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01 EXHIBITIONS & PRESENTATIONS
Discover Chelsea Jean Lamm’s exhibition and presentation archive, featuring museum exhibitions, fashion installations, institutional showcases and artistic presentations of wearable sculpture, avant-garde couture and contemporary fine art.
2025
2024
2023
Solo Exhibition: Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana (CNMI) Fashion Hub, MFW SS26, 25th of September 2025
Date: 25th of September 2025
Milan Fashion Week
Curator:
Sara Maino and Carlo Capasa
Location:
Palazzo Giureconsulti, Milan, Italy
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Archive Description:
Presented during Milan Fashion Week SS26, Chelsea Jean Lamm was invited by Carlo Capasa and Sara Maino to solo exhibit at the Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana CNMI Fashion Hub, a platform dedicated to supporting emerging creative voices and presenting innovative approaches to contemporary fashion.
Curated by Sara Maino, the exhibition introduced Chelsea Jean Lamm’s artistic practice to an international audience, showcasing a body of work that extends beyond traditional definitions of fashion. Through the transformation of original collage into sculptural wearable artworks, the presentation explored the intersection of contemporary art, ethical craftsmanship, storytelling and material research.
The selection by CNMI marked a significant milestone in Chelsea Jean Lamm’s international development, recognizing a practice built around Cultural Couture, Visual Optimism and the belief that garments can function as vessels of memory, imagination and artistic expression.
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Image Credits:
Exhibition: CNMI Fashion Hub, Milan Fashion Week SS26
Organisation: Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana (CNMI)
Curator: Sara Maino
Special Invitation: Sara Maino & Carlo Capasa
PR: Paolo de Vivo
Milan Fashion Week
Curator:
Sara Maino and Carlo Capasa
Location:
Palazzo Giureconsulti, Milan, Italy
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Archive Description:
Presented during Milan Fashion Week SS26, Chelsea Jean Lamm was invited by Carlo Capasa and Sara Maino to solo exhibit at the Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana CNMI Fashion Hub, a platform dedicated to supporting emerging creative voices and presenting innovative approaches to contemporary fashion.
Curated by Sara Maino, the exhibition introduced Chelsea Jean Lamm’s artistic practice to an international audience, showcasing a body of work that extends beyond traditional definitions of fashion. Through the transformation of original collage into sculptural wearable artworks, the presentation explored the intersection of contemporary art, ethical craftsmanship, storytelling and material research.
The selection by CNMI marked a significant milestone in Chelsea Jean Lamm’s international development, recognizing a practice built around Cultural Couture, Visual Optimism and the belief that garments can function as vessels of memory, imagination and artistic expression.
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Image Credits:
Exhibition: CNMI Fashion Hub, Milan Fashion Week SS26
Organisation: Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana (CNMI)
Curator: Sara Maino
Special Invitation: Sara Maino & Carlo Capasa
PR: Paolo de Vivo
Chelsea Jean Lamm exhibiting at the Helmut Newton Foundation during Berlin Fashion Week | Berlin, June 2025
Exhibition: DER BERLINER SALON
Curators / Organisation:
Christiane Arp, Nowadays & Fashion Council Germany
Location:
Helmut Newton Foundation, Berlin, Germany
Exhibited Artworks:
"Victima" (2025)
"Osmosis" (2022)
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Archive Description:
During Berlin Fashion Week in June 2025, Chelsea Jean Lamm exhibited two sculptural wearable artworks from her upcoming collection at DER BERLINER SALON, presented at the Helmut Newton Foundation in Berlin.
Curated by Christiane Arp in collaboration with Nowadays and the Fashion Council Germany, the group exhibition brought together selected creative voices shaping the future of contemporary German design and culture.
Chelsea Jean Lamm presented the works “Osmosis” (2022) and “Victima” (2025), introducing her artistic practice within a context that bridges contemporary art, craftsmanship and fashion.
The presentation reflects Chelsea Jean Lamm’s ongoing exploration of wearable sculpture, where garments function as artistic objects carrying material memory, narrative and transformation.
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Image Credits:
Exhibition: DER BERLINER SALON
Venue: Helmut Newton Foundation, Berlin, Germany
Photography: René Lohse for Nowadays
Courtesy: Helmut Newton Foundation
Curators / Organisation:
Christiane Arp, Nowadays & Fashion Council Germany
Location:
Helmut Newton Foundation, Berlin, Germany
Exhibited Artworks:
"Victima" (2025)
"Osmosis" (2022)
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Archive Description:
During Berlin Fashion Week in June 2025, Chelsea Jean Lamm exhibited two sculptural wearable artworks from her upcoming collection at DER BERLINER SALON, presented at the Helmut Newton Foundation in Berlin.
Curated by Christiane Arp in collaboration with Nowadays and the Fashion Council Germany, the group exhibition brought together selected creative voices shaping the future of contemporary German design and culture.
Chelsea Jean Lamm presented the works “Osmosis” (2022) and “Victima” (2025), introducing her artistic practice within a context that bridges contemporary art, craftsmanship and fashion.
The presentation reflects Chelsea Jean Lamm’s ongoing exploration of wearable sculpture, where garments function as artistic objects carrying material memory, narrative and transformation.
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Image Credits:
Exhibition: DER BERLINER SALON
Venue: Helmut Newton Foundation, Berlin, Germany
Photography: René Lohse for Nowadays
Courtesy: Helmut Newton Foundation
GO! 2025 Borderless: "Eternal Soar" featured in Open Air Photographic Installation in Trieste, Italy, March 2025
March 2025
Institution:
Fondazione ITS, Museum of Art in Fashion
Photographer:
Massimo Gardone
Exhibited Artwork:
"Eternal Soar" (2024), Chelsea Jean Lamm in collaboration with Ashley Elizabeth Lamm
Category:
Exhibitions & Artistic Projects
Location:
Trieste, Italy
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Archive Description:
Created for Fondazione ITS’ GO! 2025 Borderless project, "Eternal Soar" is a sculptural wearable artwork by Chelsea Jean Lamm exploring themes of connection, memory, freedom and the transcendence of borders.
Growing up between multiple national identities, Chelsea Jean Lamm experienced borders as a daily reality, while her family’s multicultural background continuously demonstrated how emotional connections can exist beyond geography.
Following the passing of her grandmother Elizabeth Anne in 2021, Chelsea discovered a handwritten poem created years earlier, expressing a message of acceptance, remembrance and the importance of embracing the present moment.
The words “All you have is here and now” became a profound source of inspiration, reflecting the belief that love, memory and human connection can exist beyond physical boundaries and time itself.
For GO! 2025 Borderless, Chelsea Jean Lamm translated these ideas into Eternal Soar, a laser-cut sculptural garment inspired by nature’s symbols of freedom and transformation. Drawing from butterfly wings, bird flight and the movement of marine life across borderless seas, the work explores the body as a vessel for emotion, aspiration and personal mythology.
Captured by Italian photographer Massimo Gardone, the project places wearable art within a broader cultural conversation about identity, migration, belonging and the invisible connections that unite humanity.
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Image Credits:
Artwork: "Eternal Soar" (2024) by Chelsea Jean Lamm in collaboration with Ashley Elizabeth Lamm
Photography: Massimo Gardone
Presented by: Fondazione ITS
Project: GO! 2025 Borderless ~ Open Air Photographic Installation
Location: Trieste, Italy
Date: March 2025
Institution:
Fondazione ITS, Museum of Art in Fashion
Photographer:
Massimo Gardone
Exhibited Artwork:
"Eternal Soar" (2024), Chelsea Jean Lamm in collaboration with Ashley Elizabeth Lamm
Category:
Exhibitions & Artistic Projects
Location:
Trieste, Italy
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Archive Description:
Created for Fondazione ITS’ GO! 2025 Borderless project, "Eternal Soar" is a sculptural wearable artwork by Chelsea Jean Lamm exploring themes of connection, memory, freedom and the transcendence of borders.
Growing up between multiple national identities, Chelsea Jean Lamm experienced borders as a daily reality, while her family’s multicultural background continuously demonstrated how emotional connections can exist beyond geography.
Following the passing of her grandmother Elizabeth Anne in 2021, Chelsea discovered a handwritten poem created years earlier, expressing a message of acceptance, remembrance and the importance of embracing the present moment.
The words “All you have is here and now” became a profound source of inspiration, reflecting the belief that love, memory and human connection can exist beyond physical boundaries and time itself.
For GO! 2025 Borderless, Chelsea Jean Lamm translated these ideas into Eternal Soar, a laser-cut sculptural garment inspired by nature’s symbols of freedom and transformation. Drawing from butterfly wings, bird flight and the movement of marine life across borderless seas, the work explores the body as a vessel for emotion, aspiration and personal mythology.
Captured by Italian photographer Massimo Gardone, the project places wearable art within a broader cultural conversation about identity, migration, belonging and the invisible connections that unite humanity.
