Lam Tung-pang was born in Hong Kong, and he currently lives and works in Hong Kong. Lam studied Fine Art at The Chinese University of Hong Kong before undertaking an MA at Central St Martins College of Art, London in 2004. He has been awarded numerous scholarship and awards, including Arts Scholarship from Hong Kong Arts Development Council (2003) and Hong Kong Contemporary Art Biennial Awards (2009).
Lam’s work are mostly related to specific situations or social contents and some of them are in monument scale by given a touch of humanity. He has exhibited extensively world-wide and has work in many private and public collections, including Destche Bank, Hong Kong Museum of Art and commission work by Hong Kong Legislative Council. In 2012, he was awarded the Asian Cultural Council Fellowship and outstanding contributions to the development of culture and arts by The Secretary for Home Affairs, Hong Kong. and the Award for Best Artist (Visual Arts) of the Hong Kong Arts Development Awards in 2013.
About the exhibition
Title: Planting Time
Curator: William Lim
Date: 7.7 - 7.30, 2016
Venue: Tang Contemporary Art, Hong Kong
Courtesy of the artist and Tang Contemporary Art, for further information please visit www.tangcontemporary.com.
Bio of Lam Tung-pang
| 2014 | Play, Espace Louis Vuitton Hong Kong |
| 2013 | The Curiosity Box, Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco, U.S.A |
| 2012 | Past Continuous Tense - new works by Lam Tung-pang, Goethe-Institut, Hong Kong |
| 2011 | Lam Tung-pang: Long View Under Scrutiny, Hanart T Z Gallery, Hong Kong |
| Artists in the Neighbourhood Scheme V: The Drawing Observatory — Works by Lam Tung-pang, Exhibition Gallery 4-5, Hong Kong Central Library, Hong Kong | |
| 2010 | Diorama – Painting and Mixed-media, Hanart T Z Gallery, Hong Kong
Animals come to Town – Works by Lam Tung-pang, Times Square, Hong Kong |
| 2008 | New Paintings by Lam Tung Pang, Hanart T Z Gallery, Hong Kong |
| City Projects: Where is my Mum? Hong Kong, London, Beijing, EXHIBIT, CHINA NOW and the London Festival of Architecture 2008, London, U.K. | |
| Young Asian Artists Solo, China International Gallery Exposition 2008, Beijing, China | |
| 2007 | Studio – Hong Kong London, Commercial Press Book Centre and Joint Publishing Book Café, Hong Kong |
| 2006 | West Journey – Works by Tung-pang Lam, OC Gallery & Central Plaza, Hong Kong |
| Chinese Arts Centre, Manchester, U.K. | |
| Mind the Gap, Toni Heath Gallery, London, U.K. | |
| 2005 | Resonate II, Wah Luen Industrial Centre, Fo Tan, Hong Kong |
| Resonate I, Grotto Fine Art, Hong Kong | |
| Breath, Toni Heath Gallery, London, U.K. | |
| Window Gallery, London, U.K. |
Group Exhibition
| 2013 | Hong Kong Contemporary Art Awards 2012, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong
The Origin of Dao: New Dimensions in Chinese Contemporary Art, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong Intelligence Infinity: Inspiration through Art, Hong Kong Heritage Museum, Hong Kong I Think It Rains, Cattle Depot Artist Village, Hong Kong Hong Kong Eye, ArtisTree, Hong Kong Painting On and On 3 - Melting Pot, School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong |
| 2012 | The Best of Times, The Worst of Times. Rebirth and Apocalypse in Contemporary Art, Kyiv, Ukraine
Hong Kong Eye, Saatchi Gallery, UK |
| 2011
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Vision of Nature: Lost & Found in Asian Contemporary Art, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong
Legacy and Creations - "Ink Art vs Ink Art" and "Art vs Art", Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong Artists in the Neighbourhood Scheme V Launching Exhibition, City Hall, Hong Kong |
| 2010 | No soul for Sale, Tate Modern
New Vision: New Colours, Hong Kong Museum of Art Hong Kong Contemporary Art Biennial Awards 2009, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong Legacy and Creations: Art vs Art - Museum of Contemporary Art Shanghai, China The Linear Dimension - Contemporary Hong Kong Art, Grotto Fine Art Ltd, Hong Kong |
| 2009 | Figurativeness and Abstract - Contemporary Oil Paintings, Watercolours and Prints of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Central Library, Hong Kong |
| 2008 | Hong Kong Hong Kong, Hanart T Z Gallery, Hong Kong |
