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Lap-See Lam, Singing Chef Suit

Lap-See LamSinging Chef Suit, 2021

hand folded double-sided inkjet print on washi paper, hanger, stainless steel

not specified

About the artist

was born in Stockholm in 1990, where she lives and works. Upcoming solo exhibitions include Henie Onstad Kunstsenter and Vienna Secession, Vienna (both 2026). Lam presented a Gesamtkunstwerk at the Nordic Countries Pavilion, during the 60th Venice Biennial in 2024, in collaboration with Kholod Hawash and Tze Yeung Ho. Recent solo exhibitions include Moderna Museet, Stockholm (2025); Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, (2025); The Power Plant, Toronto (Vega Foundation); Studio Voltaire, London (both 2024); Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo NY; Swiss Institute, New York City; Portikus, Frankfurt am Main; and Lidköping Konsthall, Sweden (all 2023); Bonniers Konsthall (2022, 2018); Trondheim Kunstmuseum (2021); and Moderna Museet Malmö (2018–2019). Lam has taken part in group exhibitions at venues including Sammlung Philara, Düsseldorf (2024); Ghost 2565, Bangkok (2022); KINDL – Centre for Contemporary Art, Berlin (2022); Power Station of Art, Shanghai (2021); PinchukArtCentre (2021); Uppsala Konstmuseum (2020); Performa 19 in New York (2019); Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Paris (2019); Luleå Biennial (2018); Kópavogur Art Museum, Kópavogur (2018); and Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen (2017). Lam's works can be found in institutional collections such as the Instituto Bernardo Paz, Brazil; Buffalo AKG Art Museum, USA; Moderna Museet, Sweden; Maria Bonnier Dahlin Foundation, Sweden; L'Ascensore, Sicily, Italy; Kadist Foundation, France/USA; M+, Hong Kong, China; Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Finland; Malmö Konstmuseum, Sweden; Magasin III, Sweden; Public Art Agency, Sweden; Stockholm Stad, Sweden; and Röhsska Museet, Sweden. She was recently the recipient of The Lise Wilhelmsen Art Award 2025.

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