Mike Lai was born in Hong Kong in 1980, and came to the United States as a student in 1993.  He received his BA from Davidson College, North Carolina and MFA from San Francisco Art Institute in 2005.  His work has been exhibited nationally, including Center for Outdoor Contemporary Art, GenArt San Francisco, Queen’s Nails Annex Gallery and Southern Exposure.  He received an Individual Artist Commission from the San Francisco Arts Commission in 2007.  Mike Lai lives and works in San Francisco.