Sara Lam
Artist Bio
Sara Lam is a multimedia artist based in Houston whose work is influenced by the culture and aesthetics of her Southeast Texas upbringing. With a background in oil painting, she has ultimately evolved her intuitive studio practice into a symbiosis of drawing, painting, sculpture, and found object assemblage.
Lam's practice is both materially and contextually driven, using specific mediums and motifs to create works that tease notions of surrealism and mimicry. The contextual elements of the work confront themes of gender and culture; drawing inspiration from the over-saturated, ultra-traditional, and ever-prideful nature of Texas. Though the work addresses external forces, it is filtered through a lens of personal experience and reflection.
Lam holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and is currently a member of Box13, a non-profit artist-run gallery and studio space. Lam has shown work at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Sam Houston State University, and has participated in solo and group exhibitions in major cities in the United States.
