Lawrence Lek ( Chinese: 陆明龙;) is a multimedia artist, filmmaker, and musician based in London. His works include the films "AIDOL", [1] "Geomancer", [2] "Sinofuturism (1839–2046 AD)", [3] the open world video game simulations "2065", [4] "Europa, Mon Amour (2016 Brexit Edition)", [5] "Unreal Estate (The Royal Academy is Yours)", [6] and "Nøtel", an audio-visual collaboration with Kode9. [7] Lek describes himself as a simulation artist, and uses 3D rendering technology in his work. [8]
Born in 1982 in Frankfurt am Main, [9] Lek is of Malaysian Chinese descent, and studied architecture at Trinity College, Cambridge, the Architectural Association and Cooper Union in New York. [10] He is represented by Sadie Coles HQ, London.