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Elva Lai 賴明珠 (b. 1989, China)
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. CONTACT:
☞ﾟhereiselva@gmail.com Solo Exhibition2019 – Solo Exhibition, L0 Gallery, Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre (JCCAC),Hong Kong, EMOTION DICTIONARY, Hong Kong, China
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, China 2014 – Solo Exhibition, Artify Gallery, “Sorry, it’s fragile”, Hong Kong, China Selected group Exhibition2022 – L5-23 Unit Gallery, Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre (JCCAC), Repetition and Encounter, MACAH VIS511 Curatorial Project, Lingnan University (LU), Shek Kip Mei, Hong Kong, China
2019-2018 The House of Hong Kong Literature Limited , L0 Gallery, Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre (JCCAC); Pao Galleries, Hong Kong Art Center, Charming Tastes and Fragrance: Literature x Visual Arts Exhibition, Hong Kong, China 2017 – 1a Space, 6 Ways of Surviving through Accelerated Mindfulness, Hong Kong, China 2017 – Open Space Zeitz, Operation Grenze, Zeitz, Germany 2017 – Karin Weber Gallery, 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, Hong Kong, China 2014 – Artify Gallery, “Sorry, it’s fragile”, Hong Kong, China 2014 – Karin Weber Gallery, From 3G to 4G, Hong Kong, China 2014 – a.m. space, A given moment in somewhere, some people and something, Hong Kong, China 2014 – The A. lift Gallery, Out of light, Hong Kong, China Operation Grenze,Ausstellungsprojekts in der Gedenkstätte Deutsche Teilung Marienborn, Germany Ausstellung der Klasse für Installation und Raum, Galerie bipolar, Leipzig Germany Frühlingsrundgang Spinnerei, Open studio:studio in the hall 18 , Spinnerei, Leipzig C.A.R.contemporary art ruhr Die Mediakunst Messe (Media Art Fair), SANAA building, Welterbe Zollverein World Cultural Heritage Site Zollverein XII, Essen All Day Breakfast, Joint exhibition of Elva Lai and Szelit Cheung, ACO, Hong Kong Uncertainties. Asian Digital Art Exhibition (First Edition), LA CASA CHINA, Spain From 3G to 4G, Karin Weber Gallery, Hong Kong Our Beautiful Days, New Asia College Ch’ien Mu Library, Chinese University of Hong Kong A given moment in somewhere, some people and something, An Exhibition by TSAI Yi-Ting & Elva LAI, a.m. space, Hong Kong Out of light, The A. lift Gallery, Hong Kong Our 1989-99 Project, Fine Arts Department of CUHK & Taipei National University of the Arts, 8 2/1 gallery, Taipei National University of the Arts, Taiwan Hong Kong Human Rights Art Prize, Sundaram Tagore Gallery, Hong Kong Trava(i)l, The A. lift Gallery, Hong Kong Documentation as Drawing, a.m. space, Hong Kong disturbances, Gallery Exit, Hong Kong Hong Kong Art Prize Exhibition, Wheelock Gallery, Hong Kong <356,955km> , Karin Weber Gallery, 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 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
Artist Residency in 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 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 |