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Karen Tam (b. 1977) is a Montreal-based artist that is known for her installation works that recreate 'ethnic spaces' such as Chinese restaurants, karaoke lounges and Chinatown curio shops to challenge the Western perception of the Chinese.

Education

Tam holds a BFA in Studio Arts and Music from Concordia University and an MFA in Sculpture from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a PhD in Cultural Studies from Goldsmiths (University of London).[1]

Exhibitions

Tam's work has been exhibited nationally and internationally in galleries such as the Ormeau Baths Gallery (Belfast), Irish Museum of Modern Art (Dublin), Betty Rymers Gallery and 11th Street Gallery/Columbia College (Chicago), Foster-Tanner Gallery (Tallahassee, Florida), YVZ Artists' Outlet (Toronto), Khyber Centre for the Arts (Halifax), and MAI - Montréal arts interculturels (Montreal).[2]

Tam is represented by Galerie Hugues Charbonneau in Montreal.

Awards

Karen Tam's video Plum Sauce won the Audience Choice Award at the 2002 Asian American Film Festival in Chicago. She was a finalist for the Prix Louis-Comtois in 2017 from the Contemporary Art Galleries Association and the Ville de Montréal,[3] a finalist for the Prix en art actuel from the Musée national des beaux-arts de Québec in 2016,[4] and long-listed for the Sobey Art Award in 2010[5] and 2016[6][7]

List of Major Exhibitions

Selected Solo Exhibitions

  • with wings like clouds hung from the sky (May 2019), Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond BC[8][9][10]
  • Nous sommes tous les brigands/We Are All Robbers, EXPRESSION (2017-2019), Centre d’exposition de Saint-Hyacinthe (Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada);[11][12] Musées Régionale de Rimouski, (Rimouski, Canada);[13] Musées des beaux-arts de Sherbrooke (Sherbrooke, Canada); Plein sud, centre en art actuel de Longueuil (Longueuil, Canada)
  • Souvenirs from the Jasmine Café, SIGHTINGS (2017), Leonard & Bina Ellen Gallery, Concordia University (Montreal, Canada)[14]
  • SHEEN-wah-ZREE (2016), Musée d’art contemporain des Laurentides (Saint-Jérôme, Canada)[15]
  • Des mimes et des mites (2016), Conseil des arts de Montréal (Montréal, Canada)[16]
  • Silk Road: Storm-Detectors, Blood-Sweating Horses, & Constellations (2016), Galerie Hugues Charbonneau (Montréal, Canada)[17]
  • Terra dos Chinês Curio Shop (2016), Articule (Montréal, Canada)[18]
  • Made in Britain (2015), Galerie Hugues Charbonneau (Montréal, Canada)[19]
  • Terra dos Chinês Curio Shop (2015), Artspace Peterborough (Peterborough, Canada)[18]
  • Sinography (2013), QueenSpecific (Toronto, Canada) (Curators: Stefan Hancherow and Jen Simaitis)[20]
  • Opium Den (2011), Robert Langen Gallery, Wilfred Laurier University (Waterloo, Canada)[21]
  • Pagoda Pads, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria (Victoria, Canada) (Curator: Lisa Baldissera)[21]
  • Traveling exhibition Gold Mountain Restaurant: No MSG At Friendship Dinner (Or Cats) (2006-08). Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba; Shangri-la Café: YYZ Artists’ Outlet (Toronto); Old Silver Moon: Forest City Gallery (London, ON); House of Wong: Artcite (Windsor); On Rock Garden: AKA Gallery (Saskatoon); Orientally Yours, Southern Alberta Art Gallery (Lethbridge, Canada)
  • Gold Mountain Restaurant Montagne d’Or (2004), MAI (Canada)[22]
  • Real-Life Heroes Who Make A Difference (2004), Irish Museum of Modern Art (Dublin, Ireland)[23]

