Kelcy Timmons Chan (they/them) is a Cantonese Canadian American queer artist born in Hong Kong, raised in Vancouver, and based in Toronto. Since graduating, they have worked as a multidisciplinary contemporary pop artist and mural painter.

They graduated as a Visual Studies Specialist in the Spring of 2019 from the Daniel's Faculty of Landscape, Architecture and Design at the University of Toronto. Since then Kelcy has exhibited solo at a variety of local venues including Northern Contemporary Gallery, The Drake Hotel, Concord Adex, and Kensington Brewery Co. They have painted over 20 murals across Canada.

ARTIST’S STATEMENT

Kelcy explores community, duality and belonging through their lens as a biracial, gender-fluid, immigrant. In their practice, they consider how food allows us to connect with the fabric of our identities, and how our relationships with the people around us define what home and belonging feel like.

They focus in on perspectives and stories of small business owners, multiracial people, queer folks, and immigrants in hopes that their various communities feel represented in their work, particularly those at the intersection of these communities.

Using food, little purple people and whimsical architecture, Kelcy promotes and supports local businesses, family-run restaurants and queer community spaces, by considering how food and people shape community and culture.