Oil pastels, ink and acrylic on 350gsm cotton paper

Heiyi Tam

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Heiyi Tam’s vibrant works combines memories, moments and flavours resulting in sensorial and emotional compositions and stories. Tam’s work is inspired by the fallibility of memories and the ephemerality of everyday moments. She explores sensorial qualities of specific moments such as the bursts of sweetness from strawberries or the smell and textures of freshly cut grass.  Born and raised in Hong Kong and moved to the UK when she was 15, the subtleties of the merging of the East and West, through landscapes, cultures, and cuisines often seep into her subconscious during creation. She often works instinctively, creating form before concept. As the composition comes to fruition, she immerses herself into the painting and its colour palette, allowing herself to be informed by past memories, emotions, feelings, and flavours which determine the trajectory of the piece and its title. Tam draws upon the sensory aspects of her chosen memory such as the taste, scent, and tactile sensations associated with it to reconstruct the moment itself.