LAM Pok Yin

1988   Born in Hong Kong

2010   Graduated from University of Hong Kong Department of Architecture

2015   Graduated from London College of Communication Department of Photography

 

Lam Pok Yin has always kept a constant focus on the intersection of technology, media, and people. Because of his academic and practical training in architecture and photography, he is willing to re-examine and disassemble the process of image production and dissemination. Through joking, poetic, or mischievous methods, he tries to reveal the power mechanism and social construction factors behind this process. In recent creations, his long-term interest in the Internet makes his creative practice naturally transition to digital technology and the related platforms, mechanisms and logic of the data generated. Through multimedia installations, performances and texts, he uses the language of the platform itself and the research methods of “locality” to explore the political and personal implications of these technologies. In the past two years, his works have mainly focused on: (1) online labor dispatch; (2) social platforms and attention economy, and in the process reflect on the history and narrative of early Internet development.

  • Solo Exhibitions

    2021  “… and then we submerged in clouds”, Vanguard Gallery, Shanghai, China

    2013  “Gas Station Ⅵ”, Vanguard Gallery, Shanghai, China

    2013  “Echoes: Light Unfixed”, Basement 6 Collective, Shanghai, China

  • Group Exhibitions

    2023  “The Secrets of the Golden Flower”, Art Macao 2023 Albergue SCM, Macao SAR, China

    2023  “Chengdu Biennale: Sensing the Unknown”, Chengdu Art Musem, Chengdu, China

    2022  “The Exhibition of Annual of Contemporary Art of China 2021”, Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China

    2022  “Dwelling on the Cloud”, Ugly Duck, London, UK

    2022  “Antenna”, Unitspace, Shenzhen, China

    2022  “The Perfect Partner”, Yuelai Art Museum, Chongqing, China

    2022  “The Production of Post Truth”, Ugly Duck, London, UK

    2022  “Unruly Paradigms”, Frieze 9 Cork St,  London, UK

    2021  “Beneath the Skin, Between the Machines”, HOW Art Museum, Shanghai, China

    2019  “Bot or Not”, The Pole Gallery, London, UK

    2019  “Intimacy Spills”, Barbican Arts Group Trust, London, UK

    2019  “Paris Photography Exhibition-Aperture Foundation Photo Book Award Finalist Exhibition”, Grand Palais, Paris, France

    2019  “HOTSHEET”, Downstairs at The Department Store, London, UK

    2018  “40 Years of Chinese Contemporary Photography 1976-2018”, OCAT Shenzhen, China

    2017  “Simultaneous Eidos – Guangzhou Image Triennial 2017”, Guangdong Museum of Art, China

    2016  “IMMEASURABLE: 2016 the 8th Three Shadows Photography Award”, Beijing, China

    2015  “Open Call Portfolio Winner Exhibition”, GuatePhoto Festival, Guatemala

    2015  “Mt. Figure / PENDING”, Unseen Photo Fair, Amsterdam, Netherlands

    2015  “Beyond the Camera”, Pingyao International Photography Festival, Pingyao, China

    2013  “Beyond Architecture”, Hong Kong Central Library, Hong Kong

    2012  “STAND”, Hatch Art Collective, Detroit, USA

    2012  “10 Themes”, JCCAC, Hong Kong

  • Award

    2022   Slade Prize, London, UK

    2022   Shortlisted for Almacantar Studio Award, London, UK

    2019   Shortlisted for Best First Photobook, Photo Paris – Aperature Foundation, France / USA

    2016   The group with Chong Ng won the Prize of The 8th Three Shadows Photography Award

    2015   Open Call Portfolio Winner of GuatePhoto Festival, Guatemala

    2015   Honourable Mention, SOLAS Prize, Dublin, Ireland

    2015   Finalist, FOTOGRAFIA – International Festival of Rome, Rome, Italy

    2015   LCC + HOTSHOE Portfolio Award, London, UK

    2015   Creative Review Photo Annual, UK

    2015   Michael Wilson Award, LCC, London, UK

    2015   Paul Smith Award, LCC, London, UK

    2014   The Photographic Angle Bursary

    London College of Communication (LCC) + HOTSHOE AWAR

  • Publications

    2021   …and then we submerged in clouds, Vanguard Gallery, China

    2020   The Pole Gallery: First Year, UK

    2019   The Untimely Apparatus of Two Amateur Photographers, Jiazazhi, China

    2019   Art Collection: More than photography, Issue 10/B, China

    2017   AMERICAN, B, Spain

    2017   Chinese Photography Magazine, July Issue, China

    2017   IMA Magazine, Japan

    2017   Simultaneous Eidos, Guangzhou Image Triennial, China

    2016   LEAP, Issue 39 Photography Special Edition, China

    2016   DER GRIEF, Issue 9, Germany

    2016   STILL, Issue 4, Germany / USA

    2016   AESTEHTICA Art Prize Annual: Future Now, UK

    2016   Immeasurable, Three Shadows Photography Award, China

    2016   Beijing Youth Weekly, April Issue, China

    2015   Creative Review Photo Annual, UK

    2015   Mt. Figure: PENDING, The Netherlands

    2015   HOTSHOE Magazine, Fall Issue, UK

    2015   British Journal of Photography, September Issue, UK

    2015   Master Kong Magazine, vol. 1, Hong Kong

    2015   GuatePhoto Festival Portfolio, Guatemala

    2014   China Photo Press, vol. 45, China

    2014   iLOOK Magazine, vol. 236, China

    2013   ArtChina, vol. 7/2013, China

    2013   Modern Weekly, vol. 762, China

    2013   China Photo Press, vol. 65, China

    2013   Stand Quarterly, vol. 3

    2012   M – Le Magazine du Monde, N. 52

    2012   d+a – Design and Architecture, vol. 070