA Photo, Video, and Related Media | School of Visual Arts
AAS Photography | Fashion Institute of Technology