Chao Lu

To live in China is to be part of a mass society even though dreams might appear remote and individual. There is no way of escaping the sense of being part of a crowd. I like to watch and depict live crowds; this allows me to observe myself and my life from another angle. Each time I look at a crowd, I see that everyone is different, unique, and at the same time so small and identical. I love crowds, I fear them and I am curious about the life of each member. When I observe and depict them, I wish I were a spectator; however, I am one of them and I can never escape that fact. It is like a game between people and themselves. Sometimes we can't recognize, which is a real world between real life and our mind. Our current environment is brimming with people's desires, and through my art I try to capture this restless, helpless and confused mass of people. Sometimes, it is a bittersweet pill to swallow. I try to draw every different face from my memory, so it like a collection form my mind. Every face for me tells a unique story, and to paint each face from my mind is more like watching different accident happens. I image every small figure is myself who trying to see found himself from watching different stories.
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Royal College of Art, London
MA Painting
BA, China Central Academy of Art, Beijing
Oil Painting

2014 Art Brussels, Hadrien de Montferrand Gallery,Beiijng, China
RCA secret, Royal college of art, London, UK

2013 Black Forest, Hadrien de Montferrand Gallery,Beiijng, China
The Others, Hanmi Gallery, London,Uk
Painting November, Royal college of art, London, UK
Lucy Halford Bursary”, Royal College of Art, London, UK
Drawing Now Art fair, Le Carrousel du Louvre, Pairs, France
Art Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
RCA Secret, March 2013, Dyson Gallery. Royal College of Art, London, UK
New figuration, Feburary 2013, Hadrien de Montferrand Gallery. Beijing China
Multiculturalism is dead, February, host by Interact Organization and British Council, Bethnal Green church, London,UK​ Royal College of Art student show, Royal College of Art, London, UK

2012 The works of Royal College Of Art, Royal College Of Art, London, UK
Days under the sunlight》, Best Creative Awards, China Central Academy of Fine Art, Beijing,China

2011 《Next Seconds》, Excellent Sketching , China Central Academy of Fine Art，Beijing,China ...