Kinchoi Lam (b.1988) is an artist, picturebook creator and print maker based in Hong Kong. Lam received his Master of Children's Book Illustration from Anglia Ruskin University in 2020. His art mainly focuses on the pursuit and discovery of wonder through intimate aspects of daily life. He is the winner of Batsford Prize 2021 and was also shortlisted for the World Illustration Awards and Bologna Illustrators exhibition 2020.
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Award and Grand
2021 Winner of The Batsford Prize 2021
2020 Shortlisted and longlisted artist for the World Illustration Awards 2020
2020 Selected for Illustrators Exhibition of Bologna Children's Book Fair
2019 Selected for Golden Pinwheel Young Illustrator Competition of Shanghai International Children's Book Fair
2019 Hong Kong Publishing Biennial Awards
2018 Sir Robert Black Trust Fund Postgraduate Scholarships, Sir Robert Black Trust Fund
2018 People’s Choice Awards, Derwent Art Prize, London, UK
2016 First Prize, Children Picture category, Creative Writing in Chinese, Hong Kong
Selected Exhibition
2022 Lamma Mia Public Art Project, South Lamma Island, Hong Kong
2021 The Unsung, Tai Kwun, Hong Kong
Via North Point Arts Festival, North Point Public Pier, Hong Kong
My Favourite Asian Food Illustration, Osaka, Kyoto and Tokyo, Japan
The Unsung, Tai Kwun Contemporary’s Galleries, Hong Kong
Interisland Festival, Peng Chai, Mui Wo, Chi Ma Wan, Cheung Chau, Hong Kong
City In Time, Lui Seng Chun, Hong Kong
Yim Tin Tsai Arts Festival, Hong Kong
2020 Kowloon City Civil Servants' Cooperative Building Societies Exhibition, The Mahjong, Hong Kong
Bologna Illustrators Exhibition World Tour, Italy, Japan, Korea
The Practice of Everyday Life, Galleries, Oi!, Hong Kong
MA Children's book illustration show, Candid Arts Trust Gallery, London, UK
2019 Golden Pinwheel Young Illustrator Competition Exhibition, Shanghai
Slightlines, Hong Kong Art Centre, Hong Kong
Chasing the City Frames: from Hong Kong to Houston, Rice University, Houston, USA
2018 ALGORITHMIC ART: SHUFFLING SPACE AND TIME, Hong Kong City Hall, Hong Kong
The 4th Shenzhen Independent Animation Biennale：Expanded Animation, Shenzhen, China
Derwent Art Prize 2018, Mall Galleries, London, UK
OPEN 「打開門」, Floating Projects 2.0, JCCAC, Hong Kong
「玩．想」, Form Society, Hong Kong
Pacing Around, Foo Tak Building, Hong Kong 2017 Private dairy - 12/F Foo Tak Building, Hong Kong
Affordable art fair London, UK
2017 Present Tense: New Urban Legend- Resistance of Space, Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco, USA
Expænsive Cinema: An FPC Production, Wong Chuk Hang, Hong Kong
Open studio exhibition, Arteles Creative Center, Finland
Publication
2021 Journey to Mars - Cotton Tree Publishing Ltd
2020 Boar Bakery - Commissioned By ICAC Hong Kong
2017 Little Big Tram - Cotton Tree Publishing Ltd
Residency and Exchange Program
2017 Arteles Residency Program, Haukijarvi, Finland
The Key Vision of 2017 PicBookCamp, Yilean, Taiwan