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Wang Lu was born in 1989 in Shanxi, China. She graduated from Musashino Art University, Faculty of Art and Design, Department of Imaging Arts, and received her MA in Inter-Media Art from University of the Arts, in Tokyo.Visualizing moments that usually pass unnoticed, memories, and daily life, she creates stories and fictional narratives using photographic media, exhibiting at galleries and museums in Japan and around the world.

Her awards include KG+SELECT Awards (2022), Portrait of Japan (2021), LensCulture Critics' Choice (2020), Reminders Photography Stronghold “COVID-19 Pandemic” Open Call Exhibition Grand Prize (2020), Canon Ginza Presents Shines Award(2019), Canon New Cosmos of Photography Honorable Mention (2019), and 20th "1_WALL" Photography Finalist(2019). This year she is selected one of 15 "ONES TO WATCH" artists out of 500 nominations.

Major exhibitions include “Frozen are the Winds of Time” (Fugensha, Tokyo, 2022) and “Now here, Now there” (Reminders Photography Stronghold, Tokyo, 2020). "Now here, Now there.” was published by RPS in 2020."Frozen are the winds of time" was published by Fugensha in 2022.