{"id":298,"date":"2012-06-14T20:16:42","date_gmt":"2012-06-14T20:16:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/library.ryerson.ca\/asianheritage\/authors\/may-chan\/"},"modified":"2024-08-12T12:39:27","modified_gmt":"2024-08-12T16:39:27","slug":"chan_may","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/authors\/chan_may\/","title":{"rendered":"May Chan"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"bottomborder\">\n<div class=\"narrow\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"wide\">\n<p>May Chan was born in Hong Kong. She immigrated to Canada in 1963. Chan studied painting and drawing at Concordia University in Montreal, graduating in 1967. She earned a degree in art education from Queen&#8217;s University in 1976 and an M.F.A. from York University in 1984. Chan currently is based in Kingston, Ontario, and is perhaps best known as a performance artist.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"bottomborder\">\n<div class=\"narrow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9651 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/files\/2018\/08\/Dried-Tangerine-Skin-book-cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"218\" height=\"218\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/files\/2018\/08\/Dried-Tangerine-Skin-book-cover.jpg 218w, https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/files\/2018\/08\/Dried-Tangerine-Skin-book-cover-150x150.jpg 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 218px) 100vw, 218px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 218px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 218\/218;\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"wide\">\n<h3>Poetry<\/h3>\n<h3>Dried Tangerine Skin<\/h3>\n<p>Toronto, Ont.: Pedlar Press, 2006.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"bottomborder\">\n<div class=\"narrow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9653 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/files\/2018\/08\/The-Fifth-Girl-book-cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"218\" height=\"218\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/files\/2018\/08\/The-Fifth-Girl-book-cover.jpg 218w, https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/files\/2018\/08\/The-Fifth-Girl-book-cover-150x150.jpg 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 218px) 100vw, 218px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 218px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 218\/218;\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"wide\">\n<h3>Poetry<\/h3>\n<h3>The Fifth Girl<\/h3>\n<p>Toronto, Ont.: Pedlar Press, 2002.<br \/>\nIncludes some text in Chinese.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<div class=\"narrow\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"wide\">\n<h3>Selected Criticism and Interpretation<\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"bold\">Caught in the Act: An Anthology of Performance Art by Canadian Women.<\/span><br \/>\nEdited by Tanya Mars &amp; Johanna Householder.<br \/>\nToronto: YYZ Books, 2004.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/torontomu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/discovery\/fulldisplay?vid=01OCUL_TMU:01OCUL_TMU&#038;docid=alma991004463689708636\">NX456.5.P38 C39 2004<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May Chan was born in Hong Kong. She immigrated to Canada in 1963. Chan studied painting and drawing at Concordia University in Montreal, graduating in 1967. 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