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Image Credits:
Artwork: "Eternal Soar" (2024) by Chelsea Jean Lamm in collaboration with Ashley Elizabeth Lamm
Photography: Massimo Gardone
Presented by: Fondazione ITS
Project: GO! 2025 Borderless ~ Open Air Photographic Installation
Location: Trieste, Italy
Date: March 2025
EXEMPLA Exhibition: "World of Stage", Chelsea Jean Lamm, Ashley Elizabeth Lamm and Carina Shoshtary, 12th - 16th of March 2025
Munich, Germany
12th - 16th of March 2025
Institution:
EXEMPLA München / International Crafts Fair Munich
Exhibited Artworks:
"Eternal Soar": Wearable Art (2024)
"Mother of Pearl" (2023): Wearable Art, Echoes of Eden
"Alligtor" (2023): Wearable Art, Echoes of Eden
"Aquila" (2022): Contemporary Fine Art Collage by Ashley Elizabeth Lamm
Category:
Exhibitions & Institutional Presentations
Location:
Munich, Germany
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Archive Description:
In March 2025, Chelsea Jean Lamm and Ashley Elizabeth Lamm were featured in EXEMPLA München 2025: “World of the Stage”, a group exhibition presented during the International Crafts Fair Munich, exploring the essential role of craftsmanship within theatre, opera, performance and visual storytelling.
The exhibition highlighted the creative processes behind stage design, costumes, masks and other forms of artistic craftsmanship, bringing together traditional techniques, contemporary design and technological innovation.
Chelsea and Ashley’s participation positioned their sculptural wearable artworks within a broader conversation about costume as an artistic medium ~ one that extends beyond clothing into storytelling, transformation and character creation.
Their practice reflects the same principles that define the performing arts: meticulous handwork, collaboration between disciplines and the ability of crafted objects to transport audiences into imagined worlds.
The official EXEMPLA München 2025 catalogue included interviews with exhibitors and insights into the creative processes behind contemporary craftsmanship, documenting the relationship between handmade practice, design and cultural expression.
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Image Credits:
Photography by Nina Zimolong
Exhibition: EXEMPLA München 2025
Theme: World of the Stage
Institution: International Crafts Fair Munich
Featured Artist: Chelsea Jean Lamm and Ashley Elizabeth Lamm
Catalogue: EXEMPLA München 2025
Location: Munich, Germany
Date: March 2025
12th - 16th of March 2025
Institution:
EXEMPLA München / International Crafts Fair Munich
Exhibited Artworks:
"Eternal Soar": Wearable Art (2024)
"Mother of Pearl" (2023): Wearable Art, Echoes of Eden
"Alligtor" (2023): Wearable Art, Echoes of Eden
"Aquila" (2022): Contemporary Fine Art Collage by Ashley Elizabeth Lamm
Category:
Exhibitions & Institutional Presentations
Location:
Munich, Germany
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Archive Description:
In March 2025, Chelsea Jean Lamm and Ashley Elizabeth Lamm were featured in EXEMPLA München 2025: “World of the Stage”, a group exhibition presented during the International Crafts Fair Munich, exploring the essential role of craftsmanship within theatre, opera, performance and visual storytelling.
The exhibition highlighted the creative processes behind stage design, costumes, masks and other forms of artistic craftsmanship, bringing together traditional techniques, contemporary design and technological innovation.
Chelsea and Ashley’s participation positioned their sculptural wearable artworks within a broader conversation about costume as an artistic medium ~ one that extends beyond clothing into storytelling, transformation and character creation.
Their practice reflects the same principles that define the performing arts: meticulous handwork, collaboration between disciplines and the ability of crafted objects to transport audiences into imagined worlds.
The official EXEMPLA München 2025 catalogue included interviews with exhibitors and insights into the creative processes behind contemporary craftsmanship, documenting the relationship between handmade practice, design and cultural expression.
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Image Credits:
Photography by Nina Zimolong
Exhibition: EXEMPLA München 2025
Theme: World of the Stage
Institution: International Crafts Fair Munich
Featured Artist: Chelsea Jean Lamm and Ashley Elizabeth Lamm
Catalogue: EXEMPLA München 2025
Location: Munich, Germany
Date: March 2025
Fondazione ITS ~ ITS Arcademy, Museum of Art in Fashion in Trieste, Italy, March 2024
March 2024
Title:
Institution:
ITS Arcademy ~ Museum of Art in Fashion
Exhibition / Project:
GO! 2025 Borderless
Photographer:
Massimo Gardone for Fondazione ITS
Date:
2024
Location:
Trieste, Italy
Category:
Exhibitions & Institutional Presentations
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Archive Description:
Created for GO! 2025 Borderless, the international project by Fondazione ITS, “Eternal Soar” represents one of Chelsea Jean Lamm’s earliest explorations of wearable art as a vessel for memory, identity and emotional connection.
The work was developed around the concept of borders ~ both physical and emotional ~ reflecting Chelsea Jean Lamm’s experience growing up between multiple national identities.
Within her family, geographical boundaries were continuously transcended, shaping her understanding of belonging as something rooted not only in place, but in connection, memory and shared experience.
Following the passing of her grandmother in 2021, Chelsea discovered a handwritten poem expressing a desire for her family to embrace the present moment rather than remain in grief. The words reflected a belief in an enduring connection beyond physical separation:
"Somewhere, somehow, we’ll meet again. Be happy, remember me, we are always family. All you have is here and now."
This discovery became the emotional foundation of Eternal Soar. The garment explores the idea that emotions, memories and human connections can exist beyond borders and time.
Inspired by nature’s symbols of freedom, including bird wings, butterfly forms and the movement of creatures across borderless oceans, Chelsea transformed these ideas into a laser-cut sculptural garment representing liberation, transformation and continuity.
The piece was photographed by Massimo Gardone for Fondazione ITS within the ITS Museum of Art in Fashion in Trieste, placing Eternal Soar within the institution’s extensive archive celebrating exceptional emerging creative talents at the beginning of their careers.
Through its presentation within the museum environment, the work becomes a contemporary artefact exploring migration, memory, nature and the universal human desire for freedom.
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Image Credits:
Institution: ITS Museum of Art in Fashion
Project: GO! 2025 Borderless
Organisation: Fondazione ITS
Featured Artwork: "Eternal Soar" (2023) by Chelsea Jean Lamm in collaboration with Ashley Elizabeth Lamm
Photography: Massimo Gardone
Location: ITS Museum of Art in Fashion, Trieste, Italy
Date: 2024
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Practice Themes
Wearable Art
Craftsmanship
Material Transformation
Cultural Couture
Visual Optimism as Resistance
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Recognition:
Selected as part of a project celebrating emerging creative voices and contemporary approaches to fashion, art and design.
Title:
Institution:
ITS Arcademy ~ Museum of Art in Fashion
Exhibition / Project:
GO! 2025 Borderless
Photographer:
Massimo Gardone for Fondazione ITS
Date:
2024
Location:
Trieste, Italy
Category:
Exhibitions & Institutional Presentations
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Archive Description:
Created for GO! 2025 Borderless, the international project by Fondazione ITS, “Eternal Soar” represents one of Chelsea Jean Lamm’s earliest explorations of wearable art as a vessel for memory, identity and emotional connection.
The work was developed around the concept of borders ~ both physical and emotional ~ reflecting Chelsea Jean Lamm’s experience growing up between multiple national identities.
Within her family, geographical boundaries were continuously transcended, shaping her understanding of belonging as something rooted not only in place, but in connection, memory and shared experience.
Following the passing of her grandmother in 2021, Chelsea discovered a handwritten poem expressing a desire for her family to embrace the present moment rather than remain in grief. The words reflected a belief in an enduring connection beyond physical separation:
"Somewhere, somehow, we’ll meet again. Be happy, remember me, we are always family. All you have is here and now."
This discovery became the emotional foundation of Eternal Soar. The garment explores the idea that emotions, memories and human connections can exist beyond borders and time.
Inspired by nature’s symbols of freedom, including bird wings, butterfly forms and the movement of creatures across borderless oceans, Chelsea transformed these ideas into a laser-cut sculptural garment representing liberation, transformation and continuity.
The piece was photographed by Massimo Gardone for Fondazione ITS within the ITS Museum of Art in Fashion in Trieste, placing Eternal Soar within the institution’s extensive archive celebrating exceptional emerging creative talents at the beginning of their careers.
Through its presentation within the museum environment, the work becomes a contemporary artefact exploring migration, memory, nature and the universal human desire for freedom.
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Image Credits:
Institution: ITS Museum of Art in Fashion
Project: GO! 2025 Borderless
Organisation: Fondazione ITS
Featured Artwork: "Eternal Soar" (2023) by Chelsea Jean Lamm in collaboration with Ashley Elizabeth Lamm
Photography: Massimo Gardone
Location: ITS Museum of Art in Fashion, Trieste, Italy
Date: 2024
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Practice Themes
Wearable Art
Craftsmanship
Material Transformation
Cultural Couture
Visual Optimism as Resistance
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Recognition:
Selected as part of a project celebrating emerging creative voices and contemporary approaches to fashion, art and design.
ITS Artwork Award Film ~ “Vanishing Voices” by Chelsea Jean Lamm and Ashley Elizabeth Lamm Wins ITS Artwork Award Powered by Swatch Art Peace Hotel, March 2024
Trieste, Italy | March 2024
Award:
ITS Artwork Award 2024
Award Partner:
Swatch Art Peace Hotel
Institution:
ITS Arcademy ~ Museum of Art in Fashion
Artists:
Ashley Elizabeth Lamm in collaboration with Chelsea Jean Lamm
Artwork:
“Vanishing Voices” (2024)
Medium:
Analogue Paper Collage and Ink on Paper
Dimensions:
200 cm (height) × 135 cm (length) × 30 cm (width)
Date:
March 2024
Location:
Trieste, Italy
Category:
Awards & Institutional Recognition
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Archive Description:
In March 2024, Ashley Elizabeth Lamm and Chelsea Jean Lamm were awarded the prestigious ITS Artwork Award powered by Swatch Art Peace Hotel for their collaborative artwork “Vanishing Voices.”
