Re:Materialize at Shanghai Exhibition Centre, Shanghai, 4–7 June 2025
Re:Materialize
We are delighted to present our collaborative piece with textile artist and designer Elaine Yan Ling Ng, Reverie in Motion, on the occasion of Re:Materialize, an exhibition curated by Zhang Lei and Lu Jingyi of Róng Design Library on the occasion of Design Shanghai 2025.
Titled Reverie in motion the piece transforms the tactile quality of Elaine’s Reverie Jacquard paper fabric series into a modular kinetic installation that blends bamboo, copper and porcelain.
Re:Materialize highlights the proactive design philosophy of “Material-Driven Design.” By re-evaluating materials and exploring innovative applications, it inspires designers to delve into the intrinsic nature and untapped potential of materials, fostering sustainable and imaginative design practices.
The exhibition brings together cross-disciplinary artists, designers, art academies, craftsmanship researchers, and material manufacturers to conduct material-based creations and experiments centered around three themes outlined in Rong Design Library’s 2025/26 Material Trend Report: “Present Optimism,” “Nostalgic Shelter,” and “Harmonic Connection.”
4-7 June 2025
Shanghai Exhibition Centre
No.1000, Yanan Road Mid, Jingan District Yanan, Shanghai, China
Colours of Hope at Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre, 8–11 May 2025
Colours of Hope
Colours of Hope is an art exhibition organised by Children of the Mekong Hong Kong that thrives on bridging two points of view: the unique vision of artists and the distinctive perspectives of unprivileged children supported by the charity.
Three years of pandemics, unexpected geopolitical instability, growing social inequalities, threats from climate change… These are all factors that force us to rethink the way we live and understand the world.
Artists can guide us in this reflection. Many go through the same process, constantly reinventing their creative expressions and techniques to share their emotions and convictions.
Colours of Hope is an invitation to embrace optimism and hope through the work of talented and committed artists.
In a way, artists help us, through colours, to change our vision of the world around us, to heighten our sensitivity. Bringing colours into our lives, connecting to multiply encounters, listening and positively influencing more and more, for a better world, such is the wish of our partnership with magnificent artists to be discovered during the art exhibition Colours of Hope.
Colours of Hope is about the importance of surrounding ourselves with colours that inspire, uplift and increase the chances of happiness and well-being. It explores the idea of finding the colours of hope that allows individuals to feel encouraged, energized, positive and hopeful.
Colours of Hope resonates with Children of the Mekong’s mission to support disadvantaged children. In short, bringing hope to thousands of children… All the proceeds from the sale of the artworks will be donated to Children of the Mekong to fund its activities on behalf of disadvantaged children in Southeast Asia.
Curators
Anne Villet, Marie-Hélène Vidal, Christel Villepelet and Delphine Canard-Moreau
Opening
8 May 2025 from 17:00-21:00
Opening hours
9-11 May 2025 from 10:00-21:00
Location
Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre, 7 Kennedy Road, Central
This exhibition is an associated project of the French May Arts Festival.
Metamorphism at Le Cavallerizze, Milan, 7–13 April 2025
Metamorphism
Ceramic Experimentations by Julie & Jesse
Curated by Annalisa Rosso and Elisa Mencarelli
Produced by 5VIE
Ceramics are among the most ancient and universal expressions of human creativity, an elemental gesture of transformation—earth, water, fire—resulting in a material that is both resilient and fragile. In their body of work, presented in part in a pyramidal display that recalls both archetypal ritual architectures and contemporary modular structures, Julie & Jesse explore the boundaries of this material, stretching its possibilities and working in a state of constant equilibrium.
Based in Hong Kong, the duo operates within a unique crossroads of influences, balancing Eastern and Western traditions while merging heritage with contemporary languages. Their experimental approach resists categorization, stretching across the fields of design, craft, and art, moving seamlessly between functional objects and pure artistic expression. Their backgrounds reflect this intersection: Swiss designer Julie Progin and American artist Jesse Mc Lin bring distinct perspectives that converge in a shared language of forms. A new universal language, emerging from an ancient alphabet that everybody knows by heart.
This interplay of contrasts emerges in every gesture. Porcelain, a material known for its unforgiving nature—demanding precision, allowing little room for error—is approached with a sense of discovery, pushing the limits of balance and structure. It is precisely this continuous redefinition of equilibrium that makes their pieces feel both familiar, rooted in an ancestral knowledge, and entirely unexpected. They are objects never seen before, not only in their aesthetic qualities but also in their technical achievements, which extend beyond conventional limits of ceramic production. An intrinsic tension, as if caught between stillness and motion, echoing broader questions of shifting identities.
The pyramidal structure conceived for the exhibition at Le Cavallerizze is not a neutral display. It reinforces this sense of layered meaning. An architecture of ascent, a movement from foundation to peak, but also an invitation to deconstruct hierarchies of perception. More than a singular narrative, it offers a constellation of possibilities, much like the hybrid nature of their practice itself—moving between continuity and reinvention.
