2021 - 2022 Interior Garden, Chinese Culture Center, San Francisco, CA
2021 Customs Declaration, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
2020 Foreign Bodies, Chico State University, Chico, CA.
2019 Her Kind (with Anna Fidler), Johansson Projects, Oakland, CA.
2018 Peach Garden, Irving Street Projects, SF, CA.
2017 Real Imitation, Recology, SF, CA.
2016 Recast, Root Division, SF, CA.
2015 Transculture, Mendocino College, Ukiah, CA.
2014 Bad Fruit, Duplex Gallery, Portland, OR.
2013 New Work, Johansson Projects Back Gallery, Oakland, CA.
Girls Playing, Ramp Gallery, SOMArts, SF, CA.
SELECTED JURIED & GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 The Potential Of Objects, Marin MOCA, Novato, CA
On The Edge, Pence Gallery, Davis, CA
After Viola, Yolo Arts Gallery, Woodland, CA
2020 Making in Between: Contemporary Chinese Americans, American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, CA
Emerging Artists Exhibition, NCECA, Richmond, VA
2019 Still Life, Art Salon Chinatown, Los Angeles, CA
Matter, Front Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Hyperobjects, Forth Ryder Gallery UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
Artifact, Dream Farm Commons (in collaboration with Oakland High students), Oakland, CA
Femme, Juxtapoz x Spoke Art, NY, NY.
East Meets West, SF, CA
2018 Reorienting the Imaginaries, SOMArts, SF, CA
Art Faculty and Staff Exhibit, Forth Ryder Gallery, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
Infinite Cycles, Chinese Culture Center, SF, CA
Radical Departures, Abruptions, and Continuations, Dream Farm Commons, Oakland, CA
Between the Lines, Hashimoto Contemporary, SF, CA
Humanize, Boehm Gallery, San Marcos, CA
Root Division 15th Year Anniversary Exhibition, Root Division, SF, CA
2017 Free Trade, CCC, SF, CA.
Tondo, SpokeSF, SF, CA.
The Original Disrupter, San Francisco Art Institute, SF, CA. ( Contributor to Kunstcapades)
Back to the Garden, Root Division, SF, CA.
Social Energies, Legion, SF, CA.
2016 Concentrate, SFAI Alumni Exhibition, SF, CA.
Passport, San Francisco Arts Commission x Chinatown, SF, CA.
Art Night SF, Civic Center, SF.
Transformations, Harrington Gallery, Pleasanton, CA.
Parking Lot Art Fair, Fort Mason, SF, CA.
2015 Art Night SF, Civic Center, SF, CA.
Parking Lot Art Fair, Fort Mason, SF, CA.
Mudflat AIR Exhibition for NCECA, Mudflat Gallery, Boston, MA.
Still Life, Root Division, SF, CA.
Group Show, Asia Society, SF, CA.
2014 Apature, Arc Gallery, SF, CA.
Eating Cultures, SOMArts, SF, CA.
2013 Risk, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA.
Shifting Bodies, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA.
2012 Introductions, Root Division, SF, CA.
Descending the Staircase, Aggregate Space, Oakland, CA.
2011 Bay Area Now, Pro Arts, Oakland, CA.
2010 Natural Selection, Coconut Grove Arts Gallery, Miami, FL.
Borders, Root Division, SF, CA.
Vernissage, Ft Mason Herbst Pavillion, SF, CA.
2009 Invisible Homes, SOMArts Gallery, SF, CA.
Fiction to Inhabit, SFAI Diego Rivera Gallery, SF, CA.
Re: form, SFAI Swell Gallery, SF, CA.
Jingdezhen Contemporary International Ceramic Exhibition, Jingdezhen, Jiangxi, China.
Family Pictures, Root Division, SF, CA.
Locality, Mission Art Center, SF, CA.
