WILLIAM LACHANCE
WILLIAM LACHANCE (b. 1972, USA) received his BFA in painting from The Kansas City Art Institute and an MFA in painting from Indiana University in 2002, and has since had multiple worldwide exhibitions, including solo exhibitions with BEERS London, Joshua Liner Gallery, New York City and Madison, San Diego, California. His work has been included included in exhibitions at STRAAT Museum, Amsterdam, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA, and ISETAN, Tokyo. He has received press both online and in print including ARTSY, VOGUE, LʼHomme Officiel, Le Mile, JUXTAPOZ and Forbes, and in 2021, LaChance was included in the Rizzoli publication “COMMON PRACTICE”, an extensive survey of basketball and contemporary art. His works have been collected extensively in public and private collections worldwide, including the US Federal Reserve, Ferrari S.p.A., NBC, Milla Jovovich, HBO and Nike.
His paintings, which embrace the collision of unlike parts, openly blur the boundary between high art and applied arts not only in principle but in practice; lending themselves to various manner of surface design, from textiles to fully realized earthworks. In 2017, LaChanceʼs mural adorning the Kinloch Park basketball courts was named the best designed basketball court in the world by Architectural Digest; and his collaborations have garnered several awards including a CLIO award (US) and The Scottish Design Award. LaChance’s collaborations include Sarah Andelman (COLETTE PARIS), Pernod Ricard, Warby Parker, ISETAN TOKYO, Lacoste / Venus Williams, Nike Paris / Rudy Gobert and Mira Mikati London.
Text © WILLIAM LACHANCE