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Eric Chan (a.k.a. eepmon) is a world-renowned digital artist whose work sits at the intersection of fine arts, design and technology. His fusion of art and computer code and the traditional and the modern, as well as the artistic and the commercial, demonstrates his unique ability to create in the ever-changing landscape of modern, contemporary society.
As eepmon, he has collaborated on designs with companies and institutions including Canada Goose, Marvel Entertainment, Microsoft, Snoopy, Quantropi and the Canada Science and Technology Museum. His artwork Chaos Bloom has been acquired by the Canada Council Art Bank, and he has participated in art performances such as Gutai: Splendid Playground at the Guggenheim Museum. His open data paintings, INTERSECTIONS, were shown at Gallery O2 Tokyo, HPGRP Gallery New York, Carleton University and the Ottawa Art Gallery. He is a passionate speaker on themes surrounding STEAM education and art x entrepreneurship.
In 2018, eepmon travelled to China as a delegate on Canada’s first creative industries trade mission, led by Canadian Heritage. Between 2017 and 2021, he served first as a Director and then as a Vice President on the Canadian Museums Association’s Board of Directors.
Born and raised in Ottawa, Mr. Chan came up with the concept of his alter ego eepmon while in university, formally establishing his company EEPMON Inc. in 2017. The name eepmon is a wordplay on “ape man,” chosen because under the Chinese zodiac he was born in the year of the monkey. The monkey also serves as a reminder to himself that life should always include curiosity and playfulness—observed through many of his designs that feature creatures floating through his digital worlds.
