education
2026 MFA School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (incoming)
2020 BA Point Loma University, San Diego, CA
solo exhibitions
and performances (*indicates performance)
2026 (Yet to be Titled), Spotlight Series,
Chinese American Museum of Art, Chicago, IL (incoming)
2024 Hungry Man*, Good Faith Gallery, San Diego, CA
Other Desert Cities, LA Orlando Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2023 More Selections From the Closets of More People that I Love,
Art Produce Gallery, North Park, CA.
Old Man, Quint Gallery: ONE, Logan Heights, CA.
Selections From the Closets of the People that I Love,
Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, CA.
Wild, West*, San Diego, CA.
2022 The Hollywood Effect, Oceanside Museum of Art West, Oceanside, CA.
Plastic Sun, Quint Gallery: Warehouse, San Diego, CA.
2021 American Pie, The Museum Of_, La Jolla, CA.
Fighting the Loneliness*, San Diego, CA.
Not Your Country*, Keller Gallery, San Diego, CA.
2020 New Objects in the American West, Keller Gallery, San Diego, CA.
Candy Picnic Project*, Keller Gallery, San Diego, CA.
2019 Madonna & Child / Fish & Fry*, Keller Gallery, San Diego, CA.
GaGaGaGa!!, Keller Gallery, San Diego, CA.
She Was Trying*, Cabrillo Gallery, San Diego, CA.
We Don’t Know What We Are, Could You Please Let Us Know,
Love Gallery, San Diego, CA.
two-person exhibitions
2025 Heavy as Ghosts (with David Peña),
Institute of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA
2023 Planes, Trains & the American Dream (with Zach Dobbins),
Keller Gallery, San Diego, CA.
selected group exhibitions
2024 Bio-Constellation, MacLean Center, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL.
Enigma, MacLean Center, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL.
XXXII Annual Exhibition, Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, CA.
2023 Welcome, Quint Gallery, La Jolla, CA.
The Last Group Show, Bread & Salt Gallery, Logan Heights, CA.
TRYST, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA.
2022 More Than 1, Barbara Freeman Gallery, La Jolla, CA.
Identity Through Americana, Barbara Freeman Gallery, La Jolla, CA.
London Contemporary, The Line Contemporary Art, London, U.K.
Experimental Fashion & Fiber Art, Czong Institute of Contemporary Art,
Gimpo, South Korea
Body Language, The Room Contemporary Art, Venice, Italy
2021 Made in California, Brea Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
The Campus Creatives Biennial, California Center for the Arts,
Escondido, CA.
2019 C-Note, Institute of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA.
Hi-Lites, Keller Gallery, San Diego, CA.
2018 AAW!, Love Gallery, San Diego, CA.
public collections
2024 Heinz Company Headquarters, Chicago, IL.
curated exhibitions
2024 Knot (with Mark Quint), The Museum Of_, La Jolla, CA.
Nice Days (with Mark Quint), The Museum Of_, La Jolla, CA.
Cardboard Sole (with Mark Quint), The Museum Of_, La Jolla, CA.
2023 Thingamajigs, Whatchamacallits & Yougotmes (with Mark Quint),
The Museum Of_, San Diego, CA.
Liquid Ecstasy: Dirty Dreams (with Mark Quint), The Museum Of_,
La Jolla, CA.
residencies
2024 ICA x Good Faith Residency, Institute of Contemporary Art,
San Diego, CA
bibliography
2024
“Groom Named Heinz...,” Malta Daily, October 1st
Azzopardi,
Assisi, “Heinz Celebrates...,” Famous Campaigns, September 26th
Sinichak, Jessica, “This Groom Wore a Jacket Made of Heinz
Ketchup Packets...,” Pittsburgh Magazine, September 20th
Leow, Mikelle, “Heinz Attends Guy Named Heinz’s...,” Design TAXI,
Septermber 20th
Duong, Amy, “Ketchup Sauce Packet Jackets,” Trend Hunter, September 20th
Evans, Julia Dixon, “Art Toys, Rock Music, Ballet and Bomba,” KPBS, July 18th
Westra, Helena, “Pacific Review 2024: Body,” San Diego State Press,
April 26th
Combs, Seth, “
Ethan Chan, ”San Diego Union Tribune, March 17th
2023 Coddon, David, “Weird Thingamajigs on Display at the Museum Of_,”
San Diego Union Tribune, December 21st
Grall, Vanessa, “13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. 668),”
Messy Nessy, October 23rd
Evans, Julia Dixon, “Trolley Dances, Poetry & Motel Soap Art,”
KPBS, September 14th
Evans, Julia Dixon, “Brahms, Ballet and Sauce Packets,” KPBS, May 18th
Moon, Gracie, “
The Sauce-Packet Artist,” The Point Weekly, April 19th
“Six Exhibitions at Oceanside Museum of Art,” CKTH, March 23rd
“Saucy Suits Explore Consumerism,” There San Diego, January 27th
Kragen, Pam, “Ethan Chan”, San Diego Union Tribune, January 20th
Evans, Julia Dixon, “Wearable Sauce Packets,” KPBS, January 12th
Chaim, Jordan Karney, “
Portfolio: Ethan Chan,” HereIn, January 2nd
2022 Schlosberg, Drew, “Emerging Artists Find Nirvana,”
Spotlight on the Community, December 2nd
Grossman, Dan, “Shaking Up the La Jolla Art Scene with
‘Identity Through Americana,’” Indy Correspondent, July 30th
“LifeStyles: Identity Through Americana,” La Jolla Light, June 30th
“Experimental Fashion & Fiber Art in 2022,” CICA Museum, June 22nd
“Made in CA Issue 37,” City of Brea Civic & Cultural Center Publishing,
April 30th
Curci, Luca, “Interview with Ethan Chan,” ITSLIQUID, February 2nd
2021 Kvantaliani, Lile, “Interview with Ethan Chan,” The Museum Of_,
December 31st
“Arts & Entertainment,” La Jolla Light, November
“The Complete Catalogue of Shows at the Museum Of_,” Quint
Contemporary, November 12th
“Made in CA Issue 36,” City of Brea Civic & Cultural Center Publishing,
October 21st
Marino, Beth, “Campus Creatives Ft. San Diego’s Fine Arts,” California
Center for the Arts, January 16th
2020 “New Objects in the American West,” Honors Publishing, WH Digital
Library, May
lectures and discussions
2023 Visiting Artist, Point Loma University, San Diego, CA
2022 John Greer, Ethan Chan & Helena Westra, on Identity Through Americana,
Barbara Freeman Gallery, La Jolla, CA