Selected Group Exhibitions

Publications

  • Luke, Suzanne and Finn, Jonathan and Kuruvilla, Sunil. Karen Tam : Pagoda Pads : Opium Den.Waterloo, Ont.: Robert Langen Art Gallery, 2011.
  • Belu, Françoise and Blouin, Marcel and Lee, Day. Gold Mountain Restaurant = Restaurant Montagne d'or : Karen Tam. Montréal, Qc: Galerie du Mai/Mai Gallery, 2006.
  • Jim, Alice Ming Wai Nolte, Victoria Zhang, Tianmo Harringa, Charissa Von Larose, Delphine Joachim, Joana Harkness, Tamara Lakhrissi, Tarek Montpetit, Gabrielle Colombo, Cindy Wexler, Samamtha (2015). EAHR @ Artexte : Uncovering Asian Canadian and Black Canadian Artistic Production. Ethnocultural Art Histories Research Group (EAHR). OCLC 948726622.
  • Baldissera, Lisa and Despret, Vinciane and Dyke, Erika. Convoluted Beauty : In the Company of Emily Carr. Saskatoon, Sask.: Mendel Art Gallery, 2014.
  • Jim, Alice Ming Wai (2008). Rearranging desires : curating the 'Other' within. Gail & Stephen A. Jarislowsky Institut for Studies in Canadian Art, Concordia University. ISBN 9780889474680. OCLC 312370247.
  • Rien ne se perd, rien ne se crée, tout se transforme. Bélisle, Josée., Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal. Montréal: Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal. 2008. ISBN 9782551236718. OCLC 225775665.

