Jenny Lam (@artistsonthelam on 🧵 @jennylam on 🦋)

Artist, indie curator, writer, traveler. Named one of 2023’s Culture Shifters by @HuffPost. “Best Arts Blog” –@Chicago_Reader. “Best Exhibit” –@NewCity. Nerd.

[Jenny Lam (@artistsonthelam on 🧵 @jennylam on 🦋) @TheJennyLam]

I've been sitting on this news for months, but now I'm giddy with excitement (and embarrassment?*) I can finally share with you that I've been named one of 2023's Culture Shifters by HuffPost! *(I burst into laughter when I saw the headline.) I'm so honored to be featured on a

[Jenny Lam (@artistsonthelam on 🧵 @jennylam on 🦋) @TheJennyLam]

"It goes Reggie, Jay-Z, Tupac, and Biggie
André from OutKast, Jada, Kurupt, Nas, and then me"

[People @people]

Rapper Kurupt Reveals Eminem Paid for Him to Seek Treatment for Addiction: ‘That Was Real Special to Me’ https://t.co/fbGaAQm6yB

[Jenny Lam (@artistsonthelam on 🧵 @jennylam on 🦋) @TheJennyLam]

84° & sunny = Spacca Napoli Pizzeria’s patio after ceramics class yesterday. 😋🍕 Had the pistachio pizza again (so good).

#Restaurants #FoodPhotography

[Jenny Lam (@artistsonthelam on 🧵 @jennylam on 🦋) @TheJennyLam]

It’s patio season 🌞 This place has been named the best pizza in Chicago and one of the best in the world, and it's just up the block from my weekly ceramics class! (Yes, we walk straight on over from wheel-throwing, and I'm literally splattered in clay and glaze and wearing the

[Jenny Lam (@artistsonthelam on 🧵 @jennylam on 🦋) @TheJennyLam]

I've just been announced as a Finalist for the Urban Photo Awards 2026 in Trieste, Italy! Here's my featured photo in the international photography competition: "One Step at a Time," shot on my iPhone 5s in 2015 inside the #Art Institute of #Chicago.

#ArtistofTwitter #Artists

[Jenny Lam (@artistsonthelam on 🧵 @jennylam on 🦋) @TheJennyLam]

Thank you to the Jury, and congrats to all the other Finalists!

(More of my iPhone 5s photography: https://t.co/zMZ1AEZUsC

Interviews about my mobile photography:

@petapixel: https://t.co/bJFt3TCMg1

Fstoppers: https://t.co/SkcFznt4R9)

#Chicago #Art #ArtistofTwitter #Artists

[Jenny Lam (@artistsonthelam on 🧵 @jennylam on 🦋) @TheJennyLam]

(My original photo: https://t.co/PzMXQ3yyjl

#Building #Art #Artists #ArtistsofTwitter)

[Jenny Lam (@artistsonthelam on 🧵 @jennylam on 🦋) @TheJennyLam]

go to all the time when I was a kid before/after attending Chinese school, the same exact thing happened 😁)). Anyway, my heart is full 🥰 (as is my stomach).

#Mentorship #ArtistofTwitter #Restaurants

[Jenny Lam (@artistsonthelam on 🧵 @jennylam on 🦋) @TheJennyLam]

On Friday I reunited with my former-mentor-turned-dear-friend Robin Rios! 💜 https://t.co/oevD6xzdv7 We hadn't seen each other since the Before Times! We hung out in Chinatown starting with dim sum at Cai (which my

#Mentorship #ArtistofTwitter #Restaurants #FoodPhotography

[Jenny Lam (@artistsonthelam on 🧵 @jennylam on 🦋) @TheJennyLam]

parents and I also hadn't been to since March 1, 2020! which is nuts since we used to go every week (and of course they immediately recognized/remembered us even though it's been over 6 years 😁 and later when we went into Saint Anna Bakery & Cafe, which I used to

#Restaurants

[Jenny Lam (@artistsonthelam on 🧵 @jennylam on 🦋) @TheJennyLam]

84° & sunny = Spacca Napoli Pizzeria’s patio after ceramics class yesterday. 😋🍕 Had the pistachio pizza again (so good).

