M a n u e l bL a u / C u r r i c u l u m V i t a e
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS – SOLO
2009 Dedalo Center for Contemporary Art, Castiglione, Pescara, Italy
2008 Gallery Printmaking Association of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
2008 Gallery Lima, ICPNA, Lima, Peru
2008 Gallery PS, OPEN STUDIO, Toronto, Canada
2008 Maison de la Culture de Gatineau, Gatineau, Québec, Canada
2007 Solander Gallery, Wellington, Kilbirnie, New Zealand
2007 Gallery Jean-Claude Bergeron, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
2007 Gallery Presse-Papier, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada
2006 Gallery McClure, Visual Arts Center, Montréal, QC, Canada
2006 Gallery Arts Guilds, Charlottetown, P.E.I., Canada
2006 Gallery Justina M. Barnicke, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
2005 Centro Cultural Bellas Artes, Lima, Peru
2005 Gallery HAN ART, Montreal, Canada
2004 Gallery Malaspina Printmakers Society, Vancouver, Canada
2003 Gallery Rotonda, Toronto Metro Hall, Toronto, Canada
2003 Gallery Juan Pardo Heeren, ICPNA, Lima, Peru
2002 Gallery Doug Guilmour, OPEN STUDIO, Toronto, Canada
2002 Gallery Rotonda, Kitchener City Hall, Kitchener, Canada
2002 Gallery Propeller, Toronto, Canada
2001 Gallery SNAP. Edmonton, Canada
2000 Gallery Malaspina Printmakers Society, Vancouver, Canada
1998 Gallery RedPoint Studio, Bandung, Indonesia
1997 Gallery Malaspina Printmakers Society, Vancouver, CanadaSELECTED EXHIBITIONS – TWO PERSON
2003 Strust Gallery, with Richard SmolinskySackville, New Brunswick
2003 Atelier Circulaire Gallery, with Maria Jancovics, Montreal, Quebec
2000 Terminal City Club, ART FROM PERUVIANS FOR BC, with Nora Villavicencio, Vancouver, BC
1999 ICPNA Miraflores Art Gallery, STONE-WOOD, with Alberto Ramos, , Lima, Peru
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS - GROUP
2008 1st Istanbul International Printmaking Biennial, Istanbul, Turkey
2008 Printmaking Today, Centro Dedalo, Montesilvano, Pescara, Italy
2008 PRINTED IN PEI, Confederation Centre of the Arts, Charlottetown, Canada
2008 Pacific Rim International Print Exhibition 2008, Christchurch, New Zealand
2008 The 13th International Exhibition of Prints, ROC, Taipei, Taiwan
2008 The 7th Kochi International Triennial Exhibitions of Prints, Kochi, Japan
2007 Unique Viewpoints: Recent work by Québec artists, National Arts Centre, Ottawa
2007 Re-Identification, Grafisch Atelier Utrecht, the Netherlands
2007 International Print Exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
2007 The 5th KIWA Woodcuts Exhibition, Kyoto, Japan
2006 THE CHANGING FACE OF CONTEMPORARY CANADIAN ART, Rideau Hall, Ottawa, ON
2006 1st International Exhibition of prints MAAPS, Halifax, Nova Scotia
2005 The 6th Kochi International Triennial Exhibitions of Prints, Kochi, Japan
2004 13th Space Seoul Prints Bienniale, Seoul National Museum, Seoul, South Korea
2004 Kitchener City Hall: Rotunda Gallery 10 year Anniversary Exhibition, Kitchener, Ontario
2004 CONTEMPORARY PERUVIAN PRINTMAKERS, Museum of Nation, Lima, Peru
2004 OPEN STUDIO IN PERU, Pardo Heeren ICPNA Gallery, Lima, Peru
2003 International Print Triennial in Cracow, Cracow, Poland
2003 International Print & Drawing Exhibition, Silpakorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
2003 Seven Print Artists from Around the World, Hyundai Art Gallery, Ulsan, South Korea
2002 12th Space Seoul Prints Bienniale, Sunyouk Museum, Seoul, South Korea
2002 International Senefelder Award Exhibit, Klingspormuseum, Offenbach, Germany
2001 International Print Triennial in Kanagawa, Kanagawa Prefectural Gallery, Yokohama, Japan
2001 Malaspina in Japan, OM Studio Gallery, Yokohama, Japan
2001 Malaspina in Finland, Vaasa City Museum, Vaasa, Finland
2001 Prints from the Canada’s Pacific Province, Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
2000 5th Sapporo International print Biennale, Sapporo, Japan
1999 12h German International Exhibition of Graphic Art Trieniale Frechen, Germany
1998 The 9th International Print Biennial-Varna '97, Varna City Gallery, Varna, Bulgaria
1997 9th International Exhibition of Prints & Drawing, ROC, Taipei, Taiwan
1997 19th International Independante Exhibition of Prints, Kanagawa Prefectural Gallery, Japan
1997 The 9th International Print Biennial-Varna '97, Varna City Art Gallery, Varna, Bulgaria
1997 3rd International Biennial of small format Print Leskovac'97, Leskovac, Yugoslavia
1997 The Fourth Bharat Bhavan International Biennial of Prints, Bhopal, India
1997 2nd International Triennial of Graphic Art, Bitola, Macedonia
1996 Seoul International Print Biennale, IL Min Cultural Center, Seoul, South KoreaAWARDS & GRANTS
2008 First Prize Award, Printmaking Today Competition, Centro Dedalo, Pescara, Italy
2008 Québec Studio in Paris, International Residency Program, Québec Arts Council
2008 Honorable Mention, Pacific Rim International Print Exhibition, Christchurch, New Zealand
