Ping Lau (Ping means Peace in Chinese) was raised and educated in the tropical, cosmopolitan island of Singapore. Much of her free time in childhood was spent drawing and painting. However, she did not study art but majored in English Literature at The National University of Singapore. After graduating and immigrating in 1989 to the United States, where she now lives in the Washington, D.C. area with her husband and pets, she decided to follow her 'true calling' and embark on a career in art.
Although she has been painting all of her life and had illustrated children's books, cards and magazines, as well as creating a large number of impressive paintings of mainly fantasy subjects in water-colour and mixed-media, she only began sculpting dolls in earnest when she realized that many people in the United States shared her fascination and love of dolls. There were many opportunities to explore the world of dolls in her new country and she was thrilled to see the work of one-of-a-kind artists who created dolls as works of art rather than mere children's toys. She was also enthralled by the magic and nostalgia of antique dolls. With this inspiration, she began experimenting and teaching herself to recreate the human form in three-dimension. She tried virtually all the different types of mediums that were available to sculptors, while bearing in mind what she really wanted to capture in her sculpting - the true forms and joyous spirits of children and creating dolls that would appeal to both adults and children alike.
 After several years of learning and translating her observations of children into her sculpture, Ping was finally confident enough to show her works to collectors and slowly began exhibiting her dolls around 1995.
 Ping also felt that she had a mission in her new country: she wanted to share and celebrate the beauty and diversity of children from all over the world with collectors in the West, especially the babies and children of her Asian background.
Her characteristically large-sized, meticulously detailed and expressive dolls depicting children of all ethnic groups reflect her keen observation and generous exposure to many different cultures through her life in Singapore and her travels around the world. Her dolls receive tremendous response and recognition whenever they are shown.
"It is such a privilege to be able to do my part in bringing people together and make the world just a little happier."