Ho Tam
Ho Tam is a Canadian artist whose practice spans video, photography, painting, drawing, graphics and print media. His work often concerns with mass media representations of race and identity politics. He has exhibited in galleries and film festivals across Canada and internationally.
Tam was born in Hong Kong. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from McMaster University and a Master of Fine Arts from Bard College. He also attended the Whitney Museum Independent Studies Program.
Tam’s video work has received various prizes and awards, including the Best Documentary at Tel Aviv International LGBT Film Festival and the Outstanding Artistic Achievement Award at OutFest, Los Angeles (both for ‘Books of James’ 2006).
In the past ten years, Tam has been focusing on his independent publishing practice under the imprint Hotam Press. His publications can be found in the website hotampress.com
Artist Code: 420
Videography
2008, 55:00 minutes, colour/B&W, English
2008, 55:00 minutes, colour/B&W, English
2006, 74:00 minutes, colour, English
2004, 06:00 minutes, B & W, English
2003, 16:25 minutes, Colour, English
2003, 16:25 minutes, Colour, English
2003, 20:00 minutes, Colour
2002, 16:30 minutes, colour, English
2001, 25:00 minutes, colour, music. sound
2001, 03:00 minutes, colour, music
2001, 03:00 minutes, colour, music
2000, 08:30 minutes, colour, music only
2000, 07:20 minutes, colour, music
1999, 16:30 minutes, colour, English
1999, 04:00 minutes, colour, English
1999, 04:00 minutes, colour, English
1999, 06:00 minutes, colour
1999, 08:00 minutes, colour, music/sound
1998, 05:00 minutes, colour, English/Cantonese
1998, 04:20 minutes, colour, English/French/Chinese/Spanish
1998, 03:00 minutes, B&W, English
1997, 03:30 minutes, colour, English
1997, 03:30 minutes, colour, English
1994, 07:40 minutes, B&W tinted, English text, silent
Critical Writing
by . Practical Dreamers: Conversations with Movie Artists, 2008. Coach House Books, 2008.
by . FILMPRINT - The magazine of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto, Jan. 2007, v. 27, no. 1.
by . Toronto: Vtape, 2003.
by . Video Primer, 2001. Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 2001.