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She was born in San Francisco, California in the United States.
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Irene Chan
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She studied architecture in Washington, District of Columbia She graduated in 1989 from California Polytechnic State University with a Bachelor of Arts in architecture and a minor in English.
Career
In 1986. She has served as artist in residence at Women"s Studio Workshop (WSW) in Rosendale, New New York During her residence at WSW, she produced Cé (1998), a collection of handmade paper and ink that depicts “nature’s form, gestures, and movements as a written language."
Chan has illustrated and designed for the Electric Power Research Institute and the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers. She serves as associate professor in the fine arts department at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
She lives in Washington, District of Columbia She finds inspiration in Chinese philosophy and nature.
Chan has been awarded honors from the Minnesota Center for Book Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Maryland State Arts Council, and others She has exhibited her work at venues and organizations such as the Islington Arts and Media School, San Francisco Arts Commission, “Artist in Residence” Gallery Gallery, the University of Delaware, and the Legion of Honor.
Her work is held in the collection of the Archives of American Art, Columbia University, Indiana University, British Library, Tate Modern, Walker Art Center, and more. Chan has been included in the Asian American Arts Centre"s artasiamerica digital archive.
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