Lai Wai Lam (b.1990) received his B.A. in Fine Arts and Master of Fine Arts from The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2012 and 2018 respectively. In 2018, he was awarded the Bronze Award – Established Artist Category (Landscape or Figurative) in the annual art competition in Hong Kong – The 2018 UOB Art in Ink Awards. The winning artwork is now donated to United Overseas Bank’s collection.

Lai mainly focuses on ink as a medium of creation and is especially interested in the procedure of delineative painting. At the same time, his shading and smudge technique of superimposed ink layers retains a quiet and persistent temperament, much like the artist himself. Visual details of objects encountered in daily life is always reorganised and presented in his artworks as he makes use of different technique and perspective to explore other possibilities of expressions in ink painting. Lai grew up in the countryside which gives him spiritual freedom and peace. As he starts his career in the city, he begins to feel the pace of the rapid and artificial urban development. As a result, he focuses on expressing his inner feeling through his paintings depicting the relationship between the city, human and nature such as the contrast between urban bustle and leisure in the natural environment.


1990     Born in Hong Kong


ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
2018     Master of Fine Arts, Chinese University of Hong Kong
2012     Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts, Chinese University of Hong Kong


SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018     "Between the Folds" Graduation Exhibition of Master of Fine Arts | Cheng Ming Building, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
2017     "Buliao Niaozhi" Solo Exhibition of Master of Fine Arts | Cheng Ming Building, TheChinese University of Hong Kong


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022     "Wandering in the rain", ART PROJECTS GALLERY, Hong Kong
2020     "Since We Last Met⋯" , Cheer Bell Gallery, Hong Kong
2019     "UOB Art in Ink Exhibition", UOB Art Gallery, Shanghai
2018     "Affordable Art Fair 2018", Zone A GAllery, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre
2018     "Ink Asia 2018", The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre
2018     "LAAM" Joint exhibition of Lai Wai Lam and Tong KamTing, Yuen Long Cultural Life, Hong Kong
2017      "EMPATHICPARK" Contemporary Art Exhibition, CMC Gallery, Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre, Hong Kong
2017      "Ink Asia 2017", The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre
2017      "Fine Art Asia 2017", The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre
2016      "Ink Asia 2016", The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre
2016      "Fine Art Asia 2016", The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre
2015      "After Some Serious Dinner Meetings : Choi Yee Company Group Exhibition" 100ft.PARK, Kowloon, Hong Kong
2012      "Tsuen Wan, Kwai Tsing : Culture & Art Fun Feast in Towns and Hakka Villages", HULU Culture, Tsuen Wan Park
2012      "ZUNG" Graduation Exhibition, The Art of CUHK 2012, The Art Museum of Chinese University of Hong Kong
2012      "The Art of CUHK 2012, Cheng Ming Building, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
2011      "KACHU!" Joint Exhibition by LAI Wai Lam, CHEUNG Tsz Hin, LAU Yin Kan, CHEUNG Man Choi, CHAN Pak Chuen, Hui Gallery, New Asia College, The Chinese
   　　　   University of Hong Kong
2010      "Between Mountains and Spirits" Joint Exhibition, Hui Gallery, New Asia College, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
2010      "On Your Marks" Joint Exhibition of First Year student of Fine Arts, Cheng Ming Building, The Chinese University of Hong Kong