The M+ Museum of contemporary visual culture in the West Kowloon Cultural District in Hong Kong has announced Heidi Lau as one of six artists shortlisted for the Sigg Prize 2025. Open to artists born or working in the Greater China region and its diasporas, the Sigg Prize recognizes vibrant artistic practices and aims to highlight and promote diverse works on an international scale.

The Sigg Prize jury reviewed the materials of thirty artists proposed by six nominators and deliberated the merits of each artist’s practice before confirming the six finalists. Working across a wide range of mediums and ideas, the shortlisted artists address urgent contemporary concerns ranging from questions of power and culture to more personal explorations of time, space, and tradition in modern life.

The shortlisted artists are invited to present their work in the Sigg Prize 2025 exhibition, which will open at M+ in September 2025. The exhibition is co-curated by Pauline J. Yao, guest curator, and Ariadne Long, Assistant Curator, Visual Art, M+, with Mankit Lai, Curatorial Assistant, M+. It will feature presentations of recent and new work by the six artist finalists. A cash prize of HKD 500,000 will be awarded to the winner, and HKD 100,000 will be awarded to each of the shortlisted artists to encourage their future practice. The winner of the prize will be announced in December 2025.

Heidi Lau’s ceramic practice is a meticulous exploration of genealogy, history, nature, and form. Inspired by Chinese mythology, archaeology, and spirituality, her sculptures resemble monuments and tokens of remembrance. They propose alternative configurations of time and space as they embody ritual and transmutation to encourage introspection and philosophical contemplation.

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