Eric Chan is eepmon, a multidisciplinary artist working at the intersection of fine arts, design and computer programming. Among his many creative works, he has pioneered an open data / new media performance in which he does live paintings using real-time weather data.

 

He has exhibited and performed at venues including The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum to open the exhibition Gutai: Splendid Playground, TEDx Toronto, Gallery O2 in Tokyo, hpgrp gallery New York, The Ottawa Art Gallery, and Digital Art Center in Stockholm. In 2009 he was a recipient of a Banff Centre artist residency.

 

Eric has worked on commercial projects with Microsoft Xbox 360, Mini Cooper, and Dentsu. He most recently partnered with Magmic on Hidden Galaxies, a video game for the Apple iOS and BlackBerry 10 platforms. He has been commissioned by the City of Ottawa for a public art installation, and his work has been acquired by the Canada Council's Art Bank.

 

Eric has been featured in Computer Arts, Beautiful/Decay, IdN, FLARE, JoshSpear.com and co-curated with MoCo Loco on a series of artist interviews for its Art Week 2012.

 

A graduate of the Arts Canterbury Program, Algonquin's Computer Science and Carleton University’s Interactive Multimedia Design programs, Eric was awarded "Best Canadian Student" at FITC and received the Top Excellence Award for Illustration in Computer Arts International Graduate competition.

 

Eric currently resides in New York City.

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  • JoinedMarch 2007
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