Matthew Chan

Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA, USA

Artist statement

Socio-economics, media consumption, adherence to Western cultural norms, and my complicated relationship to assimilation inform my work. Photography, video, performance, and installation examine these and acknowledge my disjointed relationship with them. Attempting to make meaning through the conflation of imagery, time, object, and place. This multimedia approach addresses a yearning to reconcile my Chinese background with my upbringing in a uniquely American cultural landscape: in South Central Los Angeles during the 1980s.

Artwork

• The Hero's Journey, 2020. Two channel digital composite (deepfake) video
• Draw me like one of your French girls: Chop Suey, 2019. Digital composite (deepfake) video
• Fremont and Garvey, Alhambra California, 2019. Archival inkjet print
• Nem Nuong - Alhambra, California, 2019. Archival inkjet print
• Tarp - South Pasadena, California, 2019. Archival inkjet print
• Yee Residents, San Gabriel California, 2019. Archival inkjet print
• Echo Mountain Trail - Altadena, California, 2019. Archival inkjet print
• Fuck You Pay Me: A Mothers Labor (Varient I) , 2019. Polyethylene drop cloth, acrylic latex paint, mom's sewing machine, wooden pallet