About Lean Lui

Lean Lui is an artist and photographer based in Hong Kong. Her debut photography book, 19.29, was a finalist for the prestigious Beijing Three Shadows Photography Award and was exhibited at the 2018 Hong Kong International Photography Festival. Her latest book, Aseptic Field (Setanta Books, London), has been featured by The Guardian, i-D, The Eye of Photography, and VOGUE. Another Magazine recognized it as one of the Best Photos of 2023. In 2026, Lean was selected for the La Biennale di Venezia 2026 exchange program by the Hong Kong Government's Arts Development Council for her powerful yet ambiguous work on girlhood.

Brife CV

Education

2020-2022 Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design (University of the Arts London), MA in Contemporary Photography; Practices and Philosophies

2016-2020 Hong Kong Baptist University, BA in China Studies (Economics)

Teaching

Contemporary Photography Course at Hong Kong University's School of Professional and Continuing Education (HKU SPACE)

Award

2019, Beijing Three Shadow Photography Award Finalist

Solo Exhibitions

2025 PHOTOFAIR SHANGHAI solo booth, China, PETITREE

2025 WALLPAPER* gallery, Xia Men, China <Lipid: Soft and Halcyon>

2020 Tomorrow Maybe, Eaton HK <Epoch>

2019 Hong Kong International Photography Festival <Teenage Problems>

2019 Eslite HK <First Born>

2019 Kubrick HK <19.29>

2019 Tokyo Book and Sons Gallery <19.29>

2019 Russia Space Gallery <19.29>

2018 Hong Kong International Photography Festival <Somnambulist>

2018 Hong Kong Jockey Club <School Bullying>

2017 f22 foto space <Flow with Nature>

Group Exhibitions

2026, Biblioteca Nazionale Braidense, Milan, Italy, <White Barracks>

2025 ShangHai ART021, China

2025 NingBo Comtemporary Video Festival, China <Night Pool>

2024 PETITREE, Shen Zhen, China <The postman always rings twice>

2024 Goethe Institut HK, Hong Kong, <Starit is the Gate>

2024 Paris Photo, Grand Palais, Boogie Woogie Gallery, <Sensing Disorder>

2023 SOL Gallery, London, <Sensing Disorder>

2023 Simularca Gallery, Beijing, <Sensing Disorder>

2022 Central Saint Martins Gallery, London, United Kingdom <Sensing Disorder>

2019 XiaMen Three Shadows Photography Award Exhibition <19.29>

2019 Beijing Three Shadows Photography Award Exhibition <19.29>

Publication

<Aseptic Field> (2023) Published by Setanta Books (London)

<19.29> (2020) Self-publish photography book, finalist in Beijing Three Shadow Photography Award