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Elva Lai 賴明珠
Elva is a fine art artist. Her work is a fascinating meeting of materials full of excitement, history, poetry, stories and wonder. The actual artwork ranges from drawing, installation, video, artist book, poster to flyers. Elva received her education internationally. She studied in Germany, USA, Hong Kong and Singapore respectively. She participated in art festivals and received awards for her art projects. She completed her Advanced Certificate of Theology at City Harvest School of Theology in Singapore in 2020. She finished her Post-master degree (Meisterschülerstudium) at the Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig (Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst zu Leipzig) in Germany and graduated from the Class of Installation and Space in 2017. She received her Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) and Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.) at the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2013 & 2015 respectively.. She also studied at the School of Arts at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA in 2012. Elva is also a Project Grant recipient of the Hong Kong Arts Development Council in 2017 & 2019. Her work has been exhibited in Germany, Belgium, Sweden, and Hong Kong. She also presented her projects in art conferences in Germany and England. Elva lives and works in Hong Kong. Education2020 - The Advanced Certificate of Theology, City Harvest School of Theology, Singapore
2015-2017 Meisterschülerin, Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig Germany Klasse für Installation und Raum bei Prof. Joachim Blank, Class of Installation and Space 2013-2015 Master of Fine Arts, The Chinese University of Hong Kong 2012 Exchange programme, School of Art, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA 2009-2013 Bachelor of Fine Arts of The Chinese University of Hong Kong Awards2016 The Landskrona Foto and Fröfabriken Creative Space Residency
2015 Freeman Creative Prize 2014 Talent Development Scholarship 2013/14, the HKSAR Government Fund 2014 Reaching Out Award 2013/14, the HKSAR Government Fund Friends of the Arts of Museum Research Grant Hong Kong Human Right Art Prize (Justice Center Hong Kong) 2014 Culture Corner Art Academy Fine Arts Award 2014 Cheung’s Fine Arts Award 2014 Y.S. Hui Fine Arts Award 2014 Grotto Fine Art Award 2012 Gaylord Chan Painting Award Grants
2019 – Project Grant, Hong Kong Arts Development Council - Solo Exhibition, L0 Gallery, Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre (JCCAC),Hong Kong, EMOTION DICTIONARY, Hong Kong, China
2017 – Project Grant, Hong Kong Arts Development Council - Group Exhibition,1a Space, 6 Ways of Surviving through Accelerated Mindfulness, Hong Kong 2014 – Friends of the Arts of Museum Research Grant, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China |
Artist-in-Residency Stay2022 - Y-Loft artist-in-residency program, Youth Square, Hong Kong
2017 - Artist Residency stay at ODRADEK, Brussels,Belgium 2016 - The Landskrona Foto and Fröfabriken Creative Space Residency, Sweden 2014 - La Galere, Cotignac, France. Supported by Justice Center Hong Kong and Hong Kong Human Rights Art Prize Publications“Emerging Artist 12”, City Magazine, #523 , July/2020, p.114-119.
“THE PARALLAX OF GENERATIONS AND GENDERS: WOMEN IN ART, THE HONG KONG CASE”, Yishu: Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art, Volume 17, Number 4, July/August 2018, p.14. Conference programme2016 - Seminar und Symposium “Über die Grenze”, SS
Institut für Theorie, Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig 2016 - Capital & Communication: Visualising Chinese Borders in the 21st Century by the Manchester Metropolitan University and the Institute of Creative Industries Design at National Cheng Kung University Solo Exhibition2019 – Solo Exhibition, L0 Gallery, Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre (JCCAC),Hong Kong, EMOTION DICTIONARY, Hong Kong
2017 – Solo Exhibition, Artist Residency in ODRADEK, Freedom Swimmers, Brussels, Belgium 2017 – Solo Exhibition, MZIN, Freedom Swimmers, Leipzig, Germany 2017 – Solo Exhibition, Artist Residency in Landskrona Foto Festival Freedom Swimmers, Landskrona, Sweden 2015 – Solo Exhibition, Cheng Ming Building, New Asia College, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, “How about the other 80% you forgot?”, Hong Kong 2014 – Solo Exhibition, Artify Gallery, “Sorry, it’s fragile”, Hong Kong Selected group Exhibition2022 – Repetition and Encounter, Curatorial Project, Lingnan University (LU), L5-23 Unit Gallery, Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre (JCCAC), MACAH VIS511, Shek Kip Mei, Hong Kong
2019&2018 - Charming Tastes and Fragrance: Literature x Visual Arts Exhibition, The House of Hong Kong Literature Limited , L0 Gallery, Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre (JCCAC); Pao Galleries, Hong Kong Art Center, , Hong Kong 2017 – 6 Ways of Surviving through Accelerated Mindfulness, 1a Space, Hong Kong 2017 – Operation Grenze, Open Space Zeitz, Zeitz, Germany 2017 – Composing Stories With Fragments Of Time, Works by Kurt Chan, Annie Wan, Francis Yu, Luke Ching, Angela Su, Lau Chi Chung, Carmen Ng, and Elva Lai, Karin Weber Gallery, Hong Kong 2016 - Operation Grenze, Ausstellungsprojekts in der Gedenkstätte Deutsche Teilung Marienborn, Germany 2016 -Ausstellung der Klasse für Installation und Raum, Galerie bipolar, Leipzig Germany 2016 -Frühlingsrundgang Spinnerei, Open studio:studio in the hall 18 , Spinnerei, Leipzig 2016 - C.A.R.contemporary art ruhr Die Mediakunst Messe (Media Art Fair), SANAA building, Welterbe Zollverein World Cultural Heritage Site Zollverein XII, Essen 2015 - All Day Breakfast, Joint exhibition of Elva Lai and Szelit Cheung, Art and Culture Outreach, Hong Kong 2015 - Uncertainties. Asian Digital Art Exhibition (First Edition), LA CASA CHINA, Spain 2014 – “Sorry, it’s fragile”, Artify Gallery, Hong Kong 2014 – A given moment in somewhere, some people and something, a.m. space, Hong Kong 2014 – Out of light, The A. lift Gallery, Hong Kong 2014 – From 3G to 4G, Karin Weber Gallery, Hong Kong 2014 – A given moment in somewhere, some people and something, An Exhibition by TSAI Yi-Ting & Elva LAI, a.m. space, Hong Kong 2014 - Hong Kong Human Rights Art Prize, Sundaram Tagore Gallery, Hong Kong 2013 – Trava(i)l, The A. lift Gallery, Hong Kong 2013 – Documentation as Drawing, a.m. space, Hong Kong 2013 – disturbances, Gallery Exit, Hong Kong 2013 – Hong Kong Art Prize Exhibition, Wheelock Gallery, Hong Kong 2013 – <356,955km> , Karin Weber Gallery, Hong Kong |