Front page image is a 33.5" x 63" [85cm x 160cm] linoleum-printed story cloth from my project Secret Pockets of Women: Dukke created 2025 at Agdar Kunstsenter, Kristiansand, Norway
2025
FELLOWSHIP
Fulbright Scholar Award 2025-26
Teaching/Research
Universitatea de Artă și Design din Cluj-Napoca (UAD)
(University of Art and Design)
Cluj-Napoca, ROMANIA
Semester I (of II): October 1, 2025 to February 6, 2026
ARTIST RESIDENCY
Agdar Kunstsenter and The Municipality of Kristiansand
Printed a project about the Norwegian folk tale 'Dukken 'i Gresset' (Doll 'i the Grass)' using relief blocks inspired by Chinese puzzle Tangrams
Kristiansand, NORWAY
May to June 2025
Artist Talk: June 3, 2025 at 6:00pm (GMT+2)
TAUGHT THIS WORKSHOP
Common Ground on the Hill Maryland Folklife Center
Silkscreen Printing from Papercut Patterns
McDaniel College, Westminster, Maryland
July 7 to 11, 2025
In Person, M-F 1:00-3:45pm, 5 days
PANEL PRESENTER
SGCI Conference 2025: Puertograbando
Artist Books: Place and Space
Panel Organizer: Jennifer Scheuer
San Juan, PUERTO RICO
April 2 to 5, 2025
Time: Saturday, April 5th, 1:30-3:00pm (AST)
GROUP EXHIBITION
Power of the Presses
Bainbridge Museum of Art
Feferman, Sherry Grover, Beacon, and Beacon Window Galleries
550 Winslow Way E.
Bainbridge Island, WA, 98110 USA
March 7 to June 8, 2025
Opening Reception, March 7th, 5-8pm
Artists' Party, March 15, 2025
ARTIST BOOKS IN BOOK FAIR
Two of my artist books shown with the Book/Print Artist/Scholar of Color Collective
Tropic Bound
Miami Design District
Miami, FL. USA
February 6 to 9, 2025
Symposium: SAS Artist Book Reading Series with 4 members of the Print/Book Artist/Scholar of Color Collective.
I read FISH OUT of WATER.
February 6, 2025, 4-6pm
Looking Ahead: 2026
FELLOWSHIP
Fulbright Scholar Award 2025-26
Teaching/Research
Universitatea de Artă și Design din Cluj-Napoca (UAD)
(University of Art and Design)
Cluj-Napoca, ROMANIA
Continuing to Semester II: February 23 to July 1, 2026
COLLABORATIVE PORTFOLIO
Architecture of the Book Collection 2026
Playing with Pages
Ed Hutchins
Asian American ? Project is featured in February 2026
Salem, New York
2024
ARTIST RESIDENCY and EXHIBIT OPEN HOUSE
Proyecto'ace, 'acePIRAR
Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA
July to August 2024
Opening for exhibit: August 21, 2024
TAUGHT THIS WORKSHOP
Common Ground on the Hill Maryland Folklife Center
Silkscreen Printing from Papercut Patterns
McDaniel College, Westminster, Maryland
July 8 to 12, 2024
In Person, 1:00-3:45pm, 5 days
ARTIST BOOKS IN BOOK FAIR
Two of my artist books shown with the Book/Print Artist/Scholar of Color Collective
CODEX IX
HJK Convention Center
Oakland, CA. USA
February 4 to 7, 2024
2023
GRANT AWARDED
A 2023 Member Project Grant from the Book/Print Artist/Scholar of Color Collective to aid with producing the 'FISH OUT of WATER' artist book edition.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Within Without
Main Floor Gallery
The Anderson Center
163 Tower View Drive
Red Wing, MN, USA
February 10 to May 6, 2023
Open Wednesday to Saturday, 11-4
Reception: March 10, 2023, 6-8pm CT, In-Person
Shapes of Things to Come
The Sherry Grover Gallery
Bainbridge Island Museum of Art
550 Winslow Way E.
Bainbridge Island, WA, USA
October 14, 2022 to March 1, 2023
ARTIST RESIDENCY
Baldwin for the Arts
Brewster, New York, USA
March 2023 one week
LECTURE/PRESENTATION
Looking In The Mirror series
Xenophobia: Past and Present, a conversation between Irene Chan and Fan Yang
Xenophobia, or fear of the foreigner, has intensified in recent years in America, as seen through the increased anti-Asian sentiments under COVID-19. This conversation will reflect on the historical and contemporary forces that inform the discrimination against people of Asian descent as “perpetual foreigners.”
Friday, March 10, 2023. 12-1pm ET Remote
University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (CAHSS)
JUROR
January-February 2023
For the Artist Residency Program at the Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, Red Wing, MN.