Following the award, the artwork entered the collection of ITS Arcademy ~ Museum of Art in Fashion in Trieste, Italy, where it remains on display within the institution’s archive of emerging creative voices.
Created as an analogue paper collage from recycled books and magazines, Vanishing Voices explores the fragile relationship between humanity, biodiversity and the disappearing ecosystems of our planet.
The artwork depicts endangered flora and fauna, transforming environmental concern into a visual celebration of nature’s complexity, beauty and resilience.
Rather than focusing solely on loss, the piece approaches climate change through a lens of awareness and possibility. It invites viewers to reconnect with the natural world and recognize the individual stories carried by every living species.
The artwork reveals a hidden layer on its reverse side: a surface covered with the names of endangered species written in traditional calligraphy. This symbolic gesture creates a parallel between threatened wildlife and endangered forms of human craftsmanship. As traditional calligraphy practices face decline, the work highlights the importance of preserving both ecological diversity and cultural knowledge.
Through material transformation, recycled resources and meticulous handcraft, Vanishing Voices embodies Chelsea Jean Lamm and Ashley Elizabeth Lamm’s shared artistic philosophy: that forgotten materials, disappearing traditions and endangered species all carry voices worth protecting.
Following the award, Ashley Elizabeth Lamm and Chelsea Jean Lamm were invited to participate in an artistic residency at Swatch Art Peace Hotel in Shanghai, further expanding the international dialogue surrounding their collaborative practice.
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Image Credits:
Artwork: Vanishing Voices
Artists:
Ashley Elizabeth Lamm
in collaboration with Chelsea Jean Lamm
Award: ITS Artwork Award powered by Swatch Art Peace Hotel
Institution: ITS Arcademy ~ Museum of Art in Fashion, Trieste
Medium: Analogue Paper Collage and Ink on Paper
Dimensions:
200 × 135 × 30 cm
Display:
Perspex framing, steel frame, cement plinth
Date: March 2024
Location: Trieste, Italy
courtesy of Fontazione ITS
Award:
ITS Artwork Award 2024
Award Partner:
Swatch Art Peace Hotel
Institution:
ITS Arcademy ~ Museum of Art in Fashion
Artists:
Ashley Elizabeth Lamm in collaboration with Chelsea Jean Lamm
Artwork:
“Vanishing Voices” (2024)
Medium:
Analogue Paper Collage and Ink on Paper
Dimensions:
200 cm (height) × 135 cm (length) × 30 cm (width)
Date:
March 2024
Location:
Trieste, Italy
Category:
Awards & Institutional Recognition
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Archive Description:
In March 2024, Ashley Elizabeth Lamm and Chelsea Jean Lamm were awarded the prestigious ITS Artwork Award powered by Swatch Art Peace Hotel for their collaborative artwork “Vanishing Voices.”
Following the award, the artwork entered the collection of ITS Arcademy ~ Museum of Art in Fashion in Trieste, Italy, where it remains on display within the institution’s archive of emerging creative voices.
Created as an analogue paper collage from recycled books and magazines, Vanishing Voices explores the fragile relationship between humanity, biodiversity and the disappearing ecosystems of our planet.
The artwork depicts endangered flora and fauna, transforming environmental concern into a visual celebration of nature’s complexity, beauty and resilience.
Rather than focusing solely on loss, the piece approaches climate change through a lens of awareness and possibility. It invites viewers to reconnect with the natural world and recognize the individual stories carried by every living species.
The artwork reveals a hidden layer on its reverse side: a surface covered with the names of endangered species written in traditional calligraphy. This symbolic gesture creates a parallel between threatened wildlife and endangered forms of human craftsmanship. As traditional calligraphy practices face decline, the work highlights the importance of preserving both ecological diversity and cultural knowledge.
Through material transformation, recycled resources and meticulous handcraft, Vanishing Voices embodies Chelsea Jean Lamm and Ashley Elizabeth Lamm’s shared artistic philosophy: that forgotten materials, disappearing traditions and endangered species all carry voices worth protecting.
Following the award, Ashley Elizabeth Lamm and Chelsea Jean Lamm were invited to participate in an artistic residency at Swatch Art Peace Hotel in Shanghai, further expanding the international dialogue surrounding their collaborative practice.
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Image Credits:
Artwork: Vanishing Voices
Artists:
Ashley Elizabeth Lamm
in collaboration with Chelsea Jean Lamm
Award: ITS Artwork Award powered by Swatch Art Peace Hotel
Institution: ITS Arcademy ~ Museum of Art in Fashion, Trieste
Medium: Analogue Paper Collage and Ink on Paper
Dimensions:
200 × 135 × 30 cm
Display:
Perspex framing, steel frame, cement plinth
Date: March 2024
Location: Trieste, Italy
courtesy of Fontazione ITS
ITS Artwork Award Exhibition ~ “Vanishing Voices” by Chelsea Jean Lamm and Ashley Elizabeth Lamm Wins ITS Artwork Award Powered by Swatch Art Peace Hotel, March 2024
Trieste, Italy | March 2024
Award:
ITS Artwork Award 2024
Award Partner:
Swatch Art Peace Hotel
Institution:
ITS Arcademy ~ Museum of Art in Fashion
Artists:
Ashley Elizabeth Lamm in collaboration with Chelsea Jean Lamm
Artwork:
“Vanishing Voices” (2024)
Medium:
Analogue Paper Collage and Ink on Paper
Dimensions:
200 cm (height) × 135 cm (length) × 30 cm (width)
Date:
March 2024
Location:
Trieste, Italy
Category:
Awards & Institutional Recognition
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Archive Description:
In March 2024, Ashley Elizabeth Lamm and Chelsea Jean Lamm were awarded the prestigious ITS Artwork Award powered by Swatch Art Peace Hotel for their collaborative artwork “Vanishing Voices.”
Following the award, the artwork entered the collection of ITS Arcademy ~ Museum of Art in Fashion in Trieste, Italy, where it remains on display within the institution’s archive of emerging creative voices.
Created as an analogue paper collage from recycled books and magazines, Vanishing Voices explores the fragile relationship between humanity, biodiversity and the disappearing ecosystems of our planet.
The artwork depicts endangered flora and fauna, transforming environmental concern into a visual celebration of nature’s complexity, beauty and resilience.
Rather than focusing solely on loss, the piece approaches climate change through a lens of awareness and possibility. It invites viewers to reconnect with the natural world and recognize the individual stories carried by every living species.
The artwork reveals a hidden layer on its reverse side: a surface covered with the names of endangered species written in traditional calligraphy. This symbolic gesture creates a parallel between threatened wildlife and endangered forms of human craftsmanship. As traditional calligraphy practices face decline, the work highlights the importance of preserving both ecological diversity and cultural knowledge.
Through material transformation, recycled resources and meticulous handcraft, Vanishing Voices embodies Chelsea Jean Lamm and Ashley Elizabeth Lamm’s shared artistic philosophy: that forgotten materials, disappearing traditions and endangered species all carry voices worth protecting.
Following the award, Ashley Elizabeth Lamm and Chelsea Jean Lamm were invited to participate in an artistic residency at Swatch Art Peace Hotel in Shanghai, further expanding the international dialogue surrounding their collaborative practice.
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Image Credits:
Artwork: Vanishing Voices
Artists:
Ashley Elizabeth Lamm
in collaboration with Chelsea Jean Lamm
Award: ITS Artwork Award powered by Swatch Art Peace Hotel
Institution: ITS Arcademy ~ Museum of Art in Fashion, Trieste
Medium: Analogue Paper Collage and Ink on Paper
Dimensions:
200 × 135 × 30 cm
Display:
Perspex framing, steel frame, cement plinth
Date: March 2024
Location: Trieste, Italy
courtesy of Fontazione ITS
Award:
ITS Artwork Award 2024
Award Partner:
Swatch Art Peace Hotel
Institution:
ITS Arcademy ~ Museum of Art in Fashion
Artists:
Ashley Elizabeth Lamm in collaboration with Chelsea Jean Lamm
Artwork:
“Vanishing Voices” (2024)
Medium:
Analogue Paper Collage and Ink on Paper
Dimensions:
200 cm (height) × 135 cm (length) × 30 cm (width)
Date:
March 2024
Location:
Trieste, Italy
Category:
Awards & Institutional Recognition
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Archive Description:
In March 2024, Ashley Elizabeth Lamm and Chelsea Jean Lamm were awarded the prestigious ITS Artwork Award powered by Swatch Art Peace Hotel for their collaborative artwork “Vanishing Voices.”
Following the award, the artwork entered the collection of ITS Arcademy ~ Museum of Art in Fashion in Trieste, Italy, where it remains on display within the institution’s archive of emerging creative voices.
Created as an analogue paper collage from recycled books and magazines, Vanishing Voices explores the fragile relationship between humanity, biodiversity and the disappearing ecosystems of our planet.
The artwork depicts endangered flora and fauna, transforming environmental concern into a visual celebration of nature’s complexity, beauty and resilience.
Rather than focusing solely on loss, the piece approaches climate change through a lens of awareness and possibility. It invites viewers to reconnect with the natural world and recognize the individual stories carried by every living species.
