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Lap-See Lam (b. 1990) lives and works in Stockholm, Sweden. 

 



EDUCATION


2013-2016 BFA, Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm

2018-2020 MFA, Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm 




SOLO EXHIBITIONS 


2023 

Portikus, Frankfurt (ongoing)

Swiss Institute, New York (upcoming)

Buffalo AKG Art Museum, New York (upcoming)


Lidköping Konsthall, Lidköping (upcoming)

Galerie Nordenhake, Berlin (upcoming)



2022

Dreamers’ Quay, Dreamers’ Key, Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm

Det regnar drakfjäll, Röhsska Museet, Gothenburg 



2021 

Lap-See Lam, Trondheim Kunstmuseum, Trondheim 



2020 

Phantom Banquet, Galerie Nordenhake, Stockholm



2019 

Horizontal, Skellefteå Konsthall, Skellefteå 

Horizontal, Erik Nordenhake, Stockholm



2018 

Mother’s Tongue, Moderna Museet, Malmö 

Maria Bonnier Dahlin Foundation Art Prize, Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm



2017 

Mother’s Tongue, Mossutställningar, Stockholm

Like the Eight Immortals, L’Ascensore, Palermo 





GROUP EXHIBITIONS 


2023

Shades of Daphne, Kasmin Gallery, New York 

Ars Fennica 2023, Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki (upcoming)



2022

Landscapes of Belonging, KINDL - Centre for Contemporary Art, Berlin

Ett hem, Thielska Galleriet, Stockholm  

Soy Dreams of Milk, Blindspot Gallery, Hong Kong

Public Art Agency Sweden’s acquisitions 2021, Skissernas Museum, Lund

GHOST 2565: Live Without Dead Time, Bangkok



2021 

Future Generation Art Prize, Pinchuk Art Centre, Kyiv 

Artsy Vanguard 2021, Mana Contemporary, Miami

Death-Ray on the Coral Island, Power Station of Art, Shanghai 



2020 

Commissioned furniture, Magasin III, Stockholm 

MMXX, Konstakademien, Stockholm 

Mother’s Tongue, CPH:DOX, Copenhagen 

Unhomed, Uppsala Konstmuseum, Uppsala 



2019 

Performa 19 Biennial, Jeffrey Deitch Gallery, New York 

Metamorphosis. Art in Europe Now, Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Paris 

SoftCity, Coyote, Stockholm 

Cartography of Memory, Pina, Vienna 



2018 

Luleå Biennial 2018: Tidal Ground, Luleå Konsthall, Luleå & Ajjite Museum,Jokkmokk

Cycle Music and Art Festival, Gerðarsafn -Kópavogur Art Museum, Kópavogur

Four as One and Three, Gallery Kendra Jayne Patrick, New York 

Space is Only Noise part 2, Erik Nordenhake, Stockholm 



2017 

After School Special, Landmark, Bergen 

Front List Art Launch, Alma, Stockholm 

Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition 2017, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen 



2016 

Aperto, Fondazione Antonio Ratti, Como 

Kungl. Kandidatutställningen, Mindepartementet Art & Photography, Stockholm 

Rundgång, Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm




COMMISSIONS 


2023 Karl Otto Bonniers Torg, Bonnier Fastigheter & Stockholm Konst (upcoming)

2022 Festival Artist, Göteborg Film Festival 




SELECTED PUBLICATIONS  


2022 Lap-See Lam - Dreamers’ Quay, Dreamers’ Key. Bonniers Konsthall & Lenz Press  




AWARDS / GRANTS 


2022 The Swedish Arts Grants Committe, 1-year Working Grant 

2021 Dagens Nyheter Culture Prize 

2021 IASPIS, Studio Grant Holder  

2021 Future Generation Art Prize Shortlist 

2021 The Artsy Vanguard 

2021 City of Stockholm Culture Prize 

2020 Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe, Art & Culture 

2020 CPH:DOX NEW:VISION, Special Mention 

2018 Maria Bonnier Dahlin Foundation Art Prize  

2017 IASPIS, Assistant Grant for Wu Tsang 

2016 Fondazione Antonio Ratti, Como 





PUBLIC COLLECTIONS


Buffalo AKG Art Museum, USA 

Kadist Foundation, France/ USA

Malmö Konstmuseum, Sweden

Maria Bonnier Dahlin Foundation, Sweden

Moderna Museet, Sweden

Public Art Agency, Sweden

Röhsska Museet, Sweden