Installation view, Tales of the Altersea, Portikus, Frankfurt am Main, 2023. Photo: Alwin Lay

Lap-See Lam

Lap-See Lam was born in Stockholm in 1990, where she lives and works. The artist has been invited to create the idea and framework for a Gesamtkunstwerk at the Nordic Countries Pavilion for the 60th Venice Biennial, opening in 2024. Working alongside her are the artist Kholod Hawash from Finland and the composer Tze Yeung Ho from Norway. Her work is currently showing at the Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo NY. Recent solo exhibitions include the Swiss Institute, New York City; Portikus, Frankfurt am Main; and Lidköping Konsthall, Sweden (all 2023); Bonniers Konsthall (2022); Trondheim Kunstmuseum (2021); Moderna Museet Malmö (2018–2019); and Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm (2022, 2018). 'Tales of the Altersea' is currently on view at Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki as part of the Ars Fennica 2023 exhibiton. She has taken part in group exhibitions at venues including 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 was the winner of Dagens Nyheter Culture Prize in 2021 and a recipient of the Maria Bonnier Dahlin Foundation Grant in 2017. In 2021 she was shortlisted for the Future Generation Art Prize. She is nominated for the Ars Fennica Award 2023.

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Lap-See Lam in conversation with curator Carina Bukuts (Portikus Frankfurt/Main) on the occasion of Lam's solo exhibition 'Tales of the Altersea (Prologue)' at Galerie Nordenhake Berlin, September 15, 2023.

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

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

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

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