Lu Gao (China) is an artist working with photographic installation based in New York. She focuses on reclaiming a contemplative way of life in a contemporary society where attention is constantly dissipated. Utilizing photography, architecture, and meditation to deconstruct and reshape perceptions of the relationship between human existence and the environment. Gao graduated with Honors in Architecture from the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing in 2020. Following her studies, she spent two years at a Forest Zen monastery in Hunan, China, where she delved into Eastern philosophy alongside her studio practice. She earned her MFA in Photography with departmental honors from Parsons School of Design in August 2024. Gao's work has been exhibited at the Pingyao International Photography Festival (Pingyao, China), CAFA Art Museum (Beijing), Alliance Française de Pékin (Beijing), Photoville (New York), and All St Gallery (New York), among others. She has also conducted multiple lectures and workshops on Zen and contemporary art at the Chan Meditation Center and Parsons The New School, both in New York.