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Anthony Van Lam

Artist’s Statement
“Journey Through Tradition” - A Solo Exhibition 1 February to 29 March 2024

A celebration of Chinese icons, this exhibition relives cherished childhood memories of lantern lit village squares.

With symbolic Mandarin ducks representing enduring love and elegant cranes embodying longevity, immortality, and wisdom, you’ll explore the rich heritage of delicately crafted vases and urns that adorned traditional Chinese spaces.

Journey Through Tradition seamlessly blends ancient craftsmanship with contemporary aspirations; an immersion in China's artistic legacy stepping into the canvas of Chinese tradition where strokes narrate stories, motifs kindle remembrance, and heritage meets innovation in a vibrant tapestry.
Biography
The stylistic, expressive paintings of Australian artist Anthony Van Lam are as tranquil and magical as they are profound. Working with mixed media on canvas or on paper, Anthony paints a range of subjects and explores how lines, colours, organic shapes, flowers, animals, and surface patterns intersect in unique ways to create form.

With a background in fashion design, Anthony Van Lam has an excellent sense of composition and is able to place objects expertly in the picture plane, finding new meanings in familiar subjects by isolating them and manipulating forms in terms of scale, colour, and shadow.

Known for his bold and colourful designs in fashion, Anthony's paintings reveal his true passion for flowers; immediately eye-catching, and encouraging us to find the magical in the everyday.
Influences
From a blank canvas, I create backgrounds with mixed media and then let the conversation between the canvas and myself deepen.
I visualize the artwork, and then by manipulating light and shadow, I bring my work to an entirely new level.

“Primarily a colorist, my love of colour
and light informs atmosphere in my work.”
Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions- Journey Through Tradition22024
February 2024
ArtSHINE Gallery, @Darling Square Community Bank Art Space

Solo Exhibitions- Dream Sequence 2 2023
September 2023
ArtSHINE Gallery, @Darling Square Community Bank Art Space

Solo Exhibitions- Dream Sequence 2022
September 2022
ArtSHINE Gallery, @Darling Square Community Bank Art Space

Solo Exhibitions- The Golden Lotus Shoe
February2021
ArtSHINE Gallery, @Darling Square Community Bank Art Space

Group Exhibition - Harmony
February 2020

Solo Exhibitions- ONISM
November 2019
ArtSHINE Gallery, Pyrmont

Solo Exhibitions- ESPY
August 2017
ArtSHINE Gallery, Chippendale

Group Show March 2017
“Eclectic”
ArtSHINE Gallery, Chippendale

August 2016
Solo Exhibition
“Observing Serendipity"
ArtSHINE Gallery, Chippendale

2016 March
“Celebrate Diversity"
Group Show & Art Competition
ArtSHINE Gallery, Chippendale

2015 September
“Art Medium"
Group Show
ArtSHINE Gallery, Chippendale

Group Exhibitions

2015 March
"Colour Spectrum"
Group Show
ArtSHINE Gallery, Chippendale

2014 November
"in the beginning"
Group Show
ArtSHINE Gallery, Chippendale

May 2013
7th Pyrmont Art Prize

May 2012
6th Pyrmont Art Prize

2011 July
Mosman Art Prize