HO TAM

Ho Tam (b. 1962) is a Hong Kong-born Canadian visual artist whose practice spans print media, video, photography, painting and drawing. Tam studied at Bard College MFA and the Whitney Museum Independent Studies Programs. His work often concerns mass media representations of race and identity politics. Tam’s video work has received prizes from film and video festivals including the Outstanding Artistic Achievement at OutFest Los Angeles and the Best Documentary at Tel Aviv LGBT+ Film Festival (both for ‘Books of James’, 2006). His visual work has been exhibited in various venues including the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa; Vancouver Art Gallery; Commonwealth and Council, Los Angeles; Tai Kwun, Hong Kong; and recently, in the exhibition Copy Machine Manifestos: Artists Who Make Zines at Brooklyn Museum. Over the past ten years, Tam has been focusing on his artist publishing practice under the imprint Hotam Press.