#ChicagoVibes

[Jenny Lam (@artistsonthelam on 🧵 @jennylam on 🦋) @TheJennyLam]

It’s patio season 🌞 This place has been named the best pizza in Chicago and one of the best in the world, and it's just up the block from my weekly ceramics class! (Yes, we walk straight on over from wheel-throwing, and I'm literally splattered in clay and glaze and wearing the

[Jenny Lam (@artistsonthelam on 🧵 @jennylam on 🦋) @TheJennyLam]

(My original photo: https://t.co/PzMXQ3yyjl

#Building #Art #Artists #ArtistsofTwitter)

[Jenny Lam (@artistsonthelam on 🧵 @jennylam on 🦋) @TheJennyLam]

And I'm there rn (it's free Thurs. evenings + I never tire of wandering these halls): http:// http://t.co/sjmfRtjvgA

[Jenny Lam (@artistsonthelam on 🧵 @jennylam on 🦋) @TheJennyLam]

I've just been announced as a Finalist for the Urban Photo Awards 2026 in Trieste, Italy! Here's my featured photo in the international photography competition: "One Step at a Time," shot on my iPhone 5s in 2015 inside the #Art Institute of #Chicago.

#ArtistofTwitter #Artists

[Jenny Lam (@artistsonthelam on 🧵 @jennylam on 🦋) @TheJennyLam]

Thank you to the Jury, and congrats to all the other Finalists!

(More of my iPhone 5s photography: https://t.co/zMZ1AEZUsC

Interviews about my mobile photography:

@petapixel: https://t.co/bJFt3TCMg1

Fstoppers: https://t.co/SkcFznt4R9)

#Chicago #Art #ArtistofTwitter #Artists

[Jenny Lam (@artistsonthelam on 🧵 @jennylam on 🦋) @TheJennyLam]

Thank you Nabala Cafe for accepting my invite to be a collaborator on my Instagram post at https://t.co/Jpgcan7pxc!

#Chicago

[Jenny Lam (@artistsonthelam on 🧵 @jennylam on 🦋) @TheJennyLam]

Inside Nabala Cafe, a Palestinian-owned coffeeshop in Uptown Chicago 🇵🇸: https://t.co/cuokm8WGpr I had an egg sandwich and a pomegranate sage hibiscus tea. 🌺

#Café

[Sauron Scenes @dailysauron_]

Love that TROP used practical effects whenever possible. It makes shots like this even more impressive

[Jenny Lam (@artistsonthelam on 🧵 @jennylam on 🦋) @TheJennyLam]

It's criminal that Charlie Vickers and Charles Edwards weren't nominated for Emmys for The Rings of Power season 2.

[Robert (he/him) @robertjosephval]

Love the way Celebrimbor reads Sauron for absolute FILTH here as the camera pulls in on Charlie Vickers' face. Seeing the Annatar facade rapidly crumble as Celebrimbor prophesies his downfall... Incredible scene man. Beautifully written, masterfully acted.

[Jenny Lam (@artistsonthelam on 🧵 @jennylam on 🦋) @TheJennyLam]

"And the Dark Lord took it, and nursed it with fell meats, until it grew beyond the measure of all other things that fly; and he gave it to his servant to be his steed." :3

[halbrand’s lawyer @caraxesluvr]

SAURON AND HIS LITTLE PET OMG 😭😭😭

[Jenny Lam (@artistsonthelam on 🧵 @jennylam on 🦋) @TheJennyLam]

16 years now! On this night in summer 2010: https://t.co/d025raRsNc

#Chicago

[Jenny Lam (@artistsonthelam on 🧵 @jennylam on 🦋) @TheJennyLam]

On this night 10 years ago: Candid of me by @thesoviette at her 90s party when she lived in #RogersPark! https://t.co/d025raRsNc That was the summer that made me fall in love w/ #Chicago summers.

(Also RIP that bottle cap necklace & RIP when Smashing Pumpkins were my fav. band.)

[Jenny Lam (@artistsonthelam on 🧵 @jennylam on 🦋) @TheJennyLam]

It's officially 🔥👑 Sauron Summer 🔨💍

(Yes I know The Rings of Power season 3 doesn't premiere until November but still. Can't wait for this show to return!)

[daphne @defneorsomethin]

IS EVERYONE SEEING THIS?????

[Jenny Lam (@artistsonthelam on 🧵 @jennylam on 🦋) @TheJennyLam]

@The___Unibrow Off topic: Did you undergo a name change? Trying to figure out who you used to be because I didn't recognize this account on my feed.

[Jenny Lam (@artistsonthelam on 🧵 @jennylam on 🦋) @TheJennyLam]

Thank you Lillstreet Ceramics for accepting my invite to be a collaborator on my Instagram post at https://t.co/RecAjXQFCp!

#Porcelain #Art

[Jenny Lam (@artistsonthelam on 🧵 @jennylam on 🦋) @TheJennyLam]

I made these! 😊 Just a few of my creations from the Advanced Beginning Wheelthrowing class I took in the spring. Pictured here are:

1 - My first time trying Tea Dust!
2 - Another glaze experiment!
3 - First time trying sgraffito!
4 - My second porcelain jar!

#Art #Sculpture