Jon Lam Artist

2025.

Jon Lam – Artist Profile

Jon Lam is a Malaysian born Australian visual artist whose career spans more than four decades. He blends traditional and multimedia painting with mural work, solo exhibitions and group shows.Drawing on his practice of Buddhism, Confucianism, Daoism, Qigong, and Tai Chi, Lam’s work reflects a deep engagement with philosophy and lived experience.

He works across oils, acrylics, watercolour, pastel, and pen and ink, painting landscapes, streetscapes, portraits, and still life.

Often painting en plein air, he captures the immediacy and spirit of place with expressive impact.

Lam has held thirteen solo exhibitions and is celebrated for his murals, including a prizewinning work in Rochester and a large-scale mural in Smythesdale for the Woardy Yaloak Historical Society.

A past president of the Whitehorse Arts Society, Lam is currently the Second Vice President of the Ballarat Society of Artists, a member of Ballarat Arts Alive and the Contemporary Arts Society of Victoria.

Education:

Graphic Art and Design (Deakin University).

Bachelor of Education (Secondary Art and Craft, Melbourne University).

Mobile: +61 425755839 Website: http://jonfonglam.wixsite.com/mysite

Email: jonlam.art51@gmail.comInstagam: @jonlam51

Solo and Private exhibitions:

October/November 2025 – “Eclecticism” – Art Trax Gallery, Beaufort, Victoria.

August/September 2025. “Spanish Feel” Mercure Hotel, Convention Centre, Ballarat.

November/December 2023 – “Art, Sweat and Cheers” – Mercure Hotel and Convention Centre, Ballarat.

February to May 2023– “Passage” – Blue Pyrenees Estate, Avoca.

March 2023 – “Buildings in Ballarat” – Turret Café, Ballarat.

August to October 2022 – “Empiricism” – Blue Pyrenees Estate, Avoca.