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Jaffa Lam

Jaffa Lam (born 1973) is a Chinese visual artist. She is known for her mixed-media sculptures and site-specific works that inquire into Hong Kong culture and history.[1] Lam often uses recycled materials such as found fabric or wood from construction sites.[2][3] She began focusing on community engagement and socially responsible art at the time of the SARS outbreak in Hong Kong in 2003.[4] And since then, she has created many community-driven projects in Hong Kong and abroad.[5] In 2006, she received the Asian Cultural Council's Desiree and Hans Michael Jebsen Fellowship. Her works have been acquired by public institutions, including Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong Heritage Museum, and Chinese University of Hong Kong. Lam is also known as an educator.[6][7] She is currently Academic Head at the Hong Kong Art School.[8]

Early life edit

She was born in 1973 in Fujian, People's Republic of China. She migrated to Hong Kong in 1985 (at 12 years old) and continued her study there. She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts, Master of Fine Arts, and postgraduate diploma in education from The Chinese University of Hong Kong. She sculpted in wood, metals and glass, and created more expansive installations from items such as cough-drop tins, tree branches, and string. Some of her more avant-garde sculptures were object dialogues created at a residency in Hualien, Taiwan in 2003, or the ornate mosquito nets she sewed the following year on a cultural exchange with women in a Kenyan village.[9]

Selected works edit

Lam's practice focuses on socially engaged art. She stated, "During SARS in 2003, I felt strongly the power of collective sadness and anxiety, and I decided to respond this feeling." Speaking about her projects that involve workers from different industries in Hong Kong, the artist says, "I'm neither a fighter nor a social activist. . . What I do is only raising attention [. . . for] invisible people."[10]

Micro Economy (2009-ongoing) is a community-driven project that involves garment and crate wood workers. The project features large-scale sculptural objects using discarded or recycled materials such as old fabric, leftover crate wood, and scrap metal.[11] It questions the economy shaped around the idea of "use."

Bleaching is another collaborative work, where Lam worked with members of the Hong Kong Women Workers' Association, using pieces of fabric to create surfaces that act as tents and projection surfaces at the same time.[12]

Jaffa Lam Laam Collaborative: Weaver (2013) is a community art project that involves women from grassroots organizations as co-creators of artworks.[13] Hosted at the Hong Kong Arts Centre in 2013, the project includes seventeen works, including wood, fabric and found objects as well as her collaborative work with marginalized skilled laborers in Hong Kong.[14] The project explores the relationship between traditional craft and traditional gender norms, as well as labor and class for women in Hong Kong.[15] This project was shown to represent Hong Kong at the Setouchi Triennale in 2013.[16]

Lam's mixed-media installation work, Rocking in Mini Zen Garden (2020), was part of the disCONNECT HK exhibition of pandemic-related artwork.[17] Lam collected rocks by her home which is near a quarantine camp. The rocks remind her of mountains which she imagines summitting. She traces her path with thread and illuminates it with UV lights. By installing the artwork in a toilet in an historical tenement building, Lam attempts to create a safe space amidst uncertainty during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Christina Yuen Zi Chung, a PhD scholar in Feminist Studies at the Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies Department of the University of Washington, discusses how Lam creates work with a feminist consciousness and uses her work to reimagine a language for feminism for Hong Kong-based artists.[18]

Exhibitions edit

Lam's solo exhibitions include Chasing an Elusive Nature, Axel Vervoordt Gallery (2022);[7] Piu3, Shouson Theatre, Hong Kong Arts Centre (2018); Jaffa Lam X Sam Tung UkSam Tung Uk Museum, Hong Kong (2017);[5] Looking for my family story, Lumenvisum Gallery, Hong Kong (2015); Jaffa Lam Laam Collaborative: Weaver, Pao Gallery, Hong Kong Art Centre, Hong Kong (2013); Micro Economy, RMIT School of Art Gallery, Melbourne (2011); Travel with Rickshaw, Alliance Française, Dhaka (2005); and Murmur, Shatin Town Hall, Yuen Long Theatre, Hong Kong (2003).

