Amy Chan uses abstract painting to explore her cultural roots as a third-generation Chinese American.
She received her BFA from Rhode Island School of Design in 2000 and her MFA from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2008. Her works can be found in the collections of the Rhode Island School of Design Museum, The Spencer Museum of Art, and Capital One. She has received grants from the Pollock Krasner Foundation and the Virginia Commission for the Arts. Currently, she teaches drawing and foundational courses at the University of Virginia that cultivate discipline, observation, critique and risk taking in art.