Joanna Tam is a Hong Kong-born, Boston-based interdisciplinary artist. Using video, photography, performance, and installation, her work examines the issues of migration, construction of national identity, meaning of safety, and one's connection to a place. Joanna's work has been exhibited nationally and internationally. Solo exhibitions include American Studies 2019 at the Center for American Political Studies at Harvard University; Wasenstraße Story at Chrom VI in Idar-Oberstein, Germany; Standard Practice at Carol Schlosberg Gallery at Montserrat College of Art; Let's Story at the Boston Children’s Museum; and American Studies at the Teaching Gallery at Hudson Valley Community College, Troy NY. Her projects have been awarded Best Art Film at the Aesthetica Short Film Festival in York, UK, and the People’s Choice Award and Third Prize at the Prix de la Photographie, Paris. She is also the recipient of the 2020 SMFA Traveling Fellowship. Joanna has been awarded artist residencies at the Center for Photography at Woodstock, the Boston Children’s Museum, and the Vermont Studio Center. Her work has appeared in the Boston Globe, the Boston Art Review, Artscope, and Emergency Index. She co-founded and co-operated the exhibition and studio space Howard Art Project from 2011 - 2015. Joanna is currently a resident artist at the Boston Center for the Arts. She holds an MFA degree from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University.

Website: www.joannatam.net