Biography
Firenze Lai was born in 1984 in Hong Kong. She lives and works in London.
In her works, Firenze Lai explores how the mind and body of a person adapt and react to different circumstances in their everyday life.
Firenze Lai’s recent solo exhibitions include White balance, MAMC+ , Saint-Étienne, 2019; Turbulence, Mirrored Gardens, Guangzhou, 2015. She has participated in international exhibitions and biennials, including Contagious City: Far Away, Too Close, Tai Kwun Contemporary, Hong Kong, 2019; A World in a Grain of Sand, Fosun Foundation, Shanghai, 2018; Viva Arte Viva, the 57th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, Venice, 2017; Surround Audience: New Museum Triennial, New York, 2015; Social Factory – 10th Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai, 2014; A Journal of the Plague Year. Fear, ghosts, rebels, SARS, Leslie and the Hong Kong Story, Para/site, Hong Kong, 2013.
Exhibitions & Projects
Global(e) Resistance
29 July 2020 to 4 January 2021
Centre Pompidou, Paris
PAULO CUNHA E SILVA ART PRIZE
12.09 – 15.11.2020
Galeria Municipal do Porto, Porto
Firenze Lai: White balance
30 NOVEMBER 2019 - 30 AUGUST 2020
MAMC+, Saint-Étienne
Contagious City: Far Away, Too Close
26 JAN - 21 APR, 2019
Tai Kwun Contemporary, Hong Kong
A World in a Grain of Sand
28 Apr — 12 May 2018
Fosun Foundation，shanghai
Viva Arte Viva - 57th International Art Exhibition
13 May—26 Nov 2017
57th La Biennale di Venezia, Venice
The World Precedes the Eye
28 Oct 2016 – 1 Feb 2017
La Salle College of the Arts, Singapore
Firenze Lai: Turbulence
29 Oct – 28 Nov 2015
Mirrored Gardens, Guangzhou
A Hundred Years of Shame – Songs of Resistance and Scenarios for Chinese Nations
6 Mar – 17 May 2015
Para/Site Art Space, Hong Kong
2015 New Museum Triennial: Surround Audience
25 Feb – 24 May 2015
New Museum, New York
"Social Factory" - 10th Shanghai Biennale
23 Nov 2014 – 31 Mar 2015
Power Station of Art, Shanghai
