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Education
MFA, Program in Art, School of Art, California Institute of the Arts, 2007
BA with Honors, Studio Art and Political Science, Swarthmore College, 2004
Fellowships, residencies & awards
18th St. California Creative Corps Fellowship, 18th Street Arts Center & California Arts Council, 2023-2024
Artist at Work Fellowship, National Center for the Preservation of Democracy at the Japanese American National Museum with Asian Americans Advancing Justice Southern California, Artists at Work, 2022
DCA Cultural Trailblazer, City of Los Angeles, 2021-2022
California Arts Council Established Artist Fellowship, 2021
OxyArts Summer Residency, 2021
Artist-in-residence, Sam Francis Gallery, 2020
Artist-in-residence, ACLU of Southern California, 2019-2020
Nominee, Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters & Sculptors Grant, 2017
Department of Cultural Affairs Mural Artist, City of Los Angeles, 2017
Artist Grant, Rema Hort Mann Foundation, 2015
Civic Artist Prequalified List, Los Angeles County Arts Commission, 2014-2016
CCF Emerging Artist Fellowship for Visual Artists, 2013
ARC grant from the Center for Cultural Innovation, 2013 (Chan & Mann)
Artist-in-residence, l’école régionale des beaux-arts de Nantes, France, 2009
Public art
Will Power Allegory, Little Tokyo/Arts District Station, commissioned by Metro Art, Los Angeles, California, 2022
An American Vocabulary: Words to Action, collaboration with rapper jason chu, Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles, California, 2022
Protect Public Lands, Clockshop's 2nd Annual Community & Unity People's Kite Festival, Los Angeles State Historic Park, Los Angeles, California, 2022
Love Is What This Struggle's About!, CSUDH Praxis, Stevenson Park, Carson, California, 2022
The Care We Create, ACLU of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, 2020
Little Tokyo Stance, Windows of Little Tokyo, Sustainable Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, California, 2018
Solo exhibitions
An Illustrated Vocabulary of Tenderness, Sam Francis Gallery, Crossroads School for Arts and Sciences, Santa Monica, California, 2020
3 Solo Projects: Audrey Chan, Elana Mann, Chan & Mann, Ben Maltz Gallery, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, California, curated by Meg Linton, 2013 (Chan & Mann)
Meet the Chans & Manns, 323 Projects, Los Angeles, California, 2013 (Chan & Mann)
Chann & Mhann: A Historical Retrospective, 2005-2012, Elephant Art Space, Los Angeles, California, 2012 (Chan & Mann)
Palissades #2: Audrey Chan, Parvis de Onyx, St-Herblain/Atlantis, France, 2009
Notes Toward an Exhibition, galerie de l’école régionale des beaux-arts de Nantes, Nantes, France, 2009
Matriarch, A402 Gallery, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California, 2007
BOOMERANG, D301 Gallery, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California, 2006
Selected group exhibitions
The Feminist Art Program (1970-1975): Cycles of Collectivity, REDCAT, Los Angeles, California, 2023 (Exquisite Acts & Everyday Rebellions)
Collective Memory Installation, Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture, Gloria Molina Grand Park, Los Angeles, California, 2023
Essential Workers: A Visual Narrative, Self Help Graphics & Art, Los Angeles, California, curated by Marianne Sadowski, 2023
Imagining Justice: Asian American Movements, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan, curated by Alexandra Chang and Manabu Yahagi, 2022 (SABOTEURS zine)
Intervention: Fresh Perspectives After 50 Years, USC Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, California, curated by Rebecca Hall, 2021
For the Love of L.A., The Music Center, Los Angeles, California, curated by Jennifer Fukutomi-Jones, 2021
Encoding Futures: Speculative Monuments for L.A., 4th Wall App, OxyArts Encoding Futures Summer Residency, 2021
Ofrendas 2020, Self Help Graphics & Art, Los Angeles, California, curated by Sandy Rodriguez, 2020
Dis...Miss, Sam Francis Gallery, Crossroads School for Arts and Sciences, Santa Monica, California, curated by Anne Bray/Freewaves, 2018 (Chan & Mann)
Time and Space | 122 Hours of Ink, Cerritos College Art Gallery, Norwalk, California, curated by Sergio Teran, 2018
Biomythography: Currency Exchange, William Rolland Gallery of Fine Art, California Lutheran University, Thousand Oaks, California, curated by Chris Christion and Jessica Wimbley, 2017
Dis…Miss, Cypress College Art Gallery, Cypress, California, curated by Anne Bray/Freewaves, 2017 (Chan & Mann)
The Fabulous Six, Feral Projects, Los Angeles, California, curated by Isabelle Lutterodt, 2017
Dis…Miss, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE), Los Angeles, California, curated by Anne Bray/Freewaves, 2017 (Chan & Mann)
Biomythography: Currency Exchange, East and Peggy Phelps Galleries, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California, curated by Chris Christion and Jessica Wimbley, 2016
Unseen, Summercamp’s ProjectProject, Los Angeles, California, 2016
