Oil pastel, Flashe paint on paper
Paper size: 29 1/4" x 19"
2026
Gwenessa Lam
Gwenessa Lam is a visual artist and educator. Her artwork stems from interests in perception and the compression of time and memory within images. Gwenessa received her BFA from the University of British Columbia and MFA from New York University. She has taught at New York University, the University of British Columbia, and the Alberta University of the Arts. She has attended residencies at Skowhegan, MacDowell Colony, Yaddo, and the Banff Centre. Her work has been exhibited at the Bronx Museum of Art and the Queens Museum of Art in New York. Gwenessa lives and works in Vancouver, BC and is currently Associate Professor at Emily Carr University of Art and Design.
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No Blame (Oracle Bone, UPenn)
2026Oil pastel, Flashe paint on paper
Gwenessa Lam
The Horse, Tiger, and Pregnant Elephant (Chia 2424, Oracle Bone, Academia Sinica)
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Gwenessa Lam
Magic. Bronze Mirror FSB 587
2023Acrylic and phosphorescent pigment on canvas
Gwenessa Lam
Future Magic, GAN Bronze Mirror 42
2023Acrylic and phosphorescent pigment on canvas
Gwenessa Lam
Future Fragment GAN Bronze 20
2023Acrylic and coloured pencil on canvas
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Coin (Chinese Talisman), c. 1900, Ming Dynasty, 1923-1924, bronze, based on Alaska State Museum Juneau Collection, III-O-14
2019Lightjet Cprint
Gwenessa Lam
Stone Lamp, 900-4000 years old, Alaska State Museum Juneau Collection, II-A-1776
2019Graphite on paper
Gwenessa Lam
Coin (Chinese Talisman), c. 1900, Ming Dynasty, 1923-1924, bronze, based on Alaska State Museum Juneau Collection, III-O-14
2019Graphite on paper
Gwenessa Lam
Cluster no. 4 (Town)
2013Graphite on paper
Gwenessa Lam
Cluster no. 3 (Insect)
2013Graphite on paper