Born 1983 in Hong Kong
Lives and works in Hong Kong
EDUCATION
2018 Master of Fine Arts, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
2007 Bachelor of Fine Arts, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018 Kyuusekkin! (Love SOS), Art021, presented by Blindspot Gallery, Shanghai, China
2017 Let the night breeze send away yesterday’s dreams, Surplus Space, Wuhan, China
2016 Unsettled Heart, MFA Graduation Show, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
2015 Unreachable, MFA Year One Show, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
2015 In Stasis, Art Basel Hong Kong, presented by Para Site, Hong Kong
2013 Spotting the Light onto a Light, Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong
2013 Still Life Practice (Fruits), Art Taipei, presented by Gallery EXIT, Taipei, Taiwan
2011 Safety Island, Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong
2010 ART HK 10, presented by Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong
2009 Towards The Sea, Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong
2008 Bloom, Stage 1, Blue Lotus Gallery, Hong Kong
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 One Escape at a Time, 11th Seoul Mediacity Biennale, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul
2021 Future Memories. Utopia Dystopia Nature, Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre, Hong Kong
2021 Art Basel Hong Kong, presented by Blindspot Gallery, Hong Kong
2020 Search and Discover: The Joy of Collecting, The Private Museum, Singapore
2020 Art Basel Hong Kong, presented by Blindspot Gallery, Hong Kong
2019 Borrowed Scenery, Cattle Depot Artist Village, Hong Kong
2019 Present Passing: South by Southeast, Osage Art Foundation, Hong Kong
2019 Art Basel Hong Kong, presented by Blindspot Gallery, Hong Kong
2018 Crush, Para Site, Hong Kong
2018 Art Basel Hong Kong, presented by Blindspot Gallery, Hong Kong
2018 (In)tangible Reminiscence, The Annex, CHAT Mill6, Hong Kong
2017 Interval in Space, Osage, Hong Kong
2017 Against the Light: Sampling in Two Cities, You Space, FY Foundation, Shenzhen, China
2017 One Body, One’s Body: Patricia Aguirre and Sarah Lai, Neptune, Hong Kong
2017 Tale of the Wonderland, Blindspot Gallery, Hong Kong
2017 Interval in Space, Fundazuin NAIRS, Scuol, Switerzland
2017 From Ocean to Horizon, Centre of Chinese Contemporary Art, Manchester, UK
2017 Chen Pai’an, Huang Shan, Lai Zhijie, Lai Cheuk Wah, Wen Junjie, Canton Gallery, Guangzhou, China
2017 Before the Rain, 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, Sydney, Australia
2016 Inception, The Fifth Art Sanya, Sanya, China
2016 →, Blindspot Gallery, Hong Kong
2016 Connect 4, Simon Lee Gallery, Hong Kong
2015 The 2nd CAFAM Future Exhibition, K11 Art Mall, Hong Kong
2015 I submit to the wisdom of the body, Silverlens Gallery, Manila, Philippines
2015 Clamour Can Melt Gold, Edouard Malingue Gallery, Hong Kong
2015 First, then and after, Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong
2015 after/image, Studio 52, Pure Art Foundation, Hong Kong
2015 The 2nd CAFAM Future Exhibition, CAFA Art Museum, Beijing, China
2014 RADIANCE: Sarah Lai & Sébastien Mahon, The Pulse, presented by Mur Nomade, Hong Kong
2013 Art Basel Hong Kong, presented by Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong
2012 Philosopher’s (knock-off) Stone: Turning Gold into Plastic, Osage Kwun Tong, Hong Kong
2012 Painting On and On: 2. Automatic Banana, Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong
2012 Why Do Trees Grow Till the End?, Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong
2012 ARTHK12, presented by Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong
2011 After Agnes, Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong
2011 Asia Top Gallery Hotel Art Fair HK 2011, Mandarin Oriental, presented by Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong
2011 Sovereign Asian Art Prize Finalists’ Exhibition, The Rotunda, Hong Kong
2011 Fotanian Open Studios 2011, Fotan, Hong Kong
2010 Liu Chun Kwong. You Are Here, I Am Not. From Ho Siu Kee to Kong Chun Hei, Osage Kwun Tong, Hong Kong
2010 Walking to Canton, Fei Gallery, Guangzhou
2010 Walking to Canton, Hong Kong Fringe Club, Hong Kong
2010 Asia Top Gallery Hotel Art Fair HK 2010, Grand Hyatt, presented by Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong
2010 Fotanian Open Studios 2010, Fotan, Hong Kong
2009 art-at-all: Spring Art Sale, art-at-all, Victoria Park, Hong Kong
2009 Fotanian Open Studios 2009, Fotan, Hong Kong
2009 When I draw, I think of..., Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong
2008 Fotanian Open Studios 2008, Fo Tan, Hong Kong
2008 Tightrope, Grotto Fine Art, Hong Kong
2008 Landscapes Desire, MOST Alternative Space, Hong Kong
2008 Reflection, Revelation: New Works by Flora Fok & Sarah Lai, Grotto Fine Art, Hong Kong
2007 Copied Right, Para Site, Hong Kong
2007 Re-Development, OC Gallery, Hong Kong
2007 Merry-Go-Around, Art Museum, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
RESIDENCIES
2017 Fundazuin NAIRS, Scuol, Switerzland
2012 Vermont Studio Centre, USA
AWARDS & GRANTS
2013 Travel Grant (France), Mur Nomade, Hong Kong
2011 Vermont Studio Centre Fellowship Award, USA
2010 Finalist of Sovereign Asian Art Prize
2007 Ramon Woon Creative Prize, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
2007 Grotto Fine Art’s Creative Award, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
2007 Cheng’s Fine Arts Award In Western Painting, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
COLLECTION
M+ Museum
