About

Biography

Siqi Lao is a Chinese artist born in Guangdong in 2001. He moved to the US in 2019, studying fine arts at the School of Visual Arts and then at the University of Southern California. Inspired by Surrealism and Chinese folklore, Lao paints the psychological imagery of himself.

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Education

2021-present University of Southern California, BA Art

2019-2021 School of Visual Arts, BFA Fine Arts

Solo Exhibitions

2023. The Black Sun, Gayle and Ed Roski Fine Arts Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.

Group Exhibition

2024 Seeking Light, The Bridge Arts Foundation, Los Angeles

2023 Mepaintsme Open Call 2023, MEPAINTSME, Online

2022 QuASA’s Queer Art Show, IFT Gallery, Los Angeles

2022 Liminality:2022 Visual Art Exhibition of Asian Artists in America, Online

Awards

2022 University of Southern California Academic Achievement Award

2020 School of Visual Arts Departmental Grant

2019 Silas H. Rhodes Scholarship