Lau Sze Man (b. 1995) obtained her B.A. degree in Fine Arts from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2017. Lau believes that painting can retain complex feelings that can rarely be described verbally. To her, painting is a methodological recording of some of her rawest emotions at the moment, like writing a diary, sometimes transfixed in the moment-to-moment spontaneous process. However, she also regards time, whether a day or month, as an essential guide to tell whether certain elements need to be subtracted in the canvas. The subtraction process not only allows her to deduce her complicated feelings but also blurs any concrete meaning or messages. As a result, what would remain are painterly abstractions that convey sensibility to the viewers. Apart from acrylic and oil paint, Lau’s occasional utilization of school stationeries like tapes, sticky notes, graphite, and color pencils further implicate a methodological practice of visual journaling or note-taking. Since graduation, Lau has been active in the Hong Kong art scene and has exhibited with several established art hotspots, including K11 Art Space, 10 Chancery Lane Gallery, and ACO Art Space. She has also exhibited in institutions such as de Bierumer School in Groningen, Netherlands, and the Chinese University of Hong Kong, where she received several Fine Art awards.

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