Artist Practise
Lieu Le (b. 1991, Hong Kong) is an interdisciplinary artist based in Oslo, working across textile, fashion, costume, and performance. She holds a Master’s degree in Design with a specialization in Clothing and Costume from the Oslo National Academy of the Arts (2024). During her studies, she completed an exchange at Tama Art University in Tokyo, where she study japanese textile under the supervision of Dai Fujiwara, former Creative Director of Issey Miyake. Her graduate collection was selected as one of 15 finalists at Designblok 2025 in Prague.
Her work draws from her Vietnamese heritage and is shaped by Nordic and Asian cultural influences. Central to her practice is the color yellow, used to explore identity, belonging, spirituality, and embodied experience. Yellow serves as a visual manifestation of healing, both personally and through the act of making.
She approaches her artistic practice as a circular journey, involving mindful, time-consuming processes such as hand-weaving and natural dyeing. These practices emphasize the preservation of traditional handcraft and a bridging of past, present, and future. Her work is an investigation of the interconnection between material, body, and movement, as well as the transformation from one form to another.
In 2025, she presented her first solo exhibition at Galleri Hans in Ørland, where she received the Ørland Sparebank Art Grant, followed by a second solo exhibition at Gamle Munch Kunsthall in Oslo. The same year, she had her first international presentation at the Marginal Art Fair in Fukushima, Japan, and participated in DKS-LAB at Bærum Kunsthall.
With a background in fashion and dance, Le holds a Bachelor’s degree in Fashion Design (Womenswear) from London College of Fashion (2015). Prior to her artistic practice, she worked as a designer for international fashion brands including Victoria Beckham, Rains, Fila, and Juicy Couture.
