Cindy Lam
Cindy Yan Lam (she/her) is a Canadian visual artist. Her current practice focuses on working with paper as a medium. Lam holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from Falmouth University, UK She was awarded distinction classifications for both her final major project and for her degree. In 2024, she was the recipient of an Explore and Create grant by the Canada Council for the Arts which support her further explorations in hand papermaking. She is currently intensively studying papermaking at the Paperhouse Studio in Toronto.
When she is not making art you will find her exploring the residential streets, parks, and ravines in her neighborhood with her two beloved Samoyed dogs aka her studio mates.
ARTIST’S STATEMENT
My creative methods include painting, stitching (by machine and by hand), writing and hand papermaking. My work explores themes of slowness, the passage of time, of juxtapositions, and of regeneration. Much of my work incorporates methods and materials that are highly tactile and require time in their development. Through my practice I aim to counter the frenetic pace of our highly digitized age where faster is often deemed better. Many of my mixed media abstract landscapes and paintings are influenced by my daily walking practice where I attune to the many non-human lifeforms we share our planet with.
Cindy Yan Lam (she/her) is a Canadian visual artist. Her current practice focuses on working with paper as a medium. Lam holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from Falmouth University, UK She was awarded distinction classifications for both her final major project and for her degree. In 2024, she was the recipient of an Explore and Create grant by the Canada Council for the Arts which support her further explorations in hand papermaking. She is currently intensively studying papermaking at the Paperhouse Studio in Toronto.
When she is not making art you will find her exploring the residential streets, parks, and ravines in her neighborhood with her two beloved Samoyed dogs aka her studio mates.
ARTIST’S STATEMENT
My creative methods include painting, stitching (by machine and by hand), writing and hand papermaking. My work explores themes of slowness, the passage of time, of juxtapositions, and of regeneration. Much of my work incorporates methods and materials that are highly tactile and require time in their development. Through my practice I aim to counter the frenetic pace of our highly digitized age where faster is often deemed better. Many of my mixed media abstract landscapes and paintings are influenced by my daily walking practice where I attune to the many non-human lifeforms we share our planet with.
$500.00
Acrylic on canvas.
24x24"
Part of a series of "cold" paintings I did at the beginning of COVID this piece was inspired by cold crisp morning walks with my two snow dogs. I believe as long as we are together with loved ones or doing something we enjoy being "cold together" warms us up.
Acrylic on a ready to hang gallery wrapped canvas. Sealed with a matte varnish.
$500.00
Acrylic on canvas.
24x24"
Second to autumn, winter is my favourite season. This piece was inspired by cold crisp morning walks with my two snow dogs. I believe as long as we are together with loved ones or doing something we enjoy being "cold together" warms us up.
Acrylic on a ready to hang gallery wrapped canvas. Sealed with a matte varnish.
$700.00
Acrylic on canvas.
30x30"
Feeling landlocked in my midtown Toronto studio during COVID this was my way of bringing a lake to me. Painted from memory this piece was inspired by a trip to the Tobermory area.
Acrylic on a ready to hang gallery wrapped canvas. Sealed with a matte varnish.