Moira Mai (Jingru Mai )
Australia
Moira Mai (Jingru Mai) is a Chinese-born artist currently based in Sydney, Australia. She is pursuing a PhD at the University of Sydney, having previously completed her Honours in Visual Arts at Sydney College of the Arts with a focus on glass and ceramics.
Her practice explores feminist themes, intergenerational memory, emotional landscapes, and queer identity, particularly lesbian visibility. She works across media—primarily glass—often incorporating textiles, ink, and metal to build layered, poetic installations.
In 2025, she took part in the group exhibition The World is an Uneven Surface at Redbase Foundation, Indonesia. She has also exhibited in New Contemporaries (2023, 2024) at SCA, Sydney.
Her work has earned recognition including the Forbes China Youth Artist 100 Excellent Artwork Award and the Second Prize of the Asian Youth Rookie Award. She remains active in the Chinese-Australian contemporary art network.
Artworks
Hot Spring #13 Lampworked glass 30 cm x 12 cm x 20 cm, 2024
Hot Spring #14 Lampworked glass 22,7 cm x 12 cm x 12 cm, 2024
Hot Spring #16 Lampworked glass 32 cm x 12 cm x 12 cm, 2024
Hot Spring #17 Lampworked glass 28 cm x 8 cm x 8 cm, 2024
Hot Spring #18 Lampworked glass 14 cm x 5 cm x 6,5 cm, 2024
Hot Spring #19 Lampworked glass 25 cm x 5 cm x 7 cm, 2024
Hot Spring #20 Lampworked glass 12 cm x 5 cm x 5 cm, 2024
Hot Spring #21 Lampworked glass 18 cm x 10 cm x 8 cm, 2024
My Erotic Possessions #001 Lampworked glass 22 cm x 18 cm x 15 cm
My Erotic Possessions #002 Casting glass 35 cm x 28 cm x 8 cm, 2024
My Erotic Possessions #003 Lampworked glass 7 cm x 8 cm x 22 cm, 2024
My Erotic Possessions #004 Lampworked glass 21 cm x 10 cm x 2 cm, 2024
My Erotic Possessions #005 Lampworked glass 25 cm x 4 cm x 7 cm, 2024
Tender Embrace Lampworked glass and metal 2025
That Corpse You Planted Last Year In Your Garden Has It Begun Glass 2024
Past Exhibitions