Jenny Lam
@jennylam.bsky.social
Self-taught artist, indie curator, writer, traveler. Artists on the Lam founder. Named one of 2023’s Culture Shifters by @huffpost.com. Voted “Best Arts Blog” in @chicagoreader.com & “Best Art Exhibit” in NewCity. Nerd. http://www.artistsonthelam.com
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Jenny Lam
@jennylam.bsky.social
· Dec 19
On this day in 2021, I did this quick #sketch of Henry Cavill as Geralt in The Witcher: www.instagram.com/p/CXrr60Vr8rH 🐺
#ManOfSteel #Superman #SelfTaught #SelfTaughtArtist #Artist #Art #Illustration #Illustrator #Drawing #Pencil #Graphite #Portrait #FanArt
#ManOfSteel #Superman #SelfTaught #SelfTaughtArtist #Artist #Art #Illustration #Illustrator #Drawing #Pencil #Graphite #Portrait #FanArt
Hell yeah
www.instagram.com/p/BNXUuzRjcru
#M83 #Music #Soundtrack #Resurrection #BiGan #Movie #Movies #Film #Cinema #Arthouse
www.instagram.com/p/BNXUuzRjcru
#M83 #Music #Soundtrack #Resurrection #BiGan #Movie #Movies #Film #Cinema #Arthouse
December 23, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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And since Shu Qi is in #Resurrection's frame story, throwback to a quick #sketch I did of her in 2016 (of her character in The Assassin): www.instagram.com/p/BNXUuzRjcru
#SelfTaught #SelfTaughtArtist #Artist #Art #Illustration #Illustrator #Drawing #Pencil #Graphite #Portrait #FanArt #Film #Movies
#SelfTaught #SelfTaughtArtist #Artist #Art #Illustration #Illustrator #Drawing #Pencil #Graphite #Portrait #FanArt #Film #Movies
December 20, 2025 at 10:17 PM
And since Shu Qi is in #Resurrection's frame story, throwback to a quick #sketch I did of her in 2016 (of her character in The Assassin): www.instagram.com/p/BNXUuzRjcru
#SelfTaught #SelfTaughtArtist #Artist #Art #Illustration #Illustrator #Drawing #Pencil #Graphite #Portrait #FanArt #Film #Movies
#SelfTaught #SelfTaughtArtist #Artist #Art #Illustration #Illustrator #Drawing #Pencil #Graphite #Portrait #FanArt #Film #Movies
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As a little time-lapse: instagram.com/reel/CvOhmGu...
#SelfTaught #SelfTaughtArtist #Artist #Art #Illustration #Illustrator #Drawing #Pencil #Graphite #Portrait #FanArt
#SelfTaught #SelfTaughtArtist #Artist #Art #Illustration #Illustrator #Drawing #Pencil #Graphite #Portrait #FanArt
December 21, 2025 at 1:18 AM
As a little time-lapse: instagram.com/reel/CvOhmGu...
#SelfTaught #SelfTaughtArtist #Artist #Art #Illustration #Illustrator #Drawing #Pencil #Graphite #Portrait #FanArt
#SelfTaught #SelfTaughtArtist #Artist #Art #Illustration #Illustrator #Drawing #Pencil #Graphite #Portrait #FanArt
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On this day in 2020, I did this 30-min. #sketch of Pedro Pascal: www.instagram.com/p/CJJeS3cFEVX & artistsonthelam.tumblr.com/post/6383136...
#PedroPascal #SelfTaught #SelfTaughtArtist #Artist #Art #Illustration #Illustrator #Drawing #Pencil #Graphite #Portrait #FanArt
#PedroPascal #SelfTaught #SelfTaughtArtist #Artist #Art #Illustration #Illustrator #Drawing #Pencil #Graphite #Portrait #FanArt
December 22, 2025 at 10:51 PM
On this day in 2020, I did this 30-min. #sketch of Pedro Pascal: www.instagram.com/p/CJJeS3cFEVX & artistsonthelam.tumblr.com/post/6383136...
