The diversity and inquisitive nature of Lau’s work is a reflection of her living and working experiences. In 2000, while working in SoHo, the King’s Road, and Damien Hirst’s Pharmacy in London, England, Lau gained insight into the life of the “beautiful people.” Her questions and concerns were further sharpened during a year in New York City, where she balanced time between work in the studio of the Starn Twins and in a Manhattan nightclub. Moving five times in a single year, commuting through the vast districts of Brooklyn, from Greenpoint to Carroll Gardens, Lau enhanced her understanding of social disorder.

Lau’s fascination with iconography is prevalent in all her work. Although humour-driven, Lau’s works are highly pensive and curious renderings of what is often considered “common knowledge.” Consistently themed around artifice, perceived ideas and expectations, and guilt, her works are cynical expressions about mass production and “what-ifs.” Interaction between the viewer and the work is crucial. Whether by size, medium, or mechanism, Lau’s work entices viewers to touch, examine, and to participate.