Iris Lam Chen

Her work emphasizes themes related to feminism, the LGBTIQ+ community, migration, strategy, the artistic market, and inter-institutional alliances between public, private, independent and academic entities.

Much of his work is focused on generating alliances and inter-institutional projects of a public-private, national and international nature, for example with the La Neomudéjar Museum (Spain), MAV Biennial (Spain), espacio/C (Guatemala), Quorum Cultural Laboratory (Panama), Museum of Contemporary Art and Design (Costa Rica), La Revuelta (Guatemala), Plataforma Caníbal (Colombia), Ensayo y Error (El Salvador), Y.ES Contemporary, (El Salvador), Red de Arte del Centro de América (GUA), Building Bridges Art Exchange (USA), NYLAAT (USA), perfoREDmx (MEX), LL Proyectos (Honduras), National Gallery (Costa Rica), Cartago Municipal Museum (Costa Rica), Women's Museum (Costa Rica), Women Watching Women (Spain), among others.

[11][12] Asimismo, es socia de Mujeres Mirando Mujeres, donde artículos de abordaje de proyectos feministas fueron publicados en su edición 2021, 2022 y 2023 [13] In the Cultural Center of Spain in Costa Rica it is worth mentioning the management and production of the Circuit of Feminist Artistic Practices, an initiative of the Museum of Women and Casa Ma of Costa Rica and LL Proyectos of Honduras, with which it seeks to make visible the work of women artists, promote the insertion of women in the management of cultural spaces and activities and create inter-institutional alliances around feminist movements.

[14] In addition to this circuit, her work in artistic residencies and training programs is also feminist through the incorporation of these themes as a central axis.

In 2021 she was the producer of the podcast Quiero Queer in collaboration with the Museum of Identity and Pride, in which 16 artists from the LGBTIQ+ community of Costa Rica were interviewed to address their intentions and background of their work [19] as well as in a second season in 2022 with people over 50 to explore the socio-affective experiences of their youth.

This project is a curatorial proposal with the artist Man Yu, around the concept of the layers of existence of the being represented through the skin, which advocates the recognition of the human being beyond physical differences.