1990-1991 

1997-1998

Escuela Nacional Autónoma de Bellas Artes, Lima, Peru (Printmaking)

Artist in Residence Program, Capilano College's ART INSTITUTE, North Vancouver, BC 

1999

2001

2002

2006

Mentorship Program, Malaspina Printmakers Society, Vancouver, BC

Workshop Instructor, Linocut, OPEN STUDIO, Toronto, Ontario

Collagraph workshop, CCCA web site, Toronto, Ontario

Wooodcut workshop, Atelier Circulaire, Montreal, QC

1997

1998

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

Gallery Malaspina Printmakers Society, Vancouver, Canada

Gallery RedPoint Studio, Bandung, Indonesia

Gallery Malaspina Printmakers Society, Vancouver, Canada

Gallery SNAP. Edmonton, Canada

Gallery Propeller, Toronto, Canada

Gallery Rotonda, Kitchener City Hall, Kitchener, Canada

Gallery Doug Guilmour, OPEN STUDIO, Toronto, Canada

Gallery Juan Pardo Heeren, ICPNA, Lima, Peru

Gallery Rotonda, Toronto Metro Hall, Toronto, Canada

Gallery Malaspina Printmakers Society, Vancouver, Canada

Gallery HAN ART, Montreal, Canada

Centro Cultural Bellas Artes, Lima, Peru

Gallery Justina M. Barnicke, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Gallery Arts Guilds, Charlottetown, P.E.I., Canada

Gallery McClure, Visual Arts Center, Montréal, QC, Canada

Gallery Presse-Papier, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada

Gallery Jean-Claude Bergeron, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Solander Gallery, Wellington, Kilbirnie, New Zealand

Maison de la Culture de Gatineau, Gatineau, Québec, Canada

Gallery PS, OPEN STUDIO, Toronto, Canada

Gallery Lima, ICPNA, Lima, Peru

Gallery Printmaking Association of Calgary, Calgary, Canada

Dedalo Center for Contemporary Art, Castiglione, Pescara, Italy

Gallery Han Art, Montreal, QC, Canada

1999   

2000   

2003   

ICPNA Miraflores Art Gallery, STONE-WOOD, with Alberto Ramos, , Lima, Peru

Terminal City Club, ART FROM PERUVIANS FOR BC, with Nora Villavicencio, Vancouver, BC

Atelier Circulaire Gallery, with Maria Jancovics, Montreal, Quebec

Strust Gallery, with Richard SmolinskySackville, New Brunswick

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

Seoul International Print Biennale, IL Min Cultural Center, Seoul, South Korea

2nd International Triennial of Graphic Art, Bitola, Macedonia

The Fourth Bharat Bhavan International Biennial of Prints, Bhopal, India

3rd International Biennial of small format Print Leskovac'97, Leskovac, Yugoslavia

The 9th International Print Biennial-Varna '97, Varna City Art Gallery, Varna, Bulgaria

19th International Independante Exhibition of Prints, Kanagawa Prefectural Gallery, Japan

9th International Exhibition of Prints & Drawing, ROC, Taipei, Taiwan

The 9th International Print Biennial-Varna '97, Varna City Gallery, Varna, Bulgaria

12h German International Exhibition of Graphic Art Trieniale Frechen, Germany

5th Sapporo International print Biennale, Sapporo, Japan

Prints from the Canada’s Pacific Province, Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin, Ireland

Malaspina in Finland, Vaasa City Museum, Vaasa, Finland

Malaspina in Japan, OM Studio Gallery, Yokohama, Japan

International Print Triennial in Kanagawa, Kanagawa Prefectural Gallery, Yokohama, Japan

International Senefelder Award Exhibit, Klingspormuseum, Offenbach, Germany

12th Space Seoul Prints Bienniale, Sunyouk Museum, Seoul, South Korea

Seven Print Artists from Around the World, Hyundai Art Gallery, Ulsan, South Korea

International Print & Drawing Exhibition, Silpakorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

International Print Triennial in Cracow, Cracow, Poland

OPEN STUDIO IN PERU, Pardo Heeren ICPNA Gallery, Lima, Peru

CONTEMPORARY PERUVIAN PRINTMAKERS, Museum of Nation, Lima, Peru

Kitchener City Hall: Rotunda Gallery 10 year Anniversary Exhibition, Kitchener, Ontario