2008 Canada Council -Travel Grant
2007 Holbein-II Prize, 5th Woodcut Exhibition KIWA, Kyoto, Japón
2007 Canada Council -Travel Grant
2006 Grant for research & creation, Québec Arts Council
2006 Canada Council -Travel Grant
2006 Honorable Mention, Arts & Papier VII, Jean-Claude Bergeron Gallery, Ottawa, ON
2005 First Prize Award, XXXI Salon Nacional de Grabado ICPNA, Lima, Peru
2005 Canada Council -Travel Grant
2004 Visual Art: Artist of the Year, Latin America Achievement Award, Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto, On
2004 Canada Council -Travel Grant
2003 Canada Council -Travel Grant
2003 Finalist, Visual Arts, Latin American Achievement Award, Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto, Ontario
2002 Canada Council -Travel Grant
2001 Emerging Artist Scholarship, OPEN STUDIO, Toronto, Ontario
2001 Canada Council -Travel Grant
2000 Sponsorship Prize, the 5th Sapporo International Print Biennale, Sapporo, JapanEDUCATION
1997-1998 Artist in Residence Program, Capilano College's ART INSTITUTE, North Vancouver, BC
1990-1991 Escuela Nacional Autónoma de Bellas Artes, Lima, Peru (Printmaking)
RELATED EXPERIENCE
Teaching Positions
2006 Wooodcut workshop, Atelier Circulaire, Montreal, QC
2002 Collagraph workshop, CCCA web site, Toronto, Ontario
2001 Workshop Instructor, Linocut, OPEN STUDIO, Toronto, Ontario
1999 entorship Program, Malaspina Printmakers Society, Vancouver, BC
Guest Artist Presentations and Residencies
2007 Frans Maserrel Centrum, Kasterlee, Belgium
2007 Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt, Germany
2007 Atelier Presse-Papier, Trois-Rivières, Québec.
2006 Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt, Germany
2006 Printmaking Association of P.E.I., Charlottetown, P.E.I.
2005 Seminar & Demonstration, Faculty of Art, Catolica University, Lima, Peru
2005 Frans Maserrel Centrum, Kasterlee, Belgium
2004 Atelier Imago, Moncton, New Brunswick
2004 Nova Scotia School of Design & Art, Halifax, Nova Scotia
2004 Art Faculty, University of Mount Allison, Sackville, New Brunswick
2004 Ontario College of Art & Design, Printmaking Department, Toronto, ON
2003 St. Michael’s Printshop, St. John’s, Newfoundland
2002 Atelier de L’Ile, Val-David, QC
Related Activities
2003-2004 Board Member, 100 PRINTS Committee, OPEN STUDIO, Toronto, Ontario
2000 Custom Printing, Silkscreen, Studio 8 Graphics, Toronto, Ontario
1997-2000 Shop Attendant, Dundarave Print Workshop
1996-1998 Dialogue Committee co-Chair, Malaspina Printmakers Society, Vancouver, BC
PUBLICATIONS & REVIEWS
2007 La vie en rose, by Karine Gélinas, Voir Magazine, Maurice, Trois-Rivières, QC
2006 Druckkunst im Museum, Frankfurter Rundschau, October 21, p. 33, Frankfurt, Germany
2004 SONHOMEU II: Manuel Lau, by Carol Nymark, MPS Newsletter, Nov, p. 6-7, Vancouver, BC
2004 Manuel Lau: Artist in Residence, Atelier IMAGO newsletter, Moncton, New Brunswick
2003 Manuel Lau: Artist in Residence, Graphic Content, St. Michaels Newsletter, Spring, St. John’s, NF
2003 Ludicos Grabados, by Doris Baily, Revista Somos, El Comercio, January 25, Lima, Peru
2003 El arte del emigrante, by Sandra Bustamante, Diario El Expreso, Cultural, p. 31, January 24, Lima, Peru
2003 Los Mundos compartidos, by Pedro Escribano, Diario La Republica, p. 19, January 16, Lima, Peru
2003 Grabados de Ensueño, by Jaime Bedoya, Revista Caretas, Cultural, p. 62, January 10, Lima, Peru
2002 Manuel Lau, by Allan Tong, Shotguns, LOLA Magazine, p. 82, Winter, Toronto, Ontario
2002 Stone Lithography, by Paul Croft, p. 95, Printmaking Handbook, published by A & C Black, England
2001 Joy and Sorrow on the menu, by Gilbert A. Bouchard, Edmonton Journal, p. E14, March 2, Edmonton, AB
2000 Los Buenos Recuerdos, by Patricia Castro Obando, El Comercio, Cultural, Jan. 03, p. C7, Lima, PeruPUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Plantagenet Printshop, Ottawa, Ontario
Art Bank, Canada Council for the Arts, Ottawa, Ontario
La Caisse DesJardins, Montréal, Québec
Loto-Québec, Montreal, Canada
Pan Pacific Hotel, Vancouver, BC
Hokkaido Coca-Cola Bottling CO., LTD, Japan
Consulate General of Peru, Vancouver, BC
Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Hyundai Arts Center Gallery, Ulsan, South Korea
St. Michael’s Prints Studio, St. John’s, Newfoundland
Art Museum of the Central Reserved Bank, Lima, Peru
Kanagawa Prefectural Gallery, Yokohama, Japan
Peachtree Commercial Developments, Toronto, Ontario
Instituto Cultural Peruano Norteamericano, Lima, Peru
Department of Foreign Affairs & International Trades
St. Michael’s College, Donovan Collection, Toronto, ON
Consulate General of Peru, Toronto, Ontario
L’Institut Canadien de Québec, Quebec, Canada
Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt, Germany
New Zealand Childcare Association
Centro Dedalo, Pescara, Italy
University of Canterbury, New Zealand
Confederation Centre Art Gallery, P.E.I.