#PedroPascal #SelfTaught #SelfTaughtArtist #Artist #Art #Illustration #Illustrator #Drawing #Pencil #Graphite #Portrait #FanArt
#PedroPascal #SelfTaught #SelfTaughtArtist #Artist #Art #Illustration #Illustrator #Drawing #Pencil #Graphite #Portrait #FanArt
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Just watched #Resurrection at the Gene Siskel Film Center on opening night and now I’m pissed it’s not on the Oscars shortlist for cinematography (and neither is Wake Up Dead Man)! The #film is broken up into different segments, and the last one, not including the frame story, is one long take; I
December 20, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Just watched #Resurrection at the Gene Siskel Film Center on opening night and now I’m pissed it’s not on the Oscars shortlist for cinematography (and neither is Wake Up Dead Man)! The #film is broken up into different segments, and the last one, not including the frame story, is one long take; I
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just looked it up and it lasts 30 minutes! It did not feel that long at all (and neither did the film as a whole; don’t let its runtime deter you!). While watching that chapter, once I realized it was a long take I kept wondering, “How?!” I was in awe. And by the end of the segment (New
December 20, 2025 at 5:09 AM
just looked it up and it lasts 30 minutes! It did not feel that long at all (and neither did the film as a whole; don’t let its runtime deter you!). While watching that chapter, once I realized it was a long take I kept wondering, “How?!” I was in awe. And by the end of the segment (New
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Year’s Eve, 1999, into the first dawn of the new Millennium), I was overwhelmed with emotion. #Resurrection is directed by Bi Gan (born in 1989—between this and Ryan Coogler’s Sinners (also showing at the Siskel tonight) I’ve been loving this year’s rise of Millennial auteurs 🙌), stars Jackson Yee
December 20, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Year’s Eve, 1999, into the first dawn of the new Millennium), I was overwhelmed with emotion. #Resurrection is directed by Bi Gan (born in 1989—between this and Ryan Coogler’s Sinners (also showing at the Siskel tonight) I’ve been loving this year’s rise of Millennial auteurs 🙌), stars Jackson Yee
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playing multiple characters, and has an original soundtrack by M83(!). If you like arthouse #cinema, if you like movies about dreams(!), if you like movies that are love letters to #movies… go see this!! (In #Chicago, it’s exclusively at the Siskel.)
(Thanks for the heads-up, Asian Pop-Up Cinema!)
(Thanks for the heads-up, Asian Pop-Up Cinema!)
December 20, 2025 at 5:09 AM
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Ahhhh this episode!
"Spit," omg. I completely forgot about that card game until now. I loved playing that as a kid.
BEAR JORDAN. What a perfect name for a dog. 👟🏀
Lots of revelations about the hive, including:
#Pluribus
"Spit," omg. I completely forgot about that card game until now. I loved playing that as a kid.
BEAR JORDAN. What a perfect name for a dog. 👟🏀
Lots of revelations about the hive, including:
#Pluribus
December 19, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Ahhhh this episode!
"Spit," omg. I completely forgot about that card game until now. I loved playing that as a kid.
BEAR JORDAN. What a perfect name for a dog. 👟🏀
Lots of revelations about the hive, including:
#Pluribus
"Spit," omg. I completely forgot about that card game until now. I loved playing that as a kid.
BEAR JORDAN. What a perfect name for a dog. 👟🏀
Lots of revelations about the hive, including:
#Pluribus
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- They communicate in a way that's akin to radio transmission. That, of course, made me think of the frequency Manousos found on his radio a couple episodes back.
- They're building a giant antenna (a callback to the first episode!) to continue to spread the alien virus to other worlds.
#Pluribus
- They're building a giant antenna (a callback to the first episode!) to continue to spread the alien virus to other worlds.
#Pluribus
December 19, 2025 at 10:58 PM
- They communicate in a way that's akin to radio transmission. That, of course, made me think of the frequency Manousos found on his radio a couple episodes back.
- They're building a giant antenna (a callback to the first episode!) to continue to spread the alien virus to other worlds.
#Pluribus
- They're building a giant antenna (a callback to the first episode!) to continue to spread the alien virus to other worlds.
#Pluribus
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Zosia recalling her actual childhood memories seemed to briefly trigger something within her. If/when she does un-Join it may be bittersweet for Carol and could be a source of heartbreak and loss (again)!
Can't believe the season finale is next week! ;-;
#Pluribus
Can't believe the season finale is next week! ;-;
#Pluribus
December 19, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Zosia recalling her actual childhood memories seemed to briefly trigger something within her. If/when she does un-Join it may be bittersweet for Carol and could be a source of heartbreak and loss (again)!
