Au's first solo exhibition was in November 1999 when she presented paintings at
Shaw College. She has held numerous solo exhibitions in Hong Kong and at
MoCA, Shanghai where she was selected to exhibit in
Reversing Horizons, where emerging contemporary artists reflected on the
Hong Kong Handover for its 10th anniversary. She has also been part of group exhibitions in Hong Kong and
South Korea. Au's works are documented in the
Asia Art Archive. In 2006, Au showed works influenced by
Guan Daosheng's poetry in the exhibition
When Words are Sweet...Paintings by Au Hoi-lam at the Hong Kong Central Library. Au's painting style is delicate and her paintings typically take a long time to produce. Her painting
Handkerchief 86400 is typical of her meticulous approach to painting and featured 86,400 tiny squares, one coloured square for each second of a day. Her figurative paintings look like children's drawings and often use faded, pale colors. Au also produces wall-hung mixed media art works that are autobiographical and address key family events. These include
My Father is Over the Ocean, in which Au brought together paintings and installations made in response to her father's illness and death, and
Elsewhere (2011), which reveals the secret birth of her daughter. Au's paintings have been collected by the
Hong Kong Museum of Art. == References ==