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Vietnamese-American contemporary artist, Dan Lam plays with color, texture and form to create her psychedelic resin art sculptures. Questioning reality, she explores her ideas visually asking the viewers to embrace curiosity and fun. The artist works from her studio in Texas making big and small playful resin art sculptures out of different materials including foams, polyurethanes, resins, acrylics, and
polymers. The experimental sculptures become blobs, drips, and squishes that you can find in an art museum, gallery space or Meow Wolf center in Texas.
The artist received her BFA from the University of North Texas in 2010 and earned her MFA degree from Arizona State University in 2014. She amassed an impressive social media following on Instagram and TikTok of over 1 million followers combined. In the interview Dan talks about the resin art techniques and how she combines the materials to make her drippy sculptures. She also shares her experiences taking the psychedelics and how they changed her perception of reality. Dan shares her tips how to grow Instagram following, what inspires her and so much more!
Lam has exhibited her resin art sculpture in Dallas, San Francisco, New York, Paris and Munich. Her colorful, psychedelic art can be found in the collections of Miley Cyrus, Demi Lovato, 2Chainz, The Game, Lily Aldridge, and the Tisch family. Lam has collaborated with several tech companies like Facebook and Virgin.
"My work explores sensational dichotomies, such as beauty vs. repulsion, and chance vs. control, by combining unconventional materials, organic forms, and bright colors...I embrace an intuitive process that relies on play, experimentation, and striking a balance between control and flexibility. I am most interested in viewer experience and creating work that encourages interaction." Video is available on YouTube: https://youtu.be/SoACf9pE6NM
Artist’s portfolio: https://bydanlam.com/
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