Can't believe the season finale is next week! ;-;
#Pluribus
Can't believe the season finale is next week! ;-;
#Pluribus
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On this day in 2021, I did this quick #sketch: www.instagram.com/p/CXrr60Vr8rH
#SelfTaught #SelfTaughtArtist #Artist #Art #Illustration #Illustrator #Drawing #Pencil #Graphite #Portrait #FanArt
#SelfTaught #SelfTaughtArtist #Artist #Art #Illustration #Illustrator #Drawing #Pencil #Graphite #Portrait #FanArt
On this day in 2021, I did this quick #sketch of Henry Cavill as Geralt in The Witcher: www.instagram.com/p/CXrr60Vr8rH 🐺
#ManOfSteel #Superman #SelfTaught #SelfTaughtArtist #Artist #Art #Illustration #Illustrator #Drawing #Pencil #Graphite #Portrait #FanArt
#ManOfSteel #Superman #SelfTaught #SelfTaughtArtist #Artist #Art #Illustration #Illustrator #Drawing #Pencil #Graphite #Portrait #FanArt
December 19, 2025 at 10:18 PM
On this day in 2021, I did this quick #sketch: www.instagram.com/p/CXrr60Vr8rH
#SelfTaught #SelfTaughtArtist #Artist #Art #Illustration #Illustrator #Drawing #Pencil #Graphite #Portrait #FanArt
#SelfTaught #SelfTaughtArtist #Artist #Art #Illustration #Illustrator #Drawing #Pencil #Graphite #Portrait #FanArt
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Thank you @frommers.com for sharing my #photo (www.instagram.com/p/DROFIVHDPiB) in your Instagram story at www.instagram.com/frommers!
#Stairs #PublicArt #StreetArt #Artist #Mural #Cityscape #UrbanLandscape #Landscape
#Stairs #PublicArt #StreetArt #Artist #Mural #Cityscape #UrbanLandscape #Landscape
Zaozilanya Footpath 时光里 · 枣子岚垭步道, a #staircase hidden in the heart of #Chongqing, #China, with #mosaic tiles and painted steps! 🎨 Love that there's #publicart like this in a residential neighborhood.
#Art #Architecture #Design #City #Street #Trees #Buildings #Travel #Photography #ShotoniPhone
#Art #Architecture #Design #City #Street #Trees #Buildings #Travel #Photography #ShotoniPhone
December 19, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Thank you @frommers.com for sharing my #photo (www.instagram.com/p/DROFIVHDPiB) in your Instagram story at www.instagram.com/frommers!
#Stairs #PublicArt #StreetArt #Artist #Mural #Cityscape #UrbanLandscape #Landscape
#Stairs #PublicArt #StreetArt #Artist #Mural #Cityscape #UrbanLandscape #Landscape
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Since it was warm (read: in the 30s 😄) yesterday, I went downtown to check out some exhibitions I wanted to see, walking from one to the other. (And what luck I had: Pretty much as soon as I stepped out of the Chicago Cultural Center, I unexpectedly saw the
December 18, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Since it was warm (read: in the 30s 😄) yesterday, I went downtown to check out some exhibitions I wanted to see, walking from one to the other. (And what luck I had: Pretty much as soon as I stepped out of the Chicago Cultural Center, I unexpectedly saw the
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CTA Holiday Train. 🥰)
En route to the Driehaus Museum, I spontaneously decided to visit one of my favorite (and, to me, one of the most beautiful) holiday sites: The Wrigley Building on Michigan Avenue, with its Christmas tree. 🎄
#Buildings #Cityscape #UrbanLandscape #StreetPhotography #Photo
En route to the Driehaus Museum, I spontaneously decided to visit one of my favorite (and, to me, one of the most beautiful) holiday sites: The Wrigley Building on Michigan Avenue, with its Christmas tree. 🎄
#Buildings #Cityscape #UrbanLandscape #StreetPhotography #Photo
December 19, 2025 at 1:05 AM
CTA Holiday Train. 🥰)
En route to the Driehaus Museum, I spontaneously decided to visit one of my favorite (and, to me, one of the most beautiful) holiday sites: The Wrigley Building on Michigan Avenue, with its Christmas tree. 🎄
#Buildings #Cityscape #UrbanLandscape #StreetPhotography #Photo
En route to the Driehaus Museum, I spontaneously decided to visit one of my favorite (and, to me, one of the most beautiful) holiday sites: The Wrigley Building on Michigan Avenue, with its Christmas tree. 🎄
#Buildings #Cityscape #UrbanLandscape #StreetPhotography #Photo
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Came for the one-night-only gallery featuring Salt Shed house photographers; stayed for the cozy rooftop bar with the view of the Chicago skyline. 🥃 At the Three Top Lounge, a hidden gem at my favorite not-small music venue in the city, the Salt Shed in the former Morton Salt factory!