The artwork reveals a hidden layer on its reverse side: a surface covered with the names of endangered species written in traditional calligraphy. This symbolic gesture creates a parallel between threatened wildlife and endangered forms of human craftsmanship. As traditional calligraphy practices face decline, the work highlights the importance of preserving both ecological diversity and cultural knowledge.
Through material transformation, recycled resources and meticulous handcraft, Vanishing Voices embodies Chelsea Jean Lamm and Ashley Elizabeth Lamm’s shared artistic philosophy: that forgotten materials, disappearing traditions and endangered species all carry voices worth protecting.
Following the award, Ashley Elizabeth Lamm and Chelsea Jean Lamm were invited to participate in an artistic residency at Swatch Art Peace Hotel in Shanghai, further expanding the international dialogue surrounding their collaborative practice.
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Image Credits:
Artwork: Vanishing Voices
Artists:
Ashley Elizabeth Lamm
in collaboration with Chelsea Jean Lamm
Award: ITS Artwork Award powered by Swatch Art Peace Hotel
Institution: ITS Arcademy ~ Museum of Art in Fashion, Trieste
Medium: Analogue Paper Collage and Ink on Paper
Dimensions:
200 × 135 × 30 cm
Display:
Perspex framing, steel frame, cement plinth
Date: March 2024
Location: Trieste, Italy
courtesy of Fontazione ITS
"Firefly" featured in "Born to Create" Exhibition (2024 - 2025), and later acquired by ITS Arcademy ~ Museum of Art in Fashion for their permanent archive, March 2024
Trieste, Italy | March 2024
Institution:
ITS Arcademy ~ Museum of Art in Fashion
Collection:
Permanent Museum Archive and Exhibition "Born to Create" (2024 - 2025)
Artwork:
Firefly (Echoes of Eden Collection, 2023)
Occasion:
ITS Contest 2023/24 Finalist
Date:
March 2024
Location:
Trieste, Italy
Category:
Museum Collection & Institutional Recognition
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Archive Description:
In March 2024, Chelsea Jean Lamm's wearable artwork "Firefly" from the Echoes of Eden collection (2023) was acquired by ITS Arcademy ~ Museum of Art in Fashion in Trieste, Italy, following her selection as a finalist of ITS Contest 2023/24.
As one of the world's most significant collections dedicated to emerging contemporary fashion, ITS Arcademy preserves original works by designers at the very beginning of their careers, creating a permanent archive that documents the evolution of future generations of creative practice. The collection contains thousands of portfolios alongside garments, accessories, jewellery and photography from designers representing more than eighty countries, many of whom have gone on to shape the international fashion landscape.
Firefly exemplifies Chelsea Jean Lamm's multidisciplinary practice at the intersection of contemporary art, avant-garde couture and wearable art. Inspired by the fragile bioluminescence of fireflies, the sculptural garment transforms discarded printed paper into an intricate couture silhouette through thousands of hours of analogue craftsmanship developed in collaboration with collage artist Ashley Elizabeth Lamm.
The work reflects the studio's ongoing exploration of material transformation, where recycled materials are elevated into sculptural forms that celebrate biodiversity, imagination and the poetic resilience of the natural world.
Rather than presenting sustainability as limitation, Firefly demonstrates how contemporary couture can become a vehicle for environmental storytelling, optimism and artistic innovation.
Its acquisition into the permanent collection of ITS Arcademy represents an important institutional recognition of Chelsea Jean Lamm's evolving artistic practice and contributes to the museum's mission of preserving the earliest works of designers whose ideas continue to redefine the future of fashion and contemporary art.
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Image Credits:
Artwork: Firefly (2023)
Collection: Echoes of Eden
Designer: Chelsea Jean Lamm
Collage Artist: Ashley Elizabeth Lamm
Institution: ITS Arcademy ~ Museum of Art in Fashion
Collection: Permanent Museum Collection
Occasion: ITS Contest 2023/24 Finalist
Location: Trieste, Italy
Date: March 2024
Institution:
ITS Arcademy ~ Museum of Art in Fashion
Collection:
Permanent Museum Archive and Exhibition "Born to Create" (2024 - 2025)
Artwork:
Firefly (Echoes of Eden Collection, 2023)
Occasion:
ITS Contest 2023/24 Finalist
Date:
March 2024
Location:
Trieste, Italy
Category:
Museum Collection & Institutional Recognition
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Archive Description:
In March 2024, Chelsea Jean Lamm's wearable artwork "Firefly" from the Echoes of Eden collection (2023) was acquired by ITS Arcademy ~ Museum of Art in Fashion in Trieste, Italy, following her selection as a finalist of ITS Contest 2023/24.
As one of the world's most significant collections dedicated to emerging contemporary fashion, ITS Arcademy preserves original works by designers at the very beginning of their careers, creating a permanent archive that documents the evolution of future generations of creative practice. The collection contains thousands of portfolios alongside garments, accessories, jewellery and photography from designers representing more than eighty countries, many of whom have gone on to shape the international fashion landscape.
Firefly exemplifies Chelsea Jean Lamm's multidisciplinary practice at the intersection of contemporary art, avant-garde couture and wearable art. Inspired by the fragile bioluminescence of fireflies, the sculptural garment transforms discarded printed paper into an intricate couture silhouette through thousands of hours of analogue craftsmanship developed in collaboration with collage artist Ashley Elizabeth Lamm.
The work reflects the studio's ongoing exploration of material transformation, where recycled materials are elevated into sculptural forms that celebrate biodiversity, imagination and the poetic resilience of the natural world.
Rather than presenting sustainability as limitation, Firefly demonstrates how contemporary couture can become a vehicle for environmental storytelling, optimism and artistic innovation.
Its acquisition into the permanent collection of ITS Arcademy represents an important institutional recognition of Chelsea Jean Lamm's evolving artistic practice and contributes to the museum's mission of preserving the earliest works of designers whose ideas continue to redefine the future of fashion and contemporary art.
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Image Credits:
Artwork: Firefly (2023)
Collection: Echoes of Eden
Designer: Chelsea Jean Lamm
Collage Artist: Ashley Elizabeth Lamm
Institution: ITS Arcademy ~ Museum of Art in Fashion
Collection: Permanent Museum Collection
Occasion: ITS Contest 2023/24 Finalist
Location: Trieste, Italy
Date: March 2024
DER BERLINER SALON at Kronprinzenpalais, Berlin, Germany in January 2024
Group Exhibition:
DER BERLINER SALON
Organizers:
Fashion Council Germany, Christiane Arp & Berliner Senat
Venue:
Kronprinzenpalais Berlin
Works Exhibited:
The Birth (2023)
Alligator (2023)
Fine Art Collage by Ashley Elizabeth Lamm
Date:
January 2024
Location:
Berlin, Germany
Category:
Group Exhibition
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Archive Description:
In January 2024, Chelsea Jean Lamm presented two sculptural wearable artworks, The Birth and Alligator, at DER BERLINER SALON during Berlin Fashion Week, exhibiting alongside an original analogue paper collage by Ashley Elizabeth Lamm at the historic Kronprinzenpalais.
Organized by Fashion Council Germany, Christiane Arp and the Berliner Senat, DER BERLINER SALON is recognized as one of Germany's leading platforms for contemporary fashion, highlighting designers whose practices contribute to the future of the discipline through innovation, craftsmanship and cultural dialogue.
The exhibition marked an early public presentation of Chelsea Jean Lamm's multidisciplinary practice, positioned at the intersection of contemporary art, avant-garde couture and wearable art. By exhibiting sculptural garments alongside Ashley Elizabeth Lamm's analogue collage, the presentation dissolved the traditional boundaries between fine art and fashion, demonstrating how both disciplines evolve through a shared process of material transformation and visual storytelling.
Created from discarded printed media and meticulously handcrafted through analogue techniques, the exhibited works explored themes of regeneration, imagination and environmental responsibility. Rather than treating sustainability as a purely functional concern, the exhibition proposed an alternative vision in which beauty, craftsmanship and ecological awareness coexist through Visual Optimism as Resistance.
The presentation further established the ongoing artistic collaboration between Chelsea Jean Lamm and Ashley Elizabeth Lamm, whose interdisciplinary practice continues to merge contemporary fine art with avant-garde couture, creating immersive narratives that celebrate craftsmanship, biodiversity and the transformative potential of recycled materials.
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Image Credits:
Exhibition: DER BERLINER SALON
Venue: Kronprinzenpalais
Organizers: Fashion Council Germany, Christiane Arp & Berliner Senat
Exhibited Works:
The Birth (2023)
Alligator (2023)
Fine Art Collage: Ashley Elizabeth Lamm
Designer: Chelsea Jean Lamm
Photography: © DER BERLINER SALON, Ben Mönks, René Lohse, Franziska Krug
Location: Berlin, Germany
Date: January 2024
DER BERLINER SALON
Organizers:
Fashion Council Germany, Christiane Arp & Berliner Senat
Venue:
Kronprinzenpalais Berlin
Works Exhibited:
The Birth (2023)
Alligator (2023)
Fine Art Collage by Ashley Elizabeth Lamm
Date:
January 2024
Location:
Berlin, Germany
Category:
Group Exhibition
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Archive Description:
In January 2024, Chelsea Jean Lamm presented two sculptural wearable artworks, The Birth and Alligator, at DER BERLINER SALON during Berlin Fashion Week, exhibiting alongside an original analogue paper collage by Ashley Elizabeth Lamm at the historic Kronprinzenpalais.
