Mel Chan

IT'S ONLY THE END OF THE WORLD: FINDING HOPE IN THE RUINS

The central focus of Mel Chan's practice revolves around finding hope amidst the impending apocalypse, while simultaneously tracing the intricate relations between our dystopian situation and the legacies of Colonialism and (Neo)Colonialism.

Encompassing participatory performances, hypnotherapy, storytelling, painting, and video, my practices not only guide people to live with the crisis, but they also serve as an acknowledgement of historical causation and an investigation of remedies and hopes in times of precarity.

Mel Chan graduated from Master Artistic Research in The Royal Academy of Art The Hague (KABK) in 2019, and has a double major degree in Philosophy and Comparative Literature from the University of Hong Kong.

2024
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE, Museum of Young Art (MOYA), Oosterhout
EVER ENDING, Platform Post, Nijmegen
ESCALEREN, Pictura, Dordrecht
TRANSITIONS: NAVIGATING HUMANITY IN A SHIFTING REALITY, The New Current, Brutus, Rotterdam
ART ROTTERDAM, Rademakers Gallery, Rotterdam
SHE KNOWS, Rademakers Gallery, Weesp


2023
PAN AMSTERDAM, Rademakers Gallery, Amsterdam
WHEN I HAVE FEARS THAT I MAY CEASE TO BE, Willem Twee Kunstruimte, Den Bosch (Solo Exhibition)
SPRINGBOARD ART FAIR, Werkspoorkathedraal, Utrecht
A PUBLIC AFFAIR, Young Collectors Circle/Dead Darlings, Amsterdam.
THIS IS THE AGE OF DESTRUCTION, Galerie Franzis Engels, Amsterdam.
ASMR Performance for SOFT DESTRUCTIONS by artist Anna Witt, Kunstinstituut Melly, Rotterdam.

2022
HUMAN KIND. KIND HUMAN. Electron, Breda.
KAAPSTAD: ART IN PUBLIC SPACE FESTIVAL, Tilburg.
DEAD DARLINGS - ISSUE², Vrij Paleis, Amsterdam.
THIS ART FAIR, De Kromhouthal, Amsterdam.
MY GOALS ARE BIGGER THAN YOURS (Collaboration with David Ghelli
Santuliana), Cas-co, Leuven, Belgium.


2021
WHITE CHRYSANTHEMUMS AND PRINCE EDWARD|白菊與太子, SinArts Gallery, Den Haag, the Netherlands (SOLO EXHIBITION).
BIG ART, Hembrugterrein, Zaanstad, the Netherlands.

2020
OPTIMISM OVER DESPAIR, Contemporary Art Weekend, Den Haag...