Kristy Chang

Born 1997 in Hong Kong

Lives and works in London, UK

Kristy M Chan holds a BFA from the Slade School of Fine Art, London (2019), and an MA in Contemporary Art from the Sotheby’s Institute of Art (2020). Her expansive, gestural canvases are richly layered meditations on the human experience. Through thick, vigorous brushstrokes and intersecting curves, her use of light and shadow maps her exploration of the complexities of "homeland" while navigating diverse cultural landscapes. Her lively use of oil paint – intuitively manipulated, layered, and rearticulated over months – recalls the spirit of Abstract Expressionism and the global diaspora experience. In 2023, she was selected for Forbes 30 Under 30 China. Chan’s work can also be found in the Danjuma Collection, London, UK; the Zabludowicz Collection, London, UK; the X Museum, Beijing, China; Forbes China, Shanghai, China; and the Femmes Artistes du Musée de Mougins, Mougins, France.

EDUCATION

2020 MA Contemporary Art, Sotheby’s Institute of Art, London, UK

2019 BFA Fine Art, Slade School of Fine Art, UCL, London, UK 

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2025 (Forthcoming), The Artist Room, London, UK (Solo)

2025 (Forthcoming), Pipeline Contemporary, London, UK (Group) 

2025 (Forthcoming), Workplace, London, UK (Group)

2025 ‘Abstract (Re)Creation’, X Museum x Le Consortium, Beijing, China (Group)

2025 ‘Immaterial’, Soho Revue, London, UK (Group)

2025 ‘The Cloud Catcher’, Perrotin, Shanghai, China (Group)

2024 ‘Night Studio’, Tabula Rasa Gallery, Beijing, China (Solo)

2023 ‘Molehill Mountaineer’, The Cabin, Los Angeles, US (Solo) 

2023 ‘Untalely’, Tabula Rasa Gallery, Beijing, China (Group)

2023 ‘Bordercrossing: Possibilities and Interactions’, Yuz Museum, Shanghai, China (Group)

2023 ‘Women in Abstraction’, What’s Up / Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China (Group)

2023 ‘Immersed’, curated by Jack Siebert, Los Angeles, US (Group)

2023 ‘Lightness of Being’, Kwai Fung Hin, Hong Kong (Group)

2022 ‘Binge’, The Artist Room and Simon Lee Gallery, London, UK (Solo)

2022 ‘The Sky Above the Roof’, Tabula Rasa Gallery, Beijing, China (Group)

2022 ‘New Romantics’, The Artist Room x Phillips, Lee Eugean Gallery, Seoul, South Korea (Group)