Weaving Light, Dreaming Form

In this transformative exhibition, fantasy and light transcend their roles as mere escapism and become vital maps to understanding both the world and the self. Two artists, Ketong Xing and Junying Jiang, explore themes of myth, fairy tale, and personal growth through distinct yet complementary lenses.

Ketong Xing's work is deeply rooted in the philosophy of wabi-sabi, inspired by the contemplative nature of tea culture. With a background in architectural design, she intricately weaves light and material using tracing paper, fibre optics, and pearls. Her installations merge hand-folded modules with parametric digital structures, creating meditative surfaces that exist in the liminal space between the physical and virtual.

In contrast, Junying Jiang centres her practice at the intersection of fantasy and reality. Through digital illustration and personal storytelling, she reimagines cultural rituals, mythologies, and emotional transitions. Her pieces, including Joy Blooms in Regent’s Park, Halloween Food Fable, and Kingdom of Atlantis, utilise imaginative language to reflect on daily life and inner truths with both tenderness and critique.

Together, their artworks emerge from reflections on childhood memories, cultural identity, and spatiality, revealing the extraordinary within the ordinary. They delve into the history and culture hidden beneath the capitalist façade of Halloween, transitioning from mythical imagination to the delicate illumination of tracing paper.

This exhibition invites viewers to engage in a two-way dialogue of growth, stillness, and fresh vision. Here, fantasy is not just an escape but a means of reconstruction, with light serving as the main actor and a connective force linking past and future.

Artists

Ketong Xing is an artist working at the intersection of light, material, and spatial structure. Rooted in the philosophy of wabi-sabi and inspired by tea culture, her work reflects a meditative sensitivity to impermanence and subtlety. With a background in architectural design, she uses tracing paper, fiber optics, and pearls to build folded modular installations that exist between the physical and digital worlds. Her practice focuses on softness, translucency, and the poetics of structural light.
Junying Jiang is a London-based illustrator whose practice explores fantasy, mythology, and personal growth through digital storytelling. Drawing on themes such as memory, ritual, and cultural transformation, she reimagines everyday scenes into magical, emotionally resonant narratives. Her works—such as Joy Blooms in Regent’s Park, Halloween Food Fable, and Kingdom of Atlantis—investigate the in-between space where imagination reframes reality.

Curators

Hongqian Zhang is a curator and the founder of ArtFlow Studio Ltd. Her practice bridges East Asian cultural narratives and emerging contemporary practices in London. She focuses on building platforms for underrepresented voices and has curated exhibitions across themes of identity, technology, and material culture.

Huan Zhou is a co-curator at ArtFlow Studio with a background in creative production and cultural management. She is committed to collaborative curating that fosters dialogue between artists and audiences across disciplines and cultural contexts.

Partnership

Jenny Ping Lam Lin (The JustArt Newspaper Club)

Biying Cao - Blair (Senvo Future Education)