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Alison Lam

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Alison Lam sees the potential for beauty in what others might believe to be ‘unwanted’ or ‘useless’. Her material choices - the unpredictability of molten metal and the element of chance that comes with creating ceramics - mirror the life she and many of us live: one that can be of uncertainty, flux, and change. 

The term ‘discarded’ encompasses her experience as a mother of two autistic children and the material choices she makes to convey this journey visually. It is a journey many of us experience at one time or another in our lives, one which starts with grief, the notion that we are grieving for a life that would not exist.

The writings of Leonard Koren on the subject of Wabi-Sabi resonates in the way they describe the importance of not dismissing anything or anyone. From a different perspective our view of the world and the people in it can be transformed with the ‘greatness that exists in the inconspicuous and over-looked details’ (Koren, 2008).

In her role as a mother, she observes the frustrations and difficulties her two boys with autism encounter as they struggle to communicate. She collects conversations through listening to their interactions with each other and those around them. This dialogue is essential to them, to herself and to others in understanding one’s place in the world. Alison has aimed to make tangible that which we all take for granted: our agency as individuals with the right to be recognised and understood.

Alison Lam is a neurodiverse socially engaged artist with qualifications in teaching art and holds an MA in Fine Art and Social Practice. She is currently a teacher and visiting lecturer at Middlesex and Brighton University on both BA and MA courses. She is also an Artist Educator at October Gallery and Bow Arts.

Exhibitions
Wellbeing workshops to Markfield Community, Tottenham London, 2017-2021
Artist in Residence at Lauderdale House, London, 2020 -2021
Guest Lecturer at Brighton University 2019 - present
Guest Lecturer at Middlesex University 2019 – present
Misfits, Lauderdale House, London, 2021
Natures Medicine, Open Door Show, Hertfordshire, 2020
SEISMA Magazine, Front Cover and feature, 1st edition, Worldwide, 2020
Obscura, Lumen Gallery, London, 2019
Together, Islington Arts Factory, London, 2019
MA Graduate Show, Middlesex University, London, 2019
Substrata, Crypt Gallery, London, 2019     
RUNG Magazine & Online page, Bristol & UK wide, 2019   
Talk to public about my work, Truman Brewery Gallery, London, 2019
Truman Brewery Gallery, Brick Lane London June 2019             
Salon des Refuses, Camden London June 2019             
INGDiscerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London,  2018     
‘Notion of the Beautifully Discarded’ Film shown at Social Network Summit, Sheffield, 2018
Gestures, Ply Galley, London, 2018             
Ply Gallery, London, 2018           
Autism Awareness, Tavistock Clinic, London, 2017
Artist Teacher, Middlesex University, London, 2009
Stockist of my work, Falconer Arts, London, 2000 - 2003
Stockists of my work, Clerkenwell Arts, London, 1997 - 1999 


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