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Past Events

Thank you to the Artsy team and Bombay Sapphire for this incredible video and the opportunity to have my first solo show in New York. See my previous post here my reflections on the ...

Video: Vanessa Lam, 2017 Artisan Series

My first international solo show and my first New York exhibition. It really happened! What can I say about it? It is overwhelming to know where to start. I had a lot of lofty ideas ...

First New York Exhibition

It's finally here! I'm so excited to have my first solo exhibition in New York thanks to the incredible support of Artsy and Bombay Sapphire! Be sure to follow me on Instagram to see my ...

Solo Exhibition: There is Another Sky

This past December I had the incredible opportunity to enjoy Miami Art Week as a finalist in the Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series competition. I got to experience summer weather in the middle of ...

Miami Art Week 2017

I'm excited to let you know that I will offering my first workshop in Gibsons, BC at The Kube Studios on Sunday, August 13, 2017 from 12-4pm. Cost is $150. You will get a chance to spend more ...

August Workshop at The Kube Studios

If you missed the Spring Salon, you can come visit me during The Flats Block Party at The Arts Factory from 1-5pm on Saturday, July 15th! There's lots to see in the area so you will have a ...

The Flats Block Party 2017

My studio mates and I will be having our first Spring Salon at The Arts Factory next month! It's coming up fast and it's something that we have all been working hard to put together in addition ...

Spring Salon at The Arts Factory

I'm excited that I will running some new workshops with Opus over the next two months! They are built on a combination of experiments and exercises that I've learned on my own which have helped ...

Expressive Collage & Drawing Workshop

The Eastside Culture Crawl has ended but making art for me has gone into overdrive as I try to finish a few more small pieces for my next event in about 2 weeks! It will be for Shiny Fuzzy Muddy, ...

New Art & New Event: Shiny Fuzzy Muddy

Somehow I managed to finish a few large challenging paintings and rearranged my space for the Eastside Culture Crawl. It is interesting to look back on what I accomplished in the past year at the ...

A Year of New Paintings: Eastside Culture Crawl 2016

I had a fun time at the Arts Factory during the Eastside Culture Crawl! What made it great was that I had lots of new studio mates who moved into the building and participated in the Crawl ...

Eastside Culture Crawl 2016: New Artists at the Arts Factory

It's about one year since I've been at my studio at the Arts Factory. I have been a little apprehensive that I decided to forgo doing any art exhibits this year but in the end ...

Hot Talks Eastside Culture Crawl

Culture Days – Art Studio Tours at the Arts Factory

This year is my first time participating in the Eastside Culture Crawl instead of visiting other artists. I wasn't sure what to expect but it was better than I had ever hoped! We all completely ...

Eastside Culture Crawl at the Arts Factory

I am excited to exhibit a new series of work that I have been working on for the past 7 months. The basis for this series was conceived after visit to a local scrapyard. It led me to think about ...

Art Exhibit Opening – Scrapyard Chronicles

I am excited to be a part of this group show at Emily Carr. Not only do I get to see some of my Emily Carr classmates again but it will all be mixed media work. I'm just finishing off my altered ...

Art Show Opening – MIXX at Emily Carr

This new series of artwork explores the chance beauty of everyday materials and textural elements within our urban environment. Come to the opening reception to check out my new paintings and enjoy ...

Art Show Opening – Chance Encounters

Discovery Exhibition: Air Seymour Art Gallery Art Show Opening Reception and Awards Presentation: Sunday, January 12, 2014 2-4 pm Art Exhibit: January 8 – February 1, 2014 4360 ...

Art Show Opening – Discovery: Air

I'm excited that 2 of my paintings, which are pictured below, were chosen to be in the Art Rental Program at Cityscape Community Art Space in North Vancouver. You will have a chance to rent out my ...

Art Show Opening- Art Rental Collection

Come to the opening reception of Urban Landscape at The Cultch on December 18, 2013 from 6-8pm. It will be a group art show with artists John Russell, Sharon Petty, Valerie Arntzen and myself. ...

Art Show Opening – Urban Landscape

For this art show, I decided to take the opportunity to make all new paintings and create my first series. I was afraid that I wouldn’t have enough work to show but when it came time to load ...

Art Show Update – Building Perspective

I am very excited to have my very first solo art show called Building Perspective, inspired by photographs of Arnt Arntzen’s workshop taken last fall. The piece in the poster is a ...

Art Show – Building Perspective

The Machine Shop building at the Britannia Mine Museum was the venue for the Above and Below and the Surface exhibit. It was wonderful to have such a great turnout as we did on opening ...

Art Show Update – Above and Below the Surface

Come join me for the Above and Below the Surface art show opening on April 5th. Admission is free for the opening reception. My painting Lit by Poets, which is pictured above, will be on display ...

Art Show – Above and Below the Surface

The gallery was teeming with people on the opening reception night. There was a great mix of artists and interpretations of this year’s theme Earth. I had a brief chat and critique with the judge ...

Art Show Update: Discovery Earth Exhibit

The opening night of the Anonymous Art Show was much more popular than I anticipated. As I lined up outside, I peered through the window to see the packed crowd of people already milling about and ...

Anonymous Art Show Update

My painting titled Home Stretch, which is pictured on the bottom left corner of the poster, will be part of a group art show and grand opening of the Powell Street Craft Brewery on December 15, ...

Art Show – Powell Street Craft Brewery

This is an exciting time for me as one of my paintings was selected to be in the Seymour Art Gallery’s Discovery: Earth exhibition for emerging artists! My painting "A Different Air ...

Art Show – Discovery: Earth