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Alan Chin is an artist whose work attempts to navigate the continuous abundance of information through visual language by integrating elements of painting, architecture, installation, and performance. Often investigating the value we place on objects he explores how objects create meaning within the vocabulary of life. Chin finds connection by using everyday materials, ranging from found objects, nature, and humanity. Chin see’s art as evidence of behavior and is interested in the process of experimentation. As a result, his work seems to hover in a transitional state of paradox, as if caught between life and death. Locked in a moment the work becomes a self-perpetuating system, seemingly capable of a goal, transition, and rebirth. Like a search engine, his work attempts to organize the universe through a fragile, personal system of order with in the seemingly chaotic world by focusing the intersection of what we share, when we live together.
Alan Chin (b. 1987 Berkeley, CA) lives and maintains a studio in Hawthorne, California. He attended Academie Minerva in the Netherlands and earned his BFA in ceramics and painting from California College of the Arts in 2011. For six years, Chin was studio assistant to the American artist, Raymond Saunders. His work has been shown in cities around the world and at institutions such as Berkeley Art Museum, California College of the Arts, The Kaneko, Richmond Art Center, Sam and Alfreda Maloof Museum, and the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum. In 2017 he was selected to represent the USA at the first International Ecological Sculpture Biennale in Wuhan, China. In 2021 his work made for an anti-hate rally was added to the City of Torrance City Hall permanent collection.
CV/ Resume
Alan Chin
b. Oct. 15, 1987 Berkeley, CA.
live/ work: Los Angeles, CA.
EDUCATION
2005 - 2011 BFA, Ceramics and Painting, California College of the Arts, Oakland, California, USA
2007-2008 – Academie Minerva Hanzehogeschool, Groningen, The Netherlands, EU
SELECTED SOLO AND GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024- On The Shoulders Of, Not There Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2024- AMBOS Project, Frieze LA, Santa Monica, CA, USA
2023- Cup Show 2, Space Ten Gallery, Hawthorne, CA, USA
2023- Legacy, Manhattan Beach Art Center, Manhattan Beach, CA, USA
2023- Atonement, ZXY Gallery, New York, New York, USA
2023- Terracotta Corridor, OxBow Public Market, Napa Valley, CA, USA
2023- Let’s Talk Trash, Yi Wei Gallery, Venice Beach, CA, USA
2023 - AMBOS Project, Frieze LA, Santa Monica, CA, USA
2023 - Terracotta Corridor, Rail Arts District, Napa Valley, CA, USA
2022 - Clay & Textile, Williamsburg Art and Historical Center, NY, USA
2022- Cup Show, Space Ten, Hawthorne, CA, USA
2022- On The Edge: CCA Clay (in conjunction with NCECA), Pence Gallery, Davis, CA, USA
2022- Surfshop, GLAS, Society of Art Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2022- Born In The Bay, The Roll Up Project, Oakland, CA, USA
2021- Art Talk: Alan Chin + Tom Franco, Spring Place, New York, NY, USA
2021- Know Going Back, Clay Mural, Greenberg Art Center, PA, USA
2021- Know Going Back, Art Basel Miami, Axel Hotel, Miami, FL, USA
2021- Know Going Back, Spectrum Fair, Miami, FL, USA
2021- Know Going Back, Eyedrum Gallery, Atlanta Georgia, GA, USA
2021- Know Going Back, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH, USA
2021- Know Going Back, La Serra Collective, Denver, CO, USA
2021- Know Going Back: US Art Tour: 33 city tour across the USA
2021-Tom Franco and The Ice Creams, Canton Museum of Art, Canton, Ohio, USA
2021- Community Cup, The Kaneko, Omaha, CA, USA
2021- Small Sculpture Show (International Sculpture Center),The Kaneko, Omaha, NE, USA
2021- Chin and Franco’s- SLS, Miami Swim Week, Miami, FL, USA
2021 - Bottomless Cups and Other Things, Visiting Artist with Alan Chin, Tom and Iris Franco, Kaneko, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
2021 - Tessellations, Kaneko, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
2020 - Quarantine Diary, 7X7 LA, Los Angeles, California, USA
2020 - Ephemera, Vocal Warehouse, Los Angeles, California, USA
