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EDUCATION
2015 - Bachelor of Fine Arts - Photography, Toronto Metropolitan University (Formerly Ryerson University)

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 - Da Pi Yuan, The Image Centre, Toronto, Canada

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 - Then and Now, Nuit Blanche Festival, Toronto, Canada
2024 - Salon 44, Gallery 44, Toronto, Canada
2023 - Blue, Gallery 44, Toronto, Canada
2023 - Ways of seeing, Artscape Daniels Launchpad, Toronto, Canada
2022 - Shifting Articulations of Asianness in Contemporary Canada, Online
2022 - (Re)making Chineseness: Reflections on Cultural Heritage, Online
2021 - [De]/[Re]constructing place, Varley Gallery, Markham, Canada
2017 - MUSE Projects x Women Photograph Projection Show, Gallery 1313, Toronto, Canada
2017 - No-sto, Daniels Spectrum, Toronto, Canada
2016 - Toronto Urban Photography Festival, Toronto, Canada
2015 - Applied Arts Magazine Student Awards Showcase, Ontario Science Center, Toronto, Canada
2015 - Maximum Exposure - CONTACT Photography Festival, School of Image Arts, Toronto, Canada
2015 - Space & Time: Post Canada Exhibition, The Blacksmith and The Toffeemaker, London, UK

PUBLICATIONS & PRESS
2023 - Shooting Three, The West End Phoenix
2023 - The Create Fund: Lucy Lu, Shutterstock.com
2022 - The meaning of cultural identity: (Re)making Chineseness, The Peak
2022 - Here and Now Interview, CBC Radio
2022 - Brewing history with each sip of tea, CBC
2021 - Featured Artist, Aint-Bad Issue No. 15
2021 - Reconnecting with your roots: Lucy Lu’s ‘Da Pi Yuan’ is an intimate exploration of family and the self, The Introspect Collective
2021 - Underexposed: My photo journal of the pandemic’s isolating year, The Globe and Mail
2020 - Why I’m Spending the Holidays Alone, Maclean’s Magazine
2020 - Urban Life Television Segment, Fairchild TV
2020 - In Search of Lost Time: Lucy Lu’s Layered Cultural Connections, PhotoLife Magazine
2019 - Amplify: My favourite Globe pictures of 2019 shot by female photographers, The Globe and Mail
2019 - Pearl Court’s last supper: The demise of a Toronto dim sum institution, The Globe and Mail
2019 - Lucy Lu’s “Da Pi Yuan” is a Moving & Powerful Exhibit About Going Home, She Does the City
2019 - Artist Profile, Fete Chinoise
2019 - Why and how have beauty pageants endured? A portrait of six queens of the modern age, The Globe and Mail
2019 - Memories of Xi’an: My Chinese childhood through a new lens, The Globe and Mail
2015 - Applied Arts Magazine 2015 Student Awards Issue
2014 - Memories of Nowhere (artist book), Self Published

WORKSHOPS
2023 - New York Portfolio Reviews
2022 - Room Up Front Mentorship Program
2021 - Eddie Adams Workshop XXXIV
2021 - American Society of Media Photographers Portfolio Reviews
2020 - Points of Empathy Audio Storytelling Program, Fixt Point Canada

AWARDS & GRANTS
2024 - National Magazine Awards, Photo Essay Finalist - “Shock and Aaah,” Best Health Magazine
2023 - Scotiabank New Generation Photography Award Nominee
2023 - Shutterstock Create Fund Grant Recipient
2019 - Flash Forward 2019 Winner, Magenta Foundation
2016 - Toronto Urban Photography Festival, Winner of Local Category
2015 - Applied Arts Magazine Student Awards
2015 - First Edition Photobook Award, Toronto Metropolitan University Special Collections & Archives

FACILITATION & SPEAKING
2024 - Room Up Front: Canadian Photojournalism Mentorship Program - Mentor
2023 - Freelancing in Photography 101, Workshop, Artscape Daniels Launchpad
2023 - The First Five Years Panel, Toronto Metropolitan University
2021, 2022 - Building a Portfolio Panel, Toronto Metropolitan University
2020 - Working in Photography, Artist Talk, Humber College
2019 - Da Pi Yuan: Exhibition Process, Artist Talk, Toronto Metropolitan University
2017 - Studying Photography Abroad, Artist Talk, Xi’an Academy of Fine Arts