Enchanting, otherworldly and vibrant, Dan Lam's sculptures look like they were dropped on Earth from another planet. Demi Lovato, Gigi Hadid and 2 Chainz are fans, along with a growing number of galleries and museums.
But first, Lam had to convince her mother that art was a viable career path. She initially used painting as just a creative outlet when earning her graphic design degree at the University of North Texas, but she knew she had to take a stand by sophomore year.
"My paintings were very textural and thick [in grad school]," she says."I was still working on the wall, but I would definitely call them sculptures. At that point in time, I was using polyurethane foam, which is still one of my primary materials — I'm obsessed with it. A lot of time, it was just about me exploring the material. I thought [it] was so cool.
Lam moved back to Dallas, where local outlets such as Circuit 12 and Fort Works Art started exhibiting her work. The latter took her to Miami's Scope Art Show, where she met Harman Hashimoto. Once gallerists were able to view Lam's pieces in person as well as online, it was a game changer. "I was shocked because she was already this high-caliber, well-known artist who would be a perfect Meow Wolf collaborator," Santana-Sayles says."I knew I wanted to see her work on a much larger scale. She's always messing around and playing with new methodologies. It's amazing to see her work with color combinations that don't exist in nature but feel like they should.
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