RESIDENCIES AND AWARDS
2021 Archie Bray Artist Residency, Helena, MT
2020 Emerging Artist Fellowship, NCECA
2019 Individual Fellowship, Asian Cultural Council, NYC, NY
TOSA Fellowship Nominee, Minnesota Street Projects, SF, CA
Faculty Travel Grant, Mills College, Oakland, CA
LPP+ Residency at Minnesota Street Projects, SF, CA
2018 Irving Street Projects, San Francisco, CA. Artist in Residence
Kala Art Institute, Honorary AIR Award, Berkeley, CA
2017 Recology, San Francisco, CA. Artist in Residence
2016 Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO. Ceramics Artist in Residence
Fleishhacker Foundation, SF, CA. Eureka Fellowship Nominee
2015 Recology, San Francisco, CA. Alternate Candidate AIR
Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO. Ceramics Summer Study Fellowship
San Francisco Arts Commission, San Francisco, CA. Individual Artist Grant Recipient
2014 Interlochen School for the Arts, Interlochen, MI. Ceramics AIR + Teaching Fellow
2012 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT. Artist in Residence
2010 Root Division, San Francisco, CA. Artist in Residence
2007 Mudflat Pottery Studio, Somerville, MA. 2007 – 2008 Artist in Residence
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA. Pratt Traveling Grant
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA. Ceramics Dept. Visiting Artist Grant
2006 School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA. Dean’s Discretionary Fund Travel Grant
TALKS AND LECTURES
2020 Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA. Pathways Program Lecture Series
California State University, Chico State, Chico, CA. Permeable Spaces with Nicole Seisler
California State University, Chico State, Chico, CA. Hopper Lecture Series
2019 Hong Kong Arts Center, HK, PRC. Guest Lecture
Mudflat Pottery Studio, Boston, MA, Tuttle Talk
California College of the Arts, Artist Lecture, Ceramics: Glaze Theory
California College of the Arts, Artist Lecture, Ceramics: Objecthood
2018 California College of the Arts, Guest Critic, Intro to Ceramics: Clay Matters
California College of the Arts, Guest Critic, MFA 3:1 Critique Group
California State University, East Bay, Artist Lecture, Professional Practices for Artists Class
2017 California College of the Arts, Guest Critic, Intro to Ceramics: Clay Matters
Recology, Resident Artist Talk
UC Berkeley, Artist Lecture, Intermediate Ceramics
2016 Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Resident Artist Lecture
San Francisco Art Institute, Artist Lecture, Professional Practices for Artists
2015 California State University, East Bay, Artist Lecture, Professional Practices for Artists
Northwestern Oklahoma State University, Artist Lecture, Fundamentals of 2D
2012 – 2015 San Francisco Art Institute, Artist Lecture, City as Studio Practicum
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESS
2019 Christian L Frock, Gallery Highlights, NYTIMES / SF ARTS MONTHLY, March 2019,
2018 Sarah Hotchkiss, Cathy Lu’s ‘Peach Garden’ Steams up the Outer Sunset, KQED.org, Sept 2018
Sarah Hotchkiss, How to Start the Year Off Right, KQED.org, Jan 2018
2017 Matthew Goldberg, Interview with Cathy Lu at Recology, Dissolvesf.org, Sept 2017
Nick Madden, Artists Create Works of Art From San Francisco Trash, SFbay.CA, Sept 2017
2016 Casey Lesser, In the Rocky Mountains, an Artist Residency is Launching Careers, Artsy.net, Dec 2016
Kunstcapades, Episode 43 w/ Cathy Lu, Oct 2016
Kelly Whalen and Sarah Hotchkiss, KQED Arts, Artists Take Over SF Parking Lot for
Satirical Art Fair, May 2016
2015 Sam Whiting, Quite A lot of Art as Guerilla Gallery Fills Parking Spaces, SF Gate, May 2015
2014 Beverly Chan, Asia Society, Cultural Identity in Art: Interview w/ Cathy Lu, Nov 2014
2013 Joshua Lutz, Bay Area Visual Art Picks, SFGate.com, Aug 2013
Alex Bigman, Risk, East Bay Express, Aug 2013
2011 Synchronized Chaos Web Journal, Artwork Feature, Feb 2011
2010 JD Beltran, City Brights, SFGate.com, Why Not?, May 2010
RECENT TEACHING EXPERIENCE
California College of the Arts, Oakland CA, Ceramics and First Year Program: 3D
Mills College, Oakland, CA, Ceramics
2018-2020 UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, The Language of Sculpture: Ceramics & Advanced Ceramic Projects
2018 City College San Francisco, SF, CA, Beginning, Intermediate, & Adv. Ceramics
2017 Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA, Beginning Ceramics
2015 – 2018 San Francisco Art Institute / Public Education, SF, CA, Mold Making and Slip Casting
EDUCATION
San Francisco Art Institute, MFA, Sculpture & Ceramics
Tufts University, BA, Chinese Language, Culture, and History & BFA, Ceramics