Brian Van Lau is a self-taught photographer born in Honolulu, HI and currently in Seattle, WA.
His work is about finding fictitious evidence.
He is available for commissions, assignments, lectures, and print inquiries.
Founder of arcanite-pictures.
Selected Interviews/Features:
Bryan Birks: Analog Artisans (YouTube Documentary)
Innovate Grant Award Interview
Selected Exhibitions/Shows:
Blue Sky Gallery, Pacific Northwest Drawers 2024, group exhibition
Reverie Gallery, Northwind Art School, 2024, group show
Hō ʻ ikeākea Gallery at Leeward Community College, Float On, curated by Phil Jung, group show
Arcanite Pictures, Precious Bodies, curator, online exhibition
Arcanite Pictures, The Community, curator, online exhibition
Select Awards:
Aperture Portfolio Prize (Runner-up)
New York Times Portfolio Review (Selected Participant)
Urbanautica Institute Awards (Winner)
Critical Mass, Photolucida (Finalist)
Open Doors Photo Prize (Shortlist)
Lucie Foundation, ChromaXLuxe Fine Arts Scholarship, (Shortlisted)
Artist's Talks/Lectures:
Photographic Center Northwest, June 2024 (Open)
Northwind Art School, May 2024 (Open)
Northwind Art School, November 2023
Artist Books:
Olympic, self-published zine (edition of 30)
We Shared the Same Color That Evening, self-published (edition of 15)
A New Hope, self-published (edition of 20)
In print:
Upstreams Deadfalls, Deadfall Press, 2023
Booooooooom Magic Hour
Urbanautica Catalogue