Gallery EXIT presents Elah WONG Tsoi Wai’s solo exhibition Unknown unknowns, featuring the artist’s latest series of works. The exhibition focuses on Wong’s creative approach centred on bodily movement, exploring it as a medium for self-expression.
Unknown (Nameless) points to an existence that requires no reference; unknowns (avidya) signifies an exploration that confronts the unknown. This new series embodies that very spirit. Except for‘To xxx’, all other works were created without predetermined themes, sketches, or reference materials. Guided entirely by instinct and bodily response in the moment, each stroke is an immediate reaction to the blank canvas—like an untitled dream whose form only emerges at the instant of its making.
This state of ‘no preconception’ inspires bold experimentation: Wong at times scrapes away large areas of the surface, overlays new colours, then randomly tears off parts of the layers. This repeated cycle of destruction and reconstruction creates rich and varied visual textures. The artist firmly believes that bodily movement during creation is the most honest form of self-expression—take ‘scraping’ as an example: what appears to be an impulsive gesture is, in fact, precisely controlled. The mottled layers revealed beneath the scrapes are raw truths of the moment that cannot be rehearsed in advance.

Gallery address: 3/F, 25 Hing Wo Street, Tin Wan, Aberdeen