Pau Ling is a London-based multidisciplinary artist of Malaysian Chinese heritage. Her practice spans oil, ink painting, calligraphy, watercolour, charcoal, pencil and installation. Storytelling is central to her work, expressed through diverse media that bridge Eastern traditions with Western sensibilities.

Trained in Chinese ink painting and calligraphy from age 10, Pau Ling held her first solo exhibition at 13. She studied architecture, qualifying with the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Part 2. This training shapes her visual language, material experimentation and installation designs, imbuing them with structural and spatial sensitivity.

She is also an actuary, a dual identity that sharpens her insights into hidden corporate culture. Her painting on workplace bullying was featured in a magazine, and her ‘Pandemic Portrait’ series - depicting colleagues’ lockdown struggles, including a triple portrait of Governor Andrew Bailey – is held in the Bank of England Museum.

She exhibits nationally and internationally, including regular Lloyd’s Art Group shows. Accolades include the AON Prize (2017) and the People’s Choice (2021, 2024). In 2023, Aspen Insurance acquired her work; in 2025, she made the Jackson’s Prize extended longlist and won the Din Tai Fung competition. She accepts commissions and delivers talks/workshops at institutions like the Bank of England, AXA XL, AON and Hilton.

An avid pianist and tennis player, her pursuits echo the inquisitiveness that underpins her practice: a drive to observe, question and understand the emotional, cultural, material and spatial structures shaping human experience. Through art, her curiosity finds its fullest and most resonant expression.