Sonja Lau

Sonja Lau is a curator and writer based in Berlin and Istanbul whose work focuses on the relationship between art, history, and power; on gender, and on the legal system. Her essays and art criticism have appeared at Texte zur Kunst, Stedelijk Research Journal, and Cabinet Magazine amongst others. In 2022, she was a fellow of the Tarabya Cultural Academy, Istanbul; her research there led, most recently, to the exhibition “Guilty, guilty, guilty! Towards a Feminist Criminology,” at Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Berlin (2022/2023). In addition to her curatorial practice, Sonja was the director of cultural programs for the Goethe Institute in Baku, Azerbaijan, 2024-25, leading, a.o., to the production of Gustav Metzger's "Mobbile".