Kinchoi Lam is an artist, picture book creator and printmaker 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
2022 Selected for The White Ravens 2022
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
Publication
2024 小高的遊樂場 - 木棉樹出版社
2022 Nomads: Life on the move - Cicada Books
2022 渡輪小星的祕密之旅 - 小皇冠童書館
2021 移民去哪裡？ - 木棉樹出版社
2020 野豬麵包店 - Commissioned By ICAC Hong Kong
2017 電車小叮在哪裡 - 木棉樹出版社
Selected Exhibition
2024 《小高的遊樂場》 - original artwork exhibition, Floating Projects Collective, Hong Kong
《小高的遊樂場》- original artwork exhibition, Maison Temp-Sreves, Taiwan
2022 Life on the Move - Kinchoi Lam’s solo exhibition, Floating Projects Collective, Hong Kong
此時彼刻 Illustration Exhibition, 1916 Workshop of Cultural Heritage Park, Taiwan
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