Phillip Lai
Malaysian b. 1969
Born in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 1969
Lives and works in London
EDUCATION
+1994-93 MA Fine Art, Chelsea College of Art & Design, London
+1993-90 BA Fine Art, Sculpture, Chelsea College of Art & Design, London
+1989-88 Foundation Course, Middlesex Polytechnic, London
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
+2023 For Caution, Kiang Malingue, Hong Kong, China
+2021 Drunken Sailor, Modern Art, London
+2019 Galleria Franco Noero, Turin, Italy
+2018 In the half life, Edouard Malingue Gallery, Hong Kong, China
+2016 Modern Art, London
+2014 Besides, Camden Arts Centre, London
+2012 Visitor, Galleria Franco Noero, Turin, Italy
+2009 Modern Art, London
+2008 Open Container, Galerie Giti Nourbakhsch, Berlin, Germany
+2007 A Metal Bar Fell On Someone’s Head Or Something, Galleria Franco Noero, Turin, Italy
+2007 Free to Meet For Coffee Sometime Soon, Modern Art, London
+2000 His Divine Grace, Modern Art, London
+1997 The Showroom, London, commissioned by The Showroom in collaboration with inIVA
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
+2024 Modern Art, London
+2023 Modern Art, London
+2023 Ubiquitous No.13, Tube Gallery, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
+2023 Phantom Sculpture, Mead Gallery, Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry
+2022 Water Being Washed Away, curated by Alessandro Rabottini, Galerie Hubert Winter, Vienna, Austria
+2022 SSSSSSSSSCULPTURESQUE, Kiang Malingue, Hong Kong, China
+2022 Testament, Goldsmiths Centre for Contemporary Art, London
+2021 L’acqua, Galleria Franco Noero, Turin, Italy
+2019 Yona Lee, Phillip Lai, Hany Armanious, Fine Arts, Sydney, Australia
+2018 The Hepworth Prize for Sculpture, The Hepworth Wakefield, Wakefield
+2016 When Did Intimacy Begin Width, curated by Torey Thornton, Jeffrey Stark, New York, NY, USA
SELECT COLLECTIONS
+Arts Council Collection, London
+Nomas Foundation, Rome, Italy
+Sifang Art Museum, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China Tate, London
+1994-93 MA Fine Art, Chelsea College of Art & Design, London
+1993-90 BA Fine Art, Sculpture, Chelsea College of Art & Design, London
+1989-88 Foundation Course, Middlesex Polytechnic, London
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
+2023 For Caution, Kiang Malingue, Hong Kong, China
+2021 Drunken Sailor, Modern Art, London
+2019 Galleria Franco Noero, Turin, Italy
+2018 In the half life, Edouard Malingue Gallery, Hong Kong, China
+2016 Modern Art, London
+2014 Besides, Camden Arts Centre, London
+2012 Visitor, Galleria Franco Noero, Turin, Italy
+2009 Modern Art, London
+2008 Open Container, Galerie Giti Nourbakhsch, Berlin, Germany
+2007 A Metal Bar Fell On Someone’s Head Or Something, Galleria Franco Noero, Turin, Italy
+2007 Free to Meet For Coffee Sometime Soon, Modern Art, London
+2000 His Divine Grace, Modern Art, London
+1997 The Showroom, London, commissioned by The Showroom in collaboration with inIVA
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
+2024 Modern Art, London
+2023 Modern Art, London
+2023 Ubiquitous No.13, Tube Gallery, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
+2023 Phantom Sculpture, Mead Gallery, Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry
+2022 Water Being Washed Away, curated by Alessandro Rabottini, Galerie Hubert Winter, Vienna, Austria
+2022 SSSSSSSSSCULPTURESQUE, Kiang Malingue, Hong Kong, China
+2022 Testament, Goldsmiths Centre for Contemporary Art, London
+2021 L’acqua, Galleria Franco Noero, Turin, Italy
+2019 Yona Lee, Phillip Lai, Hany Armanious, Fine Arts, Sydney, Australia
+2018 The Hepworth Prize for Sculpture, The Hepworth Wakefield, Wakefield
+2016 When Did Intimacy Begin Width, curated by Torey Thornton, Jeffrey Stark, New York, NY, USA
SELECT COLLECTIONS
+Arts Council Collection, London
+Nomas Foundation, Rome, Italy
+Sifang Art Museum, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China Tate, London
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Exhibitions
Gallery Exhibition
Ubiquitous nº14
26.09.23 - 10.12.23