THE SHOPHOUSE is pleased to present UK-based artist Joseph Jones’ first solo exhibition in Asia， exploring the tensions between image, material, and attention. The exhibition brings together a new series of paintings that continue Jones’s precise and contemplative depictions of cats and flowers—subjects through which the artist examines both the intimacy and distance of contemporary representation.

Working consistently at a small scale, Jones develops his paintings through a logic of seriality—a quiet system that allows images to echo, dissolve, and reassert themselves across time. Each painting holds its own distinct presence while also belonging to a wider constellation of repetitions and differences. Drawn from a vast personal archive of thousands of collected photographs, Jones’s subjects—though grounded in real sources—often emerge as composite constructions. His works, while recalling the traditions of still life and portraiture, move beyond direct biography or realism, operating instead like reflections that shift between memory and archetype, reality and dream.

Gallery address: 4 Second Lane Tai Hang