Au Hoi Lam
Sleep for a Thousand Years
Acrylic, pencil, oil-based ink & handkerchief on linen
35.5 x 35.5 cm each, set of two
AU Hoi Lam has been active in the Hong Kong art scene since early 2000s. She focuses on drawing and painting and is fond of exploring mixed media and installation...
AU Hoi Lam has been active in the Hong Kong art scene since early 2000s. She focuses on drawing and painting and is fond of exploring mixed media and installation art through the perspectives and languages of painting. Her work is minimal and subtle, always embodying through hermetic symbols and codes, thereby intermittently revealing an undercurrent of paradoxes.
Through artistic creations, AU ruminates over her life experiences. The subjects of her metaphorical and autobiographical work come from trivial but profound minute details of everyday life. AU regards her art objects existing in ways of ‘the Care of the Self’: memorandum, keepsake, symbol, relief, pastime, tranquilliser, vigilance, prayer and contemplative medium, etc.
AU has been awarded the Alexandre Yersin Excellence Scholarship (Consulate General of France, 2001), Hong Kong Arts Development Awards - Award for Young Artist (Visual Arts) (Hong Kong Arts Development Council, 2013) and New York Fellowship (Asian Cultural Council, 2019). Her works are collected by Hong Kong Museum of Art and M+ Museum.
Through artistic creations, AU ruminates over her life experiences. The subjects of her metaphorical and autobiographical work come from trivial but profound minute details of everyday life. AU regards her art objects existing in ways of ‘the Care of the Self’: memorandum, keepsake, symbol, relief, pastime, tranquilliser, vigilance, prayer and contemplative medium, etc.
AU has been awarded the Alexandre Yersin Excellence Scholarship (Consulate General of France, 2001), Hong Kong Arts Development Awards - Award for Young Artist (Visual Arts) (Hong Kong Arts Development Council, 2013) and New York Fellowship (Asian Cultural Council, 2019). Her works are collected by Hong Kong Museum of Art and M+ Museum.