2020 - A Message to Space: Beacon Arts Space: Supercollider Gallery, Inglewood, California, USA
2020 - Garden: Alan Chin, Lydia Takeshita Legacy Exhibits, LA Artcore Brewery Annex, Los Angeles, California, USA
2019 - Transitions, Curated by Lisa Staugaard, Cordary Studios, Hawthorne, California, USA
2019 - Alma Mater: Methods, Hubbell Street Galleries, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, California, USA
2019 - Yutaka Matsuzawa Documentary, Nonaka-Hill, Los Angeles, California, USA
2019 - Yes House, Venice Beach, California, USA
2019 - Artstagia, Regent Theater, Los Angeles, California, USA
2019 - Crosscurrents,”Alone”, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
2019 - Simon G Jewelry HQ, Collaboration with Tom Franco, Glendale, California, USA
2018 - 2019 - Artstagia, Innerspace Gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA
2018 - Alan Chin Small Paintings: MP’s Wall, Ochi Projects, Los Angeles, California, USA
2018 - Alan Chin: Dream Waves, Downey Projects, Downey, California,USA
2018 - Heaven, Art of Elysium: Dunn Residence, Beverly Hills, California, USA
2018 - Tom Franco & The Art Dreams, Adeline's LAB, Berkeley, California, California, USA
2018 - Kel/Cher: A Mosaic of Tradition, Franco + Moragrega Gallery, San Diego, California, USA
2017 -2018 - "27 Degree Angle", 东湖国际生态雕塑双年展, East Lake International Ecological Sculpture Biennale, "Connected", (Representing the United States of America), East Lake Sculpture Park (Sculpture Museum of Art in Jiufeng Urban Forest Reserve), Wuhan, China
2017 – “Winter Wonderful: Children's Action Network”, "Broken Crayons Still Color", Private Residence, Holmby Hills, California, USA
2017 - "Art of Elysium 20th Anniversary", "Noodle Angel Sculpture and Performance: Alan Chin and Tom Franco", There There Gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA
2017 - "Los Angeles Fashion Week", "Opening Ceremony," "Gold Nugget and Sphere", The Alexandria Hotel, Los Angeles, California, USA
2016 – “Sculpture In The Garden”, “One Pinecone”, Sam and Alfreda Maloof Foundation For the Arts and Crafts Museum, Alta Loma, California, USA
2015 – “Winter Wonderful: Children's Action Network”, "Covered", Private Residence, Holmby Hills, California, USA
2015 – “Splinter”, The Sky Lounge, 717 W Olympic Blvd (Downtown Los Angeles Skyscraper), Los Angeles, California, USA
2014-- "SCOPE", "Art Basel: International Contemporary Art Fair, See.Me. Miami, Florida, USA
2014 – “Unbreakable”, Benicia Arts Center, (Curated by Arthur Gonzalez + Mark Enes). Benicia, California, USA
2014 – “Secret Party”, Snapchat, 800 Main, Venice Beach, California, USA
2014 – “Gather", Clothio: Well Made Space( Little Tokyo Project). Los Angeles, California, USA
2014 – “Tokimonster+Gaslamp Killer”, Production Club + Red Bull Space, Los Angeles, California, USA
2014 – “Foreverland”, K-Town Project, Los Angeles, California, USA
2014 – “The Possible”, (Curated by David Wilson + Larry Rinder) The Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, California, USA
2014 - "C-Note: An Exhibition & Fundraiser for Syrian Children", JAUS, Los Angeles, California, USA
2014 – “Skrillex LA Project”, Production Club + Red Bull Space, Los Angeles, California, USA
2013 – 2014 - “The Whole Pie”, The Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco, California, USA
2013 – “Winter Wonderland”, Pritzker Residence, Bel Air, California, USA
2014 – “Warehouse Party”, SnapChat, Culver City, California, USA
2013 – “Creatives Rising”, ("Light" Video Projection in indoor courtyard) Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
2013 – “Creatives Rising”, ("Light" Video Projection on exterior of building) The Guggenheim Museum, New York, New York, USA
2013 – “Tom Franco Art Collaborations”, Firehouse North Gallery, Berkeley, California, USA
2013 – “Story of the Creative”, See.me Expo Space, Long Island, NY, USA
2013 – “Selected”, SCOPE (See.me Gallery), Miami, Florida + New York, NY, USA
2012 – “Tree House”, The Kelsey Projects, Berkeley, California, USA
2012 – “Wonders of the World”, The Kelsey Projects, Berkeley, California, USA
2012 - “Loyalty: A Commitment”, Rose Hall: The Great House, Montego Bay, Jamaica
2012 - “Collaborations”, Phoenix Villa Gallery: The Tryall Club, Hopewell, Jamaica.
