Doreen Chan (b.1987, Hong Kong) is a mixed-media artist focusing on social practice. Chan re-examines the tensions between interpersonal relationships and personal memory. Through selecting and reorganizing fragments from her’s and others’ everyday lives, she experiments on how individuals interact with personal memories in collective memories. Chan works site-specifically on interactive installations, virtual platforms, public programs and collaborates with a wide range of individuals.
Chan focuses on well-being and mental health, organically encouraging empathy amongst people experiencing difficult times. Apart from facilitating intimate connection experiences via physical installations as semi-public spaces and interactions with participants, she has set up online platforms as safe spaces for individuals, providing inclusive peer support while valuing the uniqueness of every story.
Chan is currently a resident at the Delfina Foundation (London), and a resident at the upcoming NARS Foundation 2025 Spring Residency (New York). Chan has exhibited in institutions such as Ars Electronica Festival 2022 (Linz), UCCA Center for Contemporary Art (Beijing), Times Museum (Guangzhou), Art Omi (New York), and Para Site (Hong Kong). In 2023, her commissioned project, Sipping Dreams, inaugurated Tai Kwun Contemporary’s V Hall. In the same year, she was listed as ArtReview China’s Future Greats. In 2021, she was an Eyebeam fellow and the 4th VH Award of Hyundai Motor Group finalist. She was also selected as Cultured Magazine’s Young Artists (2021). Chan currently lives in New York.
