Cindy Lu
mail@cindylu.art
EXHIBITIONS
Solo Exhibitions
Suspended Embrace, Arthaus Projects, Williamsport, PA. 2019
Data Collection, Chandler Gallery, Maud Morgan Art Center, Cambridge, MA. 2018
Curated Group Exhibitions
Coded, Beacon Gallery, Boston, MA. 2021
ACCESS:ART, Red Bull Arts / BostonCenter for the Arts, Boston, MA. 2021
Juried Group Exhibitions
Bodies. Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA (online). 2021
The Banality of Evil in Our Daily Lives, AlteMünze, Berlin, Germany. 2020
Celebrating Resistance Through Arts. Arts Equity Summit, Boston, MA (online due to COVID-19). 2020
Fay Chandler Emerging Artists Exhibit. Scollay Square Gallery, Boston City Hall, Boston, MA. 2019
Tin Ceilings and Other Specifics. The Magenta Suite, Exeter, NH. 2019
Unconventional. Davis Art Gallery, Worcester, MA. 2019
Please Touch the Art. Mosesian Center for the Arts, Watertown, MA. 2019
Fiberlicious! Loading Dock Gallery, Lowell, MA. 2019
Art Party. Friday Arts Project, Rock Hill, SC. 2018
Humanities Approaches to the Opioid Crisis. Boston University Center for the Humanities Fall Forum, Boston, MA. 2018
Shelter, Philadelphia Sculptors & Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA. 2018
Techne, Arthaus Projects, Williamsport, PA. 2018
Small Works Salon, Chandler Gallery, Maud Morgan Art Center, Cambridge, MA. 2018
AWARDS/HONORS
Awards/Residencies
Artist-in-Residence, I-Park, East Haddam, CT. 2021
Opportunity Fund artist career development grant, Boston, MA. 2021
Red Bull Arts Microgrant, Boston, MA. November 2020
MassArt Visiting Artist, MFA-BLR program, Boston, MA. Summer 2019
Best in Show, Techne, Arthaus Projects, Williamsport, PA. 2018
Best in Show, Small Works Salon, Chandler Gallery, Maud Morgan Art Center, Cambridge, MA. 2018
Presentations
Artist of Inspiration, Boston Children's Museum, Boston, MA 2020
Keynote Presenter, Arts Equity Summit, Boston, MA. 2020
Visiting Artist presentation, MassArt, Boston, MA. 2019
Reviews and Interviews
"Who is art for? An evolution of access and audience at the BCA", Cate McQuaid, Boston Globe, May 11, 2021.
“Please touch this art at Watertown’s Mosesian Center”, Chris Bergeron, MetroWest Daily News. June 20, 2019
“Sculptors probe the impossibility of ‘Shelter’ at Da Vinci Art Alliance”, Deborah Krieger, ArtBlog. September 24, 2018.
Featured Artist, Thought Provoker series, Boston Voyager. August 6, 2018.
EDUCATION
Art & Design Courses
Welding, MassArt. 2018
Soft Sculpture, MassArt. 2018
Fundamentals of Fine Woodworking, North Bennett St School. 2017
Fundamentals of Machine Woodworking, North Bennett St School. 2017
Personal Geographies, sMFA/Tufts. 2017
History of Furniture, MassArt. 2017
Career Discovery, Architecture, Harvard GSD. 2017
Art as Process, sMFA/Tufts. 2016
Fundamentals of 2D Design, sMFA/Tufts. 2016
A Global History of Architecture, MITx. 2016
Degrees
Ph.D, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. 2004
BA, Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA. 1995
BA, French Language, University of California, Berkeley, CA. 1995
WORK EXPERIENCE
Scientific Editor, Life Science Editors, 2019 - present
Consultant/Writer. MIT, Department of Architecture, Cambridge, MA. 2017 – 2019
Scientific Editor. Cell, Cell Press, Cambridge, MA. 2014 – 2016
Postdoctoral Fellow. Harvard Medical School, Department of Neurobiology, Boston, MA. 2004 – 2014