Hera Chan is a cultural worker living in Amsterdam and Yogyakarta by way of Hong Kong. She is Adjunct Curator, Asia-Pacific, supported by Asymmetry, at Tate. She is is building Otonomia Bioskop, an autonomous cinema and art centre in Sembungan, Bantul, Yogyakarta with co-founder Riar Rizaldi, deputy director B.M. Anggana, architect Barry Beagen, graphic designer Jordan Marzuki, artist Uji Hahan, and builder Nathan Gunawan.
With artistic directors Arin Rungjang and David Teh, she was co-curator with Marisa Phandharakrajadej of the Thailand Biennale: Eternal [Kalpa] in Phuket (2025-26). Prior, she was Guest Professor at the Korea National University of the Arts.
In the Netherlands, she was a participant of De Appel's Curatorial Programme and co-producer of KomBIJ1 TV leading up to the Dutch Parliament elections in 2021. In Hong Kong, she was associate curator of public programmes at Tai Kwun Contemporary and director/curator of Videotage from 2017 to 2018. She co-founded Atelier Céladon in Montreal, speaking with diasporic peoples. Otherwise, she has worked as a researcher and community journalist. Hera was a finalist in Miss Chinese Montreal 2016 and the year after, began her international search for Miss Ruthless.
