LAURENT MARTIN "LO"
b. 1955, Paris, France. Lo trained as a visual artist and for many years worked as a creative director in advertising and fashion. Lo’s first encounter with bamboo was completely circumstantial, but as he recalls “it was love at first slight”. Bamboo became his obsession, a passion so strong that drove him to set out on a journey of discovery which he refers to as his Bamboo Routes.
Bio

EDUCATION

1985-1988
Visual Arts, Ecole National Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France 

EXHIBITIONS

2019
Territorios Compartidos / Shared Territories / 共享領土, Puerta Roja, Mexico City, Mexico
Wind Anatomy, Palau De Casavells, Girona, Spain
Visions in Motion, Puerta Roja, Hong Kong
Organic System, Palau De Casavells, Girona, Spain 

2018
Reflections, Puerta Roja, Hong Kong
Variations, Art’Loft, Brussels, Belgium
Zhu Qi, Puerta Roja, Hong Kong 

2017
Vents, Galeria Patrick Domken, Cadaqués, Spain
Collectors Cabinet, Puerta Roja, Hong Kong
Bamboo Trace, Contemporary International Bamboo Art & Craft,
National Taiwan Crafts Development Institute, Taipei, Taiwan 

2016
Intangible Space, Puerta Roja, Hong Kong
Sur les Chemins du Bambou, Sculpture Museum Can Mario, Spain

2015
Bamboo Sculptor 2005-2015, Espai Volart. Fundació Vila Casas, Barcelona, Spain
Art Elysees Fair. Miquel Alzueta Gallery, Paris, France
Taboo Bamboo, Patrick Domken Gallery, Cadaqués (Girona), Spain
10 Years with the Energy of Bamboo, Km7 Gallery, Girona, Spain
HCH Gallery, The Hague, The Netherlands

2014
Record’Art Cadaqués, Galería Patrick Domken, Cadaqués, Spain
Bamboo Sail, Galeria Palau de Casavells, Girona, Spain 

2013
Bamboo Energy, Ars et Scientia, Centro Médico Teknon, Barcelona, Spain
Inside Bamboo, Palau de Casavells, Girona, Spain
Movement and Space, Marges-U, Cadaqués, Spain
Appertizers of Art, HCH Gallery, The Hague, The Netherlands 

2012
One Bamboo Show, Palau de Casavells, Girona, Spain
Bamboo Spheres, Km7 Gallery, Girona, Spain
Bamboo Spheres, Ingracia Space, Barcelona, Spain  

2011
Organic Geometry, Aina Nowack Gallery, Madrid, Spain
The Soul of Wind, Tramuntan’art, Port de la Selva, Spain

2010
Bamboo Mind, HCH Gallery, The Hague, The Netherlands
Galaxy, Impar Gallery, São Paulo, Brazil
Inside Bamboo, Àmbit Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
Bamboo Dreams, Km7 Gallery, Girona, Spain
Alphabet of Wind, Galería Pilar Riberaygua, Andorra
Bamboo Spirit, K Space, Sant Feliu de Guixols, Spain
Dream with Woman and Boat, Ruta de l’Art, Castelló d’Empúries, Spain 

2009
Form and Colour, N2 Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
The Route of Art, Castelló d’Empúries, Spain
The Dead Nature, Km7 Gallery, Girona, Spain

2008
At the Edge of the Wind, Km7 Gallery, Girona, Spain
Body Bamboo, Ctartica Gallery, Torino, Italy 

2007
Bamboo Wind, N3 Gallery, Madrid, Spain
Bamboo Space, N2 Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
Km7 Gallery, Girona, Spain
Galería Juan Planellas, Tossa de Mar, Spain 

2006
Bamboo Gove, Km7 Gallery, Girona, Spain Large Formats,
Galería Ignacio de Lassaletta, Barcelona, Spain 

2005
Bamboo Art Work Km7 Gallery, Girona, Spain Small Formats, Galería Ignacio de Lassaletta Gallery, Barcelona, Spain

SELECTED ART FAIRS

2019
Art Central, Hong Kong
Art Paris, France 

2018
Art Central, Hong Kong
KIAF, Seoul, South Korea
Art Paris, France 2017
Art Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan
KIAF, Seoul, South Korea
Art Stage Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia 

2016
KIAF, Seoul, South Korea 

2015
ART MADRID Contemporary
Art Fair, Madrid, Spain
EURANTICA Brussels Fine Art Fair, Brussels, Belgium 

2014
PINTA London Art Fair, London, UK
Bredo Art Fair, Bredo, Neverlands

GRANTS AND AWARDS

2012
Finalist prize of sculptors, Vila Casas Foundation, Palafrugell, Spain

2009
Finalist prize of sculptors, Vila Casas Foundation,
Palafrugell, Spain 

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

Fundació Vila Casas, Bacelona, Spain
Museo Can Mario,Palafrugell, Spain
Fundación Daurella, Barcelona, Spain
Fundación Daurella, Girona, Spain
Maison Particuliere, Brussels
Living Collections (William Lim), Hong Kong
Koo House Museum of Art and Design Collection, Seoul, South Korea
Kai Yin Lo Collection, Hong Kong
Sun-Jet Collection, Vicky Liang, Taiwan
Esther Heer-Zacek Collection