Eric Chan (born 1963
) and Heather Schatz (born 1968) are artists based in
New York City who worked collaboratively under the name ChanSchatz.
Chan was born in
Tokyo and Schatz in
Dallas. The couple make works based on information gathered from invited guests to their studio using a mixture of traditional and
digital techniques.[1]
The collected data is transformed into large-scale
paintings and
silkscreened images.[2] Their work references ideas of identity and social relationships through their openly collaborative process.[3]
The parties filed for divorce in 2015 and were parties to a suit in Federal Court in New York, New York regarding authorship rights.
[1]
Selected exhibitions
1998
XXIV Bienal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
1999
The Production of Production, Apex Art Curatorial Program, New York