Bio
Huy Lam is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice is centred on sculpture. Ethnically Chinese and born in Vietnam, Lam is part of the generation of refugees known as the “boat people.” He arrived in Canada’s Niagara region at the age of eight, where art became a vital means of communication as he adapted to a new language and culture.
After studying photography at Humber College, Lam built an acclaimed commercial photography career, working with agencies in Toronto and New York while maintaining a dedicated personal art practice. A longstanding meditation discipline remains fundamental to his life and informs the contemplative nature of his work. Working primarily with wood and metal, Lam investigates the relationship between the natural and the manufactured through materiality, process, and transformation.
His work has been exhibited throughout Canada, Japan, and the United States. In 2024, his first major institutional solo exhibition, Yield, was presented at the Grimsby Public Art Gallery. His sculptures are held in numerous private and corporate collections, including the Scotiabank Art Collection, TELUS, Earls Restaurants, and Canopy Hotels.
Statement
Huy Lam is a multi-disciplinary artist based in Toronto. Born in Vietnam, Lam’s practice is rooted in an ongoing fascination with non-verbal communication, with an emphasis on process based construction that is informed by his meditation practice. Having established a distinctive aesthetic from his precision of hand, the artist creates meticulously collaged works on paper, alongside finely balanced sculptural works made from wood and fine metals. As a self-taught wood and metal-worker, Lam looks to celebrate the natural, diverse, and malleable qualities of his medium, with a focus on materiality and tactility. Using his experience as a professional photographer, Lam applies his understanding of light and exacting composition to his calculative designs, resulting in an illusion of form, dimension and space.
Film
This is a 3 mins short film that shows the process of how some of my work is created.