#Photography
#Photography
December 18, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Came for the one-night-only gallery featuring Salt Shed house photographers; stayed for the cozy rooftop bar with the view of the Chicago skyline. 🥃 At the Three Top Lounge, a hidden gem at my favorite not-small music venue in the city, the Salt Shed in the former Morton Salt factory!
#Photography
#Photography
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December 18, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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#Chicago #artists: The 2026 IAP Grant app is now open! I'm a past awardee ^^ Both times I applied, I was selected to receive the grant!: The 1st was for my Dreams of a City project artistsonthelam.blogspot.com/p/dreams-of-...; the 2nd was when I conceived of SLAYSIAN** artistsonthelam.com/slaysian-2
December 18, 2025 at 6:57 PM
#Chicago #artists: The 2026 IAP Grant app is now open! I'm a past awardee ^^ Both times I applied, I was selected to receive the grant!: The 1st was for my Dreams of a City project artistsonthelam.blogspot.com/p/dreams-of-...; the 2nd was when I conceived of SLAYSIAN** artistsonthelam.com/slaysian-2
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*(Recent interviews about that passion project!
@wgntv.com: www.facebook.com/WGNMorningNe... (video, recorded live)
@wbez.org: wbez.org/stories/drea... (audio, recorded live)
@chicagoreader.com: chicagoreader.com/arts-culture... (article)
#Chicago #Data #Hope #Mapping #Writing #Art #Artist #DIY)
@wgntv.com: www.facebook.com/WGNMorningNe... (video, recorded live)
@wbez.org: wbez.org/stories/drea... (audio, recorded live)
@chicagoreader.com: chicagoreader.com/arts-culture... (article)
#Chicago #Data #Hope #Mapping #Writing #Art #Artist #DIY)
Postcards from a stranger - Chicago Reader
Jenny Lam’s Dreams of a City postcard project brings strangers in Chicago together as they share their inner hopes and dreams.
chicagoreader.com
December 18, 2025 at 6:57 PM
*(Recent interviews about that passion project!
@wgntv.com: www.facebook.com/WGNMorningNe... (video, recorded live)
@wbez.org: wbez.org/stories/drea... (audio, recorded live)
@chicagoreader.com: chicagoreader.com/arts-culture... (article)
#Chicago #Data #Hope #Mapping #Writing #Art #Artist #DIY)
@wgntv.com: www.facebook.com/WGNMorningNe... (video, recorded live)
@wbez.org: wbez.org/stories/drea... (audio, recorded live)
@chicagoreader.com: chicagoreader.com/arts-culture... (article)
#Chicago #Data #Hope #Mapping #Writing #Art #Artist #DIY)
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**(The #art show I curated celebrating Asian #artists in #Chicago & the #Midwest, which finally happened in person in 2021! Enjoy the original virtual version from 2020 at artistsonthelam.com/slaysian & read about SLAYSIAN in press coverage from '20 at artistsonthelam.com/press
#ContemporaryArt)
#ContemporaryArt)
Press — Artists on the Lam
Press coverage for SLAYSIAN virtual art exhibition, including articles, reviews, and interviews with the artists (all of whom are Asian Americans in Chicago and the greater Midwest area) and the indep...
artistsonthelam.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:50 AM
**(The #art show I curated celebrating Asian #artists in #Chicago & the #Midwest, which finally happened in person in 2021! Enjoy the original virtual version from 2020 at artistsonthelam.com/slaysian & read about SLAYSIAN in press coverage from '20 at artistsonthelam.com/press
#ContemporaryArt)
#ContemporaryArt)
On this day in 2020, I did this 30-min. #sketch of Pedro Pascal: www.instagram.com/p/CJJeS3cFEVX & artistsonthelam.tumblr.com/post/6383136...
#PedroPascal #SelfTaught #SelfTaughtArtist #Artist #Art #Illustration #Illustrator #Drawing #Pencil #Graphite #Portrait #FanArt
#PedroPascal #SelfTaught #SelfTaughtArtist #Artist #Art #Illustration #Illustrator #Drawing #Pencil #Graphite #Portrait #FanArt
December 22, 2025 at 10:51 PM
On this day in 2020, I did this 30-min. #sketch of Pedro Pascal: www.instagram.com/p/CJJeS3cFEVX & artistsonthelam.tumblr.com/post/6383136...
