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Fight for beauty, truth, and goodness when ugliness surrounds, the gloom presses in, and denying truth is easier for the flourishing of self and the world. My desire is you’ll discover a beauty grounded in truth and goodness that far exceeds your expectations and imagination, a beauty that may convict us to our knees and lift us up to unforeseen heights of inspiration. In turn, that which pours into your soul catalyzes you to fiercely create and passionately love God and neighbor.
Who is Brian S. Chan?
“I exist to create beauty in brokenness.”
Brian S. Chan is an assistant professor of Media Arts and Worship at Dallas Theological Seminary (DTS), teaching Theology of Creativity, Integrating Faith & the Power of Story, Theology of Beauty, Visual Artmaking, Creative Writing, Dramatizing Scripture, Theology at Sundance, Philosophy of Mind & Imagination, and more. He lived in Los Angeles for 18 years as a pastor ministering to creatives in the industry and a professor at Biola University for 17 years, teaching Beauty & Spirituality, Art & Faith, Theology of Heroes & Villains, and Faith & Film.
He is a conference speaker and workshop instructor in Hollywood on creativity, writing, and beauty. He has been a script consultant. And he is a The Hollywood Prayer Network chapter director for the DTS campus.
As a writer, he authored The Purple Curtain (a non-fiction on biblical beauty and spiritual life) and Not Easily Broken (a novel). He wrote articles and was a contributing author in a couple books on integrating art and faith.
As an artist, he works with charcoals, acrylics, oil, and found objects on various substrates. He has exhibited in galleries and shows around the U.S., including Manhattan, Beverly Hills, San Francisco Bay Area, Downtown Los Angeles, Burbank, Chicago, and Dallas. In 2024, he exhibited at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum in the 23rd Japan International Art Exchange along with Jackson Pollock’s works and at the Nagasaki Art Museum’s annual Peace Exhibition. He is a board member of LELA International Artists (Lantern of the East Los Angeles).
As a martial artist, he is a certified Wing Chun Fist and Bak Mei Fist instructor under Sifu Eddie Chong, having also trained and won tournaments in Northern Shaolin Kung Fu, Chin Woo Fist, and Yang Style Tai Chi. Chan has trained actors and stuntpersons in Hollywood and worked on action choreography for film.
Academically, Chan graduated from UC Davis with B.A.s in psychology and sociology, from Dallas Theological Seminary with a Th.M. in historical theology and a M.A. in Christian Education, and from Talbot School of Theology with a D.Min. in philosophy. He is currently doing PhD Research Study in theology and the arts at University of Birmingham, United Kingdom.
Find Brian S. Chan at DTS-Media Arts & Worship: https://www.dts.edu/academics/academic-departments/media-arts-worship/courses/
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