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E.SCAPE Art Space is delighted to announce the second father-son duo exhibition by artists Hu Jieming and Hu Weiyi since 2018: “Finally, I am Beyond That House,” curated by Wang Liqiu. The exhibition unfolds under the spiritual thread of the annual theme “［JIA］_Home,” conceived by Artistic Director Jin Yuanyuan.

As the curator, I am both a member of the family and the weaver of this exhibition’s narrative. It is from this intimate, shifting distance that I’ve come to see the distinctly different paths taken by these two generations of artists in returning “home”…

Located on Wukang Road, this century-old Western-style house, once a family residence carrying traces of multiple generations since the last century, now serves as a multicultural experimental art space. Artist Hu Jieming undertook a one-month residency here, observing objects and time from the perspective of a “guest.” Through photography, video, and installation, the artist bridges the century-old space with present experiences, revealing the position of individual existence within the flow of time.

In contrast, Hu Weiyi extends the notion of “home” into the spiritual dimension. By weaving the daily lives of his family into the narrative, the artist interrogates absence and presence, past and present, merging them into a hidden path toward self-reflection. When the physical “home” becomes a confinement, how can the spirit find its dwelling?

The two artists’ distinct creative approaches—one grounded in the material, the other journeying through the spiritual—reveal that “home” is no longer a singular physical address. It is a fold in time and memory, capable of being mended, recalled, and reimagined. These two seemingly divergent threads ultimately converge under the century-old eaves of this house.

而我也终于走出这座房子
Finally, I am Beyond That House
展期 Time
2026.04.30 - 06.21
开幕 Opening2026.4.30
艺术家 Artists胡介鸣 Hu Jie Ming，胡为一 Hu Wei Yi
策展人Curator王立秋 Rachel Wang
艺术总监 Artistic Director金媛媛 Yuan Yuan Jin

UAL Alumni Summit - Shanghai April 2026

📅 16-18 April 2026
📍 E.SCAPE, No.3, Lane 40 Wukang Road, Shanghai 200031

Join us for a series of alumni events taking place on 16–18 April at @e.scape.artspace in Shanghai.
Expect a 3-day experience with the opportunity to learn from industry insiders, refine your portfolio, and celebrate China’s creative scene! ⭐

🥂 Drinks and snacks will be provided across the events.

🔗 Book tickets to the events in bio.

Please make sure you register for all the events you’ll be attending.

📸Image: Thomas Alexander, 2025 MA Costume Design for Performance, London College of Fashion, UAL | Photograph: Sam Gallagher

Angela Lyn & Guo Guozhu: ‘Constructs of Belonging’
13 March—14 April 2026

Opening Preview: 2-8pm, Thursday 12 March 2026, E.SCAPE Art Space, No. 3, Lane 40, Wukang Road, Shanghai

E.SCAPE Art Space is pleased to present ‘Constructs of Belonging’, a collaborative exhibition by Swiss-based Anglo-Chinese visual artist Angela Lyn and Xiamen-based photographer Guo Guozhu.

Bringing together Guo’s photography and Lyn’s cross-media installation, the exhibition approaches home through its negative space—examining what remains and what echoes as our sense of home and belonging begins to shift and dissolve.

Spanning three floors of the restored 1920s British villa that houses E.SCAPE Art Space, ‘Constructs of Belonging’ engages with the building’s layered history, using the space to examine the temporalities of home, domesticity, and urban change.

In dialogue, Guo and Lyn attend to the residue of daily life, the way memory lingers like a dream that follows you into the day. In examining its ambivalences and fragilities, they propose home and belonging as something shared, transient and permeable, always in conversation with the environments, histories, and forces that sustain and outlast it.

‘Constructs of Belonging’ forms part of [ jia ] _ 家 2026, E.SCAPE’s annual curatorial project.

