Education
M.F.A 2004 UC Irvine, Irvine, CA
Graduate Studies
2001-2002 Painting concentration, University of Houston, Houston, TX
B.A. 2001 Double major in Art History and Studio Art
Trinity University, San Antonio, TX
Selected Exhibitions/Performances
2006 Produce Gallery, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA (upcoming)
2006 Emerge 7, Aljira Center for Contemporary, Newark, NJ
2006 Turbulence.org Internet Commission ( HRRAAGHP-TING w/ Olen Hsu and Dana Karwas)
2006 Brooklyn Sampler, (performance project with OBJECT!OBJECT! and Erin Ming Lee), BRIC Studio, Brooklyn, NY
2006 Technologized Bodies/Embodied Technologies, LEF (curated by Legier Biederman/Dave Burns), Art Interactive, Boston, MA; Silverlake Film Festival, Los Angeles, CA
2005 Newsteps (with Erin Ming Lee), Mulberry Street Theater, New York City, NY
2005 Circuit #1, Eyebeam, New York City, NY
2005 AIM 25, Bronx Museum of Art, Bronx, NY
2004 Supersonic: 1 Wind Tunnel, 120 Artists, 8 schools, Art Center, CA
2004 MFA Thesis Show, University of California, Irvine, CA
2003 825 juried invitational , curated by Karin Higa, Gallery 825, L.A., CA
2003 UCI @ Otis, Bolsky Art Gallery, Otis School of Art and Design, CA
2003 MFA First Year Show, University Art Gallery, University of California, CA
2002 Centered on the Center, Huntington Beach Art Center, CA
2002 Surface Tension, Galveston Arts Center, Galveston, TX
2002 Please Only Take What You Can Eat: New But Old Reflections on Painting's Plurality, Joan Grona Gallery, Blue Star Art Complex, San Antonio, TX
2002 Slant 2 (curated by Melissa Hung) , Diverseworks, Houston, TX
2002 Million Dollar Hotel, Holiday Inn Plus, Houston, TX
2001 Slumber House , Poissant Gallery, Houston, TX
2001 Joan Grona Gallery, Blue Star Art Complex, San Antonio, TX (Contemporary Arts Month)
2001 Art in the Hood, Southtown Church, San Antonio, TX
2001 Exposed, Peephole Gallery, San Antonio, TX
2000 More Monochromes, G.A.S. Hall, Blue Star Art Complex, San Antonio, TX
2000 Bridgette Bogle, Jeff Burton, Steven Lam, Blue Star 119, Blue Star Art Complex, San Antonio, TX
2000 Relationships , The Association, Doo or Dye, San Antonio, TXRecent Bibliography
Bischoff, Dan. "Artists on the Rise." The Star-Ledger, July 30, 2006.
S.H., "Net Art Commissions" ArtKrush.com, July 26, 2006.
Bellini, Andrea. "New York Tales: The Autumn Parade," Flash Art. November 2005, pg. 84.
Cotter, Holland. "Latino Art and Beyond Category." New York Times. September 2, 2005, E25.
Martinez, Daniel Joseph and David Levi-Strauss. "After the End." Art Journal. Fall 2005, pgs. 30-45.
Yee, Lydia and Amy Rosenblum Martin, AIM 25, Bronx Museum of Art, NY, 2005.
Genocchio, Benjamin. "When Artists Discover Craft-Oriented Kitsch." New York Times. August 21, 2005.
Cartagena, Yanira. " Recent Pasts: SUPERSONIC: CONSORTIUM." SoCCA Printing, 2005 (in press).
Ozment, Kurt. "RE: Twenty Questions." Supersonic Catalog, 2004. pg. 43.
Friedberg, Eva. "F-Scale." Supersonic Catalog, 2004 pg. 31.
Goddard, Dan R., "Artists Giving New Life to Found Objects." San Antonio Express-News. July 29, 2001.
Goddard, Dan R., "Downtown artists share the spotlight." San Antonio Express-News. July 15, 2001.
Defore, John. "Arts Review." San Antonio Current. July 11, 2001.
Writings
Lam, Steven. "A Fictitious Panel Discussion on Media, Medium, Spectacle and Pop: Warhol, Kubelka, Godard, and Hoffman," 2004.
Lam, Steven. "A History Lesson. Notes on Painting" for Joan Grona show July 2002.
Curatorial Projects
"Spectral Evidence," Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (Jan. 2007).
Lectures/Performance Talks
"Analyzing the Body Switch in the Freaky Friday Remakes: An Allegory," Eyebeam, NYC, NY 2005.
Recent Awards
2006-7 Lori Ledis Curatorial Fellowship, Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2006 Turbulence Artist Commission Grant Recipient
2005 Aljira Center for Contemporary Art Resident
2004-5 Bronx Museum of Art, Artist in the Marketplace (AIM) finalist
2004 University of California and the Institute for Research in the Arts (UCIRA) Recipient
2004 University of California, Irvine Studio Art Research Grant
2001 UH Scholarship Recipient