2012 – “Light”, The Kelsey Projects, Berkeley, California, USA
2011 - “Ceramics Annual of America”, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, California, USA
2011 - “Painting and Sculpture by Alan Chin”, 7 Wang Projects, Taipei, Taiwan
2011 - “California College of the Arts: Graduation EXPO”, Bruce Gallery, San Francisco, California, USA
2011 - “Guild Show”, Isabelle Percy West Gallery, Oakland, California, USA
2010 - “SUBCONSCIOUSNESS: KATY PERRY”, Isabelle Percy West Gallery, Oakland, California, USA
2010 - "Time Travel: Journey Through A Dream", Firehouse South Gallery, Oakland, California, USA
2009 - “Reflection Series,” Herrmanns Gallery, Seattle, Washington, USA
2009 – “Sofia’s Baby”, Francis Ford Coppola Estate, St. Helena, Napa Valley, Ca, USA
2009 - "Figurative", Bruce Galleries, San Francisco, California, USA
2009 - “Ceramics Guild Show”, Isabelle Percy West Gallery, Oakland, California, USA
2009 - "Firehouse Collective Show", Oakland Art Murmur, Oakland, California, USA
2009 – “Wine + Modernism (Iron Triangle) ”, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England, EU
2009 - "A Cycle", Art Foundry Gallery, Sacramento, California, USA
2008 - “Members“, Richmond Art Center”, Richmond, California, USA
2008 - “Alan Chin + Shawn Hibmacronan Painting and Sculpture”, Isabelle Percy West Gallery, Oakland, California, USA
2008 - “On the Floor”, Raymond Saunders Resché Ateliér, Paris, France
2008 - “Alan Chin”, Winschoterdiep Gallery, Groningen, The Netherlands
2008 - “Selection”, Minerva Gallery, Hanzehogeschool University, Groningen, The Netherlands
2008 - “Coming and Going”, Minerva Gallery, Hanzehogeschool University, Groningen, The Netherlands
2008 - “Installation”, Bazaar Bizar, Groningen, The Netherlands
2008 - “Currents”, Minerva Gallery, Hanzehogeschool University, Groningen, The Netherlands
2008 - “Alan Chin: Painting + Sculpture”, Neijmer Gallery, Groningen, The Netherlands
2008 - “Sculpture”, Neijmer Gallery, Groningen, The Netherlands
2007 - “One Ton”, Classroom: John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, California, USA
2007 - “Contemporary Painting and Sculpture”, Pamela Skinner Gwenna Howard Contemporary, Sacramento, California, USA
2007 - “Alan Chin: Hangers ( LA fashion week)”, Cabana Club, Hollywood, California, USA
2007 - “Ceramics Guild Show”, Isabelle Percy West Gallery, Oakland, California, USA
2006 - “Bay Area Art”, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, California, USA
2006 - “70th Anniversary Richmond Art Center”, Richmond, California, USA
2006 - “To Paint”, Curated By Linda Geary, Bruce Galleries, Oakland, California, USA
2006 - “Buzz”, Graphic Motion Projects, Whittier, California, USA
2006 - “Contemporary Sculpture”, Terry Friedman, A21 Gallery, Oakland, California, USA
2006 - “Earth is Wonderful”, Bruce Galleries, San Francisco, California, USA
2006 - “TWO: Stan Dann + Alan Chin”, Curated By Stephen Headley, Gallery 276, San Francisco, California, USA
2006 - “Drawing is Painting”, Isabelle Percy West Gallery, Oakland, California, USA
2006 - “Launch”, Tecoah and Thomas Bruce Gallery, Oliver Art Center, Oakland, California, USA
2005 - “Painting Show”, Curated By Ryan Martin, North South Gallery, Oakland, California, USA
2005 - “Rush For Relief”, Benefiting Hurricane Katrina victims in New Orleans, Lafayette, California, USA
2005 - “The Blue Butterfly”, “Orinda Film Festival”, Oakland Children’s Hospital, Orinda, California, USA
2005 - “Orinda Arts Council Expo”, Orinda Library Gallery, Orinda, California, USA
2005 - “Function Junction”, Isabelle Percy West Gallery, Oakland, California, USA
2005 - “ART for Change”, Benefiting the Special Olympics, Walnut Creek, California, USA
SELECT PERFORMANCES
2019- '“Human Circles' ', over 5,700 people came together and held hands in circles in over 90 countries around the world and over 1 million people tuned into the youtube channel, in collaboration with Yes Theory, and the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan.