| Departure – Contemporary Art Exhibition of Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Hong Kong and Macau, He Xiangning Art Museum, OCT Contemporary Art Terminal, China | |
| October Contemporary 2008, Hong Kong | |
| Hong Kong International Arts and Antiques Fair 2008, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong | |
| UK Alumni – The Celebration 60, British Council, London & Hong Kong | |
| Hong Kong • Arts • Centre — HKAC 30th Anniversary Exhibition, Hong Kong Arts Centre | |
| Inside Looking Out, Osage Singapore, Singapore | |
| HK Unveiled - Contemporary Art in the S.A.R., Atting House, Hong Kong | |
| Beautiful Journey, Beautiful World , An Art Container Project, Hong Kong | |
| 2007 | Some Rooms, Osage Kwun Tong, Hong Kong |
| Inside Looking Out, Osage Beijing, Beijing | |
| Reversing Horizons, Artist Reflections of the Hong Kong Handover 10th Anniversary, Museum of Contemporary Art Shanghai, China | |
| Paintings by Lam Tung Pang and Xue Jun, Hanart T Z Gallery, Hong Kong | |
| Drawing Exhibition On Paper, Too Art, Hong Kong Arts Centre | |
| Philippe Charriol Foundation Art Competition Finalist Exhibition, Philippe Charriol Foundation, Taikoo Place, Artist Commune and Cityplaza, Hong Kong | |
| Inside Looking Out, Osage Gallery, Hong Kong | |
| Sport as Art - Li-Ning X HK Creative People, Hong Kong Fashion Week, The Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong | |
| Fotanian: Fotan Artists Open Studios 2007, Hong Kong | |
| 2006 | Sovereign Asian Art Prize Finalist Exhibition, Sovereign Art Foundation, Lane Crawford and International Finance Centre, Hong Kong |
| Shanghai Art Fair Emerging Artists Exhibition 2006, Shanghai, China | |
| London Art Fair 2006, London, U.K. | |
| 2005 | Small is beautiful XXIII, Flower Central, London, U.K
Manchester Art Show 2005, Manchester, U.K. Hunting Art Prize gala, Finalist Exhibition, Royal College of Art, London, U.K. M.A. and other Post Graduates Contemporary Art Exhibition, Atkinson Gallery, U.K. |
| 2004 | Small is beautiful XXII, Flower Central, London, U.K
The 8th Chichester open Art Exhibition, Minerva, Chichester Festival Theatre, U.K. The Inscriptive Ferret, Space 44, London, U.K. |
| 2003 | Fotanian: Fotan Artists Open Studios 2003, Hong Kong
Hong Kong Art Biennial 2003, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong Ka Folk Restaurant, Shanghai Street Artspace, Hong Kong A Time Like This… - SARS Exhibition, Pao Galleries, Hong Kong Arts Centre Allen and Overy Art Exhibition, Allen and Overy, Hong Kong Landscape of Mind: Paintings by Chan Sau-nam & Lam Tung-pang, Grotto Fine Art Ltd, Hong Kong |
| 2002 | Triple Play, 1aspace, Cattle Depot Artist Village, Hong Kong |
| 2001 | 318 Opening Show, Wah Luen Industrial Centre, Hong Kong
Nokia Arts Awards-Asia Pacific 2000-Playground of Your Imagination, Insa Art Center, Seoul, South Korea |
Artist in Residence
| 2006 | Artist in Residence, Department of Philosophy, Lingnan University, Hong Kong |
Awards
| 2014 | Best Artist (Visual Arts), Hong Kong Arts Development Awards (2013) |
| 2012 | Outstanding contributions to the development of culture and arts by The Secretary for Home Affairs, Hong Kong. |
| Asian Cultural Council Fellowship | |
| 2009 | Hong Kong Contemporary Art Biennial Awards |
| 2007 | Finalists, Philippe Charriol Foundation Art Competition |
| 2006 | The Schoeni Prize, Sovereign Asian Art Prizes |
| 2005 | Young Artist of the Year, Hunting Art Prize, UK |
| 2004 | Young Artists Prize, Chichester Open Art, UK |
| 2003 | Arts Scholarships, Hong Kong Arts Development Council, Hong Kong |
| 2002 | Raymond Wood Creative Prize, The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| 2001 | Cheung's Fine Arts Awards, The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| 2000 | Nokia Art Awards-Asia Pacific 2000 Hong Kong Finalist & Outstanding Artistic Expression, the Nokia Art Awards-Asia Pacific 2000 |
Collections and Commission
| M+ Museum, Hong Kong
Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong Burger Collection Kadist Art Foundation K11 Art Foundation Deutsche Bank The Hong Kong Legislative Council MTR, Hong Kong University of the Arts London Grotto Fine Art Ltd, Hong Kong Hanart Gallery, Hong Kong Allen & Overy, Hong Kong Private Collection (Hong Kong, U.K., USA, Spain) |
