RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Exhibition catalogue. the chrysanthemum has opened twelve times, published by Koffler Centre of the Arts with text by Henry Heng Lu, 2020
Exhibition brochure. Nous sommes tous des brigands, published by Expression, Centre d'exposition de Saint-Hyacinthe with text by Marcel Blouin and illustrations by Karen Tam, 2017, 23 p.
Tam, Karen. Book chapter. "Dolce & Banana, a Shanzhai Creator’s Manual: Production and consumption of fake in contemporary
Chinese art practices," in Alison Hulme (ed.), The Changing Landscape of China’s Consumerism, Oxford: Chandos Books, 2014, p.83-10
Exhibition catalogue. Opium Den, published by Robert Langen Gallery, Wilfrid Laurier University with texts by Suzanne Luke, Jonathan Finn, and Sunil Kuruvilla, 2011, 56 p.
Tam, Karen. Essay. "Aux Sept Bonheurs," Sweet & Sour: Life in Chinese Family Restaurants by John Jung. Cypress: Yin & Yang Press, 2010, p. 217-238
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RECENT REVIEWS
Feature. "Point de Vue." ELLE Québec, July, 2020, (p.98)
Paula Carson. "Karen Tam's Moveable Feast moves on," North Shore News, March 19, 2020 (p. A13, A16) (read)
Michelle Pearson Clarke. “Mysterious photo of an ancestor prompts reflection on Canada’s history of racist laws,” Toronto Star, March 15, 2020 (view)
“Coup d’Oeil; Expositions à ne pas manquer cet hiver.” Vie des arts, No. 257 (p.71-73), 2020
“A Drake-approved piano show, a hypnotic comedy show and five other things to do in Toronto this week.” Toronto Life, January 2020
Jennifer L. Lau. “Artist feature: Fête Pulse with Karen Tam.” Fête Chinoise, January 2020 (read)
Christopher DeWolf. “Chop Suey Canada: Karen Tam is Turning Chinese Restaurants into Art.” Zolima City Magazine, October 3, 2019 (read)
“Editors’ Pick: Karen Tam – the chrysanthemum has opened twelve times.” Canadian Art, November 20, 2019 (read)
Low, Joni. “‘To reconstruct an object is to understand it and its materiality’: A conversation with Karen Tam on Nous sommes tous des brigands/We are All Robbers,” Yishu: Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art, Vol. 17, No. 5, September/October, 2018 (p.83-103).
Chan, Zoë. “Karen Tam: With wings like clouds hung from the sky,” esse arts + opinion, No. 92, Winter 2018 (p.96-98)
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RECENT MEDIA
"Meet the Artist: Karen Tam" with the Montréal Museum of Fine Arts (view)
Interview. Fairchild TV (Toronto), July 5, 2020 (watch)
"Residency: Open Studio at Griffin Art Projects" (view)
Podcast "Les confidents du confinement" with the Musée des beaux-arts de Sherbrooke (listen)
Interview. 城市大視界 program, Fairchild TV (Toronto), February 28, (view)
Interview with Morris Lum and Henry Heng Lu. "Whose Community Is It?," Canadian Art, January 8, 2019 (read)
Interview. Nantali Indongo. The Bridge, CBC Radio One, Montréal, January 26, 2019 (listen)
Video capsule. “Karen Tam: Nous sommes tous des brigands,” La Fabrique Culturelle, Télé-Québec, April 13, 2018 (watch)
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