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Jenny Lam has been named one of 2023's Culture Shifters by HuffPost.

Recent Accolades

Artists on the Lam was voted "Best Local Visual Arts Blog" in the Chicago Reader's Best of Chicago issue.

I CAN DO THAT was named the audience choice for "Best Art Exhibit" in the 20th anniversary edition of NewCity's Best of Chicago issue in 2012.

Two-time recipient of the Individual Artists Program grant from the City of Chicago's Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, one for Dreams of a City.

1st Prize Winner of the National Park Service and National Park Foundation's Centennial Project for Land of the Midnight Sun.

Top Winning Artist in Photography & Digital Category of Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery's 11th Annual All Women Art Exhibition for Spiral.

Top Winning Artist in Photography & Digital Category of Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery's 12th Annual Landscapes Art Exhibition for Torres del Paine.

Honorable Mention in Architecture/Design/Still Life Category of 14th Annual Mobile Photography Awards for Bookworm.

Honorable Mention in Silhouettes Category of 13th Annual Mobile Photography Awards for One Step at a Time.

Honorable Mention in Silhouettes Category of 12th Annual Mobile Photography Awards for In the Sky.

Honorable Mention in Travel/Adventure & Transportation Category of 11th Annual Mobile Photography Awards for Singing Sands.

Honorable Mention in Spaces Category of Urban Photo Awards 2024 for Bookworm.

Semifinalist in Spaces Category of Urban Photo Awards 2023 for On the Boardwalk.

Selected Photographer in Spaces Category of Urban Photo Awards 2023 for Petal.

Selected Photographer in Spaces Category of Urban Photo Awards 2022 for Spiral.

(Visit Jenny's LinkedIn or/and Behance to view 73 more honors and awards.)


Recent Featured Interviews

CanvasRebel: “Meet Jenny Lam”

Lover's Eye Press: “Featured Artist: Jenny Lam + Interview with the Lover's Eye Press Team”

Recent interviews about Dreams of a City:

WGN Morning News (live TV interview): YouTube video & Facebook video

WBEZ (live radio interview on Reset): “Dreams Of A City Connects Chicagoans Through Postcards”

Chicago Reader: “Postcards from a stranger” (online version & pages 10-11 of PDF of print version)

Recent interviews about iPhone 5s photography:

PetaPixel: “Artist Spends Seven Years Photographing Exclusively with an iPhone 5S”

Fstoppers: “An Interview with Jenny Lam: A Long-Form Project Photographed Entirely on a Smartphone”

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Critically and publicly acclaimed award-winning self-taught multidisciplinary artist, artist agent, independent curator, writer, and troublemaker. Columbia University alumnus. Chicago-born Chinese American daughter of immigrants from Hong Kong. Globetrotting polyglot. People connector. Culture cultivator. Former precocious child. Current child at heart. INTJ. Nerd. (For a longer bio, click the "About" tab.)
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