HONG KONG,

1993

 

Jessie Cheuk Lam Tam (b. Hong Kong, 1993) is an artist based in Manchester, UK. Her practice expands beyond site-specific installation and drawing, exploring themes of memory, longing, belonging, displacement, and the notion of ‘home’ against the backdrop of personal exile. Using fragments—both physical and narrative—she crafts delicate scenes that hint at domestic situations wherein found or discarded objects and subtle pictorial and graphic interventions evoke the affective dimensions embedded in the simplicity and fragility of everyday life.

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Tam’s creations often involve utensils, household items, and settings recreated with glassine paper, PVC, glass and other thin materials. By focusing on texture, transparency, and reflection, she transfigures domesticity and amplifies the memory of space, elevating and cherishing what is minor, residual, and unassuming. Her drawings and installations capture intangible emotions and sensations, reconciling hope and nostalgia, persistence and uncertainty, and offering an intimate sense of revelation.

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She holds a bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts from the Chinese University of Hong Kong (2018) and a master’s in Painting from the Frank Mohr Institute, Netherlands (2021). In 2021, she co-founded Struggling Art Space, a self-organized art collective supporting early-career artists. Through international exhibitions, publications, and workshops, the platform critiques the socio-economic power dynamics of the art world while offering alternatives to its competitive structure.

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Her solo shows include It Has to Be Apart/It Has to Be Alone at Aco Art Space, Hong Kong, and Be Friend OK? at Air Gallery, Manchester. Her works regularly appear in group exhibitions in UK, Europe, and Hong Kong, including The Library Is All of These at Eastside Projects, Happily Ever After II at Blindspot Gallery and have received recognition through awards and grants, such as the Freeland Artist Bursares and Amarte Fund (2022).

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