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Aer proving she can create sculptures so beautiful yet so unsightly, Lam feels she has reached a point where she has been validated enough to move just into the realm of beauty - something she restricted herself from when first beginning in art. Aer years of rigorous art school, many rules were placed upon her, and even while having a wildly successful career, she is still trying to rewrite her own rules. "It's still one of those things I go back to, I had these rules that were put on me, and I'm still trying to pick that apart, and break free. Why did I listen?" Lam wonders. Now, Lam's work is recognized all over the world. With almost 500k Instagram followers on her account, @sopopomo, social media has completely changed the course of her career. When she graduated from grad school in 2014, she moved to a dull, small town in Texas. ere, she found the opportunity to turn inward, and had the idea to start sharing her work on Instagram. "I would say that my career is the way it is today because of social media. I shared my work, and then people became excited about it, and it just all snowballed from there. I had galleries, curators, and people who wanted to buy work, reach out and stuff just started happening from it," Lam explains. Celebrities, including Miley Cyrus, Demi Lovato, and 2Chainz, now have Lam's work in their homes. Currently, Lam lives and works in the vibrant city of Dallas, Texas, and her work is growing more popular by the day. At the crossroads of beauty and repulsion, Lam has sparked a curiosity for this new kind of art within people all over the globe. VUE ON | DESIGN 84 VUENJ.COM

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