Her work has been part of numerous group exhibitions, including Rocking in Mini Zen Garden, disCONNECT, Hong Kong (2020); A Beast, A God, and a Line, Para Site, Hong Kong (2018); Fête des Lumières, Lyon (2018); Utopias/Heterotopia: Wuzhen International Contemporary Art Exhibition (2016); Project Across: Touch Wood, K11 Art Space, Hong Kong (2015); Fine Art Asia 2014, Hong Kong Conventional and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong (2014); The Wind Shifts-Dialogues with Hong Kong Artists, Chi Art Space, Hong Kong (2014); Asia Platform in Setouchi Triennale 2013, Fukuda, Shodoshima (2013); Diverse City 8Q, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore (2012); Blue Wind International Multimedia Art Festival, Yangon (2012); Citizening, Vargas Museum, University of the Philippines, Manila (2012); Dialogue, Liu Hai Su Art Museum, Shanghai (2012); Passing through memory, Suzhou Jinji Lake Art Museum Opening Exhibition, Suzhou (2012); Strolling on the water, Westlake Contemporary Museum, Hangzhou (2011); and Butterfly Effect, He Xian Ning Museum, Shenzhen (2010).

Recognition edit

Lam received several awards including 40 UNDER 40, Perspective Magazine (2010); Freeman Foundation Asian Artists’ Fellowship (2009); Urban Glass Visiting Artist Fellowship (2007); Asia Cultural Council Fellowship (2006); Award for “Artists in Neighbourhood Scheme II” of Hong Kong Art Promotion Office (2002); International Art Contest, Mixed Media, Hong Kong (1997); Hong Kong Creative Paper Works Competition, Mixed Media (1997); and Y. S. Hui Arts Collection Award, Print Making (1996).[19]

References edit

  1. ^ Archive, Asia Art. "Hong Kong Conversations 2018: Women in Art". aaa.org.hk. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
  2. ^ Ha Thuc, Caroline (March 7, 2020). "Interview: Jaffa Lam and Caroline Ha Thuc" (PDF). Artomity. 15, Winter 2019/2020.
  3. ^ Michelle Vosper, ed. (2017). Creating across cultures: women in the arts from China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan (1st ed.). Hong Kong. ISBN 978-988-16047-0-5. OCLC 987274272.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. ^ "ArtAsiaPacific: Bookmark Jaffa Lam". artasiapacific.com. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
  5. ^ a b "Hong Kong artists recruited to revive interest in heritage buildings". South China Morning Post. 2017-01-04. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
  6. ^ Gluckman and Wong, Eliza and Phoebe (March 7, 2020). "The Parallax of Generations and Genders: Women in Art, the Hong Kong Case" (PDF). Yishu: Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art. Jul/Aug 2018: 6–24.
  7. ^ a b "It only took 22 years – prominent Hong Kong artist's first commercial show". South China Morning Post. 2022-10-21. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
  8. ^ "Hong Kong Art School". www.hkas.edu.hk. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
  9. ^ "It's Their Move". South China Morning Post. 2007-01-23. Retrieved 2022-03-26.
  10. ^ "Studio's Conversation Series - Jaffa Lam". Am Post (199). March 2016.
  11. ^ "Jaffa Lam Laam Collaborative: Weaver". ArtAsiaPacific. May 2013.
  12. ^ "Utopias/Heterotopias: Wuzhen Contemporary Art Exhibition". artinchina. 2016-04-21. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
  13. ^ Archive, Asia Art. "Jaffa Lam Laam Collaborative: Weaver". aaa.org.hk. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
  14. ^ Doran, Valerie (September–October 2011). "Jaffa Lam". ArtAsiaPacific (75).
  15. ^ Archive, Asia Art. "Gendering Her Art: The Category of "Woman" in the Art History of Hong Kong". aaa.org.hk. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
  16. ^ "Shodoshima | Setouchi Triennale 2019". ART SETOUCHI / Setouchi Triennale. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
  17. ^ "Jaffa Lam - Overview". Schoeni Projects. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
  18. ^ Archive, Asia Art. "Christina Yuen Zi Chung | Reimagining Feminism in Hong Kong". aaa.org.hk. Retrieved 2020-03-07.
  19. ^ "jaffalam.com". www.jaffalam.com. Retrieved 2021-03-13.

External links edit

  • Artist's website
  • Talk by Christina Yuen Zi Chung: Reimagining Feminism in Hong Kong, organized by Asia Art Archive, video, 1:23:00
  • Panel: Survival and Aspiration: On Becoming an Artist with Choi Yan Chi, Ho Sin Tung, Jaffa Lam, organized by Asia Art Archive, 2017, video, 1:46:00
  • Talk by Jaffa Lam: Stars, Stripes and Fukienese Food, hosted by Asia Art Archive, Hong Kong, 2008, video, 1:17:13
  • Talk by Jaffa Lam: Artist as a Profession, hosted by Asia Art Archive, 2006, video: 0:58:00
  • International Artists' Workshop Sharing by Jaffa Lam and Kith Tsang, hosted by the Hong Kong Arts Centre, 2004, video, 2:00:36
  • Creating Across Cultures: Women in the Arts from China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan

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This article may rely excessively on sources too closely associated with the subject potentially preventing the article from being verifiable and neutral Please help improve it by replacing them with more appropriate citations to reliable independent third party sources June 2019 Learn how and when to remove this message Jaffa Lam born 1973 is a Chinese visual artist She is known for her mixed media sculptures and site specific works that inquire into Hong Kong culture and history 1 Lam often uses recycled materials such as found fabric or wood from construction sites 2 3 She began focusing on community engagement and socially responsible art at the time of the SARS outbreak in Hong Kong in 2003 4 And since then she has created many community driven projects in Hong Kong and abroad 5 In 2006 she received the Asian Cultural Council s Desiree and Hans Michael Jebsen Fellowship Her works have been acquired by public institutions including Hong Kong Museum of Art Hong Kong Heritage Museum and Chinese University of Hong Kong Lam is also known as an educator 6 7 She is currently Academic Head at the Hong Kong Art School 8 Contents 1 Early life 2 Selected works 3 Exhibitions 4 Recognition 5 References 6 External linksEarly life editShe was born in 1973 in Fujian People s Republic of China She migrated to Hong Kong in 1985 at 12 years old and continued her study there She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts Master of Fine Arts and postgraduate diploma in education from The Chinese University of Hong Kong She sculpted in wood metals and glass and created more expansive installations from items such as cough drop tins tree branches and string Some of her more avant garde sculptures were object dialogues created at a residency in Hualien Taiwan in 2003 or the ornate mosquito nets she sewed the following year on a cultural exchange with women in a Kenyan village 9 Selected works editLam s practice focuses on socially engaged art She stated During SARS in 2003 I felt strongly the power of collective sadness and anxiety and I decided to respond this feeling Speaking about her projects that involve workers from different industries in Hong Kong the artist says I m neither a fighter nor a social activist What I do is only raising attention for invisible people 10 Micro Economy 2009 ongoing is a community driven project that involves garment and crate wood workers The project features large scale sculptural objects using discarded or recycled materials such as old fabric leftover crate wood and scrap metal 11 It questions the economy shaped around the idea of use Bleaching is another collaborative work where Lam worked with members of the Hong Kong Women Workers Association using pieces of fabric to create surfaces that act as tents and projection surfaces at the same time 12 Jaffa Lam Laam Collaborative Weaver 2013 is a community art project that involves women from grassroots organizations as co creators of artworks 13 Hosted at the Hong Kong Arts Centre in 2013 the project includes seventeen works including wood fabric and found objects as well as her collaborative work with marginalized skilled laborers in Hong Kong 14 The project explores the relationship between traditional craft and traditional gender norms as well as labor and class for women in Hong Kong 15 This project was shown to represent Hong Kong at the Setouchi Triennale in 2013 16 Lam s mixed media installation work Rocking in Mini Zen Garden 2020 was part of the disCONNECT HK exhibition of pandemic related artwork 17 Lam collected rocks by her home which is near a quarantine camp The rocks remind her of mountains which she imagines summitting She traces her path with thread and illuminates it with UV lights By installing the artwork in a toilet in an historical tenement building Lam attempts to create a safe space amidst uncertainty during the COVID 19 pandemic Christina Yuen Zi Chung a PhD scholar in Feminist Studies at the Gender Women and Sexuality Studies Department of the University of Washington discusses how Lam creates work with a feminist consciousness and uses her work to reimagine a language for feminism for Hong Kong based artists 18 Exhibitions editThis section of a biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page especially if potentially libelous Find sources Jaffa Lam news newspapers books scholar JSTOR December 2021 Learn how and when