#PedroPascal #SelfTaught #SelfTaughtArtist #Artist #Art #Illustration #Illustrator #Drawing #Pencil #Graphite #Portrait #FanArt
#PedroPascal #SelfTaught #SelfTaughtArtist #Artist #Art #Illustration #Illustrator #Drawing #Pencil #Graphite #Portrait #FanArt
And since Shu Qi is in #Resurrection's frame story, throwback to a quick #sketch I did of her in 2016 (of her character in The Assassin): www.instagram.com/p/BNXUuzRjcru
#SelfTaught #SelfTaughtArtist #Artist #Art #Illustration #Illustrator #Drawing #Pencil #Graphite #Portrait #FanArt #Film #Movies
#SelfTaught #SelfTaughtArtist #Artist #Art #Illustration #Illustrator #Drawing #Pencil #Graphite #Portrait #FanArt #Film #Movies
December 20, 2025 at 10:17 PM
And since Shu Qi is in #Resurrection's frame story, throwback to a quick #sketch I did of her in 2016 (of her character in The Assassin): www.instagram.com/p/BNXUuzRjcru
#SelfTaught #SelfTaughtArtist #Artist #Art #Illustration #Illustrator #Drawing #Pencil #Graphite #Portrait #FanArt #Film #Movies
#SelfTaught #SelfTaughtArtist #Artist #Art #Illustration #Illustrator #Drawing #Pencil #Graphite #Portrait #FanArt #Film #Movies
Just watched #Resurrection at the Gene Siskel Film Center on opening night and now I’m pissed it’s not on the Oscars shortlist for cinematography (and neither is Wake Up Dead Man)! The #film is broken up into different segments, and the last one, not including the frame story, is one long take; I
December 20, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Just watched #Resurrection at the Gene Siskel Film Center on opening night and now I’m pissed it’s not on the Oscars shortlist for cinematography (and neither is Wake Up Dead Man)! The #film is broken up into different segments, and the last one, not including the frame story, is one long take; I
Ahhhh this episode!
"Spit," omg. I completely forgot about that card game until now. I loved playing that as a kid.
BEAR JORDAN. What a perfect name for a dog. 👟🏀
Lots of revelations about the hive, including:
#Pluribus
"Spit," omg. I completely forgot about that card game until now. I loved playing that as a kid.
BEAR JORDAN. What a perfect name for a dog. 👟🏀
Lots of revelations about the hive, including:
#Pluribus
December 19, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Ahhhh this episode!
"Spit," omg. I completely forgot about that card game until now. I loved playing that as a kid.
BEAR JORDAN. What a perfect name for a dog. 👟🏀
Lots of revelations about the hive, including:
#Pluribus
"Spit," omg. I completely forgot about that card game until now. I loved playing that as a kid.
BEAR JORDAN. What a perfect name for a dog. 👟🏀
Lots of revelations about the hive, including:
#Pluribus
On this day in 2021, I did this quick #sketch: www.instagram.com/p/CXrr60Vr8rH
#SelfTaught #SelfTaughtArtist #Artist #Art #Illustration #Illustrator #Drawing #Pencil #Graphite #Portrait #FanArt
#SelfTaught #SelfTaughtArtist #Artist #Art #Illustration #Illustrator #Drawing #Pencil #Graphite #Portrait #FanArt
On this day in 2021, I did this quick #sketch of Henry Cavill as Geralt in The Witcher: www.instagram.com/p/CXrr60Vr8rH 🐺
#ManOfSteel #Superman #SelfTaught #SelfTaughtArtist #Artist #Art #Illustration #Illustrator #Drawing #Pencil #Graphite #Portrait #FanArt
#ManOfSteel #Superman #SelfTaught #SelfTaughtArtist #Artist #Art #Illustration #Illustrator #Drawing #Pencil #Graphite #Portrait #FanArt
December 19, 2025 at 10:18 PM
On this day in 2021, I did this quick #sketch: www.instagram.com/p/CXrr60Vr8rH
#SelfTaught #SelfTaughtArtist #Artist #Art #Illustration #Illustrator #Drawing #Pencil #Graphite #Portrait #FanArt
#SelfTaught #SelfTaughtArtist #Artist #Art #Illustration #Illustrator #Drawing #Pencil #Graphite #Portrait #FanArt