ChanSchatz

Eric Chan (born 1963

) and Heather Schatz (born 1968) are artists based in New York City who worked collaboratively under the name ChanSchatz.

Chan was born in Tokyo and Schatz in Dallas. The couple make works based on information gathered from invited guests to their studio using a mixture of traditional and digital techniques. The collected data is transformed into large-scale paintings and silkscreened images. Their work references ideas of identity and social relationships through their openly collaborative process.

The parties filed for divorce in 2015 and were parties to a suit in Federal Court in New York, New York regarding authorship rights.

Selected exhibitions

1998

XXIV Bienal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

1999

The Production of Production, Apex Art Curatorial Program, New York

Too Wide Enough, Swiss Institute New York

2000

Representing: A Show of Identities, Parrish Art Museum, Southampton

2003

City Mouse/Country Mouse, Space 101, Brooklyn

Before and After Science, Marella Contemporary Art, Milan

dsp.0034, Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara

2004

Multiple Strategies, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati

2006

Mutiny, The Happy Lion, Los Angeles

Here and There, Massimo Audiello, New York

2007

Blood Meridian, Galerie Michael Janssen, Berlin

Together, Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga

In Situ, Galerie Michael Janssen, Cologne

2008

Paragons, University of Toronto, Toronto

Lever House, New York

2010

Looking for the Face I Had Before the World Was Made, MCA Denver

References

External links

Article from Akrylic.com

ChanSchatz on ArtNet.com

Artists’ official site

ChanSchatz on ArtFacts.net

Further information from the Saatchi Gallery

ChanScahtz