Shirley Lu is skilled at contemporary ink painting and New Ink Painting, which is known for its combination of traditional Chinese and western approaches, and well-versed in light-ink-style painting. Lu draws inspiration from her momentary feelings in life and captures them with her brush in ways that she sees fit.

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She majored in Chinese painting and received her Master’s degree in Art Studies from Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts in 2021. Her works have been exhibited in Beijing, Guangzhou, Thailand, Macao, Hong Kong among other places. Some of them were selected for the 13th National Exhibition of Fine Arts – Exhibition of Works of Artists from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan and Overseas Chinese Artists. She also won the Outstanding Artworks Award in the 2019 Collective Exhibition of Macau Artists and other honors for her creations, with some of them kept by different collectors.

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She is a director of Macau Artist Society, of the deputy secretary-general  under the Macau Youth Art Association,of the member of Guangdong Artist Society,  and of Guangdong Association of Women Painters.