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林安琪 & 郭国柱：《归属建构》
展期：2026年3月13日 – 4月14日
开幕预览：2026年3月12日 星期四 下午2-8点, E.SCAPE 艺术空间，上海市武康路40弄3号

E.SCAPE 艺术空间欣然呈献《归属建构》，这是由常驻瑞士、具有英中双文化背景的视觉艺术家林安琪与常驻厦门的摄影师郭国柱共同创作的合作展览。

展览汇聚郭国柱的摄影与林安琪的跨媒介装置，并以“负空间（Negative space）”为视角进入“家”的主题——当我们对家与归属的感受开始动摇并逐渐消散之时，探问何者仍然留存，何者仍在回响。

《归属建构》横跨 E.SCAPE 艺术空间所在的修复后 1920 年代英式别墅三层空间展开。展览与建筑层叠的历史展开对话，并借由这一空间审视家、家居生活（domesticity）与城市变迁的多重时间性。

在相互对话中，两位艺术家共同关注日常生活的残留，以及记忆如何如梦般萦绕不散，仿佛跟随你进入白昼。在审视其暧昧与脆弱之处时，他们提出：家与归属是一种共享的存在，同时也是短暂的、可渗透的，并始终与维系它、也终将超越它的环境、历史与力量持续对话。

《归属建构》为 E.SCAPE 年度策展项目 [ jia ] _ 家 2026 的组成部分。

Angela Lyn & Guo Guozhu: ‘Constructs of Belonging’
13 March—14 April 2026

Opening Preview: 2-8pm, Thursday 12 March 2026
E.SCAPE Art Space, No. 3, Lane 40, Wukang Road, Shanghai

E.SCAPE Art Space is pleased to present ‘Constructs of Belonging’, a collaborative exhibition by Swiss-based Anglo-Chinese visual artist Angela Lyn and Xiamen-based photographer Guo Guozhu.

Bringing together Guo’s photography and Lyn’s cross-media installation, the exhibition approaches home through its negative space—examining what remains and what echoes as our sense of home and belonging begins to shift and dissolve.

Spanning three floors of the restored 1920s British villa that houses E.SCAPE Art Space, ‘Constructs of Belonging’ engages with the building’s layered history, using the space to examine the temporalities of home, domesticity, and urban change.

In dialogue, Guo and Lyn attend to the residue of daily life, the way memory lingers like a dream that follows you into the day. In examining its ambivalences and fragilities, they propose home and belonging as something shared, transient and permeable, always in conversation with the environments, histories, and forces that sustain and outlast it.

‘Constructs of Belonging’ forms part of [ jia ] _ 家 2026, E.SCAPE’s annual curatorial project.

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林安琪 & 郭国柱：《归属建构》
展期：2026年3月13日 – 4月14日
开幕预览：2026年3月12日 星期四 下午2-8点, E.SCAPE 艺术空间，上海市武康路40弄3号

E.SCAPE 艺术空间欣然呈献《归属建构》，这是由常驻瑞士、具有英中双文化背景的视觉艺术家林安琪与常驻厦门的摄影师郭国柱共同创作的合作展览。

展览汇聚郭国柱的摄影与林安琪的跨媒介装置，并以“负空间（Negative space）”为视角进入“家”的主题——当我们对家与归属的感受开始动摇并逐渐消散之时，探问何者仍然留存，何者仍在回响。

《归属建构》横跨 E.SCAPE 艺术空间所在的修复后 1920 年代英式别墅三层空间展开。展览与建筑层叠的历史展开对话，并借由这一空间审视家、家居生活（domesticity）与城市变迁的多重时间性。

在相互对话中，两位艺术家共同关注日常生活的残留，以及记忆如何如梦般萦绕不散，仿佛跟随你进入白昼。在审视其暧昧与脆弱之处时，他们提出：家与归属是一种共享的存在，同时也是短暂的、可渗透的，并始终与维系它、也终将超越它的环境、历史与力量持续对话。

《归属建构》为 E.SCAPE 年度策展项目 [ jia ] _ 家 2026 的组成部分。

For 2026, E.SCAPE will explore the theme of [JIA]_家 through four interconnected chapters unfolding across the year, each examining a different dimension of the concept.
In Chinese, the character 家 (jiā) means home. But it also appears as a suffix for those who devote themselves fully to a practice — 艺术家 (artist), 摄影家 (photographer), 插画家 (illustrator) and etc.
家 (jiā) is no longer merely a place — it has become a feeling, more an adjective than a noun. What began as a human essential, a physical structure of four walls and shelter, has evolved into something transcendent: a philosophical space to rethink our identities, our attachments, and the ways we inhabit the world. Its
meaning stretches beyond measure, oversized in the semiotic sense of our times. It is comforting yet complex, capable of holding memory, experience, absence, traces
of the past, and tools for the future.
家 is not only a place one inhabits, but a state one grows into. It names both shelter and the one who dwells, creates, and belongs.
History, artefacts, and imagination help us navigate this ever-shifting concept. Is [jiā] formless, or something that fits in a suitcase? A place we leave, a place we long to go back to, or something we carry with us—simply a state of mind?