References

  1. ^ "Galerie Hugues Charbonneau | Karen Tam". Retrieved 2019-04-29.
  2. ^ a b Jim, Alice Ming Wai. (2007). Redress express. Vancouver International Centre for Contemporary Asian Art. ISBN 9780973271188. OCLC 297154499.
  3. ^ "Prix Louis-Comtois". Association des galeries d’art contemporain (in French). Retrieved 2019-04-29.
  4. ^ "PRIX EN ART ACTUEL". Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec (MNBAQ) (in Canadian French). Retrieved 2019-04-29.
  5. ^ "2010 Sobey Art Award and BGL/Pascal Grandmaison/Adad Hannah/Karen Tam". MAC Montréal. Retrieved 2019-04-29.
  6. ^ "State of the Art: The 2016 Sobey Art Award Longlist". www.gallery.ca. Retrieved 2019-04-29.
  7. ^ S, Leah; als. "25 Canadian Artists Longlisted for $50K Sobey Art Award". Canadian Art. Retrieved 2019-04-29.
  8. ^ "With wings like clouds hung from the sky". Richmond Art Gallery. 2019-05-05. Retrieved 2019-04-29.
  9. ^ "Karen Tam: With wings like clouds hung from the sky". Galleries West. 2019-03-31. Retrieved 2019-04-29.
  10. ^ art (2017-03-01). "Karen Tam: With Wings Like Clouds Hung from the Sky 大鵬就振翼". AGGV emagazine. Retrieved 2019-04-29.
  11. ^ Saint-Hyacinthe, Expression : : Centre d'exposition de (2019-04-29). "Karen Tam". Expression : : Centre d'exposition de Saint-Hyacinthe (in French). Retrieved 2019-04-29.
  12. ^ Lu, Henry Heng. "Whose Community Is It?". Canadian Art. Retrieved 2019-04-29.
  13. ^ "Karen Tam | Nous sommes tous des brigands | Musée régional de Rimouski" (in French). Retrieved 2019-04-29.
  14. ^ "SIGHTINGS 20 Souvenirs from the Jasmine Café". Retrieved 2019-04-29.
  15. ^ "Sur la route de l'artiste Karen Tam". Le Devoir (in French). Retrieved 2019-04-29.
  16. ^ "Notre modèle de soutien – Rapport annuel 2016 – Conseil des arts de Montréal". Retrieved 2019-04-29.
  17. ^ "Galerie Hugues Charbonneau | November 12 to December 22, 2016 | Karen Tam — Silk Road: Storm-Detectors, Blood-Sweating Horses, and Constellations". Retrieved 2019-04-29.
  18. ^ a b "Terra dos Chinês Curio Shop | Artspace". artspace-arc.org. Retrieved 2019-04-29.
  19. ^ "Galerie Hugues Charbonneau | January 17 to February 21, 2015 | Karen Tam: Made in Britain". Retrieved 2019-04-29.
  20. ^ "QueenSpecific Gallery". www.queenspecific.com. Retrieved 2019-04-29.
  21. ^ a b Tam, Karen. Finn, Jonathan. (2011). Karen Tam : pagoda pads : opium den. Robert Langen Art Gallery. OCLC 728495067.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  22. ^ Tam, Karen. (2006). Gold Mountain Restaurant = Restaurant Montagne d'or. Blouin, Marcel, 1960-, Lee, Day's, 1956-, Belu, Françoise., MAI (Art Gallery). Montréal: MAI, Montréal, arts interculturels. ISBN 2980929204. OCLC 67860353.
  23. ^ "Real-Life Heroes Who Make A Difference: Lucky Gourd | Karen Tam". IMMA. Retrieved 2019-04-29.
  24. ^ "Le je et le nous / The I and the We | MAI". MAI - Montréal, arts interculturels. Retrieved 2019-04-29.
  25. ^ "Connexions - Notre diversité artistique dialogue avec nos collections". The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. Retrieved 2019-04-29.
  26. ^ "Overseas Chinese artists express mixed feelings". www.szdaily.com. Retrieved 2019-04-29.
  27. ^ "Here/Elsewhere - The Sample of Overseas Chinese Art | exhibition | ARTLINKART | Chinese contemporary art database". www.artlinkart.com. Retrieved 2019-04-29.
  28. ^ "- Exhibitions - MMMMM...Gendai Kitchen: year-long seasonal art multiple subscription service & series of events". www.akimbo.ca. Retrieved 2019-04-29.
  29. ^ "Power Ball XVIII: Pleasure Principle". FAJO Magazine. 2016-06-13. Retrieved 2019-04-29.
  30. ^ "Power Ball XVIII: Pleasure Principle". NOW Magazine. 2016-05-12. Retrieved 2019-04-29.
  31. ^ Jim, Alice Ming Wai Nolte, Victoria Zhang, Tianmo Harringa, Charissa Von Larose, Delphine Joachim, Joana Harkness, Tamara Lakhrissi, Tarek Montpetit, Gabrielle Colombo, Cindy Wexler, Samamtha (2015). EAHR @ Artexte : Uncovering Asian Canadian and Black Canadian Artistic Production. Ethnocultural Art Histories Research Group (EAHR). OCLC 948726622.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  32. ^ Baldissera, Lisa. Carr, Emily, 1871-1945. Despret, Vinciane. (2014). Convoluted beauty : in the company of Emily Carr ; [published to record the exhibition "Convoluted Beauty: In the Company of Emily Carr", presented from June 27 to September 14, 2014 at the Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada]. Mendel Art Gallery. ISBN 1896359868. OCLC 913473358.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  33. ^ "Couriers of Taste". Day+Gluckman. Retrieved 2019-04-30.
  34. ^ Ling, Wessie (2012-07-07). "Sinopticon: contemporary chinoiserie in contemporary art". nrl.northumbria.ac.uk. Eliza Gluckman, Lucy Day. Retrieved 2019-04-30.
  35. ^ SPSL (2012-04-27). "SINOPTICON: Contemporary Chinoiserie in Contemporary Art". susanpuisanlok. Retrieved 2019-04-30.
  36. ^ "Location/Dislocation". Art Museum at the University of Toronto. Retrieved 2019-04-30.
  37. ^ "East goes East". thirdspacegallery.ca. 2016-09-16. Retrieved 2019-04-30.
  38. ^ "BGL/Pascal Grandmaison/Adad Hannah/Karen Tam". MAC Montréal. Retrieved 2019-04-30.
  39. ^ "Exhibitions at the MAC - 2010 Sobey Art Award and BGL/Pascal Grandmaison/AdadHannah/Karen Tam - October 8, 2010 to January 2, 2011". www.newswire.ca. Retrieved 2019-04-30.
  40. ^ "The Québec Triennial 2008". MAC Montréal. Retrieved 2019-04-30.
  41. ^ Rien ne se perd, rien ne se crée, tout se transforme. Bélisle, Josée., Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal. Montréal: Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal. 2008. ISBN 9782551236718. OCLC 225775665.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  42. ^ Ming Wai Jim, Alice. (2008). Rearranging desires : curating the 'Other' within. Gail & Stephen A. Jarislowsky Institut for Studies in Canadian Art, Concordia University. ISBN 9780889474680. OCLC 312370247.
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