Heidi Lau (b. 1987) lives and works in New York.

She received her BFA from New York University in 2008, where she primarily studied printmaking and drawing.

Selected solo and two person exhibitions include Chrysalis Spectre, with Leelee Chan, Matthew Brown, Los Angeles (2024); A Cacophony of Rocks, Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York (2024);  Shadow Speak, with Biraaj Dodiya, Bureau, New York (2023); Gardens as Cosmic Terrains, Green-Wood Cemetery, New York (2022); Empire Recast, Grand Lisboa Palace, Macau (2021); Spirit Vessels, Matthew Brown, Los Angeles (2020); Blood Echoes, AALA Gallery, Los Angeles (2019); The Sentinels, with Rachel Frank, Geary, New York (2018); The Primordial Molder, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York (2017); Third Rome, Deli Gallery, New York (2016); and The Obscure Region II, Macau Art Museum, Macau (2014). 

Recent group exhibitions include Monstrous Beauty: A Feminist Revision of Chinoiserie, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (2025); (Re)Shaping Our World: Contemporary Ceramics, Kimball Art Center, Park City, UT (2025); Difficulty is cheerfully accepted, Sikkema Malloy Jenkins, New York, NY (2025); Alien, David Castillo Gallery, Miami, FL (2024);  Mother Lode: Material and Memory, James Cohan, New York (2024); On Ma, Galeria Pedro Cera, Lisbon, Portugal (2024); PROGRAM, Matthew Brown, New York (2024); When I Kiss You, I Can Taste Your Soul, KOTARO NUKAGA, Tokyo (2024); Shanshui: Echoes and Signals, M+ Museum, Hong Kong (2024); Cosmos Cinema: The 14th Shanghai Biennale, Power Station of Art, Shanghai (2023); Horizons: Is there anybody out there?, Antenna Space, Shanghai (2023); And the Moon be Still as Bright, Harper’s, New York (2023); Body Without Organs, Chapter, New York (2023); River Styx, Sea View, Los Angeles (2023); Crossing, KOTARO NUKAGA, Tokyo (2023); Liquid Ground, UCCA, Beijing (2022); Concrete Spiritual, curated by Ajay Kurian, Morán Morán, Los Angeles (2022); SSSSSSSSSCULPTURESQUE, Kiang Malingue, Hong Kong (2022); Mouthed Echoes, Lyles & King, New York (2022); Recent Sculpture, Matthew Brown, Los Angeles (2022); The Hearing Trumpet Part 2, Galerie Marguo, Paris (2022); Liquid Ground, Para Site, Quarry Bay, Hong Kong (2021); Social Recession, NCECA Annual, Weston Gallery, Cincinnati, OH (2021); Earthly Coil, Magenta Plains, New York (2021). 

Lau's practice has been supported by numerous residencies and awards, including the Green-Wood Cemetery Residency, Greenwich House Pottery Fellowship, NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship, Colene Brown Art Prize, Emerging Artist Fellowship at Socrates Sculpture Park, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Process Space, the Martin Wong Foundation Scholarship, and the Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters and Sculptors Grant. 

In 2019, Lau presented Apparition for the Macau-China Collateral Exhibition at the 58th Venice Biennale.