curator
Visual artist
Gladys Lou is a Hong Kong-Canadian artist and curator with an HBA in Art & Art History and Psychology from the University of Toronto and Sheridan College, with a Certificate in Curatorial Studies. Her practice utilizes experimental media and new technologies, including video, sound, photography, and new media, to challenge the boundaries of sensory perception. Her work explores shifting perceptions of light, colour, and memory, visualizing emotions and the unconscious.
Gladys Lou’s art has been exhibited at City of Brampton, BAO Brampton, InterAccess, Workman Arts, Art Museum at the University of Toronto, Blackwood Gallery, Art Gallery of Mississauga, the Museum of Contemporary Art of Alicante, and the International Film Festival Rotterdam. She was awarded a Fulbright scholarship with a placement at the University of Washington, where she studied Digital Art and Experimental Media. Gladys was selected as a participant of the Power Plant’s RBC Emerging Artist Network in 2022–2023 and the 22nd IA Current Curator at InterAccess in 2023. She has interned at the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. with the Time-Based Media working group. She was awarded the 27th Annual Mississauga Arts Awards in the Multimedia Arts (Emerging) category, and first prize at Video Fever 2023 by Trinity Square Video, Vtape, and Images Festival.
Self Portrait
The self-portrait represents my queer, Asian identity and the way I embrace myself and display my pride of being who I am.