Perhaps 家 is not where we return, but who we become.

The exhibition Miao Jing: Sunrise from the East has been extended until January 18, 2026.

Photos and video in this post are from the performance Listening to the Qin by Wang Yi

Photos by @nana.an07

The exhibition Miao Jing: Sunrise from the East has been extended until January 18, 2026.

Photos and video in this post are from the performance Listening to the Qin by Wang Yi

Photos by @nana.an07

The exhibition Miao Jing: Sunrise from the East has been extended until January 18, 2026.

Photos and video in this post are from the performance Listening to the Qin by Wang Yi

Photos by @nana.an07

The exhibition Miao Jing: Sunrise from the East has been extended until January 18, 2026.

Photos and video in this post are from the performance Listening to the Qin by Wang Yi

Photos by @nana.an07

The exhibition Miao Jing: Sunrise from the East has been extended until January 18, 2026.

Photos and video in this post are from the performance Listening to the Qin by Wang Yi

Photos by @nana.an07

“The original story comes from Classic of Mountains and Seas: Hou Yi shooting down the suns. I often use classical myths as creative frameworks. Ten Suns of Chaos is placed first because it leads to later works. In the piece, the suns include both traditional representations - like the three-legged crow - and emoji smiley faces. Emoji are crucial to me. They are ubiquitous symbols in contemporary communication, yet highly ambiguous. Just like the word «interesting». Do people really mean it, or is it merely polite filler?” — Miao Jing

Photos @nana.an07

“The original story comes from Classic of Mountains and Seas: Hou Yi shooting down the suns. I often use classical myths as creative frameworks. Ten Suns of Chaos is placed first because it leads to later works. In the piece, the suns include both traditional representations - like the three-legged crow - and emoji smiley faces. Emoji are crucial to me. They are ubiquitous symbols in contemporary communication, yet highly ambiguous. Just like the word «interesting». Do people really mean it, or is it merely polite filler?” — Miao Jing

Photos @nana.an07

“The original story comes from Classic of Mountains and Seas: Hou Yi shooting down the suns. I often use classical myths as creative frameworks. Ten Suns of Chaos is placed first because it leads to later works. In the piece, the suns include both traditional representations - like the three-legged crow - and emoji smiley faces. Emoji are crucial to me. They are ubiquitous symbols in contemporary communication, yet highly ambiguous. Just like the word «interesting». Do people really mean it, or is it merely polite filler?” — Miao Jing

Photos @nana.an07

“The original story comes from Classic of Mountains and Seas: Hou Yi shooting down the suns. I often use classical myths as creative frameworks. Ten Suns of Chaos is placed first because it leads to later works. In the piece, the suns include both traditional representations - like the three-legged crow - and emoji smiley faces. Emoji are crucial to me. They are ubiquitous symbols in contemporary communication, yet highly ambiguous. Just like the word «interesting». Do people really mean it, or is it merely polite filler?” — Miao Jing

Photos @nana.an07

We’re thrilled to welcome you to Miao Jing’s exhibition “Sunrise from the East” Don’t miss your chance to visit — the show runs until December 14, 2025.

We’re thrilled to welcome you to Miao Jing’s exhibition “Sunrise from the East” Don’t miss your chance to visit — the show runs until December 14, 2025.

We’re thrilled to welcome you to Miao Jing’s exhibition “Sunrise from the East” Don’t miss your chance to visit — the show runs until December 14, 2025.

We’re thrilled to welcome you to Miao Jing’s exhibition “Sunrise from the East” Don’t miss your chance to visit — the show runs until December 14, 2025.

E.SCAPE forever. My first gig in Shanghai. Thank you, careful listeners. I’m happy to sing with cicadas again.

I played songs from my new album, Eyen Forever, which comes out Oct 3rd on @safesuburbanhome. You can preorder your vinyl copy now from my Bandcamp (link in 我的bio). Yes, we ship to Mainland China!

