Studio Series: Vanessa Lam

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Vanessa Lam, "Studio Series,'" 2017

Swarm 18 @ Gam Gallery Friday, September 8, 7 pm - 11 pm

You are invited to attend Swarm, the annual festival of artist-run culture, at ACME Studios (108-112 East Hastings St). This one-night event opens the building to the public with multiple exhibition spaces, open studios, and entertainment. We are pleased to present two exhibitions in the Gam: Sandeep Johal: Rest in Power in the main gallery and Studio Series: Vanessa Lam in the studio.

Gam Gallery is pleased to present a selection of new works by mixed media Vancouver artist Vanessa Lam in our ongoing Studio Series. Her work will be on view beginning the first night of Swarm festival of artist run culture until the end of September 2017.

Vanessa Lam investigates the dynamics of form, space and the unconscious through collage and mixed media painting. She refers to Abstract Expressionism in her work through gesture and automatic painting. Her action-oriented process involves a balance between chance and control. Although her mark making may appear random, Vanessa loosely directs paint through the immediacy of her brushwork and use of non-traditional painting tools. This spontaneity translates into her collage process. It engages her to instinctively respond to materials for shape, texture, line and colour. At the same time, the element of juxtaposition in collage allows Vanessa to create contrast through the placement of paint and the variance of her mark making. It is the fluid movement between chance and control that attracts her to examine both disciplines.

Vanessa Lam lives and works in Vancouver, British Columbia as a mixed media painter. Her work was selected to be in recent issues of Create Magazine and Uppercase Magazine. Vanessa recently completed a one-month residency at Takt Kunstprojektraum Artist Residency in Berlin, Germany. She has also exhibited and sold her work at various community venues and public galleries across the Lower Mainland.