education
2019               MA Ceramics & Glass, Royal College of Art
2016               BA Visual Arts, Academy of Visual Arts - Hong Kong Baptist University

grants & awards
2024 Sep Cultural Exchange Grant, Hong Kong Arts Development Council (HKADC)
2024 Apr West Dean College Bursary, Natural Glazes Short Course
2021 Nov European Prize For Applied Arts, Shortlisted
2021 Sep British Ceramics Biennial AWARD, Shortlisted
2021 Sep XVII International Contemporary Ceramics Award (CERCO), Shortlisted
2020 Jun a-n News Company, Freelands Foundation Fund
2019 Oct Zealous Stories: Craft, Shortlisted
2018 Dec The Grocers’ Hall Scholarship
2016 June     AVA Keeper of Studies Collection Award - Academy of Visual Arts, HKBU
2016 June     Selected Works of the Open Category, Competition of Tea Ware By Hong Kong Potters - Flagstaff House of
Museum of Tea Ware

group exhibitions
2023
Nov - Dec Bio Creations, Morphramics, PMQ Central, Hong Kong
Mar - Jun Crafts Dialogue 對談工與藝, Contemporary Craft Centre HK, Tai Kwun, Hong Kong
Mar - May Impression soleil levant - porcelaines contemporaines et colorées, Galerie Terra Viva,
Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie, France
2022
Dec Cockpit Arts Winter Open Studios, London, United Kingdom
Nov - Jan Winter Exhibition, Thrown Contemporary, London, United Kingdom
Sep - Oct Homecoming - Crafts Dialogue, Contemporary Craft Centre HK, Hong Kong (upcoming)
Sep A Time, Academy of Visual Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
Jun Cockpit Arts Summer Exhibition, London, United Kingdom

2021
Dec - Mar European Prize for Applied Arts, World Crafts Council Europe, Galerie BeCraft, Belgium
Dec - Feb Delightful Design, Design Spectrum - Hong Kong Design Centre, Hong Kong
Dec Cockpit Arts Open Studios, London United Kingdom
Oct                     Fine Art Asia 典亞藝博 2021 , The Gallery by SOIL, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre Hall 3C,
Hong Kong
Sep - Dec Crafts Dialogue 對談工與藝, Contemporary Craft Centre HK, Hong Kong
Sep - Oct XVII International Contemporary Ceramics Award (CERCO), Centro De Artesania De Aragon, Zaragoza,
Spain
Sep - Oct British Ceramics Biennial AWARD, The Goods Yard, Stoke-on-Trent, UK
Sep - Oct Contemporary Ceramics: Forms Through Fire, Porthminster Gallery, Cornwall, UK
Jun Cockpit Arts Summer Exhibition, London United Kingdom
May Interbeing, Ceramics House, Brighton, UK

2020
July Conscious Isolation, @consciousisolation, Online

2019
Dec Culford Mews Open Studio, Dalston Junction, London, UK
Oct Cluster Crafts, Truman Brewery, London, UK
Sep - Oct British Ceramics Biennial FRESH, Spode China Hall, Stoke-on-Trent, UK
Jun - Jul Degree Show, MA Ceramics & Glass, Royal College of Art, London, UK
Apr Material Statement, Dyson Gallery Royal College of Art, London, UK
Feb Miscellany, Home of Preston Fitzgerald, London, UK
Jan WIP - Work In Progress, Royal College of Art, London, UK

2016 - 2018
2018 Jan                    WIP - Work In Progress, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2016 Sep                   HKFOREWORD 16, 10 Chancery Lane Gallery, Hong Kong
2016 June Competition of Tea Ware By Hong Kong Potters, Flagstaff House of Museum of Tea Ware, Hong Kong
2016  May - Jun      Academy of Visual Arts BA Graduation Exhibition, Hong Kong
2015  May                  The Past is Continuing - Words of Vase (Commission), Hong Kong Heritage Museum, Hong Kong

private collections
Lavina Lim
Beverley Rider (Crafts Council UK Trustee)
The Cynthia Corbett Gallery
Friends of Hong Kong Museum of Art
Private Collectors

work / teaching
2019 Visiting Artist Tutor, St Paul’s School, London, UK
2016 Curatorial Intern - Learning & Interpretation, M+ Museum, Hong Kong
2016 Studio Assistant to Yokky Wong (founder of Flow+ Living), Hong Kong

talks / lectures
2024 Crafts & Community, St-Martin-in-the-fields, London
2023 Artist Talk, The Exchange Erith, London
2023 Artist Talk, Lai Chan Kee, Hong Kong
2022 Artist Talk, A Time, Academy of Visual Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
2021 AWARD Artist Talk, British Ceramics Biennial, Stoke-on-Trent, UK
2020 Culford Studios Artist Talk, London, UK
2019 Visiting Artist Lecture, St Paul’s School, London, UK

residencies
2024 Shigaraki Ceramics Cultural Park, Shigaraki, Japan
2016 Yi Sen Ceramics Residency, Jingdezhen, China

publications & featuring
SAINT-QUENTIN-LA-POTERIE La porcelaine et les couleurs s'invitent à la galerie Terra Viva( published March 20, 2022)
https://www.objectifgard.com/culture/saint-quentin-la-poterie-la-porcelaine-et-les-couleurs-sinvitent-a-la-galerie-terra-viva-107520.php

Academy of Visual Arts Magazine Issue 10, The Journey in Ceramics 旅陶, p.68-69 (published October 20, 2021)
https://issuu.com/avahkbu/docs/ava_10_e-version/68

Studio International, British Ceramics Biennial 2021 (published September 17, 2021)
https://www.studiointernational.com/british-ceramics-biennial-2021-review-stoke-on-trent

British Ceramics Award: a-n members in view, (published September 15, 2021)
https://www.a-n.co.uk/news/british-ceramics-award-a-n-members-in-view/

Crafts Magazine, ‘Crafts issue 288: The Mind & Body issue’ (published May, 2021)
https://www.craftscouncil.org.uk/crafts-magazine/crafts-issue-288-the-mind-body-issue https://www.instagram.com/p/CP56FEulX5Y/

The Guardian, ‘March Design news: ceramics, UK LGBT+ retirement homes, and Stan Smiths forever - The Names to Watch in British Ceramics’ (published March 24, 2021)
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/mar/24/march-design-news-ceramics-uk-lgbt-retirement-homes-and-stan-smiths-forever

Emerging Potters, Issue 15, July-September 2019, p.11 (published July 4, 2019) https://issuu.com/googlemail9177/docs/issue_15__pdf

Sight Unseen, ‘5 Breakout Ceramics and Glass Artists From This Year’s RCA Showcase’ (published July 9, 2019) https://www.sightunseen.com/2019/07/emerging-designers-ceramics-glass-artists-royal-college-of-art-london/

Ceramics: Art + Perception, Issue 113, ‘Royal College of Art Show 2019’, P.18-19 (published October, 2019)
https://www.mansfieldceramics.com/clay-gulgong/shop/magazine/ceramics-art-perception-113/

interviews
Private View, Ho Lai (published April 8, 2021)
https://www.damarisathene.co.uk/private-view-blog/8/4/2021/ho-lai

You Wanted A List, Ho Lai (published January 26, 2020)
https://www.youwantedalist.com/blog/ho-lai

commissions / collaborations / projects
2023 - present The Exchange Erith, Community Ceramics Production, London, UK
2021 Ceramics Consultant, Barter Archive (Funded by Arts Council), Canary Wharf, London, UK
2015 Commission of Words of Vase, The Past is Continuing, Hong Kong Heritage Museum, HK