Thank you YY and the whole team at E.SCAPE for your warmth, welcome and support. See you in November 🍁

Also, gratitude to @fender Shanghai for lending me your beautiful guitar and huge amp. I will play your guitars upside down anytime you like.

Photos by @nana.an07
@e.scape.artspace
@yuanyuanjinjin

E.SCAPE forever. My first gig in Shanghai. Thank you, careful listeners. I’m happy to sing with cicadas again.

I played songs from my new album, Eyen Forever, which comes out Oct 3rd on @safesuburbanhome. You can preorder your vinyl copy now from my Bandcamp (link in 我的bio). Yes, we ship to Mainland China!

Thank you YY and the whole team at E.SCAPE for your warmth, welcome and support. See you in November 🍁

Also, gratitude to @fender Shanghai for lending me your beautiful guitar and huge amp. I will play your guitars upside down anytime you like.

Photos by @nana.an07
@e.scape.artspace
@yuanyuanjinjin

E.SCAPE forever. My first gig in Shanghai. Thank you, careful listeners. I’m happy to sing with cicadas again.

I played songs from my new album, Eyen Forever, which comes out Oct 3rd on @safesuburbanhome. You can preorder your vinyl copy now from my Bandcamp (link in 我的bio). Yes, we ship to Mainland China!

Thank you YY and the whole team at E.SCAPE for your warmth, welcome and support. See you in November 🍁

Also, gratitude to @fender Shanghai for lending me your beautiful guitar and huge amp. I will play your guitars upside down anytime you like.

Photos by @nana.an07
@e.scape.artspace
@yuanyuanjinjin

E.SCAPE forever. My first gig in Shanghai. Thank you, careful listeners. I’m happy to sing with cicadas again.

I played songs from my new album, Eyen Forever, which comes out Oct 3rd on @safesuburbanhome. You can preorder your vinyl copy now from my Bandcamp (link in 我的bio). Yes, we ship to Mainland China!

Thank you YY and the whole team at E.SCAPE for your warmth, welcome and support. See you in November 🍁

Also, gratitude to @fender Shanghai for lending me your beautiful guitar and huge amp. I will play your guitars upside down anytime you like.

Photos by @nana.an07
@e.scape.artspace
@yuanyuanjinjin

E.SCAPE forever. My first gig in Shanghai. Thank you, careful listeners. I’m happy to sing with cicadas again.

I played songs from my new album, Eyen Forever, which comes out Oct 3rd on @safesuburbanhome. You can preorder your vinyl copy now from my Bandcamp (link in 我的bio). Yes, we ship to Mainland China!

Thank you YY and the whole team at E.SCAPE for your warmth, welcome and support. See you in November 🍁

Also, gratitude to @fender Shanghai for lending me your beautiful guitar and huge amp. I will play your guitars upside down anytime you like.

Photos by @nana.an07
@e.scape.artspace
@yuanyuanjinjin

E.SCAPE forever. My first gig in Shanghai. Thank you, careful listeners. I’m happy to sing with cicadas again.

I played songs from my new album, Eyen Forever, which comes out Oct 3rd on @safesuburbanhome. You can preorder your vinyl copy now from my Bandcamp (link in 我的bio). Yes, we ship to Mainland China!

Thank you YY and the whole team at E.SCAPE for your warmth, welcome and support. See you in November 🍁

Also, gratitude to @fender Shanghai for lending me your beautiful guitar and huge amp. I will play your guitars upside down anytime you like.

Photos by @nana.an07
@e.scape.artspace
@yuanyuanjinjin

We are pleased to announce our participation in PHOTOFAIRS Shanghai, with aselection of works by artists Robert van der Hilst, 郭濮源(Charles Guo), 蒋涵萱(Sophie Jiang)!

In an age overwhelmed by images, we‘re drawn to photography that goes beyond surface reality—images that hold memory, stir emotion, and reflect our complex ties to the world. E.SCAPE will participate in PHOTOFAIRS Shanghai with works from three photographers who have grown with our space over the past three years, each offering a unique visual language shaped by their generation and their journey.

Come visit us at Booth C08 at PHOTOFAIRS Shanghai, from May 8th-11th!

Courtesy of the artists and E.SCAPE

#PhotofairsShanghai #escapeartspace #escape艺术空间 #onedayescape #escapeisanescape