Organized by Fashion Council Germany, Christiane Arp and the Berliner Senat, DER BERLINER SALON is recognized as one of Germany's leading platforms for contemporary fashion, highlighting designers whose practices contribute to the future of the discipline through innovation, craftsmanship and cultural dialogue.
The exhibition marked an early public presentation of Chelsea Jean Lamm's multidisciplinary practice, positioned at the intersection of contemporary art, avant-garde couture and wearable art. By exhibiting sculptural garments alongside Ashley Elizabeth Lamm's analogue collage, the presentation dissolved the traditional boundaries between fine art and fashion, demonstrating how both disciplines evolve through a shared process of material transformation and visual storytelling.
Created from discarded printed media and meticulously handcrafted through analogue techniques, the exhibited works explored themes of regeneration, imagination and environmental responsibility. Rather than treating sustainability as a purely functional concern, the exhibition proposed an alternative vision in which beauty, craftsmanship and ecological awareness coexist through Visual Optimism as Resistance.
The presentation further established the ongoing artistic collaboration between Chelsea Jean Lamm and Ashley Elizabeth Lamm, whose interdisciplinary practice continues to merge contemporary fine art with avant-garde couture, creating immersive narratives that celebrate craftsmanship, biodiversity and the transformative potential of recycled materials.
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Image Credits:
Exhibition: DER BERLINER SALON
Venue: Kronprinzenpalais
Organizers: Fashion Council Germany, Christiane Arp & Berliner Senat
Exhibited Works:
The Birth (2023)
Alligator (2023)
Fine Art Collage: Ashley Elizabeth Lamm
Designer: Chelsea Jean Lamm
Photography: © DER BERLINER SALON, Ben Mönks, René Lohse, Franziska Krug
Location: Berlin, Germany
Date: January 2024
Fashion x Craft Exhibition at DER BERLINER SALON, hosted by The King's Foundation, The Swarovski Foundation and the Fashion Council Germany, January 2024
Kronprinzenpalais, Berlin, Germany
Title:
Chelsea Jean Lamm Presents “Cocoon Chronicle” at Fashion x Craft Exhibition during Berlin Fashion Week
Exhibition:
Fashion x Craft Exhibition at DER BERLINER SALON
Programme:
Fashion x Craft Programme
Partners:
Fashion Council Germany
The King’s Foundation
The Swarovski Foundation
Venue:
Kronprinzenpalais
Work Exhibited:
Cocoon Chronicle (2024) in collaboration with Ashley Elizabeth Lamm
Date:
January 2024
Location:
Berlin, Germany
Category:
Group Exhibition / Craft Innovation
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Archive Description:
In January 2024, Chelsea Jean Lamm presented her wearable sculpture “Cocoon Chronicle” at the Fashion x Craft Exhibition of DER BERLINER SALON during Berlin Fashion Week, held at the historic Kronprinzenpalais.
The presentation marked the culmination of Chelsea Jean Lamm’s participation in the Fashion x Craft Programme, a collaborative initiative by the Fashion Council Germany, The King’s Foundation and The Swarovski Foundation, exploring the relationship between traditional craftsmanship, material innovation and the future of fashion.
Developed during her residency at Highgrove, England in August 2023, Cocoon Chronicle reflects Chelsea Jean Lamm’s encounters with the surrounding wildlife and botanical landscapes. The sculptural couture piece transforms these observations into a wearable artwork, creating a protective cocoon-like silhouette that explores the relationship between humanity, nature and the ecosystems we inhabit.
At the centre of the work is a circular material narrative: the transformation of wood into paper, paper into innovative textile materials, and these elements reunited through handcrafted construction.
Combining sculpted wooden elements with TENCEL™ Luxe fabric, the piece investigates how natural resources can move through different states of existence while maintaining their connection to their original source.
Through meticulous craftsmanship, Cocoon Chronicle captures moments of quiet observation ~ from ladybirds moving through wildflower meadows to deer grazing within natural landscapes ~ transforming these encounters into a poetic exploration of biodiversity and environmental connection.
The work represents Chelsea Jean Lamm’s ongoing practice at the intersection of avant-garde couture, contemporary art and craftsmanship, demonstrating how wearable sculpture can become a medium for environmental storytelling, material transformation and Visual Optimism as Resistance.
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Image Credits:
Artwork: Cocoon Chronicle (2024)
Designer: Chelsea Jean Lamm in collaboration with Ashley Elizabeth Lamm
Exhibition: Fashion x Craft Exhibition at DER BERLINER SALON
Programme: Fashion x Craft Programme
Partners:
Fashion Council Germany
The King’s Foundation
The Swarovski Foundation
Material Collaboration:
TENCEL™ Luxe Fabric
Photography: Ben Mönks
Venue: Kronprinzenpalais
Location: Berlin, Germany
Date: January 2024
Title:
Chelsea Jean Lamm Presents “Cocoon Chronicle” at Fashion x Craft Exhibition during Berlin Fashion Week
Exhibition:
Fashion x Craft Exhibition at DER BERLINER SALON
Programme:
Fashion x Craft Programme
Partners:
Fashion Council Germany
The King’s Foundation
The Swarovski Foundation
Venue:
Kronprinzenpalais
Work Exhibited:
Cocoon Chronicle (2024) in collaboration with Ashley Elizabeth Lamm
Date:
January 2024
Location:
Berlin, Germany
Category:
Group Exhibition / Craft Innovation
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Archive Description:
In January 2024, Chelsea Jean Lamm presented her wearable sculpture “Cocoon Chronicle” at the Fashion x Craft Exhibition of DER BERLINER SALON during Berlin Fashion Week, held at the historic Kronprinzenpalais.
The presentation marked the culmination of Chelsea Jean Lamm’s participation in the Fashion x Craft Programme, a collaborative initiative by the Fashion Council Germany, The King’s Foundation and The Swarovski Foundation, exploring the relationship between traditional craftsmanship, material innovation and the future of fashion.
Developed during her residency at Highgrove, England in August 2023, Cocoon Chronicle reflects Chelsea Jean Lamm’s encounters with the surrounding wildlife and botanical landscapes. The sculptural couture piece transforms these observations into a wearable artwork, creating a protective cocoon-like silhouette that explores the relationship between humanity, nature and the ecosystems we inhabit.
At the centre of the work is a circular material narrative: the transformation of wood into paper, paper into innovative textile materials, and these elements reunited through handcrafted construction.
Combining sculpted wooden elements with TENCEL™ Luxe fabric, the piece investigates how natural resources can move through different states of existence while maintaining their connection to their original source.
Through meticulous craftsmanship, Cocoon Chronicle captures moments of quiet observation ~ from ladybirds moving through wildflower meadows to deer grazing within natural landscapes ~ transforming these encounters into a poetic exploration of biodiversity and environmental connection.
The work represents Chelsea Jean Lamm’s ongoing practice at the intersection of avant-garde couture, contemporary art and craftsmanship, demonstrating how wearable sculpture can become a medium for environmental storytelling, material transformation and Visual Optimism as Resistance.
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Image Credits:
Artwork: Cocoon Chronicle (2024)
Designer: Chelsea Jean Lamm in collaboration with Ashley Elizabeth Lamm
Exhibition: Fashion x Craft Exhibition at DER BERLINER SALON
Programme: Fashion x Craft Programme
Partners:
Fashion Council Germany
The King’s Foundation
The Swarovski Foundation
Material Collaboration:
TENCEL™ Luxe Fabric
Photography: Ben Mönks
Venue: Kronprinzenpalais
Location: Berlin, Germany
Date: January 2024
DER BERLINER SALON: Chelsea Jean Lamm announced as Fashion x Craft Finalist 2023 hosted by The King's Foundation, The Swarovski Foundation and The Fashion Council Germany, January 2023
Kantgaragen, Berlin, Germany | January 2023
Title:
Fashion x Craft Finalist 2023 ~ Chelsea Jean Lamm Exhibits “Phoenix” and "Anemone" at DER BERLINER SALON During Berlin Fashion Week
Programme:
Fashion x Craft 2023
Hosted by:
Fashion Council Germany
The Swarovski Foundation
The King’s Foundation
Exhibition:
DER BERLINER SALON ~ Berlin Fashion Week
Date:
January 2023
Location:
Kantgaragen, Berlin, Germany
Category:
Fashion Exhibition
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Archive Description:
In January 2023, Chelsea Jean Lamm was selected as a finalist for the Fashion x Craft 2023 programme, an international initiative hosted by Fashion Council Germany, the Swarovski Foundation and The King’s Foundation, connecting emerging designers with traditional craftsmanship and innovative design practices.
As part of the program, two garments from Chelsea Jean Lamm’s debut collection “Echoes of Eden” were exhibited at DER BERLINER SALON during Berlin Fashion Week, presenting her sculptural approach to fashion within one of Germany’s most significant platforms for contemporary design and craftsmanship.
The exhibition introduced Chelsea Jean Lamm’s vision of avant-garde couture as wearable art, combining experimental silhouettes, material transformation and storytelling. The showcased pieces explored a speculative future where humanity, technology and nature exist in dialogue, reflecting the collection’s themes of evolution, imagination and ecological awareness.
Through her participation in Fashion x Craft, Chelsea Jean Lamm demonstrated her commitment to bridging contemporary fashion with traditional craft values, ethical responsibility and innovative approaches to materiality.