13th Space Seoul Prints Bienniale, Seoul National Museum, Seoul, South Korea

The 6th Kochi International Triennial Exhibitions of Prints, Kochi, Japan

1st International Exhibition of prints MAAPS, Halifax, Nova Scotia

THE CHANGING FACE OF CONTEMPORARY CANADIAN ART, Rideau Hall, Ottawa, ON

The 5th KIWA Woodcuts Exhibition, Kyoto, Japan

International Print Exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan

Re-Identification, Grafisch Atelier Utrecht, the Netherlands

Unique Viewpoints: Recent work by Québec artists, National Arts Centre, Ottawa

The 7th Kochi International Triennial Exhibitions of Prints, Kochi, Japan

The 13th International Exhibition of Prints, ROC, Taipei, Taiwan

Pacific Rim International Print Exhibition 2008, Christchurch, New Zealand

PRINTED IN PEI, Confederation Centre of the Arts, Charlottetown, Canada

Printmaking Today, Centro Dedalo, Montesilvano, Pescara, Italy

1st Istanbul International Printmaking Biennial, Istanbul, Turkey

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

Sponsorship Prize, the 5th Sapporo International Print Biennale, Sapporo, Japan

Canada Council -Travel Grant

Emerging Artist Scholarship, OPEN STUDIO, Toronto, Ontario

Canada Council -Travel Grant

Finalist, Visual Arts, Latin American Achievement Award, Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto, Ontario

Canada Council -Travel Grant

Canada Council -Travel Grant

Visual Art: Artist of the Year, Latin America Achievement Award, Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto, On

Canada Council -Travel Grant

First Prize Award, XXXI Salon Nacional de Grabado ICPNA, Lima, Peru

Honorable Mention, Arts & Papier VII, Jean-Claude Bergeron Gallery, Ottawa, ON

Canada Council -Travel Grant

Grant for research & creation, Québec Arts Council

Canada Council -Travel Grant

Holbein-II Prize, 5th Woodcut Exhibition KIWA, Kyoto, Japón

Canada Council -Travel Grant

Honorable Mention, Pacific Rim International Print Exhibition, Christchurch, New Zealand

Québec Studio in Paris, International Residency Program, Québec Arts Council

First Prize Award, Printmaking Today Competition, Centro Dedalo, Pescara, Italy

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

Atelier de L’Ile, Val-David, QC

St. Michael’s Printshop, St. John’s, Newfoundland

Ontario College of Art & Design, Printmaking Department, Toronto, ON

Art Faculty, University of Mount Allison, Sackville, New Brunswick

Nova Scotia School of Design & Art, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Atelier Imago, Moncton, New Brunswick

Frans Maserrel Centrum, Kasterlee, Belgium

Seminar & Demonstration, Faculty of Art, Catolica University, Lima, Peru

Printmaking Association of P.E.I., Charlottetown, P.E.I.

Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt, Germany

Atelier Presse-Papier, Trois-Rivières, Québec.

Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt, Germany

Frans Maserrel Centrum, Kasterlee, Belgium

1996-1998

1997-2000

2000

2003-2004

Dialogue Committee co-Chair, Malaspina Printmakers Society, Vancouver, BC

Shop Attendant, Dundarave Print Workshop

Custom Printing, Silkscreen, Studio 8 Graphics, Toronto, Ontario

Board Member, 100 PRINTS Committee, OPEN STUDIO, Toronto, Ontario

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2006

2007

Los Buenos Recuerdos, by Patricia Castro Obando, El Comercio, Cultural, Jan. 03, p. C7, Lima, Peru

Joy and Sorrow on the menu, by Gilbert A. Bouchard, Edmonton Journal, p. E14, March 2, Edmonton, AB

Stone Lithography, by Paul Croft, p. 95, Printmaking Handbook, published by A & C Black, England

Manuel Lau, by Allan Tong, Shotguns, LOLA Magazine, p. 82, Winter, Toronto, Ontario

Grabados de Ensueño, by Jaime Bedoya, Revista Caretas, Cultural, p. 62, January 10, Lima, Peru

Los Mundos compartidos, by Pedro Escribano, Diario La Republica, p. 19, January 16, Lima, Peru

El arte del emigrante, by Sandra Bustamante, Diario El Expreso, Cultural, p. 31, January 24, Lima, Peru

Ludicos Grabados, by Doris Baily, Revista Somos, El Comercio, January 25, Lima, Peru

Manuel Lau: Artist in Residence, Graphic Content, St. Michaels Newsletter, Spring, St. John’s, NF

Manuel Lau: Artist in Residence, Atelier IMAGO newsletter, Moncton, New Brunswick

SONHOMEU II: Manuel Lau, by Carol Nymark, MPS Newsletter, Nov, p. 6-7, Vancouver, BC

Druckkunst im Museum, Frankfurter Rundschau, October 21, p. 33, Frankfurt, Germany

La vie en rose, by Karine Gélinas, Voir Magazine, Maurice, Trois-Rivières, QC