ALAN CHRISTOPHER CHIN

Born October 15, 1987 in Berkeley, California.

EDUCATION

2005 - 2011 BFA, Ceramics and Painting, California College of the Arts, Oakland, California, USA

2007-2008 – Academy Minerva Hanzehogeschool, Groningen, The Netherlands, EU

SELECTED SOLO AND GROUP EXHIBITIONS

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, 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 Swimweek, Miami, FL, USA

2021 - Bottomless Cups and Other Things By Chin + Francos, 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 Fransisco, California, USA

2019 - Yutaka Matsuzawa Documentary, By Alan Chin and Mattias Russo Larsson, Nonaka-Hill Gallery, Hollywood, 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 Deigo, 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”, "Coverd", 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”, Snap Chat, 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 biulding) 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 – “The Selected”, SCOPE (See.me Gallery), Miami, Florida + New York, NY, USA

2013 – “Curiosity”, The Kelsey Projects, Berkeley, California, USA

2013 – “Wonders of the World”, The Kelsey Projects, Berkeley, California, USA

2012 - “Ugly Sweater Party”, The Kelsey Projects, Berkeley, California, USA

2012 – “Tree House”, The Kelsey Projects, Berkeley, California, USA

2012 - "Outside Lands", Crater Lake, Crater Lake National Park, Oregon, 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 - “Pacific Standard Time: 100 years”, Kelsey Projects, Berkeley, California, USA

2011 - “Ceramics Annual of America”, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, California, USA

2011 - “TAIWAN REPRESENT: IN TAIWAN THIS IS HOW WE ROLL!, Painting and Sculpture by Alan Chin”, 7 Wang Projects, Taipei, Taiwan

2011 - “California College of the Arts: Graduation EXPO”, Bruce Gallery, San Francisco, Califorina, USA

2011 - “Guild Show”, Isabelle Percy West Gallery, Oakland, Califorina, USA

2010 - “SUBCONSCIOUSNESS: KATY PERRY”, Isabelle Percy West Gallery, Oakland, California, USA

2010 - "OPEN FOR BUSINESS", Firehouse: PHILZ Gallery, Berkeley, 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”, Class Room: John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, California, USA

2007 - “Contemporary Painting and Sculpture”, Pamela Skinner Gwenna Howard Contemporary Art Gallery, Sacramento, California, USA

2007 - “Alan Chin: Hangers ( LA fashion week)”, Cabanna 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”, “Sculpture installation for 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 5,000 people came together and held hands in circles in over 90 countries around the world and over 1 million people tuned into the youtube chanel, 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

2014 - "Lets Go Places", Downey Projects, Downey, California, USA

2013 - "REMEMBRANCE", Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California, USA

2013 – “Impowermint”, Venice Music Crawl, Venice, California, USA

2013 - ”Hauntology: Art of Luxury”, Humming Bird House: Tryall Club, Hopewell, Jamaica

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

2010 - "Time", The Bond, Oakland, California, USA

2010 - "Time Travel Journey Through A Dream: The Act of Staying There", Jack London Square, Oakland, 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- 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 "Conected Sculpture", "27 Degree Angle: Artist in Residency", "East Lake International Ecological Sculpture Biennale", East Lake Sculpture Park, Wuhan, China

2016 - “24Hrs”, Yes Theroy 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), Long Island, 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

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

TEACHING EXPERIENCE, LECTURES, WORKSHOPS, AND PANELS

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

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

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND APPEARANCES

“International Ecological Sculpture Beinale, Wuhan China,” 27 degree Angle, Catalogue 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 Time Out Sec.)

“Speak of the Devil”, Bonsai Boy, Diablo Magazine, 2002