Tides, Memories, and the Moon

Diane Chappalley
Emily Avery Crow
James Owens
Julian Simmons
Marlene Steyn
Xusheng Yue

Opening: 31 July, 3-6pm 2026

 

For generations, the moon has been more than a celestial companion; it is a timeless bridge connecting distant tides, quiet memories, and human emotion. Under the same luminous orb that inspires art and introspection, we are happy to collaborate with Hong Kong MX Mooncakes for the pop up exhibition“Tides of Heritage, Fullness of Heart” to explore our deepest connections to the moon—our closest celestial neighbor — and uncover how it shapes our memories, stirs our nostalgia, and commands the tides.

About The Artists

Diane Chappalley (b. 1991, in Switzerland) lives and works in London creates figurative landscapes in oil paint as well as ceramic sculptures that draw on transitional experiences of death and birth, loss and love, trauma and resilience. She addresses themes that are both personal and inherently universal.

Emily Avery Crow(B. Boulder, Colorado.) is an artist who works with watercolour, natural sculpture, and textiles, as well as animation and film production design. She was raised in Colorado and Nova Scotia by parents following the Shambhala tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. Spending her early years in a community of people practicing the principles of dharma art, drala, and warriorship, she was influenced at a young age to recognize the power of beauty and the importance of excellent teachers.

James Owens (b. 1995, Middlesbrough) is a painter based in south-east London. His work gathers past, present and imagined scenes to form new narratives, which operate in moments of liminality. In these works, plants creep, dance and communicate in hushed tones. They grow in unlikely settings, pushing up through cracks and stretching towards the sun. This world captures nature in its full capacity – toying in flux between splendid growth and brutal death. As a small flower tenderly blossoms, another wilts. A curling tendril soon becomes a parasite. The paintings tread gently upon this balance between strength and weakness, hope and doom. Figures may come together with closeness, but there is a sense that they are protecting each other from something. Similarly, wildflowers appear in glorious full bloom – or perhaps they are fighting against one another for survival.

Julian Simmons was born in London in 1971. In 2007 he moved to Suffolk, where he now lives and works. He has been a student and visiting lecturer at the RCA, from where having developed a programmable electronic drawing machine he received a doctorate in Fine Art (2004). He has been involved in photography for 30 years, designing and making systems for radio-controlled aerial photography. As an expert printmaker he has collaborated with Sarah Lucas for exhibitions in London, Brussels, Auckland and Krems, as well as film-works shown at Situation, London.

Marlene Steyn (b.1989 in Cape Town, South Africa), obtained her Master of Fine Art degree in 2014 from the Royal College of Art in London, UK. Her work is included in Phaidon’s prestigious Vitamin C: Clay and Ceramic in Contemporary Art. Artist-in- residence programmes include a collaborative residency with Kay 16 and Artport Residency in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Xusheng Yue is a London-based dance artist and choreographer working across live performance, choreography and interdisciplinary exhibition contexts. His practice explores memory, transformation, ritual and psychological states, often using the body, movement and visual objects to create highly controlled physical and emotional environments. Recent exhibitions and performances include Tides, Memories, and the Moon, Lychee One Gallery, London (2026), and Forms Before Dissolving, Apsara Studio, London (2026). In 2026, his choreographic work Mask, Invocation and Becoming received the Silver Award in Choreography at the 17th Singapore International Dance Festival.