Timothy Lai (b. 1987, Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia) lives and works in Providence, Rhode Island. He received his BA in Communication from the University of Texas at San Antonio in 2009, and his MFA in painting from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2017. His work has been featured in solo and group presentations with Jack Barrett, Chart, Fabian Lang, Essex Flowers, Bass & Reiner Gallery, Good Naked Gallery, and Field Projects. In 2022, Lai had his first institutional solo exhibition at Longlati Foundation in Shanghai, and was awarded the 2022 Rhode Island State Council of the Arts Fellowship in Painting.

Timothy Lai

b. 1987, Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia

Lives and works in Providence, RI

Education

2017 M.F.A Painting Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

2009 Bachelor of Arts in Communications, University of Texas at San Antonio, TX

Solo Exhibitions

2024 Towards a Blue Room, Josh Lilley, London

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

2010 Installation, Salon Rouge, San Antonio, Tx

Group Exhibitions

2024 Frieze London, Josh Lilley, London, UK

2024 The Armory Show, Josh Lilley, New York, NY

2024 Frieze Seoul, Josh Lilley, Seoul, KR

2024 Spirit House: Hauntings in Contemporary Art of the Asian Diaspora, Cantor Arts Center at

Stanford University, Stanford, CA

2023 Art Basel Miami Beach, Josh Lilley, Miami, FL

2023 New Moroism, White Cube, Hong Kong

2022 Dallas Art Fair, Jack Barrett, Dallas, TX

2021 Trove, Miami Beach, FL

2021 NADA Miami, Jack Barrett, New York, NY

2021 8 Americans, Chart, New York, NY

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 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 Prisoner's 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 Student Exhibition, St. Philip's College, San Antonio, TX

2012 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

Public Collections

Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University, Stanford, CA

Green Family Art Foundation, Dallas, TX

ILHAM Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL

Longlati Foundation, Shanghai, China