I am very honoured to be exhibiting for the first time in a national art institution. The exhibition is about my memories of living in Shanghai almost eleven years ago, where I moved to begin my career as a young graduate. 

I lived with my relatives in a 100-year-old longtang - or alleyway house - in the heart of Shanghai. These kinds of houses were a common type of residential architecture during the 1840s-1940s French occupation. Alleyway houses combine Chinese and Western architectural styles, and are built side by side along narrow interconnected passageways to form almost village-like communities. I built a 6 metre tall bamboo structure inspired by the little alleyway that I lived in. Bamboo poles were often brought into the alleyway lanes, to hang laundry and to carry out renovation works.