Mitchell F. Chan (Canadian, b. 1982) is a conceptual artist working across physical and digital spaces. He has exhibited internationally in group exhibitions including Christoph Büchel's "Monte di Pietà" at Fondazione Prada for Venice Biennale (2024) and Peer-to-Peer at Buffalo AKG Art Museum (2022). His diverse body of work is performed in both physical and digital public spaces, and includes code-based works such as his 2021 Art Blocks project "LeWitt Generator Generator" and large-scale public projects such as 2022's "Monument to United Nations Peacekeeping Veterans". Chan’s pioneering blockchain artwork "Digital Zones of Immaterial Pictorial Sensibility" (2017) sold for $1.2M at Sotheby's, marking the first conceptual blockchain artwork to achieve such a sale. In 2024, Chan was awarded the Optimism Foundation prize for his "Web 3 Buddha" artwork. His work has been covered and discussed in numerous media outlets including Artforum, Kunstforum, Art In America, VICE, Canadian Art, Slate, the Toronto Star, and Gizmodo. Chan has also contributed writing to Artforum and Outland. He co-founded Studio F Minus, creating public installations across Canada.
