Z. Cecilia Lu



These Meridians
Body Ajar
O, Longelica!
Burial Haptics
Elegy for Exported Desire














About
CV



CV


Born in Hangzhou, China
Lives and works in New York


Education              

BFA from Cornell University, Ithaca, New York


Solo Undertakings


2025
These Meridians Occasionally Become Highways, The Soil Factory, Ithaca, NY

2024
Body Ajar, Collar Works, Troy, NY

2022 O, Longelica!, The Soil Factory, Ithaca, NY

2021Burial Haptics, Tjaden Gallery, Ithaca, NY
Ghost Stories, Herbert F Johnson Museum of Art, Ithaca, NY



Group Exhibitions


2025
Muskeg, Mother in Law’s x Field Projects for Upstate Art Weekend, Germantown, NY
Early-Career Artist Grant Recipients, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN

2024
I Will Always Love You, La Mama Galleria , New York, NY

2023 A Haunted House, The Green Lodge, Chatham, NY
Reflections, Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild, Woodstock, NY

2022At the Edge of World Is A Sea, Hartell Gallery, Ithaca, NY
Life As Clouds, String Room Gallery, Aurora, NY

2021Dog Breakfast, Tjaden Gallery, Ithaca, NY
Uncharted Territory, Herbert F Johnson Museum of Art, Ithaca, NY

2020New Prints, Experimental Gallery, Ithaca, NY
IPCNY Student Printfest, New York, NY



Residencies / Awards / Grants


2024
Puffin Foundation Grant
Monson Arts, Monson, ME 

2023 Get Ready Grant, CERF+
Jingdezhen Pottery Workshop, Jingdezhen, China
Warren Mackenzie Advancement Award, Northern Clay Center 

2022Woodstock Byrdcliffe Summer Artist-In-Residence, Woodstock, NY 
Department of Art Distinguished Achievement Award (Cornell University) 

2021Gibian Rosewater Travelling Grant for Research (Cornell University)            
Cornell Council for the Arts Grant 
/Art Microgrant (Cornell University)
2020John Kip Brady Award for Excellence in Printmaking (Cornell University)



Selected Press / Online Publications


Torey Akers.“Highlights from New York’s Upstate Art Weekend 2025” The Art Newspaper. 17 July 2025.

Danni Shen. “In Studio with Z. Cecilia Lu: Medicine as Material, Body, Worldview.” Cornelia. 2025.

Taliesen Thomas. “10 Exhibitions to See in Upstate New York.” Hyperallergic. 29 April, 2024.

House Mountain Review, featured artist: https://www.housemountainreview.com/cecilialu      

Stephen Yang. “Exploring the Mediation of Remembrance with Cecilia Lu ’22.” Cornell Sun, 7 November, 2021”