2017 - "Art of Elysium 20th Anniversary", "MAKING ANGELS" "Noodle Angel Sculpture and Performance: Alan Chin and Tom Franco", There There Gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA
2014 - "The Possible", The Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, California, USA
2013 - "REMEMBRANCE", Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California, USA
2013 – “Impowermint”, Venice Music Crawl, Venice, California, USA
2013 – “Remnants”, Kelsey Projects, Berkeley, California, USA
2013 – “YOGA STILL”, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California, USA
2012 - ”Dedication”, Phoenix Villa: Tryall Club, Hopewell, Jamaica
2011 - “NEWORDER,” Kelsey Projects, Berkeley, California, USA
2009 - "Back to Africa", Dean Lesher Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, California, USA
2006 – “Red Sound”, Steven Oliver Center, California College of the Arts, Oakland, California, USA
2006 - “Wired” Zellerbach Performing Arts Center, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
PUBLIC ART PROJECTS
2021-23 Know Going Back: US Art Tour, 40 cites, Art institutions across the USA
2021- Angel Island, Public Mural, YMCA SF Chinatown, San Francisco, CA, USA
2019-2021 - “Aha”, Orinda Public Library, Orinda, California, USA
2019 - “Connected: Seek Discomfort”, Yes House, Venice Beach, California, USA
2017-2018 "Connected Sculpture", "27 Degree Angle: Artist in Residency", "East Lake International Ecological Sculpture Biennale", East Lake Sculpture Park, Wuhan, China
2016 - “24Hrs”, Yes Theory HQ, Venice Beach, California, USA
2013 - "BOOM", Venice Music Crawl, Venice, California, USA
2013 – “Creatives Rising”, LINC LIC Building (42-story projection on side of building)Time Square, NY, USA
2011 - “Bay Area Legacies: Beyond Tradition ‘75th Anniversary”, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, California, USA
2011 - "MONA," San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (site-specific installation), San Francisco, California, USA
2007 - “Elegy to S.E.R. MURAL”, Acalanes Performing Art Center, Lafayette, California, USA
2005 - “Orinda Arts Council Expo”, Orinda Library Gallery, Orinda, California, USA
2004 - “Hearts in San Francisco”, San Francisco Civic Center, AT&T Park, Oak St. & Main Public Library, San Francisco, California, USA
2003 - “California Young Art,” House of Congress of the United States of America, Washington DC, USA
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2024- Cup Show 2, Space Ten, Hawthorne, CA, USA
2023- Madam X: Circumnavigating the Sphere of Time, Space Ten, Hawthorne, CA, USA
2023- LA All-Stars, Space Ten, Hawthorne, CA, USA
2023- The Realm of Vallemar: Laura Green, Space Ten, Hawthorne, CA, USA
2023- Bob Wilhite: Zero, Space Ten, Hawthorne, CA, USA
2022- Billow Talk, Rock Walk: Tom Franco, Space Ten, Hawthorne, CA, USA
2022- Cup Show, Space Ten, Hawthorne, CA, USA
2021- Bodies, TAL Gallery, Hawthorne, Ca, USA
2020 - Mia Vesper, Public Hotels, Manhattan, New York, USA
2019 - Yes House, Yes Theory HQ, Venice Beach, California, USA
2019 - Made out of What?, Chinatown Gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA
2019 - “Interactions”, Kayla Sweet Newhouse, Helms Design Center, Culver City, California, USA
2019 - “Alone”, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
2008 - “From the Kitchen”, Di Rosa Estate, Ceglie Messapica, Italy
2007 - “A Class Act CCA-c”, (Celebrating California College of the Arts 100th Anniversary with Raymond Saunders) Joyce Gordon Gallery, Oakland, California, USA
2007 - “Is What..?,” 51 Artist in the Bay Area, Isabelle Percy West Gallery, Oakland, California, USA
2007 - “All Colors From Oakland 2 To Oakland”, Raymond Saunders Exhibition, Joyce Gordon Gallery, Oakland, California, USA
2007 - “Salon”, Artisans Art Gallery, San Rafael, California, USA
2007 - “From Oakland to Oakland, Raymond Saunders”, Joyce Gordon Gallery, Oakland, California, USA
2007 - “A Class Act CCA-c”, Joyce Gordon Gallery, Oakland, California, USA
