Wai Ting Loretta Lau

Artist, Activist

Hong Kong

Wai Ting Loretta Lau is an artist and activist. She worked as a visual arts teacher for 7 years, witnessing big changes since Hong Kong handover to China. In 2018, she established herself in Prague as a political performance artist. Her first performance in June 2019 entitled “Letter to my people” in DOX – Centre For Contemporary Art, pays tribute to Liu Xiao-bo, the only Chinese Nobel Peace Prize winner, and to the deceased students who sacrificed their lives for the brighter future of humanity. In October 2019, she presented a public art performance – ‘Memory Eraser’ in the National Theater in Prague. Recently, her projects comment on politically sensitive topics, spanning from the coronavirus crisis, through actual Hong Kong protests to the role of women in contemporary society.