TAUGHT THIS WORKSHOP
Common Ground on the Hill, Maryland Folklife Center
Silkscreen Printing Influenced from Chinese Papercut Patterns
McDaniel College, Westminster, Maryland
July 3 to 7, 2023
In Person, 1:00-3:45pm, 5 days
2022
SOLO EXHIBITION
Minnesota Center for Book Arts
Chiroptera Installation Art
Outlook Gallery
with Chiroptera Soundscape by Tony Solitro
Minneapolis, MN, USA
January 20 to March 20, 2022
Opening Reception: Thursday, January 20, 6-8pm CT
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
SPARK: New Light Exhibition
Curator: Catherine Borg
The Peale Museum
225 Holliday Street
Baltimore, MD, USA
August 13 to September 25, 2022
1. Museum 208th Anniversary, August 13, 2022, In-Person.
2. Exhibition Opening Reception: September 7, 2022, In-Person.
Arts and Voices: Asian American Artists Books Exhibit
The Claremont Colleges, Asian Library
800 N. Dartmouth Avenue
Claremont, CA. USA
May 1 to June 17, 2022
Adaptation: Artist’s Books and Prints for a Changing Environment
during CODEX 2022 Book Fair in April
Curator: Julie Chen
Environmental Design Library
University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
210 Wurster Hall
March 14 to May 15, 2022
Opening Reception: Saturday, April 9th
Digital and Printed Catalog available here.
ARTIST TALK
Center for Innovation, Research, and Creativity in the Arts (CIRCA) Event
Irene Chan: The Thomas Project and recent works
Wednesday, October 5, 2022. 12-1pm ET
University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
Performing Arts & Humanities Building 216
1000 Hilltop Circle
Baltimore, MD, USA
Lunch provided. Register to attend here.
PANEL PRESENTER
Conference 2022: Our Shared Future
Storytellers
Panel Organizer: Ryan O’Malley
Southern Graphics Council International (SGCI)
Union South, Northwoods
1308 W Dayton St, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Friday, March 18, 2022: 8:30-10:00am CDT
TAUGHT THESE WORKSHOPS
Maine Media Workshops + College
Custom Bookcloth
Saturday, October 15, 2022
On-line, 1-4pm ET
National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA)
The Linked Petal-Fold Book
This workshop is in the 2022 Educator Summer Camp.
Thursday, July 14, 2022
On-line, 10:00-11:30am ET
Minnesota Center for Book Arts
Dynamic & Infinite: Cut & Fold Artist Books
Saturday, January 22, 2022
In Person, 1:00-3:30pm CT
2021
Universidade do Porto, Faculdade de Belas Artes, PORTUGAL
SOLO EXHIBITION: Empty & Full: 24 Artist Books
VISITING PROFESSOR - October 31 to November 6, 2021
Book Arts Workshop: November 2 to 5, 2021
Artist Talk: November 4, 2021
Erasmus+ MobileUP is financially supported by the European Commission, EU
EXHIBITIONS
Every Day and Special Days: Artist Books
Bainbridge Island Museum of Art (BIMA)
From the Cynthia Sears Artist’s Books Collection in the Sherry Grover Gallery takes you on a journey from the special to the mundane. Time is marked through postcards or social media interactions, holding ceremonies, or simply surviving COVID.
550 Winslow Way E
Bainbridge Island, WA. USA
July 2 to September 22, 2021
Mazes & Maps: An Exhibition Inspired by Digital and Analog Gaming
Curator: Andrew Wodzianksi
Pyramid Atlantic Art Center (PAAC)
At PAAC and virtual
In this eight person exhibition, each artist has uniquely interpreted game maps through a balance of projection, labeling, and symbology. Some works are pure whimsy, but others are deeply reflective and socially acute.
4318 Gallatin Street
Hyattsville, MD, USA
Opening weekend: May 29-30
Panel Discussion with curator and artists:
June 24, 2021, 6:30-7:30pm
May 29 to July 11, 2021
Sparks IV: A New World?
Curator: Catherine Borg
Maryland Art Place (MAP)
At MAP and virtual
Artistic work is considered through the lens of the significant modifications to life during the pandemic alongside longstanding concerns such as systemic racism and the climate crisis.
218 W Saratoga Street
Baltimore, MD, USA
Virtual Opening Reception May 6, Recording here. Curator Catherine Borg gives a 13-minute virtual tour through the exhibition at 10:04 of the recording.
April 29 to June 26, 2021
Virtual Video Screening Event Click here.
Thursday, June 3, 7:00-8:30pm
ARTIST TALKS AND SPOTLIGHTS
Bristol Artists’ Book Event 2021, by Arnolfini and Centre for Fine Print Research at UWE. With the Artist/Scholar of Color Collective, I showed a 4-minute presentation of Table of Conscience.
