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Mitchell F. Chan: links

Sources trace Chan’s generative collection, conceptual precedents, interactive works, exhibitions, criticism, and public record.

24 sources · last updated 2026-07-11

In the AB[500]: Art Blocks

The official collection record identifies 750 unique artworks and an August 4, 2021 release.

LeWitt Generator Generator collection · 2021

Interviews

Chan discusses systems, process, and the structures that shape experience in this Marfa conversation.

OpenSea Marfa conversation interview · 2025

Chan explains the economic throughline connecting Digital Zones, The Boys of Summer, and Overture.

In Conversation With Mitchell F. Chan interview · 2025

This process-focused exchange addresses sketching, public sculpture, conceptual practice, and art games.

Art Mechanics interview · 2024

Kaloh’s podcast surveys Chan’s conceptual and digital game practice.

Conceptual and digital art games interview · 2023

Press and criticism

The Brooklyn Rail analyzes The Boys of Summer through play, quantification, inequity, and constrained agency.

The Play’s the Thing criticism · 2023

LEAP reads The Boys of Summer as a game that reflects the market’s own tools and values.

Life as Game criticism · 2025

Wade Wallerstein examines the work’s combination of video game, tokenized portraits, and marketplace performance.

The Boys of Summer: An In-Depth Look criticism · 2023

Canvas Journal situates Digital Zones within histories of immateriality, exchange, and photographic value.

Materially Immaterial criticism · 2024

Museums and institutions

Buffalo AKG’s annual report documents Winslow Homer’s Croquet Challenge in the museum collection.

Buffalo AKG annual report museum record · 2023

Fondazione Prada’s release outlines Christoph Büchel’s Monte di Pietà and its investigation of debt.

Monte di Pietà exhibition · 2024

Rhizome presents Chan’s argument that contemporary life is increasingly represented by game loops.

To Reflect A World Where All Life Is Work talk · 2026

Galleries and exhibitions

Nguyen Wahed documents the New York presentation of Insert Coin(s), which joined Chan's new Zantar-related video-game works with selected earlier pieces.

Insert Coin(s), New York exhibition · 2025

Nguyen Wahed documents the London presentation of new works from Chan's Zantar trilogy.

Insert Coin(s), London exhibition · 2025

Nguyen Wahed’s artwork index lists examples from Chan’s physical and digital practice.

Mitchell F. Chan artworks gallery archive · 2025

Essays, talks and podcasts

Chan's project walkthrough explains the generated wall, randomized viewpoint, and six distortion algorithms behind LeWitt Generator Generator.

LeWitt Generator Generator artist project · 2021

Chan’s essay explains his approach to shaders, aesthetics, generative processes, and idea-driven software art.

Web3 Buddha essay · 2023

The Blockchain Experience episode features Chan discussing his new-media and blockchain practice.

Mitchell Chan: The Blockchain Experience podcast · 2023

FITC’s archive documents Chan’s Toronto new-media activity and architectural-scale public-art work.

Mitchell F. Chan talk archive · 2013

Auctions and catalogues

Fondazione Prada’s catalogue page identifies the extensive Monte di Pietà publication.

Monte di Pietà catalogue catalogue · 2024

Profiles and archives

Raster aggregates Mitchell F. Chan's tokenized works across platforms.

Raster profile · ongoing

Buffalo AKG's artist page identifies Chan as a Canadian artist born in 1982 and records his code-based and public works.

Buffalo AKG museum profile · ongoing

Ensemble’s creator profile links Chan with Beggar’s Belief, Digital Zones, and LeWitt Generator Generator.

Mitchell Chan profile · 2024

Wildxyz’s collection study connects The Boys of Summer with Chan’s earlier Digital Zones, LeWitt, and Homer projects.

The Boys of Summer project archive · 2023

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