to remove this message Lam s solo exhibitions include Chasing an Elusive Nature Axel Vervoordt Gallery 2022 7 Piu3 Shouson Theatre Hong Kong Arts Centre 2018 Jaffa Lam X Sam Tung Uk Sam Tung Uk Museum Hong Kong 2017 5 Looking for my family story Lumenvisum Gallery Hong Kong 2015 Jaffa Lam Laam Collaborative Weaver Pao Gallery Hong Kong Art Centre Hong Kong 2013 Micro Economy RMIT School of Art Gallery Melbourne 2011 Travel with Rickshaw Alliance Francaise Dhaka 2005 and Murmur Shatin Town Hall Yuen Long Theatre Hong Kong 2003 Her work has been part of numerous group exhibitions including Rocking in Mini Zen Garden disCONNECT Hong Kong 2020 A Beast A God and a Line Para Site Hong Kong 2018 Fete des Lumieres Lyon 2018 Utopias Heterotopia Wuzhen International Contemporary Art Exhibition 2016 Project Across Touch Wood K11 Art Space Hong Kong 2015 Fine Art Asia 2014 Hong Kong Conventional and Exhibition Centre Hong Kong 2014 The Wind Shifts Dialogues with Hong Kong Artists Chi Art Space Hong Kong 2014 Asia Platform in Setouchi Triennale 2013 Fukuda Shodoshima 2013 Diverse City 8Q Singapore Art Museum Singapore 2012 Blue Wind International Multimedia Art Festival Yangon 2012 Citizening Vargas Museum University of the Philippines Manila 2012 Dialogue Liu Hai Su Art Museum Shanghai 2012 Passing through memory Suzhou Jinji Lake Art Museum Opening Exhibition Suzhou 2012 Strolling on the water Westlake Contemporary Museum Hangzhou 2011 and Butterfly Effect He Xian Ning Museum Shenzhen 2010 Recognition editLam received several awards including 40 UNDER 40 Perspective Magazine 2010 Freeman Foundation Asian Artists Fellowship 2009 Urban Glass Visiting Artist Fellowship 2007 Asia Cultural Council Fellowship 2006 Award for Artists in Neighbourhood Scheme II of Hong Kong Art Promotion Office 2002 International Art Contest Mixed Media Hong Kong 1997 Hong Kong Creative Paper Works Competition Mixed Media 1997 and Y S Hui Arts Collection Award Print Making 1996 19 References edit Archive Asia Art Hong Kong Conversations 2018 Women in Art aaa org hk Retrieved 2019 03 09 Ha Thuc Caroline March 7 2020 Interview Jaffa Lam and Caroline Ha Thuc PDF Artomity 15 Winter 2019 2020 Michelle Vosper ed 2017 Creating across cultures women in the arts from China Hong Kong Macau and Taiwan 1st ed Hong Kong ISBN 978 988 16047 0 5 OCLC 987274272 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint location missing publisher link ArtAsiaPacific Bookmark Jaffa Lam artasiapacific com Retrieved 2019 03 09 a b Hong Kong artists recruited to revive interest in heritage buildings South China Morning Post 2017 01 04 Retrieved 2021 03 13 Gluckman and Wong Eliza and Phoebe March 7 2020 The Parallax of Generations and Genders Women in Art the Hong Kong Case PDF Yishu Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art Jul Aug 2018 6 24 a b It only took 22 years prominent Hong Kong artist s first commercial show South China Morning Post 2022 10 21 Retrieved 2022 11 01 Hong Kong Art School www hkas edu hk Retrieved 2019 03 09 It s Their Move South China Morning Post 2007 01 23 Retrieved 2022 03 26 Studio s Conversation Series Jaffa Lam Am Post 199 March 2016 Jaffa Lam Laam Collaborative Weaver ArtAsiaPacific May 2013 Utopias Heterotopias Wuzhen Contemporary Art Exhibition artinchina 2016 04 21 Retrieved 2019 03 09 Archive Asia Art Jaffa Lam Laam Collaborative Weaver aaa org hk Retrieved 2019 03 09 Doran Valerie September October 2011 Jaffa Lam ArtAsiaPacific 75 Archive Asia Art Gendering Her Art The Category of Woman in the Art History of Hong Kong aaa org hk Retrieved 2019 03 09 Shodoshima Setouchi Triennale 2019 ART SETOUCHI Setouchi Triennale Retrieved 2019 03 09 Jaffa Lam Overview Schoeni Projects Retrieved 2021 03 13 Archive Asia Art Christina Yuen Zi Chung Reimagining Feminism in Hong Kong aaa org hk Retrieved 2020 03 07 jaffalam com www jaffalam com Retrieved 2021 03 13 External links editArtist s website Talk by Christina Yuen Zi Chung Reimagining Feminism in Hong Kong organized by Asia Art Archive video 1 23 00 Panel Survival and Aspiration On Becoming an Artist with Choi Yan Chi Ho Sin Tung Jaffa Lam organized by Asia Art Archive 2017 video 1 46 00 Talk by Jaffa Lam Stars Stripes and Fukienese Food hosted by Asia Art Archive Hong Kong 2008 video 1 17 13 Talk by Jaffa Lam Artist as a Profession hosted by Asia Art Archive 2006 video 0 58 00 International Artists 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