Emily

I’m thrilled to announce my first solo exhibition in London: “Outsider, Elsewhere” at The Handbag Factory Gallery @aschandbagfactory 12–17 March 2026! 🥂 Private View: Friday, 13 March, 18:00–21:00 DM if you would like to come❤️ When I see sound, I am here again. Sound takes countless forms; it is the shadow of the thing-in-itself. I cannot rely on it, yet it sparks my curiosity. Text, objects, and lip-reading reach across reality and illusion, tracing the subtle delays of being. Inspired by my own experience, this exhibition explores perception where meaning slips away. Sound, language, and memory become unstable structures through which being-in-the-world persists—even when understanding fails. Step into the space and explore sound, perception, and the boundary of recognition. All are welcome. Special thanks to @fin_pupapress being my art director, June and Nick being my curators! Lots of love ❤️ #artist #soloexhibition #londonart #contemparyart #fineart

Outsider, Elsewhere. Xiaohan Luo Solo Exhibition, London 12–17 March, 2026 It is the first time I participated in the whole process of an exhibition—curating, installing, and promoting. I still remember those cold and rainy days, walking through the city to find a space for the work. Not every gallery was open to moving image practices, but I am deeply grateful that The Handbag Factory Gallery @aschandbagfactory welcomed me. You made this possible. Sound always acts like a ghost that tangles with me. I come from painting, yet photography and film have always had a deep influence on my practice. I am drawn to them as forms of recording—ways of holding onto something that is nearly slipping away, something that cannot be fully kept. I want to capture this ghost-like quality of sound and its impact on my body and consciousness. Sound never stays still; it moves through me, passing through the body like a force without visible form, leaving only traces of pressure, rhythm, and disturbance. Through image, I am trying to record this sensation. Not to fix sound into a single form, but to let its movement appear as a trace—between hearing and seeing, between composition and perception, between what is made and what disappears. This is also the first time I gathered almost all the works from my Sound Series into one exhibition. I have never wanted to define myself through hearing loss, yet it is an experience that inevitably shapes how I perceive and construct sound. Perhaps this tension is what I am working through in the work itself. Special thanks to @fin_pupapress for being my art director and for writing such a beautiful text for the exhibition. I will share it in a later post. And thanks to @juneadartuk and Nick for being part of the process, and @ellosexy for helping with installation and the screens. None of this would have been possible without you. Photography: @keykeyyan 🥺🥰thanks to my amazing photographer! #movingimage #contemporary_art #artist #londonart #soundart

Throw back to August I am quite pleased to say my moving image work “Number, Language & Sound” first time exhibited in @1215_gallery Canada. I feel deeply honoured and grateful for selecting this most important work for me and can showcase here. Thank you so much for having me! #movingimage #art #artist #sound #canadaartexhibition #artlife #photographer #artwork #contemparyart #experimentalartist #experimentalfilm

🌊 Drifting Selves ✨ Artist Introduction @attapulgit @__hanhl_21 @springxcf @rayashees Yu Ai 🎬 Writer–Director Yu Ai is known for her distinctive visual style and storytelling through color and composition. Educated in filmmaking at SVA New York and the London Film School, her work explores self-identity and feminism through immersive, cinematic language. She blends fantasy, suspense, and dreamscapes into atmospheric, visually coherent films, with a strong sense of design and detail. Spring Congfang Xiao 💃 Choreographer London-based choreographer exploring mental health, identity, and cultural hybridity through movement. Her award-winning works have been shown at Resolution Festival, World of Dance London, Guangdong Dance Festival, and the Edinburgh Fringe 2025. She merges contemporary dance with psychological narrative to create emotionally resonant pieces. Xiaohan Luo 🎨 Artist&DOP (b. 2000, China) London-based artist with MAs from the Royal College of Art. Her work spans painting, printmaking, installation, and moving images, exploring time, memory, and sensory experience—transforming personal perception into poetic visual narratives. Juice Cui 🔊 Multidisciplinary Artist Juice Cui’s practice moves from painting and illustration to film, sculpture, and sound. Her recent works focus on the tension between harmony and chaos in sonic space—composing soundscapes that hover between order and disarray. Caroline Vogel 🎉Caroline Vogel is adesigner and visual artist whose practice moves between interactive installations, performance, and collaborative workshops. Her work and research is grounded in ecofeminist theory, posthumanism, and new materialism, often exploring the entanglements between human and more-than-human worlds. With a focus on experimental formats of storytelling and collective making, she is interested in how artistic processes can foster new forms of noticing, empathy, and relation. Her work has been exhibited in Brompton Chapel Gallery, Silk Street Theatre Barbican, and Horniman Museum & Gardens. #driftingselves #siurueiart #artist #londonexhibition

Throw back to February. It is also my first time exhibiting my three moving image works together in America. Thank you so much for having me @4c_gallery ❤️ What a great group exhibition it was!!!! Number, Language & Sound/ A Broken Voice/ Am I… I am? debut in Los Angeles. #art #artwork #artlife #movingimage #contemporary #contemporaryart #artist #photograph #losanglesexhibition #abstract

