Lau’s works investigate how history, fiction, memory and virtuality collided in the process of identity formation through personal and historical archives, cinematic imagery, popular culture and digital media. She has been exhibited in Europe, Asia and the United States, including Kunstmuseum Brandts (Odense, Denmark), Power Station of Art (Shanghai, China), Para Site (Hong Kong), Tai Kwun Contemporary (Hong Kong), Kuandu Biennale (Taiwan), Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale (Niigata, Japan) and The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (U.S.A.). Her works are in the permanent collections at M+ (Hong Kong) and The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (U.S.A.). Lau currently lives and works in New York and Hong Kong.