Tessar Lo

Tessar Lo is a Chinese-Indonesian Canadian artist born in Jakarta, Indonesia in 1984. He received his BAA at Sheridan College in 2007 and currently resides in Toronto. His works have previously been shown in Canada, Paris, Amsterdam, Hong Kong, Barcelona, Tokyo, Los Angeles, Francisco, Miami, New York, Seattle, and Philadelphia. He has also participated in events hosted by institutions such as the Los Angeles Japanese American National Museum, Gardiner Museum, and Art Gallery of Ontario, and collaborated with multiple organizations to create murals and installations.

Lo grew up immersed in various cultures. His practice is an ongoing dialogue seeking to bridge him and his experiences from these environments. He employs various materials and media, reassembling new and old iconography of popular culture, presenting his work with prominent marks, colors, and textures. Lo uses everyday mundane objects as elements in his works, incorporating the corner of a backyard, fruit, childhood experiences or toys, and his culture to create humorous and mysterious. His recent creations have gradually inclined towards abstraction, focusing on exploring the internal deconstruction. Removing the abstruseness of art, he uses simple mediums and themes to initiate lengthy conversations with the works.