Illingworth Kerr Gallery

Artist Spotlight for our ongoing 𝐌𝐅𝐀 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐭 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝐄𝐱𝐡𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔!

On view until April 18, we hope to see you there 👀👀

𝐉𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐣𝐢𝐧𝐠 (𝐃𝐮𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚) 𝐙𝐡𝐚𝐨 – 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘰𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦

📅 Thesis Defence: Monday, April 20, 9:30a.m.
📍 , RM300E

𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘰𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 brings together three works—𝘏𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘏𝘰𝘮𝘦, 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘦, and 𝘉𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘎𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘊𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘞𝘢𝘭𝘭—to explore how the self takes shape within shared spaces. Rooted in my lived experience of growing up in China during the transition from the planned economy to the market era, the project weaves personal memory with collective history. Through autoethnography, research-creation, and practice-based methods, I work across weaving, sculpture, and painting to examine boundaries, comfort, and bodily perception. These works ask how identity is formed, negotiated, and protected within the social structures, spatial systems, and relationships that shape everyday life and memory today.

𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐢𝐨!

Image: 𝘟𝘪𝘢𝘰 𝘔𝘢𝘪 𝘉𝘶. Photo courtesy of the artist.

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𝐌𝐅𝐀 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐭 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝐄𝐱𝐡𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔
April 10–18 | Illingworth Kerr Gallery

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𝐒𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐫𝐚 𝐀𝐡𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐡 – 𝘓𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘋𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 jewelry
📅 Thesis Defence: Thursday, April 16, 9:30a.m.
📍 , RM300E

𝘓𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘋𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 explores hope and resilience as lived, embodied forces shaped by histories of hardship, endurance and spiritual reflection within Iranian culture. Growing up amid uncertainty and displacement, I frame hope not as passive optimism but as an active, evolving practice forged through resistance and perseverance. This exhibition draws on Rumi’s poetry and philosophy, where opposing forces coexist and give meaning to one another. Through this lens, my works explore darkness as a generative space where light emerges and transformation unfolds. Resilience becomes the ground from which hope is continually renewed.

𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐒𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐫𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐡𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐢𝐨!

Image: 𝘌𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘛𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘢 𝘙𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯, 2026, transparent resin. Photo courtesy of the artist.

Artist Spotlight for our ongoing 𝐌𝐅𝐀 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐭 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝐄𝐱𝐡𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔, on view until 𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝟏𝟖! 🙌 🙌 🙌

𝐉𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐧 𝐌𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐥 – 𝘉𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘌𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘦𝘴

📅 Thesis Defence: Wednesday, April 15, 9:00a.m.
📍 , RM300E

My work begins in echo: in the body’s sense of what is missing, doubled, or still lingering. Through ceramics, sound, installation, and digital image-making, I build spaces where forms seem to listen, where surfaces reflect imperfectly, and where objects hold traces of dependency, distance, and touch. Parabolic ears, suspended elements, and resonant vessels become quiet companions in a field of relation. I return to unwholeness not as lack, but as a way of knowing and being with others. These works invite viewers to lean closer, to linger in uncertainty, and to feel how recognition emerges through atmosphere, misalignment, and shared presence.

𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐉𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐅𝐀 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐂𝐨𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐢𝐨!

Image: Body without organs, oil paint on canvas, digital painting, digital photography, ceramics. Photo courtesy of the artist.

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𝐌𝐅𝐀 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐭 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝐄𝐱𝐡𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔
April 10–18 | Illingworth Kerr Gallery

OPENING RECEPTION
📅𝐓𝐎𝐃𝐀𝐘, 𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝟗
⏰5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
📍IKG,

✨🔔 Take a look at another artist featured within our 𝐌𝐅𝐀 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝐄𝐱𝐡𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔, opening 𝐓𝐎𝐃𝐀𝐘! ✨🔔

𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐇𝐨 – 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘭𝘢𝘺

📅 Thesis Defence: Monday, April 13, 9:30a.m.
📍 , RM300E

Ling Ho is a Taiwanese artist based in Canada. Her practice explores communication beyond language through clay, sound, and movement.

Working with clay trimmings and fragments, she treats these materials as traces of gesture, time, and interaction rather than waste. Through collecting, firing, and reassembling, her process becomes a form of speaking, recording, and rewriting.

Her work reflects on the limits of language and the potential of pre-linguistic experience, creating installations that invite embodied forms of communication.

Join us tonight to celebrate the 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐠 and the other artists within our 𝐌𝐅𝐀 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐭 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦. We hope to see you soon!

Image: 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴. Photo courtesy of the artist.

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