Joanne Hampstead

Joanne Hampstead Lam

@ xanartgallery

Joanne Hampstead was born in Hendon, England. At age two, her family moved back to their homeland of Guyana where she spent her early childhood.  They then moved to the U.S at age ten.  Joanne has been painting for the past 12 years and has left her finance background to pursue art full-time for the last 5 years.  She relocated to Florida in 2019 and having been inspired by the art scene in Southern Florida,  Joanne has shown her work in over 13 shows and curated 2.  She  recently won the art of Black cover competition last year to have her piece, Genesis 2.0 featured on the cover of Art magazine in the Miami Herald during Art Basel week 2022.  She was an Artist in Residence at Kimpton EPIC hotel in Miami and produced her solo show in July 2023.

Ms. Lam’s pieces are usually based on women of color. The subject’s powerful emotions and warmth and vibrancy of their skin is usually Joanne’s signature. The artist’s aim is to give the audience a visceral experience of power and beauty. Each subject reflects a distinct expression of how they approach life/their audience. The authentic nature of people of color is what drives Ms. Lam’s work.

This Artist, Curator, Finance Director and mother of 4 has been creating/ curating / managing for the majority of her life. The following is Ms. Lam’s statement of her intention in her art career:

“Art is my calling . Not only through my creations, but to help cultivate an art culture that validates diverse cultures. That no one can represent and illustrate your experience – but YOU.

Not only through raising the bar of excellence for cultural and ‘ethnic’ representation in the art world but through education and creating platforms for our community to acknowledge , value, and promote art back into the collective consciousness from whence we came.

We cannot look to the outside to value what can only come from within.”