Gwenessa Lam
November 18, 2023 - December 16, 2023
Gwenessa Lam is a visual artist and educator. Her current work draws from historical objects and domestic spaces as contested sites of collective memory. Lam is interested in understanding the psychological and social implications when artifacts are lost to disaster, censorship, or misidentification.
Lam received her BFA from the University of British Columbia and MFA from New York University. She has taught at New York University, the University of British Columbia, and the Alberta University of the Arts. Lam has attended residencies at Skowhegan, MacDowell Colony, Yaddo, and the Banff Centre. Her work has been exhibited at the Bronx Museum of Art and the Queens Museum of Art in New York. Lam lives and works in Vancouver, BC and is currently Associate Professor at Emily Carr University of Art and Design.
For a list of available works from this exhibition, please contact the gallery at info@equinoxgallery.com
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Installation View

Gwenessa Lam
Before Present
November 18th - December 16th, 2023

Installation View

Gwenessa Lam
Before Present
November 18th - December 16th, 2023

Installation View

Gwenessa Lam
Before Present
November 18th - December 16th, 2023

Installation View

Gwenessa Lam
Before Present
November 18th - December 16th, 2023

Installation View

Gwenessa Lam
Before Present
November 18th - December 16th, 2023

Installation View

Gwenessa Lam
Before Present
November 18th - December 16th, 2023

Installation View

Gwenessa Lam
Before Present
November 18th - December 16th, 2023

Installation View

Gwenessa Lam
Before Present
November 18th - December 16th, 2023

Gwenessa Lam

Future Magic, GAN Bronze Mirror 101

2023

Acrylic and phosphorescent pigment on canvas

  • 42" x 42"
  • Rachel Topham Photography
Gwenessa Lam

Magic. Bronze Mirror FSB 508

2023

Acrylic and phosphorescent pigment on canvas

  • 42" x 42"
  • Rachel Topham Photography
Gwenessa Lam

Magic. Bronze Mirror FSB 587

2023

Acrylic and phosphorescent pigment on canvas

  • 42" x 42"
  • Rachel Topham Photography
Gwenessa Lam

Future Magic, GAN Bronze Mirror 42

2023

Acrylic and phosphorescent pigment on canvas

  • 42" x 42"
  • Rachel Topham Photography
Gwenessa Lam

Topology 1

2023

Acrylic and coloured pencil on canvas

  • 48" x 36"
  • Photo: Blaine Campbell
Gwenessa Lam

Topology 2

2023

Acrylic and coloured pencil on canvas

  • 48" x 36"
  • Photo: Blaine Campbell
Gwenessa Lam

Ghost Fragment B53AH (Freer Study Collection)

2023

Acrylic and colour pencil on paper

  • 24" x 24"
Gwenessa Lam

Future Fragment 17

2023

Acrylic and colour pencil on paper

  • 24" x 24"

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Gwenessa Lam

Gwenessa Lam

Gwenessa Lam is a visual artist and educator. Her artwork stems from interests in perception and the compression of time and memory within images. Gwenessa received her BFA from the University of British Columbia and MFA from New York University. She has taught at New York University, the University of British Columbia, and the Alberta University of the Arts. She has attended residencies at Skowhegan, MacDowell Colony, Yaddo, and the Banff Centre.   Her work has been exhibited at the Bronx Museum of Art and the Queens Museum of Art in New York.  Gwenessa lives and works in Vancouver, BC and is currently Associate Professor at Emily Carr University of Art and Design.

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