Keith Lam (artist)
New media artist in Hong Kong
Keith Lam (Chinese: 林欣傑; born in 1980) is a Hong Kong new media artist. He is the co-founder and artistic director of Dimension Plus, an arts & technology team based in Hong Kong and Taiwan, dedicated to the creation and curation of artistic and technological projects.
Lam presented Moving Mario at the 11th Microwave International New Media Arts Festival, Hong Kong, in 2007, and was awarded Honorary Mentions in Interactive Arts at PRIX Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria, in 2008. He was the recipient of the Young Artist Award at the 3rd Hong Kong Arts Development Awards, Hong Kong, the same year. In 2013, Lam's work One Day Social Sculpture was awarded Art Division Jury Selections in Interactive Art at the 17th Japan Media Arts Festival, Tokyo, Japan. In 2024, he was awarded Artist of the Year (Media Arts) at the 18th Hong Kong Arts Development Awards, Hong Kong.
Early life and education
Lam received a scholarship to attend New York University in 2000 and a subsidy to further his education in New Media Arts at Hong Kong Art School. He joined the School of Creative Media at the City University of Hong Kong as a Research Assistant and was appointed as a full-time teaching staff member from 2004 to 2009. In 2005, he obtained Master of Science in Electronic Information Engineering at the same university.
Early 2009, Lam became a full-time artist and co-founded Dimension Plus with Taiwanese curator Escher Tsai.
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