Serene Lau
Fun in Sustainability
Hi, I’m Serene (Kiat Chen) Lau and I’m a Chinese Malaysian Visual Artist! I was raised in Brunei Darussalam and I work under the artist pseudonym of @serenekitchen. I did my Bachelor of Creative Arts at the University of Melbourne and have been working as an Artist in Melbourne, Australia since 2012.
My specialities are small to large scale art workshop facilitations and collaborative community art projects using sustainable materials. I also do artist residencies that have creative public outcomes at community centres and schools. Community arts is my favourite thing to do in my creative practice. I find it purposeful with its ability to be a platform to discuss tough issues, eye opening with its interactions with the audience and dynamic because the final outcome is unexpected. Plus, there’s always room to explore different mediums and ways to be sustainable.
But since I’m a visual artist, I also do Sequential art and fine artworks. The former helps me practice my storytelling skills which are transferable when conducting workshops or to engage the audience and space to be creative with my illustrations. The content I use in this art form are slices of my personal life with a comedic twist. I’ve recently been using 2d animation to further my storytelling.
For the latter, I celebrate the feminine form with nature and explore the relationship that humanity has with their environment. My previous works were made with colour pencil and watercolour on paper. I’ve currently transitioned to with egg tempera and DIY paints from foodwaste.
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