The program became an important foundation for her continued exploration of craftsmanship as cultural preservation and fashion as a form of artistic expression.
This early recognition positioned Chelsea Jean Lamm within an international network of emerging designers redefining luxury through creativity, responsibility and interdisciplinary collaboration.
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Image Credits:
Programme: Fashion x Craft 2023
Hosted By: Fashion Council Germany, Swarovski Foundation & The King’s Foundation
Exhibition: DER BERLINER SALON during Berlin Fashion Week
Designer: Chelsea Jean Lamm
Collection Featured: Echoes of Eden Summer 2023
Garments Exhibited: "Phoenix" and "Anemone"
Location: Kantgaragen, Berlin, Germany
Date: January 2023
Title:
Fashion x Craft Finalist 2023 ~ Chelsea Jean Lamm Exhibits “Phoenix” and "Anemone" at DER BERLINER SALON During Berlin Fashion Week
Programme:
Fashion x Craft 2023
Hosted by:
Fashion Council Germany
The Swarovski Foundation
The King’s Foundation
Exhibition:
DER BERLINER SALON ~ Berlin Fashion Week
Date:
January 2023
Location:
Kantgaragen, Berlin, Germany
Category:
Fashion Exhibition
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Archive Description:
In January 2023, Chelsea Jean Lamm was selected as a finalist for the Fashion x Craft 2023 programme, an international initiative hosted by Fashion Council Germany, the Swarovski Foundation and The King’s Foundation, connecting emerging designers with traditional craftsmanship and innovative design practices.
As part of the program, two garments from Chelsea Jean Lamm’s debut collection “Echoes of Eden” were exhibited at DER BERLINER SALON during Berlin Fashion Week, presenting her sculptural approach to fashion within one of Germany’s most significant platforms for contemporary design and craftsmanship.
The exhibition introduced Chelsea Jean Lamm’s vision of avant-garde couture as wearable art, combining experimental silhouettes, material transformation and storytelling. The showcased pieces explored a speculative future where humanity, technology and nature exist in dialogue, reflecting the collection’s themes of evolution, imagination and ecological awareness.
Through her participation in Fashion x Craft, Chelsea Jean Lamm demonstrated her commitment to bridging contemporary fashion with traditional craft values, ethical responsibility and innovative approaches to materiality.
The program became an important foundation for her continued exploration of craftsmanship as cultural preservation and fashion as a form of artistic expression.
This early recognition positioned Chelsea Jean Lamm within an international network of emerging designers redefining luxury through creativity, responsibility and interdisciplinary collaboration.
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Image Credits:
Programme: Fashion x Craft 2023
Hosted By: Fashion Council Germany, Swarovski Foundation & The King’s Foundation
Exhibition: DER BERLINER SALON during Berlin Fashion Week
Designer: Chelsea Jean Lamm
Collection Featured: Echoes of Eden Summer 2023
Garments Exhibited: "Phoenix" and "Anemone"
Location: Kantgaragen, Berlin, Germany
Date: January 2023
"Die Verwandlung (Metamorphosis)" ~ Interdisciplinary Performance for the Vernissage of "Masks – The Artificial Face" at Koenigmuseum Landshut with Chelsea Jean Lamm, Ashley Elizabeth Lamm, Carina Shoshtary, Lena-Valentina Hauth, Niklas Hoffmann and Nadia Agriiants, October 2022
Landshut, Germany | October 2022
Title:
Die Verwandlung (Metamorphosis) ~ Interdisciplinary Performance for Masks – The Artificial Face
Institution:
Koenigmuseum Landshut
Category:
Performance Art / Contemporary Art / Interdisciplinary Collaboration
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Archive Description:
In October 2022, Chelsea Jean Lamm participated in the opening of Masks – The Artificial Face at the Koenigmuseum Landshut with the interdisciplinary performance Die Verwandlung (Metamorphosis).
Bringing together contemporary dance, wearable art, analogue collage, mask-making, sound composition and performance, the work explored transformation as both a physical and psychological process.
The performance opened in near silence.
Contemporary dancer Lena-Valentina Hauth lay motionless on the museum floor, appearing entirely exposed, wearing only a nude body suit that dissolved almost completely into the surrounding space. Rather than suggesting vulnerability, this quiet beginning proposed something different: that strength can exist before armour is ever worn.
Gradually, an original sound composition by Niklas Hoffmann (later known as Younghoffi) emerged throughout the museum. Beginning almost imperceptibly, the composition slowly accumulated rhythm, texture and intensity, awakening the performer through sound rather than narrative.
As the music evolved, so too did the body.
Each movement became increasingly instinctive, as though the sound itself had begun to inhabit the dancer. Throughout the performance, Chelsea Jean Lamm's wearable sculpture Goura Victoria was assembled directly onto the performer's body. Piece by piece, the sculpture transformed from adornment into armour, concealing the body while simultaneously amplifying its presence.
Developed through Chelsea Jean Lamm's ongoing collaboration with contemporary artist Ashley Elizabeth Lamm, the sculptural garment embodies one of the central ideas that continues to define their practice: fashion not as decoration, but as a symbolic architecture capable of transforming identity.
The final transformation was completed through the addition of a sculptural mask and hand jewellery created by multidisciplinary artist Carina Shoshtary. The mask simultaneously suggested a face and a helmet, while the horn-like extensions emerging from the backs of the hands dissolved the distinction between ornament, anatomy and mythology.
As the composition reached its crescendo, the performer returned before the audience transformed into an anonymous warrior-like figure. No longer recognizably individual, the body had evolved into a speculative being existing somewhere between human, sculpture and myth.
The increasingly ecstatic choreography abandoned fixed movement vocabulary, allowing intuition and sound to guide the body. What began as stillness concluded in explosive physicality, completing a ritual of transformation in which exposure became protection, vulnerability became strength, and individuality dissolved into collective symbolism.
Today, Die Verwandlung can be understood as one of the earliest manifestations of Chelsea Jean Lamm's interdisciplinary practice.
More significantly, the project established a philosophy that continues to shape the atelier today: that the most meaningful artistic work emerges through shared authorship, where each collaborator contributes an equally essential creative language. Rather than supporting a central vision, dance, sound, fashion, sculpture, masks and performance became inseparable components of a single artwork.
This belief in collaborative world-building has since become one of the defining principles underpinning Chelsea Jean Lamm's practice across contemporary art, wearable sculpture and avant-garde couture.
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Image Credits:
Institution: Koenigmuseum Landshut
Exhibition:
Masks ~ The Artificial Face
Performance:
Die Verwandlung (Metamorphosis)
Creative Direction:
Chelsea Jean Lamm
Wearable Sculpture:
Chelsea Jean Lamm
Contemporary Artist:
Ashley Elizabeth Lamm
Performer:
Lena-Valentina Hauth
Original Sound Composition:
Niklas Hoffmann (Younghoffi)
Mask & Hand Jewellery:
Carina Shoshtary
Hair & Make-Up:
Nadia Agriiants
Date:
October 2022
Title:
Die Verwandlung (Metamorphosis) ~ Interdisciplinary Performance for Masks – The Artificial Face
Institution:
Koenigmuseum Landshut
Category:
Performance Art / Contemporary Art / Interdisciplinary Collaboration
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Archive Description:
In October 2022, Chelsea Jean Lamm participated in the opening of Masks – The Artificial Face at the Koenigmuseum Landshut with the interdisciplinary performance Die Verwandlung (Metamorphosis).
Bringing together contemporary dance, wearable art, analogue collage, mask-making, sound composition and performance, the work explored transformation as both a physical and psychological process.
The performance opened in near silence.
Contemporary dancer Lena-Valentina Hauth lay motionless on the museum floor, appearing entirely exposed, wearing only a nude body suit that dissolved almost completely into the surrounding space. Rather than suggesting vulnerability, this quiet beginning proposed something different: that strength can exist before armour is ever worn.
Gradually, an original sound composition by Niklas Hoffmann (later known as Younghoffi) emerged throughout the museum. Beginning almost imperceptibly, the composition slowly accumulated rhythm, texture and intensity, awakening the performer through sound rather than narrative.
As the music evolved, so too did the body.
Each movement became increasingly instinctive, as though the sound itself had begun to inhabit the dancer. Throughout the performance, Chelsea Jean Lamm's wearable sculpture Goura Victoria was assembled directly onto the performer's body. Piece by piece, the sculpture transformed from adornment into armour, concealing the body while simultaneously amplifying its presence.
Developed through Chelsea Jean Lamm's ongoing collaboration with contemporary artist Ashley Elizabeth Lamm, the sculptural garment embodies one of the central ideas that continues to define their practice: fashion not as decoration, but as a symbolic architecture capable of transforming identity.
The final transformation was completed through the addition of a sculptural mask and hand jewellery created by multidisciplinary artist Carina Shoshtary. The mask simultaneously suggested a face and a helmet, while the horn-like extensions emerging from the backs of the hands dissolved the distinction between ornament, anatomy and mythology.
As the composition reached its crescendo, the performer returned before the audience transformed into an anonymous warrior-like figure. No longer recognizably individual, the body had evolved into a speculative being existing somewhere between human, sculpture and myth.
The increasingly ecstatic choreography abandoned fixed movement vocabulary, allowing intuition and sound to guide the body. What began as stillness concluded in explosive physicality, completing a ritual of transformation in which exposure became protection, vulnerability became strength, and individuality dissolved into collective symbolism.
