Lesley-Anne Cao (b. 1992, Philippines) is an artist exploring materiality and language, with recent projects investigating notions of the atmospheric and the cinematic. She has held solo exhibitions at A+ Works of Art, Kuala Lumpur (2026), MO_Space Gallery, Manila (2021), and the Cultural Center of the Philippines, Manila (2018), among others. She has been granted artist residencies at Gasworks, London (2023), HART Haus, Hong Kong (2024), and Örö Residency Programme, Finland (2019). Her recent exhibitions include left on read at Dogma Collection, Ho Chi Minh City (2026), En flujo at THIRD BORN, Mexico City (2026), Ecos e miragens at Almeida & Dale, São Paulo (2025), Moments of Delay at the Museum of Contemporary Art and Design, Manila (2025), and Weather-world at Blindspot Gallery, Hong Kong (2024). She completed her BFA from the University of the Philippines College of Fine Arts in 2014. Alongside her artistic practice, her writing has been published by Para Site, Hong Kong; West Space, Naarm/Melbourne; Traffic Books, Quezon City & Lucban; and Ctrl+P Journal of Contemporary Art, Manila.
A burst of silver is suspended in a glass window. It was witness to and echoes an exhalation. In daylight, between a sprawling city and a large interior, it is glint and shadow. This specter travels through different windows across time. A moving image. Most encounters are through photographs and narration, but once, I was…
