Jennifer Chan (artist)

Jennifer Chan is a Canadian video and media artist and curator based in Toronto. Her work addresses internet pop culture, specifically on the representation of masculinity[1] and the various constructions of femininity under the male gaze.[2][3]

Biography

Chan was born in Canada. She grew up in Hong Kong but has spent her entire career outside of the city.[4]

Career

Chan co-organized the online exhibition “Body Anxiety” with Leah Schrager, featuring underrepresented artists to challenge the male-dominated internet art space.[5] She has held solo exhibitions in numerous countries, including “Young Money” at Future Gallery (Berlin), “I’ll Show You HD ” at transmediale (Berlin), “Sea of Men” at Galleri CC (Malmo), and “New Alpha” at ohmydays (Singapore). In 2013 she contributed a sequence to The One Minutes (commissioned by the Sandberg Institute) as part of "Ways of Something", a net artists' remake of John Berger's Ways Of Seeing compiled by Lorna Mills. The video has screened at ICA London, Fabrica UK, MenShing Museum (Beijing), Wooloomooloo (Taipei), and SongEun Art Space (South Korea), and later collected by the Whitney Museum.[6]

Solo exhibitions

References

  1. ↑ Antaya, Christine. "The Internet is a Sea of Men". Kunstkritikk. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  2. ↑ Hirsch, Ann. "Artist Profile: Jennifer Chan". Rhizome. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  3. ↑ Noice, Lauren MacKenzie. "WACKing the Piñata @ ltd los angeles reviewed". aqnb. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  4. ↑ Peckham, Robin (May 2013). "Hong Kong Next Level: Fetish and the Art of Branding". LEAP (20). Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  5. ↑ Fateman, Johanna (April 2015). "Women on the Verge: Art, Feminism, and Social Media". Artforum International. 53. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  6. ↑ ""Ways Of Something At The Whitney" (Press Release)" (PDF). The One Minutes. Retrieved May 9, 2017.


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