Mindy Lam: Transcendent Beauty

Name: Mindy Lam: Transcendent Beauty
Start: 2026-03-06T00:00:00-05:00
End: 2026-05-31T23:59:59-04:00

Mar 06, 2026 – May 31, 2026

Mindy Lam’s work blurs the line between art and adornment, transforming metal, crystals, and semi-precious stones into intricate, ethereal works. Celebrated for her signature metal lacework and meticulous craftsmanship, Lam’s pieces are known for their creative elegance.

For the Taubman Museum of Art’s 75th Anniversary, Lam was commissioned to create a new dress and frame, featured along with a selection of brooches, crowns, and frames in a sparkling conversation. Lam’s work invites viewers on a journey where familiar forms take on new magic.

Transcendent Beauty reveals Lam’s enduring fascination with texture, structure, and the transformative potential of material. This exhibition reveals Lam’s work as more than ornament, but as sculpture, storytelling, and objects of wonder.

Exhibition and educational programming support are generously provided by Joanne Leonhardt Cassullo and The Dorothea L. Leonhardt Foundation, Inc.

Mindy Lam: Transcendent Beauty is on view March 6-May 31, 2026, in the David R. and Susan S. Goode Gallery.

Mindy Lam is a Chinese-American artist and couture jewelry designer who weaves various metals into her signature metal lace with Swarovski crystals, semi-precious stones, and other precious metals. Originally born on a chicken farm in Hong Kong, the glamour and fantasy Lam creates now is a far cry from her childhood experiences. Her work reflects the craftsmanship of the classic couture houses of old, but with a refresheningly modern edge with the fusion of her signature florals and metals.

In her long design career, Lam was a favorite at Henri Bendel in New York City for almost a decade. Her work has been featured in publications such as Elle, Brides Magazine, Glamour, People, Life & Style, L’Officiel, and Vogue Italia. Lam’s work has been exhibited at the Taubman Museum of Art and the Berkshire Botanical Garden in Stockbridge, Massachusetts.

EXHIBITION PREVIEW

Mindy Lam (United States, born China), Transcendent Beauty (detail), 2020-2026, 14k gold-filled wire, copper wire, brass wire, crystal, rhinestone, found porcelain bowl fragment, pearls, 38ct green amethyst, emerald, green tourmaline, vintage elements, Taubman Museum of Art, acquired with funds Ppovided by Joanne Leonhardt Cassullo and The Dorothea L. Leonhardt Foundation, Inc. in Honor of the Museum’s 75th Anniversary, 2026.009a Transcendent Beauty Headdress (detail), 2026 14k gold-filled wire, vintage rhinestones, Swarovski pearls, pheasant feathers, Taubman Museum of Art, gift of the artist in honor of the Museum’s 75th Anniversary, 2026.009b

Gallery installation view of Mindy Lam’s Transcendent Beauty gown and headdress with frames in the background

Mindy Lam (United States, born China), Roanoke Crown, 2021, 14k gold-filled wire, brass, vintage elements, private collection, Austin, Texas

Mindy Lam (United States, born China), Wonder of the Striped Serpent Brooch, 2024, 14k gold-filled wire, crystal, rhinestone, pearl, aquamarine, blue lace agate, 28ct green amethyst, vintage elements, private collection, Washington, DC

Mindy Lam (United States, born China), Pounce of the Jaguar Brooch, 2024, 14k gold-filled wire, crystal, rhinestone, pearl, emerald, vintage elements, private collection, Austin, Texas

Mindy Lam (United States, born China), Taubman Museum of Art 75th Anniversary Frame (detail), 2025, 14k gold-filled wire, silver wire, green garnet, jade, aquamarine, peridot, rose quartz, citrine, Swarovski crystals, moss, Hokie Stone, travertine, rhinestones, Swarovski crystals, vintage elements, vintage frame, mirror, Taubman Museum of Art, Acquired with Funds Provided by Joanne Leonhardt Cassullo and The Dorothea L. Leonhardt Foundation, Inc. in Honor of the Museum’s 75th Anniversary, 2026.010