Cathy Lu

Cathy Lu creates ceramics sculptures and installations that manipulate traditional Chinese art imagery and presentation as a way to deconstruct the assumptions we have about Chinese diasporic identity and cultural authenticity. Unpacking how experiences of immigration, cultural hybridity, and cultural assimilation become part of American identity is central to her work.

Lu was born in Miami, Florida. She received her MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute, and her BA and BFA from Tufts University. She has participated in artist in residence programs at Root Division, Bemis Center for the Arts, Recology SF, and the Archie Bray Foundation. Her work has been exhibited at Chinese Culture Center SF, Jessica Silverman Gallery SF, and A-B Projects, LA. She was a 2019 Asian Cultural Council/ Beijing Contemporary Art Foundation Fellow and was awarded a 2022 SFMOMA Seca Award. She teaches Ccramics and first-year 3-D classes at California College of the Arts.