Today, Die Verwandlung can be understood as one of the earliest manifestations of Chelsea Jean Lamm's interdisciplinary practice.
More significantly, the project established a philosophy that continues to shape the atelier today: that the most meaningful artistic work emerges through shared authorship, where each collaborator contributes an equally essential creative language. Rather than supporting a central vision, dance, sound, fashion, sculpture, masks and performance became inseparable components of a single artwork.
This belief in collaborative world-building has since become one of the defining principles underpinning Chelsea Jean Lamm's practice across contemporary art, wearable sculpture and avant-garde couture.
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Image Credits:
Institution: Koenigmuseum Landshut
Exhibition:
Masks ~ The Artificial Face
Performance:
Die Verwandlung (Metamorphosis)
Creative Direction:
Chelsea Jean Lamm
Wearable Sculpture:
Chelsea Jean Lamm
Contemporary Artist:
Ashley Elizabeth Lamm
Performer:
Lena-Valentina Hauth
Original Sound Composition:
Niklas Hoffmann (Younghoffi)
Mask & Hand Jewellery:
Carina Shoshtary
Hair & Make-Up:
Nadia Agriiants
Date:
October 2022
"AMALGAMARE ~ From Analogue Collage to Wearable Art", Installation, Wandelhalle Bad Tölz, Germany | January 2022
Institution:
Wandelhalle Bad Tölz
Category:
Artistic Collaboration
Artists:
Chelsea Jean Lamm
Ashley Elizabeth Lamm
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Archive Description:
Photographed within the historic Wandelhalle in Bad Tölz, this collaborative photographic work captures two analogue paper collages by Ashley Elizabeth Lamm, "Phidippus Audax" (2021) and "The Three Graces II ~ Toucan", presented alongside Chelsea Jean Lamm's graduate collection AMALGAMARE.
Originally created as part of Ashley Elizabeth Lamm's The Three Graces series, the collages mark an important moment in the ongoing dialogue between the sisters' artistic practices. Rather than functioning as independent artworks and garments, the images reveal the creative relationship between two disciplines: contemporary analogue collage and avant-garde couture.
Phidippus Audax became one of the principal visual foundations of Chelsea Jean Lamm's graduate collection AMALGAMARE. Through extensive experimentation, its intricate paper structures were translated into sculptural wearable form, later becoming one of the defining silhouettes of the collection and an early expression of the atelier's signature process of transforming analogue collage into contemporary couture.
Similarly, Toucan continued its journey beyond the photographic work. The collage later evolved into one of the central garments of Chelsea Jean Lamm's Echoes of Eden collection, demonstrating how Ashley Elizabeth Lamm's visual language continues to generate new sculptural narratives across successive bodies of work.
The photographs were created inside the Wandelhalle in Bad Tölz, a historic spa pavilion renowned for its monumental white arcaded hall and luminous architectural rhythm. Today, the space regularly hosts contemporary exhibitions, performances and interdisciplinary cultural projects, offering a dialogue between historic architecture and experimental artistic practices.
Positioned within this architectural setting, the collages and garments appear suspended between two and three dimensions, reinforcing the shared ambition of both artists to dissolve the boundaries between fine art, fashion, photography and installation.
The work documents the earliest stages of a collaborative methodology that continues to define Chelsea Jean Lamm and Ashley Elizabeth Lamm's interdisciplinary practice today.
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Image Credits:
Photography: Chelsea Jean Lamm
Location: Wandelhalle Bad Tölz
Artists:
Ashley Elizabeth Lamm
Chelsea Jean Lamm
Collages:
Phidippus Audax (2021)
The Three Grace II ~ Toucan (2021)
Series:
The Three Graces
Collection:
AMALGAMARE
Date: 2021
Wandelhalle Bad Tölz
Category:
Artistic Collaboration
Artists:
Chelsea Jean Lamm
Ashley Elizabeth Lamm
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Archive Description:
Photographed within the historic Wandelhalle in Bad Tölz, this collaborative photographic work captures two analogue paper collages by Ashley Elizabeth Lamm, "Phidippus Audax" (2021) and "The Three Graces II ~ Toucan", presented alongside Chelsea Jean Lamm's graduate collection AMALGAMARE.
Originally created as part of Ashley Elizabeth Lamm's The Three Graces series, the collages mark an important moment in the ongoing dialogue between the sisters' artistic practices. Rather than functioning as independent artworks and garments, the images reveal the creative relationship between two disciplines: contemporary analogue collage and avant-garde couture.
Phidippus Audax became one of the principal visual foundations of Chelsea Jean Lamm's graduate collection AMALGAMARE. Through extensive experimentation, its intricate paper structures were translated into sculptural wearable form, later becoming one of the defining silhouettes of the collection and an early expression of the atelier's signature process of transforming analogue collage into contemporary couture.
Similarly, Toucan continued its journey beyond the photographic work. The collage later evolved into one of the central garments of Chelsea Jean Lamm's Echoes of Eden collection, demonstrating how Ashley Elizabeth Lamm's visual language continues to generate new sculptural narratives across successive bodies of work.
The photographs were created inside the Wandelhalle in Bad Tölz, a historic spa pavilion renowned for its monumental white arcaded hall and luminous architectural rhythm. Today, the space regularly hosts contemporary exhibitions, performances and interdisciplinary cultural projects, offering a dialogue between historic architecture and experimental artistic practices.
Positioned within this architectural setting, the collages and garments appear suspended between two and three dimensions, reinforcing the shared ambition of both artists to dissolve the boundaries between fine art, fashion, photography and installation.
The work documents the earliest stages of a collaborative methodology that continues to define Chelsea Jean Lamm and Ashley Elizabeth Lamm's interdisciplinary practice today.
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Image Credits:
Photography: Chelsea Jean Lamm
Location: Wandelhalle Bad Tölz
Artists:
Ashley Elizabeth Lamm
Chelsea Jean Lamm
Collages:
Phidippus Audax (2021)
The Three Grace II ~ Toucan (2021)
Series:
The Three Graces
Collection:
AMALGAMARE
Date: 2021
Haus der Kunst "Katakomb" Group Exhibition ~ "The Three Graces" by Ashley Elizabeth Lamm, December 2021
Munich, Germany | December 2021
Title:
"The Three Graces" by Ashley Elizabeth Lamm and "If Hippos Were Holy" by Ashley Elizabeth Lamm in collaboration with Chelsea Jean Lamm ~ Haus der Kunst Munich
Exhibition:
Haus der Kunst Munich
Date:
December 2021
Location:
Munich, Germany
Category:
Museum Exhibition
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Archive Description:
In December 2021, Chelsea Jean Lamm and contemporary artist Ashley Elizabeth Lamm presented their first collaborative work at Haus der Kunst in Munich, marking the beginning of the interdisciplinary practice that would later define both artists' careers.
Created shortly after Ashley Elizabeth Lamm completed her studies at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste München, where she was awarded the prestigious Examenspreis, the project represents the earliest exploration of a question that continues to shape their work today:
How can a two-dimensional artwork become something that can be worn, thus becoming a living version of the body of work?
The collaboration centred around a floor-length silk satin cape titled If Hippos Were Holy, featuring one of Ashley's analogue paper collages digitally printed onto silk. Rather than treating fashion as a surface for decoration, the work explored how contemporary fine art could begin to inhabit the human body, allowing a collage to evolve beyond the gallery wall into sculptural form.
Although still rooted in print, the project laid the conceptual foundations for everything that followed. It was here that Chelsea and Ashley first began investigating how analogue collage could move into three-dimensional space ~ a dialogue that would later evolve into their signature practice of translating intricate paper compositions into avant-garde couture through craftsmanship and emerging technologies.
Presented within one of Germany's leading institutions for contemporary art, the exhibition marked the beginning of an ongoing collaboration between two sisters working across distinct disciplines: Ashley through contemporary fine art and Chelsea through wearable sculpture.
Looking back, If Hippos Were Holy captures the first moment their artistic worlds intersected, establishing the collaborative methodology that continues to underpin their work across museums, fashion institutions and international publications.
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Image Credits:
Exhibition: Haus der Kunst
Artists: Chelsea Jean Lamm & Ashley Elizabeth Lamm
Artwork: If Hippos Were Holy and "The Three graces" by Ashley Elizabeth Lamm
Photography: Igor Vrdoljak
Location: Munich, Germany
Date: December 2021
Title:
"The Three Graces" by Ashley Elizabeth Lamm and "If Hippos Were Holy" by Ashley Elizabeth Lamm in collaboration with Chelsea Jean Lamm ~ Haus der Kunst Munich
Exhibition:
Haus der Kunst Munich
Date:
December 2021
Location:
Munich, Germany
Category:
Museum Exhibition
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Archive Description:
In December 2021, Chelsea Jean Lamm and contemporary artist Ashley Elizabeth Lamm presented their first collaborative work at Haus der Kunst in Munich, marking the beginning of the interdisciplinary practice that would later define both artists' careers.
Created shortly after Ashley Elizabeth Lamm completed her studies at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste München, where she was awarded the prestigious Examenspreis, the project represents the earliest exploration of a question that continues to shape their work today:
How can a two-dimensional artwork become something that can be worn, thus becoming a living version of the body of work?
The collaboration centred around a floor-length silk satin cape titled If Hippos Were Holy, featuring one of Ashley's analogue paper collages digitally printed onto silk. Rather than treating fashion as a surface for decoration, the work explored how contemporary fine art could begin to inhabit the human body, allowing a collage to evolve beyond the gallery wall into sculptural form.
