Brian Chan

Dr. Brian S. Chan, assistant professor at Dallas Theological Seminary (DTS), teaches a theology of the arts, including beauty, creativity, film, and story. He also teaches creative writing and visual artmaking with biblical foundations. Before joining DTS, he pastored in Hollywood/Burbank and taught at Biola University. Chan is an award-winning fine artist who exhibits internationally, including the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Nagasaki Prefectural Museum of Art, and Institute of Evangelical and Cultural Research in Rome. He is a board member of Lantern of the East Los Angeles (LELA) International Artists. In the film industry, he is a certified kung fu instructor and trained actors in kung fu. He is a workshop instructor in Hollywood and the chapter director of Hollywood Prayer Network at DTS. He is a speaker and leader of the Artist Network in the European Leadership Forum. As a writer, he authored The Purple Curtain: Living Out Beauty in Faith & Culture from a Biblical Perspective, Not Easily Broken (a novel), and a forthcoming book, Cinema and the Soul: The Art of Watching Movies with Faith and Wisdom. He lives in Dallas, Texas with his wife Ellen and son Josiah.

Chan’s art aims to draw the viewer into visions of beauty. Artmaking for Chan is a contemplative process and a prayerful journey of inner conversations with God.