Artist Biography

[Short]

Urich Lau, born 1975, is a visual artist, independent curator and art educator based in Singapore. Working in video art and photography, he has presented works in Singapore and internationally. Graduated with a Master of Fine Art from Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in 2004, he is a lecturer at LASALLE College of the Arts. He is also the founding member of the art collective INTER–MISSION and the studio Hothouse, and a member of The Artists Village.

[Brief]

Urich Lau Wai-Yuen, born 1975, is a visual artist, independent curator and art educator based in Singapore. Working in video art and photography, he has presented works in Singapore, Argentina, Australia, China, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Thailand, South Korea, Serbia, Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom, USA and Uzbekistan. Exhibitions include Singapore Biennale 2013, VII Tashkent International Biennale of Contemporary Art, the 7th Geumgang Nature Art Biennale and Pyeongchang Biennale 2017. Graduated with a Master of Fine Art from Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in 2004, he is a lecturer at LASALLE College of the Arts. He is also the founding member of the art collective INTER–MISSION and the studio Hothouse, and a member of The Artists Village.

[Full]

Urich Lau Wai-Yuen, born 1975, is a visual artist, independent curator and art educator based in Singapore. Focusing in media art, video art and photography, his works have been presented in Singapore and other countries including Argentina, Australia, China, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, South Korea, Serbia, Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States and Uzbekistan. Exhibitions include Singapore Biennale 2013, VII Tashkent International Biennale of Contemporary Art, the 7th Geumgang Nature Art Biennale, Pyeongchang Biennale 2017, and the Sovereign Asian Art Prize in 2014, 2016 and 2019. 

His curatorial projects include SUPER–TRAJECTORY at Tainan Art Museum (Tainan, 2019) and ArtScience Museum (Singapore, 2020), METAGRAPHY at DECK (Singapore, 2017) and MEME Space (Taipei, 2017), Singapore Open Media Art Festival 2015 at Gillman Barracks (Singapore, 2015); The Third Print at Total Museum of Contemporary Art (Seoul, 2014); Videologue at Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore (2012) and Sunshine International Art Museum (Beijing, 2011); Videology at The Substation (Singapore, 2008) and Displacement Project: Bandung–Singapore 2006.

Graduated with a Master of Fine Art from Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in 2004, he is a lecturer at LASALLE College of the Arts. He is also the founding member of the art collective INTER–MISSION and the studio Hothouse, and a member of The Artists Village.