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= Kristiana Chan = Kristiana Chan is a multimedia artist who investigates concepts such as her ancestral roots, environmentalism, and feminism using mediums such as photography, illustration, auditory stimulation, and much more.

Contents

 * 1Early life and education
 * 2Career
 * 2.1Style
 * 2.2Themes
 * 2.3Reception
 * 3Work
 * 3.1Major exhibitions
 * 3.2Public collections
 * 3.3Awards and nominations
 * 4References
 * 5External links

Early life and education
Kristina Chan was Born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada in 1993. Her parents were immigrants from Malaysia.

She attended Wake Forest University in 2011, graduating in 2015, with a degree of Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art, Magna Cum Laude, with Honors in Studio Art. Through college she was involved in many nature based jobs and activities, lead an immersive trip which was based in Argentina, and post graduation she went on to gradate from the New York Foundation of Arts Immigrant Artist program.

Career
In 2013 she became a Gallery assistant in Quito, Ecuador. She managed social media accounts and exhibited artists of Ecuador. Then in 2016, she became a studio assistant to McNair Evans, a photographer based in San Francisco. She managed media archives and gallery show installations. From 2019- to 2020 she became an assistant curator.

Style
Modern videography

Modern Poetry

Modern print-work

Themes
Indigenous

Immigration

Nature

Ocean

Reception
She is still considered an underground artist who isn't widely main stream. She is received extremely well in college communities like the University of San Francisco where her art has been exhibited multiple times.

Major exhibitions
2021 Exhibits

SOMArts, “Dreams Emerging, Beyond Resilience,” San Francisco, CA

Thacher Gallery at University of San Francisco, “Elemental Exposures: Revisions of the American Landscape”, San Francisco, CA

Vessel Gallery, “Excuse Me, Can I See Your ID? II,” Oakland, CA

2020 Exhibits

Start Gallery, 5&Under, Winston-Salem, NC

2019 Exhibits

ProArts, Opalescent II, Oakland, CA

SOMArts, City of Souls, San Francisco, CA

START Gallery, START10, Winston-Salem, NC

The Growlery SF, Bodies of Water, San Francisco, CA

Root Division, Wander Woman, San Francisco, CA

2018 Exhibits

Kearny Street Workshop’s APAture, RE:Place, San Francisco, CA

SOMArts, Honoring Our Ancestors While Fighting for the Future, San Francisco, CA

J-Sei Center, A Place of Her Own, Emeryville, CA

1090 Gallery, Dreams, San Francisco, CA

UC Berkeley, Night of Cultural Resistance, Berkeley, CA

2017 Exhibits

The Flight Deck, Concrete Dreaming, Oakland CA

Omi Gallery, Nasty Women, Oakland, CA

Awards, nominations, and Residency's
2022 Awards

Rydell Visual Arts Fellowship, Santa Cruz, CA

2020 Awards

Mutual Stores Artist in Residency, Oakland CA

2019 Awards

NYFA Immigrant Artists Mentoring Program, Oakland, CA

The Growlery Residence, San Francisco, CA

2018 Awards

A Place of Her Own Residence, San Francisco, CA