WILLIAM LACHANCE

EDUCATION

2002 1999-2000 1996 1994 1993 MFA, Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana

Graduate Study, University of Maryland College Park, Maryland

Artist in Residence, Chautauqua Institute, New York

Artist in Residence, Oxbow School of Art, Napa, California

BFA, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri

American (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 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.

Solo Exhibitions

• 2023 - Timeshare, Madison Gallery, Solana Beach (US)
• 2021 - California Psychics, Madison Gallery, Solana Beach (US)
• 2020 - Hello Tokyo, design installation, ISETAN, Tokyo (JP)
• 2019 - Strolling Astronomer, Joshua Liner Gallery, New York (US)
• 2019 - Raro, Delimbo Gallery, Madrid (ES)
• 2018 - (After) Edge City, Beers, London (GB)
• 2018 - Art Expo Chicago, solo booth with BEERS, London (GB)
• 2018 - Playland, Legion Projects, San Francisco (US)
• 2017 - Solo Show, Rod Bianco Gallery, Oslo (NO)
• 2017 - Solo Show, 0-0 Gallery, Los Angeles (US)
• 2013 - Observing the Observer, SIBA Gallery (US)
  
  

Group Exhibitions and Fairs

• 2025 -
• Two Person Show,"Settings" with Sarah Giannobile, Lanoue Gallery
• Group Show with CHENUS LONGHI, District 13 art fair, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, (FR)
•  Group Show KALASHNIKOVV GALLERY, Johannesburg, South Africa
   CHENUS LONGHI FAMILY group show, Galerie Chenus Longhi, Paris, (FR)
  2024- The Jaunt residency exhibition, CHEFAS PROJECTS, Portland, OR                   
             The Jaunt Anniversary Exhibition, HASHIMOTO, Los Angeles
  2021 - Out There Somewhere, Straat Museum, Amsterdam (NL)
  2020 - A Better View, ABV Gallery, Atlanta (US)
• 2019 - Hello Miami, installation curated by Sarah Andelman for Mira Mikati, Art Basel, Miami (US)
• 2019 - Group Show with Galerie 42b, Urban Art Fair, Paris (FR)
• 2018 - Art for Autism Auction, Artcurial, Paris (FR)
• 2017 - Group Show, The Hole, New York City (US)
• 2017 - Art Athena International Contemporary Art Fair, Athens (GR)
• 2016 - Houska Gallery, St. Louis (US)
• 2015 - New Abstract Works, SIBA Gallery, St. Louis (US)
• 2014 - New Abstract and Figurative Works, SIBA Gallery, St. Louis (US)
• 2010 - Beverly Center for the Arts, Chicago (US)
• 2009 - Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago (US)
• 2008 - Personal Allegories, C.O.C.A. Millstone Gallery of Art, St. Louis (US)
• 2007 - Recent Trends: Works on Paper, C.O.C.A. Millstone Gallery of Art, St. Louis (US)
• 2007 - Mark Palmer Gallery, Paducah (US)
• 2007 - Gallery Fraga, Seattle (US)
• 2007 - Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis (US)
• 2006 - Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago (US)
• 2006 - Mark Palmer Gallery, Paducah (US)
• 2006 - Gallery Fraga, Seattle (US)
• 2006 - Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis (US)

Public Projects and Commissions

• 2024 - “PATH OF ORBIT” all encompassing building mural for The City of St Louis
• 2023 - Tennis court mural design collaboration for Lacoste / Venus Williams
• 2022 - Basketball court mural design collaboration for Nike Paris / Rudy Gobert
• 2021 - immersive mural for Warby Parker, St Louis (US)
• 2021 - Label design and Mural commissions for Pernod Ricard’s Ballantine’s in Seoul (KR) and Taipei (TW)
• 2021 - Mural design, Einstein Montefiore Children’s Hospital, Westchester NY (US)
• 2021 - Mural program for University of California, Berkeley student housing (US)
• 2021 - Basketball court mural design, Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, Bordeaux (FR)
• 2017 - Kinloch Park Basketball Courts: A 20,000-square-foot mural covering three basketball courts, named "Best Designed Court in the World" by Architectural Digest.
• 2012 - Lambert International Airport, St. Louis (US)
• 2011 - Lambert International Airport, St. Louis (US)
  
  

  SELECT COLLECTIONS

  Viacom Inc.
  Lambert International Airport, St. Louis, Missouri
  Saint Louis Galleria, St. Louis, Missouri
  U.S. Federal Reserve, St. Louis Branch, Missouri
  National Broadcasting Company, New York, NY Nike Inc. Beaverton, Oregon
  R. Crosby Kemper (UMB Financial) Kansas City, Missouri
  HOBBES, London
  Sarah Andelman (Colette, Paris founder)
  Milla Jovovich
  HBO corporate offices, Los Angeles, California
  Warby Parker