Bristol, UK
April 17 to 18, 2021
Paper Jam! An Alternative Book Fair, at Ringling College of Art + Design. I was one of the artists featured on Paper Jam’s website, Instagram and Facebook (@rcadpaperjam). Artists chosen are engaged in community activism or are addressing themes of injustice in their work, plus interactive stories to foster dialogue and encourage collaboration with other thinkers and makers. Paper Jam! has a mission to empower emerging and diverse voices. The chosen theme—MOVEMENT—is inspired by ongoing social movements for racial justice, gender equality, and diversity inclusion.
Saratoga, FL, USA
February 8 to 12, 2021
The Bibliographical Society of America (BSA) Virtual Webinars, a series of three sessions featuring the Book/Print Artists/Scholars of Color Collective, founded by Tia Blassingame. Here is the recording. Roundtable with 8 members: Tia Blassingame, Ashley Hairston Doughty, Kinohi Nishikawa, Curtis Small, Irene Chan, Devin Fitzgerald, Colette Fu, and Radha Pandey.
New York, NY, USA
January 22, 2021 12:30pm EST
2020
ARTIST TALKS
The Bibliographical Society of America (BSA) Virtual Webinars, a series of three sessions featuring the Book/Print Artists/Scholars of Color Collective, founded by Tia Blassingame.
Free, registration required.
October 23, 2020, 12:30pm EST, Tia Blassingame, Ashley Hairston Doughty, Kinohi Nishikawa, Curtis Small. First session recording is on YouTube.
November 20, 2020, 12:30pm EST, Irene Chan, Devin Fitzgerald, Colette Fu, and Radha Pandey. Second session recording is on YouTube.
Jaffe Center for Book Arts Fall 2020 JCBA Artist of the Week Video Series. I am presenting my artist book \I-Ching Cards/ and interactive public performance Throw Im-Print ~ I-Ching during the week of November 2 to 8, 2020. Watch the entire series each week from October 21 to January 3 to see a total of 11 artists/designers/
publishers. After November 8, see the presentation on JCBA's Vimeo Page.
North American Hand Papermakers, Inc. (NAHP), Virtual Conference, Pecha Kucha Artist Talk for Paper Currents Presentation on my artist book Might.
Free for NAHP members. Please attend for Q&A session. If you are not a member, the presentation is also available here.
October 18, 2020, 4:15-5:15pm EST, with 6 presentations and Q&A
EXHIBITION
10x10
Pyramid Atlantic Art Center
Annual Invitational
November 13, 2020 to January 3, 2021
FELLOWSHIP
CIRCA Faculty Research Fellowship for my project SOUND for SEEING: Voices of the Chinese in Nineteenth Century America
I am learning how to podcast and use sound to bring this forgotten history to light.
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Baltimore, MD, USA
January - May 2020
RESEARCH TRIP
Cuba at a Crossroads – A Bespoke Experience with a Focus on the Chinese-Descendant Cuban Community with Friends of Roots
To continue my research into the lives of the Early Chinese in the Americas
Havana, Trinidad, Bay of Pigs, Santa Clara, CUBA
Partially funded with a UMBC Dresher Faculty Research Development Grant during my CIRCA Faculty Research Fellowship
March 4 - 13, 2020
2019
INVITED ART PROJECT
Multitudes V: The Toolbox Series
My toolbox: Might
Multitudes is published by Container
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Fall 2019
PERFORMANCES
1 Tenley Art All Night
presented by Mayor Muriel Bowser
200+ artists/performers at 18 local venues
September 14, 2019, 7pm - midnight
Free admission
Throw, Im-Print ~ I-Ching
(My public interaction piece is from 7 - 10pm).
Tenley-Friendship Public Library
Washington, D.C. 20016, USA
2 Chashama Gala of Performance and Installation Art
Throw, Im-Print ~ I-Ching (New work)
June 13, 2019
One World Trade Center
New York, NY, USA
3 Itinerant Performance Festival
Organized and curated by Hector Canonge
May 21-25, 2019
R.I.P. Body Landscape (New work)
Friday, May 24, 2019, 8pm -11pm
Free admission
(My performance is 25 minutes)
Grace Exhibition Space
East Village, New York, NY, USA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1 All Stitched Up
University of Puget Sound
Collins Memorial Library
Tacoma, WA, USA
September 3 - December 11, 2019
Opening Reception: September 14
One-day symposium: November 2
2 10x10 Invitational
Pyramid Atlantic Art Center
Hyattsville, MD, USA
December 2019
TAUGHT THIS WORKSHOP
Pyramid Atlantic Art Center
4318 Gallatin Street
Hyattsville, MD, 20781 USA
301.608.9101
Paper Lithography: 1 evening and 2 days
Friday, October 18, 2019, 6-9pm
Saturday & Sunday, October 19 & 20, 2019, 10am-4pm
ARTIST RESIDENCY
Pyramid Atlantic Art Center
Vita Paper Arts Resident
Hyattsville, MD, USA
Summer 2019
Artist Talks: Irene Chan & Kate Gorman on Thursday, July 18, 2019, 7pm, Free to the Public