Curator
Annalisa Rosso and Elisa Mencarelli
Producers
5VIE, Ernesta Del Cogliano and Emanuele Tessarolo
Opening
7-13 April 2025 | 10:00-19:30
9 April 2025 | 10:00-22:00
Location
Le Cavallerizze, 5VIE district
Via Olona 4, Milan
Beyond the Loom at Nuovo, Hong Kong, 17 March–30 April 2025
Beyond the Loom
We are delighted to present our first collaborative piece with textile artist and designer Elaine Yan Ling Ng on the occasion of her show Beyond the Loom at Nuovo.
Titled Reverie in motion the piece transforms the tactile quality of Elaine’s Reverie Jacquard paper fabric series into a modular kinetic installation that blends bamboo, copper and porcelain.
Reverie in motion is a sinuous 45-metre-long ribbon installation of 3,000 porcelain beads, bamboo, and copper, handmade by textile artist and designer Elaine Yan Ling Ng and ceramic artists and designers Julie & Jesse. Each porcelain bead is hand-rolled and pressed to create a crackled texture that echoes Elaine’s ‘Reverie’ fabric details. Bamboo replaces traditional yarn, threading through the ceramic beads to let weight and pattern guide each strand’s movement.
The interplay of ceramic, bamboo, and copper, as well as matte and gloss finishes, adds a striking visual contrast, and the bamboo changes shape in the humidity.
The modular units allow the installation to be reconfigured according to the setting and space.
Inspired by Alexander Calder’s mid-20th-century mobiles, this hanging kinetic artwork moves gracefully, casting dancing shadows that create a meditative, sensory experience.
17 March-20 April 2025
Nuovo, Shop G03, The Galleria, 9 Queen’s Road Central, Central, Hong Kong
Making it Matters at M+, Hong Kong, 2 November 2024–Ongoing
Making it Matters
Making it Matters follows the process of making from concept and research to design and fabrication, as well as the social networks that link each step. By delving into the inspirations, techniques, and impacts behind the selected works, the exhibition helps us understand our own roles in processes of making and their relation to our daily lives.
This exhibition mostly draws upon the diverse works of the M+ Collections. The artists, designers, and architects featured include John Cage, Harold Cohen, Julie & Jesse, John Maeda, Raffaella della Olga, Anna Ridler, Ki Saigon, Fujimori Terunobu, Jay Sae Jung Oh, Stanley Wong, and Võ Trọng Nghĩa Architects. It follows the process of making from concept and research to design and fabrication, as well as the social networks that link each step. By delving into the inspirations, techniques, and impacts behind the selected works, the exhibition helps us understand our own roles in processes of making and their relation to our daily lives.
The exhibition also looks at responsible design, material innovation, and creative reuse strategies adopted by innovative makers exploring alternative modes of thinking. These ideas are situated within wider historical and sociopolitical contexts across four thematic sections.
‘Ceramics: A Story of Shifting Values’ explores the complex and layered history of ceramics and focuses on how one material can shift greatly in value and perception over time. ‘Material Potential’ highlights how makers experiment with a variety of materials, including neon, resin, and bamboo, discovering new processes, methods, and forms along the way. ‘The Hand and the Machine’ examines how the development of computing, artificial intelligence, and machine learning revolutionised the making process. ‘Actions and Consequences’ traces how consumerism came to shape contemporary society by demanding mass production, synthetic materials and low-paid labour.
Opening
02 November 2024
Swiss Month at Illuminati Fine Arts, 19–20 October 2025
Swiss Month
On the occasion of the Swiss Month, the Consulate General of Switzerland in Hong Kong presents the work of six Swiss artists living and working in Hong Kong.
Artists: Nicolas Jeanbourquin, Julie & Jesse, Marc Progin, Miriam Reichmuth, David Stein, Sophie Tunik
Exhibition dates and opening hours
19 – 20 October 2024, 11am – 7pm
Location
Illuminati Fine Art, 31 – 33 Hollywood Road, Central, Hong Kong
For What it's Worth at Novalis Art Design, Hong Kong, 1 December 2023–20 January 2024
For What It’s Worth
Each day, we tend to accept the established values assigned to objects, whether dictated by market forces or cultural associations. In this exhibition, Julie & Jesse will present their latest works, which stem from their extensive creative and research exploration of mining resources from the urban environment. By fusing the city’s discarded and overlooked materials with ceramics, they bring the unseen into view and elevate the unwanted to the forefront. Each find is an opportunity to unpack stories across time and space, hidden within the material. This process of generating new value for the devalued subverts, redefines and expands our current perception of the worth of materials.
Date
01 December 2023 – 20 January 2024
Opening reception
30 November 2023
6 to 9 PM
Location
Novalis Art Design
G/F, 197 Hollywood Road, Hong Kong
