Lau Wai
Bio: Her works utilize photography, video, drawing and installation to explore the multilateral constructions of identity in relation to race, gender and the notion of belonging. She attempts to investigate how history, fiction, and personal memory collided in the process of identity formation through personal and historical archives, cinematic imagery, popular culture and digital media.
She has exhibited in Europe, Asia, and the United States, including Kunstmuseum Brandts, Denmark (2016); Power Station of Art, Shanghai (2018); Para Site Art Space, Hong Kong (2015, 2018); Tai Kwun Contemporary, Hong Kong (2019, 2021); Kuandu Biennale, Taiwan (2018); Echigo- Tsumari Art Triennale, Japan (2015); The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, United States (2019); and Yokohama Triennale, Japan (2020). Her works are collected by M+ Museum (Hong Kong); The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (United States); Alexander Tutsek – Stiftung Foundation (Germany), amongst others.
Thesis Exhibition
L to R: Feed (Dimensions Variable, Single-channel HD video (color, sound, 05’04”, looped), vinyl, adhesive prints, 2021); Feed (detail), (Dimensions Variable, Single-channel HD video (color, sound, 05’04”, looped), vinyl, adhesive prints, 2021); I am invincible...on the screen / False motion tracking (detail), (Dimensions Variable, 2-channel HD video (color, sound, 03’13”, looped), vinyl, adhesive prints, 2020); Will (9.4" x 11" x 4", Resin, Styrofoam, 2019); Visibly Invisible (gray), (7" x 4.9" x 4.9", Polylactic acid (PLA) 3D print, 2020)