2007 - “Pittsburgh: Raymond Saunders”, Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, California, USA
SELECT TEACHING EXPERIENCE, LECTURES, WORKSHOPS, AND PANELS
2022- “Know Going Back,” Bowling Green University, Bowling Green, Ohio, USA
2020 - “Art Talk”, Garden, LA ART CORE, Los Angeles, California, USA
2015 – “Art Applied”, College of Business Administration, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, California, USA
2014 – “ALUMNI: TALKS”, California College of the Arts, Oakland, California, USA
2012 - “Painting Atelier” Painting Faculty, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA, USA
2010 - "CCACA", John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, California, USA
2006 - 2014 - Assistant to American Artist Raymond Saunders
AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
1990 - “Sweater Contest: I. Magnin’s Department Store (1st Place Grand Prize Winner),” San Francisco, California, USA
2003 - Congressional Recognition For Art, Awarded by Ellen Tauscher, United States of America House of Representatives. Washington D.C. USA
2004 - Congressional Recognition For Art, Awarded by Ellen Tauscher, United States of America House of Representatives. Washington D.C. USA
2005 Citizenship of the Year, Acalanes High School, Lafayette, California, USA
2008 Art Nelson Ceramic Arts Award, California College of the Arts, Oakland + San Francisco, California, USA
2007 - 2013 Assistantship to Raymond Saunders, California College of the Arts, Oakland + San Francisco, California, USA
2016 – “Artist in Residency,” Mission Clay Art and Industry Residency,” Phoenix, Arizona at Mission Clay Pipe Factory, AZ, USA
2017 "27 Degree Angle: Artist in Residency" 东湖国际生态雕塑双年展, East Lake International Ecological Sculpture Biennale, "Connected", (Representing the United States of America), East Lake Sculpture Park (Sculpture Museum of Art in Jiufeng Urban Forest Reserve), Wuhan, China
2021- Evergreen Artist Ranch Residency Program, Oak Run, California, USA
2021 - Bottomless Cups and Other Things, Visiting Artist with Alan Chin, Tom and Iris Franco, Kaneko, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND APPEARANCES
On The Edge: CCA Clay (in conjunction with NCECA), Pence Gallery
Roll Up Project: The Early Years, Squeak Carnwath + Julia Schwartz , The Pollock Krasner Foundation, 2023
Terracotta Corridor: Mission Clay Art and industry Catalog 2023
“International Ecological Sculpture Biennale, Wuhan China,” 27 degree Angle, Catalog representing USA, 2018
“Alone: Flying a Subscriber to Tokyo for 72 hours,’’ Yes Theory, 2019
"Skrillex Documentary: Let's Make a Spaceship," RED Bull Television, 2014
“Oakland: To know it is to love it!”, Pro Arts Annual Magazine ( Back Cover), 2012
“Featured Artist: Alan Chin”, Artist Wanted, By Lizzie, Posted Artistwanted.org March 28th, 2012
"Richmond Art Center celebrates 75 years: Alan Chin," Richmond Confidential, By: Rachel Waldholz | September 23, 2011 – 1:36 pm
"Beyond Tradition: Art Legacies at the Richmond Art Center, Part II," Art Slant, September 17th - November 12th 2011
“Local Legend Wows Crowds with Latest Gallery Showing”, Blueprint Magazine, Jessica Zischke, issue 4 Dec, 17 2010
"California College of the Arts Living the Dream," Firehouse Art Collective," Spring Issue, 2010
"Paintings and Sculpture: Alan Chin's Cycle, Square Cylinder Magazine, July Issue, David M. Roth. 2009
“Living the Dream, and Painting it Too”, Blueprint Magazine, issue,2 Nov 21, 2008
"Gallery 276", Closing Celebration. Artbusiness.com, Alan Bamberger, 05.25-27.2006
“Walk off: Los Angeles Fashion Week”, Santa Barbara Arts TV, 200.
“Keeping the Arts Alive, ABC 7”, Saturday, December 09, 2006 | 12:44 PM
“Hearts in San Francisco, Book”, San Francisco, Ca, 2004
“Asian Abstraction”, TDINK Magazine, Fashion, 2004
“Young Artist has Heart '', May 31, 2004, Contra Costa Times (Cover Page of TimeOut Sec.)
“Speak of the Devil”, Bonsai Boy, Diablo Magazine, 2002