It is a great pleasure to exhibit my moving image work “Am I…I am?” first time in @atelier_veron and also it is the first time that my work exhibit in Paris, France. Thank you so much for having me and let it happen🍾🍾🥂 THE FABRIC OF TIME: INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE In Atelier Véron Gallery - Jacques Tenenhaus 31 RUE VÉRON, 75018 PARIS, France #art #artist #movingimage #parisexhibition #artwork #soundart #creative #identity #contemporary_art #contemporart #artlife

My beloved grandpa died very accidentally. He is so young to die at this age. I can’t fly back to China to attend all the funeral ceremonies. I am in a huge sorrow and deep desperate. This week, I cried four times on different days, but no one was hurt enough until I was rang by my father said: Grandpa is died. I still in a shock to believe that. We had suppers when I back to China this January. Just two months, I accidentally met death again. Just before around three years, when my another grandpa died at 80 years old. That is a tragic loss, as right now, I don’t have any grandpas. I can’t imagine it. I can’t stand it.

📢 Ready to explore the magical world of synesthesia through sound? Join us for this hands-on Workshop: Diving into Synesthesia - A Sonic Playground! 🗓 Date&Time: March 17th, 5:00pm ~ 8:00pm 📍 Location: 56 Dawes Rd 🎟 Part of the AA school-associated exhibition “How Would You Stay? The Manifesto of Roots” curated by Yan Jiang ✨ What to Expect This workshop is designed for music enthusiasts, beginners, and anyone curious about music creation—no prior experience required! In the first half of the session, you’ll gain insights into music from a creator’s perspective. We’ll introduce fundamental music theory and explore different musical styles, while also discussing the diverse applications of music across various fields. You’ll also get a glimpse into the structure of the music industry and how different roles contribute to the creative process. The second half of the workshop is all about hands-on experience. You’ll learn basic sampling techniques, guided by a sound artist who will lead a live recording session. Then, you’ll have the opportunity to engage with an interactive music program built with Processing. Through this immersive experience, you’ll discover the joy of interactive music creation, breaking down the barriers that often make music-making seem inaccessible. This is a fun, engaging, and interactive session designed to make music creation approachable and enjoyable for everyone! 🎼Guest Speaker： Ziyi（Zee）Fu @zeemusic.studio Xiaohan Luo @__hanhl_21 . . . . . 🔗 /e/workshop-diving-into-synesthesia-a-sonic-playground-tickets-1278870268399?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshcopyurl . . . Special Thanks to @aais_interprofessionals #aaschool #aais #workshop #sound #processing

Xiaohan Luo @__hanhl_21 was born in February 2000, China. She currently lives in London and received her Master of Research in Royal College of Art. Her BA is Fine Arts at Jiangsu Second Normal University, China. She also had a Print(MA) in RCA. Her works have been exhibited in the UK, China, and Malaysia. She is a contemporary artist who works in various subjects and themes. She mostly uses time, sensory experience, and memory as the themes of her artworks and expresses them through paintings, printmaking, installations, photography, and moving images. Right now, she is focused on sound and painting, researching the relationship between color and sound. Seeking connections across time and space, and due to her disability, she holds the belief that silence itself is a form of sound.

Very delightful to have a lovely chat with @absent_gallery_official @_lekrish . It is our second time to collaborate together and show my works here. It is the first time that I showcased my work ‘Am I..I am?’ in China, and it really symbolizes the importance of sound to me in last year’s recovery journey. If you want to watch my moving image work, please leave a comment and then I will send the link. I am proud of myself, to be able to talk my hearing, my sound. Again, I have to say: Sound is writ in water. It is my long lasting note and pursue. Sound is me. I am my sound. #contemporaryart #artist #art #movingimage #royalcollegeofart #visualart #videoart #artwork #artinterview #interview #talk #think #soundart #arts #artlife #sound

Every year. Same special day. #happybirthday 2/1 London ❤️😳🍰❤️ May many joy returns. Next stop, March, New exhibition. #life #london #record Thanks @sephire999

Two years in @royalcollegeofart has ended! And it is my second time have my graduation ceremony in #southbank #royalfestivalhall ❤️ What a day!!! Still thrilled that I could be offered twice time to study in RCA, with my tutors both in @rcaprint and @rca_masterofresearch that is sooooo amazing for a girl like me whom experienced long term hearing loss and can use a foreign language to study, write and research. I am grateful. But it is not an end for me, I shall keep going and find things anew. I will always return to RCA, and maybe one day I could back to it again as some new role. Thanks everyone, my family & friends, my passion of fine arts and sound brings me here. Special thanks to @jo_chisenhale @fin_pupapress and everyone in Print, @estherteichmann @gemmablackshaw and everyone in MRes. Sound is here, I shall keep feeling sound. ❤️😚