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Jaffa Laam Lam
19XX   Born in Fujian province, China
1993 - 1997 Studied at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), B.A. (Fine Arts)
1997 - 1999   Postgraduate Course at CUHK, M.F.A. (Master of Fine Arts)
1999 - 2000   Postgraduate Diploma in Education Programme at CUHK (Art Education)
1999 - 2000   Taught at The Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education (Sculpture)
2001 - Present   Part-time Lecturer in The Art School, Hong Kong Arts Centre and Hong Kong Institute of Education  (sculpture course in DAFA and BAFA)
Studio Supervisor of Sculpture Studio(Part-time), The Art School, Hong Kong Arts Centre
Guest speaker of CUHK
     
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2005   [Travel with Rickshaw] Alliance Francaise, Bangladesh
[Exchange. History] White-tube gallery, Arts Centre
2004   [Twins] Pottery Workshop, Shanghai
2003   [Just for Fun] ARTtube@mtr, Central Station
[Murmur Shatin] Town Hall, Yuen Long Theatre
2002   [Facilities First] Institute of Art and Design Gallery
2001   [play • ground] Wurth Gallery, Goethe-Institute Hong Kong
1999   [sign‧motion] The Chinese University of Hong Kong
1998   [wood‧calligraphy] Hong Kong Cultural Centre
     
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2007   ECHOES & REFLECTIONS, ChinaSquare, New York
2007   [Prison Museum] Artist Commune, Victoria Prosion, Central Hong Kong
2006   A Question of Perspective – Exhibition of works by Asian Cultural Council Fellows 2006] Asian Cultural Council, Lee Gardens, Hong kong
[Contemporary Chinese Glass Art] SOFA, Chicago
[Between Obstruction and Crossover; 2006 International Windbreak Forest Environment Arts Exhibition] The Taiwan Council for Cultural Affairs
[LEAP: Local East-Kowloon Art in Progress] Kwun Tong, Hong Kong
2005   [Collation] ARTube@mtr Central Station, Hong Kong
[Box – A Hong Kong Exhibition] Simon Birch, Mongkok, Hong Kong
[Hong Kong Sculpture] Artist Commune, Cattle Depot, Hong Kong
[The Hong Kong Artist Biennale 2005] Norm Ford & Jeffery Du Vallier D’Aragon Aranita, Hong Kong
[Blossoming] Plum Blossom Gallery, Hong Kong
[Dowda Happening – An Evening with Artists and Events without the CANOPY] Dowda Soy Sauces Plant, N.T. Hong Kong
2004   [Wasanii International Artists’ Workshop] Kuona Trust, Kenya
[Hong Kong Wood Sculpture] University Museum, Hong Kong University
2003   [2003 Hualien International Artists’ Workshop] The Taiwan Council for Cultural Affairs, Hualien, Taiwan
[Paysage-portable Multi Media Art Exhibition] Warehouse Armazem de Boi, Macau
[The Retelling of Drawing II] Hong Kong Visual Art Center, Hong Kong
[Illumination] Habitus Gallery, Hong Kong
[Inseparable – an exhibition on small works] The Art School Learning Centre Galleries, Hong Kong
2002   [Artists in the Neighborhood Scheme] Hong Kong Central Library, Hong Kong
[Cheung Yee and HK Contemporary] iPreciation Gallery, Singapore
2000   [Behind the Eyeballs] l a Space, Hong Kong
1998   [Made in Hong Kong] George Fraser Gallery, University of Auckland, New Zealand
[The Exhibition of MFA CUHK] CUKK, Hong Kong
1997   [Hong Kong – Paris Impress] Moon Luk, Paris
     
INVITED ARTIST IN RESIDENCY
2003 - 2004   Hong Kong Open Printshop
4/2004   Shanghai Pottery Workshop, China
5/2005   Oversea Artist Residency and Seminar
(Shantou University Sheung Kong School of Art & Design, China)
9/2005   Britto (Bangladesh) Arts Trust, Bangladesh
6 - 7/2007   Urban Glass, NY, USA
8 - 9/2007   Tree Museum, Canada
     
AWARDS
2007   Urban Glass Visiting Artist Fellowship
2006   Asia Cultural Council Fellowship
2002   Awarded artist by the Hong Kong Art Promotion Office for “Artists in Neighborhood Scheme II”
1997   Winner of International Art Contest (Hong Kong) Award (Mixed Media)
Winner of Hong Kong Creative Paper Works Competition (Mixed Media)
1996   Winner Y.S.Hui Arts Collection Award (Print Making)
     
PUBLICATIONS
2005   One of the authors of “Re: Wanchai- Hong Kong International Artist workshop