
Lap-See Lam
Lap-See Lam (b. 1990, Stockholm) lives and works in Stockholm, Sweden.
Lam was the recipient of the Lise Wilhelmsen Art Award 2025 and represented Sweden at the 60th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia in 2024 with a Gesamtkunstwerk commissioned for the Nordic Countries Pavilion. In 2021, she was awarded the Dagens Nyheter Culture Prize.
Upcoming exhibitions include a presentation at ARoS Art Museum in Aarhus, Denmark, in 2027.
Recent solo exhibitions include 192 Wing Lok Street, Vienna Secession, Vienna; Phantom Banquet, SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Georgia, USA; Ombres, Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Oslo; Bamboo Palace, Revisited, Blindspot Gallery, Hongkong (all 2026); PHI Foundation, Montréal; Moderna Museet, Stockholm; and Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (all 2025); The Power Plant, Toronto (Vega Foundation), and Studio Voltaire, London (both 2024); Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo; Swiss Institute, New York; Portikus, Frankfurt am Main; and Lidköping Konsthall, Lidköping (all 2023); Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm (2022, 2018); Trondheim Kunstmuseum, Trondheim (2021); and Moderna Museet Malmö (2018–2019).
Lam has participated in group exhibitions at Tai Kwun Contemporary, Hongkong (2026); Sammlung Philara, Düsseldorf (2024); Ghost 2565, Bangkok (2022); KINDL – Centre for Contemporary Art, Berlin (2022); Power Station of Art, Shanghai (2021); PinchukArtCentre, Kyiv (2021); Uppsala Konstmuseum, Uppsala (2020); Performa 19, 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 work is held in the collections of Instituto Bernardo Paz, Brazil; Buffalo AKG Art Museum, USA; Moderna Museet, Sweden; Maria Bonnier Dahlin Foundation, Sweden; KADIST, France/USA; M+, Hongkong; Museum of Contemporary Art; Kiasma, Finland; Malmö Konstmuseum, Sweden; Public Art Agency Sweden; the City of Stockholm, Sweden; and Röhsska Museet, Sweden.
Exhibitions at the gallery
Texts
- Andrew Russeth: Through Bamboo, a Swedish Artist Explores Her Familyʼs History, The New York Times, March 2026
- Bettina Freimann: A Monument of Resilience: Lap See Lam’s "Tales of the Altersea", Portikus Journal, April 2024
- Charlene K. Lau: ‘The Altersea Opera’ Is a Multilingual Tour de Force, Frieze, April 2024
- Asrin Haidari: Altera, Altera: An Apparition at Sea, Moderna museet, April 2024
- Mousse: Chinoiserie as Critique: Lap-See Lam by Stephanie Cristello
- Cultured Magazine: How a Floating Chinese Restaurant Inspired Artist Lap-See Lam's Star-Making U.S. Debut
- BOMB Magazine: Lap-See Lam Interviewed by Jenny Wu
- The Art Newspaper: Western Chinese restaurants are magical realist places - Lap-See Lam on her first US solo exhibition
- Lap-See Lam - Tales of the Altersea at Portikus Frankfurt, Mousse, May 2023
- Xiaoyu Weng: GLITCHES, TIME, CHINESENESS, DIASPORA, GHOSTS, AND STORYTELLING, exhibition catalogue *Dreamers’ Quay, Dreamers’ Key*, Bonniers konsthall, 2022
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Installation view, 192 Wing Lok Street, Vienna Secession, Vienna, 2026 -
Installation view, 192 Wing Lok Street, Vienna Secession, Vienna, 2026 -
Installation view, 192 Wing Lok Street, Vienna Secession, Vienna, 2026 -
Installation view, 192 Wing Lok Street, Vienna Secession, Vienna, 2026 -
Installation view, Phantom Banquet, SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Georgia, USA, 2026 -
Installation view, Phantom Banquet, SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Georgia, USA 2026 -
Installation view, Ombres, Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Oslo, 2026 -
Installation view, Ombres, Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Oslo, 2026 -
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Installation view, Ombres, Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Oslo, 2026 -
Installation view, Bamboo Palace, Revisited, Blindspot Gallery, Hongkong, 2026 -
Installation view, Bamboo Palace, Revisited, Blindspot Gallery, Hongkong, 2026 -
Installation view, Shadow Play, PHI Foundation, Montreal, Canada, 2025 -
Installation view, Shadow Play, PHI Foundation, Montreal, Canada, 2025 -
Installation view, Shadow Play, PHI Foundation, Montreal, Canada, 2025 -
Installation view, Begin Again, Begin Again, Moderna museet, Stockholm, Sweden, 2025 -
Installation view, Floating Sea Palace, Studio Voltaire, London, 2024, photo by Andy Keate -
Installation view, Floating Sea Palace, The Power Plant, Toronto, 2024, photo by LFdocumentation. -
Installation view, Tales of the Altersea, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, photo by Jeff Mclane -
