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Angela YT Chan


Hello, I'm an independent artist, curator, data engineer and research consultant specialising in climate change in relation to people, colonial histories, technologies and justice.

angela crouches sideways from the camera on some brown rocks by the sea. she is wearing an orange jumper, a black tote bag and a black cap. she has black and canary yellow hair and looks ahead

Image: Angela YT Chan, credit Louise Hobson of SWAY

My main activities are:

  • arts practice
    • art commissions
    • curatorial
    • workshops
    • public talks
  • climate and cultural research and consulting
  • teaching
  • data practice

About me

"Angela YT Chan is an independent researcher, data engineer and artist specialising in climate change. Her multidisciplinary work examines power in relation to inequity throughout the colonial and ongoing history of the climate crisis. She investigates authoritative climate communications and public perceptions in the timeline of unfolding social changes, and works to accentuate justice through counternarratives explored with videos, illustrations, writing, narrative games, workshops, creative coding and extensive collaborations in arts, technology and activism.  Since 2014, Angela has produced curatorial projects and workshops, collaborating with artists, activists and youth groups (formerly as Worm: art + ecology). She co-directs the London Science Fiction Research Community. As an educator, she teaches at universities in climate colonialism, environmental and social justice in art practices, critical research, games and speculative fiction (Goldsmiths UoL, KCL, RCA, WSA), and mentors artists working on digital media technologies. Angela is also a research consultant, having worked in international climate and cultural policy and on climate and sustainability projects for major cultural institutions."


Current and Upcoming


  • Selected to participate in Cohort 6 of The Climatebase Fellowship, an industry-focused 12-week climate literacy accelerator with a climate expert-led curriculum and project incubation support
  • Supervising 12 student dissertations in media theory and game studies for the MA Global Media Management at Winchester School of Art (University of Southampton)
  • Mentoring Watershed's More Than AI Sandbox teams
  • Commissioned artist for a Vital Signs, a Science Gallery and King's College London collaboration on climate change and food security with KCL students to produce a creative research project and zine (June-November 2024)
  • Commissioned artist for Hopeful Futures by King's College London (Policy Institute and King's Culture) with London local authorities to support policy making in climate mitigation and adaptation through climate assemblies (June-October 2024)
  • Data engineering and visualisation for a serious game for policymakers of oil nations towards fossil fuel divestments, with Matteo Menapace and independent climate change think tank E3G (Autumn 2024)

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Updated: 5th September 2024


You can reach me at: angela.yt.chan at gmail dot com