Curriculum Vitae

TIMOTHY LAI
Born 1987, Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia
Lives and works in Providence, RI

EDUCATION
2015 - 2017 M.F.A Painting Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
2005 - 2009 Bachelor of Arts in Communications, University of Texas at San Antonio, TX

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024, Towards a Blue Room, Josh Lilley, London, UK
2023, The Armory Show, Jack Barrett, New York, NY
2023, Double Wall, Jack Barrett, New York, NY
2022, Don’t Let The Sun Go Down on Me, Pa, Longlati Foundation, Shanghai, China
2021, Soft Words Make It Easier to Bear, Jack Barrett, New York, NY
2019, Oh Brother. Oh Bother., 0-0 LA Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2015, Exploring The Mark, Mercury Project Gallery, San Antonio, TX
2013, Conversations, Sopac Gallery, San Antonio, TX

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023, Art Basel Miami Beach, Josh Lilley, Miami FL
2023, New Moroism, White Cube Hong Kong, HK
2023, Togetherness: For Better or Worst, Green Family Art Foundation, Dallas, TX
2023, Some Dogs: A Curated Selection from the Hornik Collection, Four One Nine Space, San Francisco, CA
2022, Two X Two, Dallas, TX
2022, Dallas Art Fair, Jack Barrett, Dallas, TX
2021, Trove, Artsy, Miami, FL
2021, NADA Miami, Jack Barrett, Miami, FL
2021, 8 Americans, Chart, New York, NY
2021, Reigen, Fabian Lang Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
2020, NADA Miami, Jack Barrett, New York, NY
2020, Home Alone, Jack Barrett, Long Island, NY
2020, Envelope, curated by Essex Flowers hosted by Drawer.NYC
2019, ROMCOM, Good Naked Gallery, New York, NY
2018, Velvet Ropes NYC, GIFC and Fisher Parrish Gallery, New York, NY
2018, Bathers, Drawer at Bass & Reiner Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2018, GIFC Traveling Exhibit
2017, 2017 RISD MFA Painting, 315 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2017, RISD Thesis Exhibition, RI Convention Center, Providence, RI
2017, Painting Graduate Biennial, Sol Koffler Gallery, Providence, RI
2016, Hang Ten, Field Projects, New York, NY
2016, Prisoners Cinema, Gelman Gallery, RISD Museum, Providence, RI
2015, First Year Painting, 505 Gallery, Providence, RI
2014, 3rd Annual Anaclaus A Colorful Holiday Extravaganza, AnArte Gallery, San Antonio, TX
2014, Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition, San Antonio College, San Antonio, TX
2013, Private show, AnArte Gallery, San Antonio, TX
2013, La Vida Dulce, AnArte Gallery, San Antonio, TX
2013, Spring Student Exhibition, St. Philip's College, San Antonio, TX
2012, Fall Student Exhibition, St. Philip's College, San Antonio, TX
2012, Spring Student Exhibition, University of Texas at San Antonio, TX
2011, Fall Student Exhibition, University of Texas at San Antonio, TX
2010, Una Noche De La Gloria, Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, San Antonio, TX

AWARDS
2022 Rhode Island State Council of the Arts Fellowship in Painting
2015 - 2017 The Professor Baruch Kirschenbaum Term Scholarship
2014 Robert and Laura Fainter Endowed Memorial Scholarship in Art

PRESS
Juxtapoz, Evan Pricco, Timothy Lai goes “Towards a Blue Room”
The New York Times, Ted Loos, How Advisers Help Shape The Art World
Wall Street Journal, Brian P. Kelly, Independent 20th Century and the Armory Show Reviews: An Inclusive Kickoff to the Art Season
Artsy, Osman Can Yerebeken, The 11 Best Booths at The Armory Show 2023
Ming's, Samwai Lam, 人形雕塑 畫中定格 TIMOTHY LAI
South China Morning Post, Enid Tsui,  Hong Kong art show reflects ‘identity crisis’ of Asian artists living between East and West, with new twist on ‘blurred’ Japanese painting style
Artomitty, Christina Ko, Michael Ho, Chris Huen Sin Kan, Timothy Lai, Su Yu-Xin
Office Mag, Izzy Einstein, Memory as a Double Wall
Ocula, Ben Xia Tian,  赖辉明：日落时刻 
Longlati Art Foundation, Chen YunYao, Timothy Lai - Between Lifting and Squeezing
Artsy, Sophia Ma, 8 Artist Grapple with What It Means to Be Asian American in an Intergenerational Group Show
Juxtapoz, Sasha Bogojev, Soft Words Make It Easier to Bear
Artsy, Harley Wong, 16 Rising Artist of the Asian Diaspora in the United States
Artsy, Artsy Editorial, 19 Collectors on the Art They Bought in 2020

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
Green Family Art Foundation, Dallas, TX, USA
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA, USA
ILHAM Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL, USA
Longlati Foundation, Shanghai, China
Xitang Foundation, Beijing, China