Exterior installation view, Lap-See Lam, The Altersea Opera, 2024. With Kholod Hawash and Tze Yeung Ho. The Nordic Countries Pavilion, 60th International Art Exhibition, La Biennale de Venezia, 20 April - 24 November, 2024. Photo: Michael Miller/Moderna Museet. Textile work © Kholod Hawash. © Lap-See Lam. Courtesy the artist, Moderna Museet and Galerie Nordenhake. Dragon head made by Lu Guangzheng, for The Altersea Opera. -
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Live performance, The Altersea Opera, 2024. Lap-See Lam with Kholod Hawash and Tze Yeung Ho. The Nordic Countries Pavilion, 60th International Art Exhibition, La Biennale de Venezia, 20 April - 24 November, 2024. Photo: Jan Ahlstedt /Moderna Museet. Textile work © Kholod Hawash. © Lap-See Lam. Courtesy the artist, Moderna Museet and Galerie Nordenhake. -
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Installation view, Lap-See Lam, The Altersea Opera, 2024. With Kholod Hawash and Tze Yeung Ho. The Nordic Countries Pavilion, 60th International Art Exhibition, La Biennale de Venezia, 20 April - 24 November, 2024. Photo: Michael Miller/Moderna Museet. Textile work ©️ Kholod Hawash. ©️ Lap-See Lam. Courtesy the artist, Moderna Museet and Galerie Nordenhake. -
Installation view, Lap-See Lam, The Altersea Opera, 2024. With Kholod Hawash and Tze Yeung Ho. Photo: Henrik Lundell/ HLVM. -
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Installation view, Lap-See Lam, The Altersea Opera, 2024. With Kholod Hawash and Tze Yeung Ho. Dragon tail made by Lu Guangzheng, for The Altersea Opera. Photo: Henrik Lundell/ HLVM. -
Tales 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 -
Installation view, 'Tales of the Altersea (Prologue)', Galerie Nordenhake Berlin, 2023 -
Installation view, 'Tales of the Altersea (Prologue)', Galerie Nordenhake Berlin, 2023 -
'Tales of the Altersea (Bow)', 2023, brass, neon, blockout paint, 152.4 x 94 cm, 60 x 37 in -
Tales of the Altersea (Julie), 2023, kinetic sculpture: brass, paint, electrical motors, neon, 73 x 157 x 11 cm 28 3/4 x 61 3/4 x 4 3/8 in -
Installation view, Tales of the Altersea, Swiss Institute, New York, 2023. Photo: Daniel Pérez -
Installation view, Tales of the Altersea, Swiss Institute, New York, 2023. Photo: Daniel Pérez -
Installation view, Tales of the Altersea, Swiss Institute, New York, 2023. Photo: Daniel Pérez -
Installation view, Tales of the Altersea (Portal), 2023. Portikus, Frankfurt am Main, 2023. Photo: Tomas Maglione -
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Installation view, Tales of the Altersea, Portikus, Frankfurt am Main, 2023. Photo: Alwin Lay -
Installation view, Tales of the Altersea, Portikus, Frankfurt am Main, 2023. Photo: Alwin Lay -
Installation view, Tales of the Altersea, Portikus, Frankfurt am Main, 2023. Photo: Jiyoon Chung -
Installation view, Tales of the Altersea, Portikus, Frankfurt am Main, 2023. Photo: Alwin Lay -
Installation view, Det regnar drakfjäll, Röhsska Museum, Gothenburg, 2022. Foto: Carl Ander -
Installation view, Det regnar drakfjäll, Röhsska Museum, Gothenburg, 2022. Foto: Carl Ander -
Installation view, Det regnar drakfjäll, Röhsska Museum, Gothenburg, 2022. Foto: Carl Ander -
Installation View, Dreamers’ Quay, Dreamers’ Key, Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm, 2022. Photo: Jean-Baptiste Béranger -
Installation View, Dreamers’ Quay, Dreamers’ Key, Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm, 2022. Photo: Jean-Baptiste Béranger -
Installation View, Dreamers’ Quay, Dreamers’ Key, Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm, 2022. Photo: Jean-Baptiste Béranger -
Installation View, Dreamers’ Quay, Dreamers’ Key, Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm, 2022. Photo: Jean-Baptiste Béranger -
Installation View, Dreamers’ Quay, Dreamers’ Key, Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm, 2022. Photo: Jean-Baptiste Béranger -
Installation View, Dreamers’ Quay, Dreamers’ Key, Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm, 2022 -
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Singing Chef Suit, 2021, hand folded double-sided inkjet print on washi paper, hanger, stainless steel -
Installation view, Phantom Banquet, Galerie Nordenhake, Stockholm, 2020 -
Installation view, Phantom Banquet, VR 360 stereoscopic video, Galerie Nordenhake, Stockholm, 2020 -
Installation view, Mother's Tongue, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, 2019 -
Installation view, Performa 19 Commission, Performa Hub: Jeffrey Deitch Gallery, New York , 2019 -
Installation view, "Maria Bonnier Dahlin Foundation Grant Recipients 2017", Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm, 2018 -
Installation view "Like the Eight Immortals", L’Ascensore OFF, Palermo Sicily, 2017

































































