“I chose to make a piece about curling because it is the thing I am most passionate about. I have been curling since I was six years old and never thought I would continue with it, but now at thirteen I play the sport three times a week. I will be the youngest player on the Canadian U18 team in the upcoming year. Karen Tam’s Sporting Life works motivated me to combine my love of art with my passion for curling. The way that Tam combines pieces of her life through sculpture and paint was inspiring to me. I created a 3D curling rock and added elements of books to create texture and meaning in my piece.”

–Kenzie Moore (Grade 7, Devon Middle School, Fredericton, New Brunswick)

Through her creative practice, Montreal-based artist Karen Tam (b.1977) explores the identities and material cultures of Chinese diasporic communities in Canada. Her works demonstrate the many ways in which objects travel through time, carrying with them stories that matter.