TYLER CHAN




TYLER 
CHAN

b. 2002




Tyler Chan is a Chinese-American photographer from Chinatown, New York City. His documentary practice focuses on contemporary communities across the United States, the Netherlands, and China.

His work has been exhibited internationally at institutions including the Nederlands Fotomuseum, Montclair Art Museum, and Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen, and published by The New York Times Magazine, i-D, Billboard, XXL, Complex, and Variety.

Alongside long-term documentary projects and commissioned work, Chan maintains an active teaching and public-speaking practice, leading workshops and artist talks internationally.  

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    EXPERIENCE
  • FOTODOK Lighthouse Program participating artist (2025–2026)
  • QISSA Visual Storytellers Program participating artist (2025–2026)
  • Willem de Kooning Academy, BFA Photography (Class of 2025)
  • International Center of Photography (ICP), Imagemakers Program (Class of 2020)
  • Gallery Stacii Samidin — Intern (2023–2024), Assistant (2024–present)

EXHIBITIONS
  • 2026 — Harry Pennings Prize Nominees, group exhibition, Pennings Foundation, Eindhoven (NL)
  • 2025 — Montclair Snap Memories, solo exhibition, Montclair Art Museum (US)
  • 2025 — EAST WEST Market, pop-up exhibition, Eye Filmmuseum, Amsterdam (NL)
  • 2025 — Young Asian Perspectives, group exhibition, Young Asian Platform × Gallery Stacii Samidin (NL)
  • 2025 — Best of Photo Graduates, group exhibition, Melkweg Expo, Amsterdam (NL)
  • 2025 — Chinese New Year Photobooth Installation, Wereldmuseum, Rotterdam (NL)
  • 2025 — Rotterdam Photo × Amarte Fonds, group exhibition, Rotterdam (NL)
  • 2024 — Family and Community, group exhibition, Montclair Art Museum, New Jersey (US)
  • 2024 — NEW WEST, group exhibition, Brand New Guys, Rotterdam (NL)
  • 2024 — Montclair Snap Memories, ART ROTTERDAM 2024, represented by Gallery Stacii Samidin (NL)
  • 2024 — DuPho Student Award Nominee Exhibition, Amsterdam (NL)
  • 2023 — Montclair Snap Memories, Biennale di Fotografia di Portogruaro (IT)
  • 2023 — See Their Faces, Pinni47, Tampere (FI)
  • 2023 — COME HOME, group exhibition, The Boiler, Brooklyn, New York (US)
  • 2023 — Montclair Snap Memories × Societies, Nederlands Fotomuseum (NL)
  • 2023 — Where I’m From, single-image exhibition, Baanhof, Rotterdam (NL)
  • 2023 — Chinese Self Portraits, curated by Fenmei Hu, Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen (NL)
  • 2023 — Societies Contest Winner, Theater Rotterdam (NL)
  • 2023 — Rotterdam Photo Festival, single-image selection (NL)
  • 2022 — Montclair Snap Memories, Huis van de Fotografie, Rotterdam (NL)
  • 2022 — Chinese Self Portraits, The Grey Space in the Middle, The Hague (NL)
PUBLICATIONS
  • 2025 — Asia News, feature on EAST WEST Market (東西市場)
  • 2025 — Zongoville Gallery, Artist Feature
  • 2024 — Montclair Snap Memories, debut photobook (self-published, edition of 150)
  • 2022 — i-D Magazine, Month in a Photo
  • 2022 — Sing Tao Newspaper, Happy99 (written and photographed by Tyler Chan)
  • 2021 — Mike Dean for Billboard, XXL, Complex, Variety
  • 2021 — The New York Times Magazine, The City Reawakens
  • 2020 — i-D Magazine, Month in a Photo

COMMERCIAL
  • 2025 — Photographer, Galerie Bene Taschen, Cologne (DE); collaboration with Joe Rodriguez and Jamel Shabazz
  • 2024 — Golf Wang NYC, Exclusive Drop & Summer Tees Collection
  • 2023 — Undying Love editorial, Sumibu
  • 2023 — Theater Rotterdam, Jong Talent Campaign
  • 2022-2023 — Editorials for G-Rollz (Summer 2022, Spring 2023)

TEACHING
  • 2025 — Assistant Teacher, full course, Nowhere Productiehuis × College ZUYD, Amsterdam
  • 2025 — Workshop Instructor, Young Asian Platform exhibition, Gallery Stacii Samidin
  • 2025 — Guest Artist Workshop, Montclair Art Museum
  • 2023 — Teaching Assistant, Digital Photography for Teens, ICP at THE POINT
  • 2022 — Teaching Assistant, Developing Your Portfolio, ICP (with Carla Liesching)
  • 2018 — Head Summer Camp Counselor & Teaching Assistant, Montclair Art Museum

TALKS & PUBLIC PROGRAMS
  • 2025 — DuPho Jong Artist Talk, Rotterdam
  • 2025 — DuPho Day Artist Talk, Pakhuis de Zwijger, Amsterdam
  • 2025 — Guest Artist Talk, Gallery Stacii Samidin (OnsBank students)
  • 2025 — Guest Artist Talk, Montclair High School Photography Program (US)
  • 2025 — Breaking the Frame workshop, Young Asian Platform × Gallery Stacii Samidin
  • 2024 — DuPho Fotokroniek #100, Amsterdam