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Paul Chan is an internationally acclaimed artist who lives and works in New York. His work has been exhibited widely, including: Making Worlds, 53rd Venice Biennale, Venice, 2009; Medium Religion, ZKM, Karlsruhe, 2008; Traces du sacrê, Centre Pompidou, Paris, 2008; 16th Biennale of Sydney, Sydney, 2008; 10th International Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, 2007; and the Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of Art, New York, 2006. Recent solo exhibitions include: My Laws are My Whores, The Renaissance Society and the University of Chicago, Chicago, 2009; Paul Chan: Three Easy Pieces, Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Harvard University, Cambridge, 2008; Paul Chan: The 7 Lights, Serpentine Gallery, London and New Museum, New 2007-2008; Paul Chan - Lights and Drawings, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 2007; Paul Chan: 1st Light, The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, 2006-2007; and Paul Chan, Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall, Stockholm and Portikus, Frankfurt, 2006.
In 2002, Chan was part of the American aid group Voices in the Wilderness and broke U.S. sanctions and federal law by working in Baghdad before the U.S. invasion and occupation. In 2004 he garnered police attention for The People's Guide to the Republican National Convention, a free map distributed throughout New York to help protesters to get in or out of the way of the RNC. In 2007, Chan led the Classical Theatre of Harlem and Creative Time to produce a site-specific outdoor presentation of Samuel Beckett's play Waiting for Godot in New Orleans.
Paul Chan's paper books and ebooks are published by Badlands Unlimited. For more information on Badlands Unlimited, please visit: www.badlandsunlimited.com
