Meet the Curator of Overexposures: Photographs from the Henry Collection

Visit the Henry for an illuminating tour of two exhibitions, Overexposures: Photographs from the Henry Collection and Body Language: Recent Acquisitions in the Henry Collection with Em Chan, curator of Overexposures and the Henry’s Curatorial Assistant. During the tour, Chan will guide you through a selection of photographs and artworks from the collection. This is a unique opportunity to gain deeper insights into light and its relationships with power and perspective in photography, as well as to explore some recent additions to the Henry’s extensive collection.

Em Chan is a Curatorial Assistant at the Henry Art Gallery, where he has helped to organize multiple exhibitions, including Christine Sun Kim: Ghost(ed) Notes (2024), Lucy Kim: Mutant Optics (2024), A.K. Burns: What is Perverse is Liquid (2024), and Recent Acquisitions in the Henry Collection (2024). They have also organized their own collections presentation, Overexposures: Photographs from the Henry Collection (2024). Em is a graduate of the University of Washington in Art History and English Literature, where he served as a student Henry Art Liaison for 3 years. Outside of the Henry, Em has worked in a variety of different local arts facilitation settings, including special collections, theaters, film festivals, and classrooms.