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Lap-See Lam, Tales of the Altersea (Dahlia)

Lap-See LamTales of the Altersea (Dahlia), 2023

neon with green glass

132.3 x 26 x 16.5 cm, 52 1/8 x 10 1/4 x 6 1/2 in

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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