NGAI Wing Lam 蟻穎琳

BIOGRAPHY
1986
Born in Hong Kong

Born in 1986, Hong Kong Based Artist Ngai Wing Lam graduated with a BA from Hong Kong Baptist University Academy of Visual Arts in 2008. LAM primarily works in oil painting, the stories of her character “Fish Man” are inspired by scenes of her dreams and her daily surroundings, with Hong Kong landscape as her work’s primary setting. Participated solo exhibitions include ‘No Dreams Can Last Longer Than A Night’  (Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong, 2023), ‘Searching for A Lost Soul’ (Touch Gallery, Hong Kong, 2022), Recent group exhibition include ‘Let’s Try Catching Steam with Bare Hands’ (Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong, 2022), ‘Shining Moment’  (TANG Art Foundation, Hong Kong, 2021), ‘WWF Hong Kong - Tales of the Ocean’ (Gallery by the Harbour, Hong Kong, 2020),  ‘Every Tuesday’ (Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre L614, Hong Kong, 2018), and ‘The Voyage of the Beagle’ (WINWIN ART, Pier-2 Art Center, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 2017).  The artist current lives and works in Hong Kong.

2005-2008
Bachelor of Visual Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University
 
SOLO EXHIBITION
2025
Guides to a Better Soul, Touch Gallery, Hong Kong

2023
No Dreams Can Last Longer Than A Night, Gallery Exit, Hong Kong
 
2022
Searching for Lost Souls, Touch Gallery, Hong Kong
 
2015
Until You Are Here, YY9 GALLERY, Hong Kong
 
2012
Reading the Time of Fish Man, Art and Culture Outreach, Hong Kong


GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025
Art Basel Hong Kong 2025, Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong
 
2024
Art Basel Hong Kong 2024, Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong

​2023
Art Basel Hong Kong 2023, Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong
The Drifters Group exhibition, Duddell's, Hong Kong
Relay Relay Relay Relay, WURE AREA, Hong Kong
 
2022
Half the Sky; the Sky is the Limit, SHOUT Contemporary, Hong Kong
Basel Hong Kong 2022, Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong
Let’s Try Catching Steam with Bare Hands, Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong2021
Shining Moment, TANG Art Foundation, Hong Kong
Alisan Fine Arts x French May Arts Festival Associated Project - Chinese Surrealism, Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong
 
2020
WWF Hong Kong – Tales of the Ocean, Gallery by the Harbour, Hong Kong
 
2018
Every Tuesday, Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre L614, Hong Kong
 
2017
The Voyage of the Beagle, WINWIN ART, Pier-2 Art Center, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
火腿 未，來式, HAM gallery, Pier-2 Art Center, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
 
2016
Domesticated, WINWIN ART, Pier-2 Art Center, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
 
2015
That guy, Koo Ming Kown Exhibition Gallery, Hong Kong Baptist University
YY9 10th Anniversary Exhibition - In Conversations with 100 local artists, YY9 GALLERY, Hong Kong
 
2014
Foo Tak Quartet: Artists work showcase, Art abd Culture Outreach, Hong Kong
 
2013
“BOING!” – Pop Up Night Market, OSAGE Kwun Tong, Hong Kong
 
2012
Asia Contemporary Art Show Hong Kong Young Artist 2012 (Finalist), Grand Hyatt Hong Kong
Hong Kong Oil Painting Competition 2012, Hong Kong Central Library
AVA x JCTIC, Koo Ming Kown Exhibition Gallery, Hong Kong Baptist University
 
2011
Drawing Connection, Siena Art Institute Onlus, Italy
 
2009
KLOMP!, Hong Kong Red Elation Gallery | Three Pacific Place, Hong Kong
 
2008
Live Herring ‘08 -Media Art Exhibition, The Jyväskylä Art Museum, Finland
New Trend 2008, Artist Commune, Cattle Depot Artist Village, Hong Kong
Current (Graduation Exhibition), AVA Gallery, Academy of Visual Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University
Arrest - an exhibition of frozen time and space,1a space, Cattle Depot Artists Village, Hong Kong
Works (Student Painting Exhibition), Gallery, Lam Woo International Conference Centre, Hong Kong Baptist University
Fresh!, AVA Gallery, Academy of Visual Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University
The Making of Hong Kong – Contemporary Art Exhibition (The students’ exhibition part), Hong Kong Art Museum
 
2007
Observation and Investigation (Student Installation Art Exhibition), AVA Gallery ,Academic of Visual Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University
Bliss (Joint-University Multimedia Exhibition), AVA Gallery, Academy of Visual Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University
 
2003
Art collection, City Hall, Hong Kong
 
HONOURS AND AWARDS
2014
Cliftons Art Prize Hong Kong 2014 (Finalist)
 
2013
Cliftons Art Prize Hong Kong 2013 (Finalist)
 
2012
Asia Contemporary Art Show, Hong Kong Young Artist 2012 (Finalist)
Hong Kong Oil Painting Competition 2012 (Finalist)
 

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