Stella Lai
Born in 1975, Hong Kong, China.
Education
BA, California College of the Arts,San Francisco, California
Solo Exhibitions
2008
Fat Children Ruined My Life, F2 Gallery, Beijing, China
2007
Nathan Larramendy Gallery, Ojai, CA, USA
2006
I Love My Foreigner Friends, Queen’s Nail Annex, San Francisco, CA, USA
2005
Let’s Stop Pretending, ASU Museum, Phoenix, AZ, USA
I See Your Problem, But I Don’t See You, Lizabeth Oliveria Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2003
Don’t Touch Me, Lizabeth Oliveria Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA
Exhibitions
2008
Walter Maciel Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Girls Want to Have Fun!,1918 ArtSPACE, Shanghai, China
2006
The California Calligraphy Summit, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA, USA
When the East is in the House, w/ Iona Rozeal Brown, Saltworks Gallery, Atlanta, GA, USA
2005
Terra Non Firma, Howard House, Seattle, WA, USA
2004
Gypsies Curse, curated by Jose-Carlos Diaz, Miami, FL, USA
Change of Address, Lizabeth Oliveria Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Bling BlAsian Bling w/ Iona Rozeal Brown, Luggage Store, San Francisco, CA, USA
Double Happiness, Cassius King Gallery, San Diego, CA, USA
2002
No War, Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA
Monotype Marathon, Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA, USA
SizzlePop, benefit exhibition for SFMOMA, Phoenix Hotel, San Francisco, CA
Puchaa’s Short Cut, Musee d’Honneur Miniscule, New Langton Arts, San Francisco, CA, USA
Drama Fluffers, interactive digital installation for group show «Sight Unseen», The Exploratorium, San Francisco, CA, USA.
2001
That Girl!, Lizabeth Oliveria Gallery, Oakland, CA, USA
1999
Emerge, group exhibition, Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA
Bibliography
2007
«Jason Jagel and Stella Lai at Nathan Larramendy Gallery», Josef Woodard, Artweek
2006
«Stella Lai and Iona Rozeal Brown at Saltworks», Rebecca Dimling Cochran, Art in America, November 2006, p. 216
«Luggage Store», Lucy Martin, ANP Quarterly, RVCA, 2006.
«The City of Los Angeles: A Short Survey on the Los Angeles Art Scene», Clayton Campbell, Flash Art, January/February 2006, p. 77.
2005
«Sex Sells», Tim Birch, CityLife, September 2005, Issue 604/22-28, page 70.
2004
«Iona Rozeal Brown & Stella Lai at the Luggage Store», Marisa Olson, Flash Art, July-September 2004, pg. 52.
«Culture/Black Magic Women», Ommar Sommereyns, Street Weekly, July 9, 2004.
«Stella Lai at Lizabeth Oliveria Gallery», Melissa Feldman, Art in America, May 2004, pg. 171.
2003
«Stella Lai at Lizabeth Oliveria Gallery», Lindsey Westbrook, Artweek, November 2003, Volume 34, Issue #9.
Critic’s Pick: San Francisco, Glen Helfand, Artforum.com, September – October 2003
2002
«Message Behind the Mask», San Francisco, SF Examiner, Anne Crump, Sept. 12, 2002
«Web Layout Part 2.» Web Creators, May.
2005
Breathe Residency, Chinese Arts Centre, Manchester, UK
ASU Art Museum Collection