SKIN, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery at Barnsdall Park, Los Angeles, California, curated by Isabelle Lutterodt, 2016
Colored Girls: Works of Art by Women Artists of the African, Asian, and Latin Diaspora, Autonomie Projects, Los Angeles, California, curated by Chelle Barbour, 2015
Kuwentro Engkuwentro, Pico House, El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument, Los Angeles, California, 2015
XX Redux, Guggenheim Gallery, Chapman University, Orange, California, curated by Nancy Buchanan, 2015
Laugh-in: Art, Comedy, Performance, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, La Jolla, California, curated by Jill Dawsey, 2015 (Chan & Mann)
Gettin’ Off the Ground: Contemporary Stories from an American Community, Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, California, curated by Isabelle Lutterodt, 2014
Thaumatrope, First Street Gallery, Claremont, California, curated by Summercamp’s ProjectProject, 2014 (Chan & Mann)
Identity, Gallery Nine5, New York, New York, curated by Anne Swartz and Maria Elena Buszek, 2014 (Chan & Mann)
Half the Sky: Intersections in Social Practice Art, Luxun Academy of Fine Arts, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China, curated by Alma Ruiz, 2014 (Chan & Mann)
L.A. Heat: Taste Changing Condiments, Chinese American Museum, Los Angeles, California, curated by Steve Wong, 2014
Beaver, CPR – Center for Performance Research, Brooklyn, New York, 2014 (Chan & Mann)
A Germ Grows Into Life, Chin’s Push, Los Angeles, California, 2013
Art Intersections, Intersections as American Life: The Smithsonian Asian-Latino Festival, Veterans Plaza, Silver Spring, Maryland, curated by Shizu Saldamando, Eric Nakamaura, and Adriel Luis, 2013
(de)Constructing Chinatown, Chinese American Museum, Los Angeles, California, curated by Steve Wong, 2012
On Tap Invitational, Bowmont Art Collection at the Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, California, curated by Lauri Firstenberg, Thomas Lawson, Franklin Sirmans, Ali Subotnick, and Dean Valentine, 2011
By and For: Democracy and Art, Avenue 50 Studio, Los Angeles, California, curated by Carol A. Wells, 2011
CRW – contemporary reflections on war, BKS Garage, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, Denmark, curated by Julie Galsbo and Malene Dam, 2010
Conventions & Attitudes, Exchange Rate: 2008, Remy’s on Temple, Los Angeles, California, 2008
re-Perspective, The Office: An Art Space, Huntington Beach, California, curated by Autumn Beck and Chlöe Flores, 2007
FOR EVER, 915 Mateo, Los Angeles, California, curated by Eungie Joo and Clara Kim, 2007
A Not So Simple Case for Torture, D300 Gallery, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California, curated by Sam Durant and Nancy Buchanan, 2007
Memorial Proposals for the Iraq War, 9th Street Entry Gallery, Bethel University, St. Paul, Minnesota, 2007
Mid-Residency Exhibition, Mint Gallery, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California, 2006
femmeusesaction #15, l’exposition, Parc Saint Léger – Centre d’arte contemporain, Pougues-les-Eaux, France, curated by Cécile Proust, 2006
It Was the Blurst of Times, Commerce Street Artist Warehouse, Houston, Texas, curated by Jason Kunke, 2006
Let’s Talk About…, Larissa Goldston Gallery, New York, New York, 2006
Speed Limit, REDHEAD at Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York, New York, 2006
Performances
Myths of Rape (2012), performance by Audrey Chan and Elana Mann, a reinterpretation of Leslie Labowitz-Starus’ “Myths of Rape” (1977), part of Suzanne Lacy’s “Three Weeks in May” (1977), presented by Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE) as part of “Three Weeks in January,” Getty Pacific Standard Time Performance Festival, LA Art Show, LA Convention Center, Los Angeles, California, 2012 (Chan & Mann)
Curatorial projects
taisha paggett, Yann Novak, Marbles Jumbo Radio, Gregory Barnett, Mountain, Fire, Holding Still., The Getty Villa at the J. Paul Getty Museum, Pacific Palisades, California, 2016
Alan Nakagawa, Myth Not Myth, The Getty Villa at the J. Paul Getty Museum, Pacific Palisades, California, 2016
Elana Mann, Villa Murmurs, The Getty Villa at the J. Paul Getty Museum, Pacific Palisades, California, 2014
Teaching
Visiting Artist Faculty, Program in Art, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California, 2012, 2017-2020
Gallery Teacher, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, California, 2009-2012
Visiting Faculty, l’école régionale des beaux-arts de Nantes, France, 2009
Visiting Artist Lectures
Columbus College of Art and Design (2020), Loyola Marymount University (2020), CalState LA (2020), Claremont Graduate University (2019, 2020), California Insitute of the Arts (2019, 2017), Otis College of Art and Design (2019), Swarthmore College (2016), UCLA (2015), University of San Diego (2013), Pitzer College (2013), Parsons The New School for Design (2012), Savannah College of Art and Design (2010)