Hong Kong Museum of Art
Lives and works in Hong Kong
EDUCATION
2018 Master of Fine Arts, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
2007 Bachelor of Fine Arts, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018 Kyuusekkin! (Love SOS), Art021, presented by Blindspot Gallery, Shanghai, China
2017 Let the night breeze send away yesterday’s dreams, Surplus Space, Wuhan, China
2016 Unsettled Heart, MFA Graduation Show, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
2015 Unreachable, MFA Year One Show, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
2015 In Stasis, Art Basel Hong Kong, presented by Para Site, Hong Kong
2013 Spotting the Light onto a Light, Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong
2013 Still Life Practice (Fruits), Art Taipei, presented by Gallery EXIT, Taipei, Taiwan
2011 Safety Island, Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong
2010 ART HK 10, presented by Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong
2009 Towards The Sea, Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong
2008 Bloom, Stage 1, Blue Lotus Gallery, Hong Kong
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 One Escape at a Time, 11th Seoul Mediacity Biennale, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul
2021 Future Memories. Utopia Dystopia Nature, Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre, Hong Kong
2021 Art Basel Hong Kong, presented by Blindspot Gallery, Hong Kong
2020 Search and Discover: The Joy of Collecting, The Private Museum, Singapore
2020 Art Basel Hong Kong, presented by Blindspot Gallery, Hong Kong
2019 Borrowed Scenery, Cattle Depot Artist Village, Hong Kong
2019 Present Passing: South by Southeast, Osage Art Foundation, Hong Kong
2019 Art Basel Hong Kong, presented by Blindspot Gallery, Hong Kong
2018 Crush, Para Site, Hong Kong
2018 Art Basel Hong Kong, presented by Blindspot Gallery, Hong Kong
2018 (In)tangible Reminiscence, The Annex, CHAT Mill6, Hong Kong
2017 Interval in Space, Osage, Hong Kong
2017 Against the Light: Sampling in Two Cities, You Space, FY Foundation, Shenzhen, China
2017 One Body, One’s Body: Patricia Aguirre and Sarah Lai, Neptune, Hong Kong
2017 Tale of the Wonderland, Blindspot Gallery, Hong Kong
2017 Interval in Space, Fundazuin NAIRS, Scuol, Switerzland
2017 From Ocean to Horizon, Centre of Chinese Contemporary Art, Manchester, UK
2017 Chen Pai’an, Huang Shan, Lai Zhijie, Lai Cheuk Wah, Wen Junjie, Canton Gallery, Guangzhou, China
2017 Before the Rain, 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, Sydney, Australia
2016 Inception, The Fifth Art Sanya, Sanya, China
2016 →, Blindspot Gallery, Hong Kong
2016 Connect 4, Simon Lee Gallery, Hong Kong
2015 The 2nd CAFAM Future Exhibition, K11 Art Mall, Hong Kong
2015 I submit to the wisdom of the body, Silverlens Gallery, Manila, Philippines
2015 Clamour Can Melt Gold, Edouard Malingue Gallery, Hong Kong
2015 First, then and after, Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong
2015 after/image, Studio 52, Pure Art Foundation, Hong Kong
2015 The 2nd CAFAM Future Exhibition, CAFA Art Museum, Beijing, China
2014 RADIANCE: Sarah Lai & Sébastien Mahon, The Pulse, presented by Mur Nomade, Hong Kong
2013 Art Basel Hong Kong, presented by Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong
2012 Philosopher’s (knock-off) Stone: Turning Gold into Plastic, Osage Kwun Tong, Hong Kong
2012 Painting On and On: 2. Automatic Banana, Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong
2012 Why Do Trees Grow Till the End?, Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong
2012 ARTHK12, presented by Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong
2011 After Agnes, Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong
2011 Asia Top Gallery Hotel Art Fair HK 2011, Mandarin Oriental, presented by Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong
2011 Sovereign Asian Art Prize Finalists’ Exhibition, The Rotunda, Hong Kong
2011 Fotanian Open Studios 2011, Fotan, Hong Kong
2010 Liu Chun Kwong. You Are Here, I Am Not. From Ho Siu Kee to Kong Chun Hei, Osage Kwun Tong, Hong Kong
2010 Walking to Canton, Fei Gallery, Guangzhou
2010 Walking to Canton, Hong Kong Fringe Club, Hong Kong
2010 Asia Top Gallery Hotel Art Fair HK 2010, Grand Hyatt, presented by Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong
2010 Fotanian Open Studios 2010, Fotan, Hong Kong
2009 art-at-all: Spring Art Sale, art-at-all, Victoria Park, Hong Kong
2009 Fotanian Open Studios 2009, Fotan, Hong Kong
2009 When I draw, I think of..., Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong
2008 Fotanian Open Studios 2008, Fo Tan, Hong Kong
2008 Tightrope, Grotto Fine Art, Hong Kong
2008 Landscapes Desire, MOST Alternative Space, Hong Kong
2008 Reflection, Revelation: New Works by Flora Fok & Sarah Lai, Grotto Fine Art, Hong Kong
2007 Copied Right, Para Site, Hong Kong
2007 Re-Development, OC Gallery, Hong Kong
2007 Merry-Go-Around, Art Museum, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
RESIDENCIES
2017 Fundazuin NAIRS, Scuol, Switerzland
2012 Vermont Studio Centre, USA
AWARDS & GRANTS
2013 Travel Grant (France), Mur Nomade, Hong Kong
2011 Vermont Studio Centre Fellowship Award, USA
2010 Finalist of Sovereign Asian Art Prize
2007 Ramon Woon Creative Prize, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
2007 Grotto Fine Art’s Creative Award, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
2007 Cheng’s Fine Arts Award In Western Painting, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
COLLECTION
M+ Museum
Hong Kong Museum of Art