Born in Hong Kong, Lau Wang Tat obtained his Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art) degree co-presented by Hong Kong Art School and Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University (RMIT). Lau also obtained his Master of Arts in Fine Arts from The Chinese University of Hong Kong. In 2018, he participated in the artist residency program in The Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Japan, as a studio artist. Combining different media, including ceramics, printmaking, painting, and Chinese calligraphy, his focus in art making involves the relationship between the inner self and its surroundings.

As a way to conclude his four-week residency at A. Farm, Tat wishes to share the fruits of his labour with the local art community through Time Borrowed, Space Transited as part of A. Farm’s September Open Studio.

Time Borrowed, Space Transited features work in progress by Hong Kong-based artist Lau Wang Tat concluding his four-week residency period at A.Farm. When he came to Saigon, Tat brought along things that he had kept for years ranging from old works, parts of his homeland, to his white hairs, and a somewhat troubled mind. For him, Saigon acts as a pit stop, where he could contemplate the notion of identity, migration and personal archive, for soon he would have to leave his country and begin a new life in another place.

Lau Wang Tat

September 2024

Event details:

Time: 12:00 – 18:00, 22/9 –25/9/2024
Location: A.Farm @ Treehouse, 6/4 Nguyen Dang Giai, Thao Dien, Thu Duc City, HCMC
Artist talk: 15:00 – 16:00, 22/9/2024, Floor 6, Amanaki hotel, 10 Nguyen Dang Giai, Thao Dien, Thu Duc City, HCMC