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-speaki ng practice, leading workshops and artist talks internationally.  

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  • EXPERIENCE
  • Gallery Stacii Samidin — Assistant (2023–present)
  • 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, NYC — Imagemakers Program (Class of 2020)

EXHIBITIONS
  • 2026 — Nominee, Harry Pennings Prize 
  • 2024 — Nominee, DuPho Student SO Award 
  • 2023 — Winner, Societies Contest, Theater Rotterdam (NL)

EXHIBITIONS
  • 2026 — EAST WEST Market exhibition, Lowlands Festival (NL) 
  • 2026 — QISSA: What Becomes, group exhibition, Brutus, Rotterdam (NL)
  • 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 — Best of Photo Graduates, group exhibition, Melkweg Expo, Amsterdam (NL)
  • 2025 — Rotterdam Photo × Amarte Fonds, group exhibition, Rotterdam (NL)
  • 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 — COME HOME, group exhibition, The Boiler, Brooklyn, New York (US)
  • 2023 — Montclair Snap Memories × Societies, Nederlands Fotomuseum (NL)
  • 2023 — Chinese Self Portraits, curated by Fenmei Hu, Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen (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)
SCREENINGS
    2026 — EAST WEST Market documentary screening, IFFR, Rotterdam (NL) 
    2026 — EAST WEST Market documentary screening and Q&A, Gallery Stacii Samidin, Rotterdam (NL)

PUBLICATIONS
    2025 — Asia News, feature on EAST WEST Market (東西市場) 
    2024 — Montclair Snap Memories, debut photobook (self-published, edition of 150) 
    2020, 2022 — i-D Magazine, Month in a Photo (two features) 
    2022 — Sing Tao Newspaper, Happy99 (written and photographed by Tyler Chan) 
    2021 — Mike Dean for Billboard, XXL, Complex, and Variety 
    2021 — The New York Times Magazine, The City Reawakens

COMMISSIONS & COMMERCIAL
    2025–2026 — Commissioned Photographer, Chinese New Year Photobooth, Wereldmuseum, Rotterdam (NL) 
    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, G-Rollz

TEACHING & WORKSHOPS
    2026 — Workshop Instructor, Young Asian Platform at Fenix Museum, Rotterdam (NL) 
    2025 — Assistant Teacher, Nowhere Productiehuis × College ZUYD, Amsterdam 
    2025— Workshop Instructor, Breaking the Frame, Young Asian Platform × Gallery Stacii Samidin (NL)
    2025 — Guest Artist Workshop, Montclair Art Museum 
    2023 — Teaching Assistant, Digital Photography for Teens, International Center of Photography at THE POINT, Bronx, NYC 
    2022 — Teaching Assistant, Developing Your Portfolio, International Center of Photography, NYC (with Carla Liesching)

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