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Anthony Van Lam

Artist’s Statement
“Dream Sequence” - A Solo Exhibition 1-30 September 2022

Dream Sequence - Superbly the tales of silence and the sounds we create!

Dream Sequences is the name of a series of paintings from my voyage of moving art.

Everyone has their own inspiration and muse. My inspiration comes from the emotive style of historical actors in silent and early talking films. Like in most studies and research we discover loss and hardship. There will be different influences from many actors.

I’m also fascinated with the catalysts of sound mimicking life - the Lyrebird. What an amazing bird. A masterful sound maker and possible recorder of sounds that have long disappeared.

Along with other beautiful muses that fascinate me like Art Nouveau, Erte, Orientalism, Art Deco, butterflies, dragonflies, and vintage colours, I'd like to share with you my collection of watercolours and mixed media artworks as I embark on circling on these wonderful and personal inspirations and possibly unfolding a few stories and new patterns.
Biography
The stylistic, expressive paintings of Australian artist Anthony Van Lam are as tranquil and magical as they are profound. Working with mixed media on canvas or on paper, Anthony paints a range of subjects and explores how lines, colours, organic shapes, flowers, animals, and surface patterns intersect in unique ways to create form.

With a background in fashion design, Anthony Van Lam has an excellent sense of composition and is able to place objects expertly in the picture plane, finding new meanings in familiar subjects by isolating them and manipulating forms in terms of scale, colour, and shadow.

Known for his bold and colourful designs in fashion, Anthony's paintings reveal his true passion for flowers; immediately eye-catching, and encouraging us to find the magical in the everyday.
Influences
From a blank canvas, I create backgrounds with mixed media and then let the conversation between the canvas and myself deepen.
I visualize the artwork, and then by manipulating light and shadow, I bring my work to an entirely new level.

“Primarily a colorist, my love of colour
and light informs atmosphere in my work.”
Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions- Dream Sequence 2022
September 2022
ArtSHINE Gallery, @Darling Square Community Bank Art Space

Solo Exhibitions- The Golden Lotus Shoe
February2021
ArtSHINE Gallery, @Darling Square Community Bank Art Space

Group Exhibition - Harmony
February 2020

Solo Exhibitions- ONISM
November 2019
ArtSHINE Gallery, Pyrmont

Solo Exhibitions- ESPY
August 2017
ArtSHINE Gallery, Chippendale

Group Show March 2017
“Eclectic”
ArtSHINE Gallery, Chippendale

August 2016
Solo Exhibition
“Observing Serendipity"
ArtSHINE Gallery, Chippendale

2016 March
“Celebrate Diversity"
Group Show & Art Competition
ArtSHINE Gallery, Chippendale

2015 September
“Art Medium"
Group Show
ArtSHINE Gallery, Chippendale

Group Exhibitions

2015 March
"Colour Spectrum"
Group Show
ArtSHINE Gallery, Chippendale

2014 November
"in the beginning"
Group Show
ArtSHINE Gallery, Chippendale

May 2013
7th Pyrmont Art Prize

May 2012
6th Pyrmont Art Prize

2011 July
Mosman Art Prize