LAST CHANCE Yuyu Zhitong: Serendipity

The debut solo exhibition in the Middle East for the Chinese-born London-based artist, known for her luscious sweeps of colour and a mordant wit (“Good Girls Go To Heaven, Cool Girls Go Everywhere”). This show presents a new body of paintings that develops her intuitive yet disciplined approach to abstraction; working without preparatory sketches, Zhitong allows each composition to emerge through a continuous process of construction and reconfiguration, guided by trained intuition and attentive perception. Gesture, rhythm, and colour operate as structural elements, shaping works that balance spontaneity with control.

The gallery says the exhibition title refers to the ability to recognise meaning within chance encounters: “for Zhitong, painting becomes a site where intuition meets uncertainty, and where form and significance emerge through observation rather than intention. Each work captures a moment of alignment between perception, emotion, and structure …”