Although still rooted in print, the project laid the conceptual foundations for everything that followed. It was here that Chelsea and Ashley first began investigating how analogue collage could move into three-dimensional space ~ a dialogue that would later evolve into their signature practice of translating intricate paper compositions into avant-garde couture through craftsmanship and emerging technologies.
Presented within one of Germany's leading institutions for contemporary art, the exhibition marked the beginning of an ongoing collaboration between two sisters working across distinct disciplines: Ashley through contemporary fine art and Chelsea through wearable sculpture.
Looking back, If Hippos Were Holy captures the first moment their artistic worlds intersected, establishing the collaborative methodology that continues to underpin their work across museums, fashion institutions and international publications.
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Image Credits:
Exhibition: Haus der Kunst
Artists: Chelsea Jean Lamm & Ashley Elizabeth Lamm
Artwork: If Hippos Were Holy and "The Three graces" by Ashley Elizabeth Lamm
Photography: Igor Vrdoljak
Location: Munich, Germany
Date: December 2021
Haus der Kunst Exhibition: "If Hippos Were Holy" Silk Cape, December 2021
Munich, Germany | December 2021
Title:
"If Hippos Were Holy" ~ Haus der Kunst Munich within group exhibition "Katakomb", Chelsea Jean Lamm in collaboration with Ashley Elizabeth Lamm
Exhibition:
Haus der Kunst Munich
Date:
December 2021
Location:
Munich, Germany
Category:
Museum Exhibition
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Archive Description:
In December 2021, Chelsea Jean Lamm and contemporary artist Ashley Elizabeth Lamm presented their first collaborative work at Haus der Kunst in Munich, marking the beginning of the interdisciplinary practice that would later define both artists' careers.
Created shortly after Ashley Elizabeth Lamm completed her studies at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste München, where she was awarded the prestigious Examenspreis, the project represents the earliest exploration of a question that continues to shape their work today:
How can a two-dimensional artwork become something that can be worn, thus becoming a living version of the body of work?
The collaboration centred around a floor-length silk satin cape titled If Hippos Were Holy, featuring one of Ashley's analogue paper collages digitally printed onto silk. Rather than treating fashion as a surface for decoration, the work explored how contemporary fine art could begin to inhabit the human body, allowing a collage to evolve beyond the gallery wall into sculptural form.
Although still rooted in print, the project laid the conceptual foundations for everything that followed. It was here that Chelsea and Ashley first began investigating how analogue collage could move into three-dimensional space ~ a dialogue that would later evolve into their signature practice of translating intricate paper compositions into avant-garde couture through craftsmanship and emerging technologies.
Presented within one of Germany's leading institutions for contemporary art, the exhibition marked the beginning of an ongoing collaboration between two sisters working across distinct disciplines: Ashley through contemporary fine art and Chelsea through wearable sculpture.
Looking back, If Hippos Were Holy captures the first moment their artistic worlds intersected, establishing the collaborative methodology that continues to underpin their work across museums, fashion institutions and international publications.
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Image Credits:
Exhibition: Haus der Kunst
Artists: Chelsea Jean Lamm & Ashley Elizabeth Lamm
Artwork: If Hippos Were Holy and "The Three graces" by Ashley Elizabeth Lamm
Photography: Igor Vrdoljak
Location: Munich, Germany
Date: December 2021
Title:
"If Hippos Were Holy" ~ Haus der Kunst Munich within group exhibition "Katakomb", Chelsea Jean Lamm in collaboration with Ashley Elizabeth Lamm
Exhibition:
Haus der Kunst Munich
Date:
December 2021
Location:
Munich, Germany
Category:
Museum Exhibition
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Archive Description:
In December 2021, Chelsea Jean Lamm and contemporary artist Ashley Elizabeth Lamm presented their first collaborative work at Haus der Kunst in Munich, marking the beginning of the interdisciplinary practice that would later define both artists' careers.
Created shortly after Ashley Elizabeth Lamm completed her studies at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste München, where she was awarded the prestigious Examenspreis, the project represents the earliest exploration of a question that continues to shape their work today:
How can a two-dimensional artwork become something that can be worn, thus becoming a living version of the body of work?
The collaboration centred around a floor-length silk satin cape titled If Hippos Were Holy, featuring one of Ashley's analogue paper collages digitally printed onto silk. Rather than treating fashion as a surface for decoration, the work explored how contemporary fine art could begin to inhabit the human body, allowing a collage to evolve beyond the gallery wall into sculptural form.
Although still rooted in print, the project laid the conceptual foundations for everything that followed. It was here that Chelsea and Ashley first began investigating how analogue collage could move into three-dimensional space ~ a dialogue that would later evolve into their signature practice of translating intricate paper compositions into avant-garde couture through craftsmanship and emerging technologies.
Presented within one of Germany's leading institutions for contemporary art, the exhibition marked the beginning of an ongoing collaboration between two sisters working across distinct disciplines: Ashley through contemporary fine art and Chelsea through wearable sculpture.
Looking back, If Hippos Were Holy captures the first moment their artistic worlds intersected, establishing the collaborative methodology that continues to underpin their work across museums, fashion institutions and international publications.
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Image Credits:
Exhibition: Haus der Kunst
Artists: Chelsea Jean Lamm & Ashley Elizabeth Lamm
Artwork: If Hippos Were Holy and "The Three graces" by Ashley Elizabeth Lamm
Photography: Igor Vrdoljak
Location: Munich, Germany
Date: December 2021
Ashley Elizabeth Lamm's Examenspreis Presentation at the Academy of Fine Arts Munich, AdbK Akademie der bildenden Künste München 2021
Munich, Germany | 2021
Institution:
Akademie der Bildenden Künste München
Category:
Exhibition / Contemporary Fine Art
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Archive Description:
In 2021, Ashley Elizabeth Lamm presented her final body of work at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste München, marking the completion of her Staatsexamen in Fine Art.
Her graduation exhibition featured the analogue paper collage series The Three Graces (2021), exhibited within the historic exhibition spaces of the Academy of Fine Arts Munich.
Created from discarded books, magazines and printed matter, the works exemplify Ashley Elizabeth Lamm's distinctive artistic language, exploring mythology, feminist storytelling and the transformation of forgotten materials into intricate contemporary collages.
The presentation was recognised with the Examenspreis, one of the Academy's most prestigious graduation honours, awarded in recognition of the originality and artistic significance of her practice.
Also presented within the exhibition was "If Hippos Were Holy", a floor-length silk satin cape created in collaboration with Chelsea Jean Lamm. Featuring one of Ashley Elizabeth Lamm's analogue collages digitally translated onto silk, the work represents the sisters' first exploration of bringing fine art into the realm of wearable form.
This collaboration became the conceptual foundation of their ongoing interdisciplinary practice, establishing the dialogue between contemporary collage, craftsmanship and avant-garde couture that would later define their shared artistic language.
Viewed today, "If Hippos Were Holy" represents the first step in an evolving body of work that continues to dissolve the boundaries between contemporary fine art, wearable sculpture and fashion.
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Image Credits:
Institution: Akademie der Bildenden Künste München
Exhibition: Staatsexamen Exhibition 2021
Artist: Ashley Elizabeth Lamm
Award: Examenspreis
Works Featured: "The Three Graces" (2021)
Collaborative Work: "If Hippos Were Holy"
Designer: Chelsea Jean Lamm
Contemporary Artist: Ashley Elizabeth Lamm
Location: Akademie der Bildenden Künste München
Date: 2021
Institution:
Akademie der Bildenden Künste München
Category:
Exhibition / Contemporary Fine Art
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Archive Description:
In 2021, Ashley Elizabeth Lamm presented her final body of work at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste München, marking the completion of her Staatsexamen in Fine Art.
Her graduation exhibition featured the analogue paper collage series The Three Graces (2021), exhibited within the historic exhibition spaces of the Academy of Fine Arts Munich.
Created from discarded books, magazines and printed matter, the works exemplify Ashley Elizabeth Lamm's distinctive artistic language, exploring mythology, feminist storytelling and the transformation of forgotten materials into intricate contemporary collages.
The presentation was recognised with the Examenspreis, one of the Academy's most prestigious graduation honours, awarded in recognition of the originality and artistic significance of her practice.
Also presented within the exhibition was "If Hippos Were Holy", a floor-length silk satin cape created in collaboration with Chelsea Jean Lamm. Featuring one of Ashley Elizabeth Lamm's analogue collages digitally translated onto silk, the work represents the sisters' first exploration of bringing fine art into the realm of wearable form.
This collaboration became the conceptual foundation of their ongoing interdisciplinary practice, establishing the dialogue between contemporary collage, craftsmanship and avant-garde couture that would later define their shared artistic language.
Viewed today, "If Hippos Were Holy" represents the first step in an evolving body of work that continues to dissolve the boundaries between contemporary fine art, wearable sculpture and fashion.
__
Image Credits:
Institution: Akademie der Bildenden Künste München
Exhibition: Staatsexamen Exhibition 2021
Artist: Ashley Elizabeth Lamm
Award: Examenspreis
Works Featured: "The Three Graces" (2021)
Collaborative Work: "If Hippos Were Holy"
Designer: Chelsea Jean Lamm
Contemporary Artist: Ashley Elizabeth Lamm
Location: Akademie der Bildenden Künste München
Date: 2021
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