Lambert Ho was born in the western part of Fiji on the island of Viti-Levu, namely Lautoka and was raised in a home that sat in the shadows of huge towering black chimneys which belched out grey ash and smoke everyday from the sugar mill that exported sugar to many countries around the world. Like the smoke that drifted into the winds, Lamberts mind would drift behind the wake of the ships that carried sugar to these far-flung countries, hoping that one day he would visit their shores.

He attended St. Thomas Primary and Secondary Schools, later on went to St. Johns College, Cawaci, Ovalau and Ba Provincial Seconday School, Lautoka where he was awarded a scholarship to attend the Armand Hammer United World College (UWC) of the American West, Montezuma, New Mexico, USA for 3 years.
He took Higher Level Art at the UWC in basic drawing with pencil then painting with acrylics and oils. In addition, he dabbled in pottery and mixed media sculpture.

In pre-school, at the age of 6, he was making concert costumes for most of his friends and remembers making bat costumes out of his mothers three black umbrellas which won first prize. His mother wasn't impressed and a beating was handed down later that day.
Lambert rates people and circumstances, traveling as well as the beauty of Fiji as some of the inspirational factors that fuels his creativity.

Masters such as Picasso, Van Gogh, Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo and Georgia O'Keefe are rated among his favorite, having the opportunity to see many of their works on his travels. He lists the contemporary art scene in Australia and New-Zealand as some of the best he has seen.

Furthermore, the contemporary and the abstract were also becoming part of Lambert's art and he moved into mixed media and 3-d pieces. He began making jewelry using local natural materials to showcase the resources available to other craftspeople who were buying foreign pieces that were flooding the Fiji market.
In 1992, Lambert was invited as part of the Fiji Delegation to attend the World Expo in Seville, Spain. He became a main force of the team when asked to reconstruct and paint art for the Pacific Pavillion after it burnt in a tragic fire and spent six months there, soaking up what the local art scenes had on offer.

A few years ago Lambert was invited by Twinnings of London to be a part of its 300^th Anniversary Celebrations in Fiji and he painted a 2m x 1.5m painting (based on ‘Tea') for auction to raise funds for charity.
Lambert was also team leader for a group of artists who painted Air Fiji Planes in a nautical and marine-life theme about ten years ago, some of which are still vibrantly colored and flying to this day.
In early 2008 he was part of the Fiji Delegation to the New-Zealand Trade Expo held recently in Auckland and was part of a group of Fiji artists at the Pasifika Festival. An invitation to the Dreaming Festival in Woodford Queensland Australia followed where he showcased some of his smaller works.

At the 10^th Festival of Pacific Arts which took place in Pagopago, American Samoa, Lambert had confectioned some wonderful jewelry and was among one of the 5 artists who had the privilege to be invited for the visual arts section during the same festival.

He is now working on commissioned pieces for the accounting firm of Ernst & Young and also painting billboards for the Secretariat of the Pacific Community in Fiji.

"There is much joy in creating art for someone, it is full of soul and color and ‘mana' and it makes you whole, like an extension of your very existence. I am working on an idea to map out the journey of my art so I could see a tapestry of intricate life-lines flowing through the lives of others," says Lambert.

His amazing use of color is one thing that attracts clients to Lamberts work. "I have no reservations when it comes to color and I use as much of it as possible in the most flamboyant styles," he says.

Lambert's art can be found in many corporate business offices and private collections in Fiji and overseas.
One of his latest projects was the Yellow Ribbon Project with the Prison Authorities in Fiji where he was being mentor and art teacher to 8 inmates. A gallery aptly named the ‘Tagimoucia' Gallery was opened on the 15^th of October, 2008 with more then 60 works of art, a few of them a collaboration between one of Fiji's most respected talents and the inmates who he considers his brothers.

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