About
Lai Garling
黎嘉玲
黎嘉玲 , 生於澳洲，在香港長大，畢業於倫敦藝術大學的切爾西藝術設計學院紡織品學系 ,主修編織。畢業後，她獨自前往東南亞繼續鑽研當地民間布藝, 同時她在創作中喜歡多嘗試不一樣的藝術媒介，如藍曬、蠟染和攝影。
2014年秋天，正式回港，
2015年在中國中山 – 詹园 舉辦她第一個長期展覽覽<心。思。惜 >。
黎嘉玲新作<<褪色的回憶>> 一系列布藝展品充分體現藍曬與織布兩種工藝的結合 ，她和香港時裝設計師 Meiyi 合作在PMQ舉辦。
自2016年，她被選中為青年藝術大使，前往敦煌進行分享及交流後，開始了推廣亞洲藝術文化的網綕。從2017開始帶著藍曬工具去東南亞和台灣一邊開工作坊，一邊向當地人學藝。
Lai Garling Karen, born in Australia and raised in Hong Kong. She began her textile art journey in London, Chelsea College of Art. She specializes in weaving, an old traditional form of textile production that interlaces two distinct sets of yarn to form a fabric.
In early 2016, Karen had her first solo exhibition in Hong Kong titled, “Diminishing Memories” . The artworks displayed were a series of tactile family photographs developed from *cyanotype and transferred to her own handwoven textile.
*Cyanotype, an old photographic printing process that requires sunlight
In mid 2016, Karen became a Hong Kong Youth Square art ambassador to travel to Dunhuang. Meeting local artists and conservators who specialize in grottoes art. Since that encounter she started to share her art and cultural journey through her artist Facebook page
Karen has continued sharing her adventures in 2017, strongly focusing on South-East Asian heritage art and craft. She is currently absorbing the history of textile art, travelling alone for her independent cyanotype project.
Exhibition
2020 July – Aug The Mills
(Collaborative project with Qipao Tang)
at The Mills, Hong Kong
2019 Dec Garden of the Artisans
(Group exhibition in Hong Kong)
2017 Mar Ah Pek Hill x Cyanotype
(Collaborative exhibition with KC Chong, Malaysian photographer)
at Ah Pek Hill, Cheras, Kuala Lumpur
2016 Dec Garden of the Artisans
(Group exhibition in Hong Kong)
2016 Oct – Nov Threads of Sisterhood
(Collaborative project with HK artist Kurt Tong)
at Lumenvisum, JCCAC, Hong Kong
2016 Apr – June Diminishing Memories
at PMQ , Hong Kong
2015 Aug- present 心。思。惜
(Collaboration with HK artist Kurt Tong)
at Zhan Garden, China
2014 June – BA Textile graduation exhibition
Chelsea Collage of Arts, London
Art Festival
2020 Dec Inter-Island Festival
in Hong Kong
2019 Nov No New Idols
in Hong Kong
2018 Aug George Town Festival
at Penang, Malaysia
2018 July Rainforest Fringe Festival
at Kuching, Sarawak
2017 April Duyong Art Festival
at Terengganu, Malaysia