Song Lu holds an MFA in Photography, Video and Related Media from the School of Visual Arts. Her work explores AI, video, and photography through a playful lens, blending humor, surrealism, and childlike wonder. Deliberately avoiding sadness, she infuses her art with joy and lightness, inviting viewers to engage with unexpected perspectives.
Educations
2021MFA Photography, Video and Related Media, School of Visual Arts, New York, United States
2016
BFA Radio and Television Journalism,
Zhejiang University of Media and Communications, China
Exhibitions
2025
Unlimited Edition Art Book Fair, Seoul, South Korea (Upcoming, November)
Taipei Art Book Fair, Taipei, Taiwan, China (Upcoming, November)
Boundless Bound Symposium and Art Book Fair, United State (Upcoming, October)
Singapore Art Book Fair, Singapore (Upcoming, October)
ICP Photobook Fest, New York, United States (Upcoming, September)
Berlin Art Week, Berlin, German (Upcoming, September)
Goethe-Institut China, Beijing, China (Upcoming, September)
SVA Theater, New York, United States(Upcoming, September)
Tiny Grants Salon, New York, United States
Island NanNan Poetry Life Festival, Haikou, China
Other Islands Book Fair, Pratt Institute, New York, United States
Soulscapes Artificial Intelligence Art Exhibition, Hangzhou, China
The 15th Beijing International Film Festival AIGC Film Unit, Beijing, China
Neuro Masters AI Film Festival, Mosco，Russia
AI Film Fest Amsterdam 2025, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Wuyuan River Nature Art Season, Haikou, Hainan China
HKUST AI Film Festival, Hongkong, China
Photism, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
YABISI Series Female festival 2025, Paris, French
MIT AI Filmmaking Hackathon, Boston, United States
FLOOR_ Space, Seoul, South Korea
Sugar Mouse, New York, United States
UMP, Boise, Idaho, United State
Mango Art Museum, Changsha, Hunan, China
Surel’s Place, Boise, Idaho, United State
2024
the BLANC Gallery, New York, NY, United States
Chi K11 Museum, Shanghai, China
RIVAA Gallery, New York, NY, United States
Unlimited Edition Seoul Art Book Fair, Seoul, South Korea
Flatiron Gallery, New York, NY, United States
Breeze Art Fair, Seoul Art Center, Seoul, South Korea
PHOTOFAIRS Shanghai, Shanghai Exhibition Center, Shanghai, China
Jiazazhi Artbook Festival Spring Meetup, Shanghai, China
Chengdu Times Art Museum, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China
E.SCAPE Art Space, Shanghai, China
Ephemere Space, Tokyo, Japan
2023
YES! Art Festival, Cang Art Museum, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
YES! Art Festival, Beijing Friendship Store, Beijing, China
La Vita dell’Arte IV, Villa Venino, Milan, Italy
A Space x :iidrr Gallery, New York, NY, United States
Boomer Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Huan Photism Gallery, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
Online Exhibition, No Space Gallery, China
Galerie Camille Puoyfuacon, Paris, France
UNFOLD 2023 Shanghai Art Book Fair, Start Museum, Shanghai, China
Solo exhibition in CICA Museum, Gimpo, South Korea
Advance Art Museum, Changsha, Hunan, China
Flatiron Project Space, New York, NY, United States
LoosenArt Gallery, Rome, Italy
The Holy Art Gallery, Brussels, Amsterdam, Paris
FLOOR_ Space, Seoul, South Korea
2022
FLOOR_ Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
2021
UNTITLED Art Fair, Miami, Florida, United States
ZAZ 10 TS billboard, New York, NY
SVA Theatre, NY, United States
SVA Chelsea Gallery, NY, United States
Art Conference
CICA New Media Art Conference 2023, CICA Museum, Gimpo, South KoreaCornell media Tech Summit 2025, Cornell Tech, New York, United States
Awards
Honorable Mention Award , “5th Still Life”International Juried Art Competition, TERAVARNA ART Gallery, United StatesAward of excellent ,THUxCAA Soulscapes AIGC Image Generation Exhibition, China
Premio Internazionale Michelangelo, Palazzo Ximenes Panciatichi, Florence, Italy
Grants
Tiny Grant 2025Art Workshops
AI-Generated Image Workshop, Tiny Grant, New York, United StatesAI-Generated Image Workshop, Artiver, New York, United States
AI-Generated Image Workshop, Surel’s Place, Boise, Idaho, United States
AI-Generated Image Workshop, Advance Art Museum, Changsha, Hunan, China
AI-Generated Image Workshop, Haikou Public Library, Haikou, Hainan, China
Art Residency
Surel’s Place, Boise, Idaho, United StateDuration: 1.9.2025-2.5.2025 https://surelsplace.org/artist/song-lu/
Press & Publications & Features
Feature, “20 Artists to Watch”
Fall “New Talent” Issue, Art in America https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/features/song-lu-photography-ai-everyday-uncanny-1234715969/
Breath, New Media Art 2024, CICA Museum, South Koreahttps://cicamuseum.com/publication-breath-new-media-art-2024-ebook-now-available-via-kindle/
Walking Away, Sohu, Chinahttps://www.sohu.com/a/769814857_121124809
Interview, Al-Tiba9 Magazine, Spainhttps://www.altiba9.com/artist-interviews/song-lu-snow-drawing-digital-art-ai-generated
Still Life, Musée Magazine, New York, NY, United Stateshttps://museemagazine.com/culture/2020/12/31/weekend-portfolio-song-lu
Interview, Artwork Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine
Working Women, The Paper, China
It Just is, Miroir Project, China
Snow Drawing, Al-Tiba9 Magazine ISSUE13, Spain
Wonder Room: Art Exploration in the Web3, Metaverse, and AIGC Era, Artron, China