Lydia Ebdon-Borde

Biography

Lydia is a Vientiane-based artist specialising in printmaking. She is drawn to every form of indirect image-making that brings in colours, patterns and supports from natural materials and handmade processes. She has worked with the i:cat contemporary art gallery since 2023 and held her first solo exhibition in May 2026 at the Institut français du Laos in Vientiane. Trained by international and local artists in Vientiane, Lydia has organised several group exhibitions bringing together artists of all media and backgrounds. She regularly leads workshops. Her work can be found at i:cat gallery and at the Le Comptoir shop.

Career

1. 2026

   France–Laos Festival — Tataki Zome workshop at the Institut français in Vientiane

2. 2026

   Le Chant du Monde — first solo exhibition, Institut français du Laos, Vientiane (May)

3. 2025

   With ຮ່ວມ — artist residency and installation with Christy Stavinowsky, i:cat gallery (September–October)

4. 2025

   Shades of Black — with the NIFA printmaking department, i:cat gallery (May)

5. 2025

   Path of the Shadows — Over&Over collective, co-directed with Christy Stavinowsky, i:cat gallery (February)

6. 2024

   Influent and Photographie & Poésie (with Boot Chinavong) — France–Laos Festival, Institut français du Laos (November)

7. 2024

   You, us, me — prints with Virginie Faivre d’Arcier, Sone Kounphasert and Souphalack Phongsavath, i:cat gallery; printmaking workshop with the University of Liège, NIFA (May)

8. 2024

   Embrace (Lao collective, Elevations project) and Localé, i:cat gallery (February–March)

9. 2023

   Over&Over — collective, co-directed with Catherine O’Brien, i:cat gallery (December); NIFA students exhibition (March)

Artistic practice

Images born of flowers, leaves and the gesture of the hand.

Works & projects