Lumli Lumlong

Lumli and Lumlong are a London-based Hong Kong artist couple in exile from working-class backgrounds. They studied fine art in France for five years. Their oil paintings, inspired by Medieval Art and Surrealism, are created in a grotesque style aiming to reveal social realities. Their works have been exhibited internationally, including London, Paris, Venice, Berlin, New York, Hong Kong, and more, as well as at the European and UK Parliaments. In 2025, they created a seven-metre-wide mural at Liberty Sculpture Park in the California desert. They have been selected for the London Art Biennale 2025.

Under Chinese rule, they were accused by pro–CCP media of violating the National Security Law and using art to promote Hong Kong independence. In 2021, they fled Hong Kong for the UK.

Their media coverage includes The Times and The Sunday Times, The Guardian, BBC Radio, The Observer, AFP, France 2, ZDF, Süddeutsche Zeitung, The Atlantic, PBS, Sankei Shimbun, and more. As The Times wrote: “There are few more passionate chroniclers of the modern Hong Kong identity than Lumli and Lumlong.”

All their works have been co-created: Lumlong paints the left by day, and Lumli paints the right by night. They have published painting albums titled “Liberation of Art” and “The Hong Kong Metamorphosis”.

They believe that social reality can be more “terrifying” than their paintings, and compassion is the ultimate expression of imagination.