San Mei Gallery is pleased to present ‘Cascades’ by London-based artist and designer Phineas Harper. This will be the sixth exhibition in San Mei Gallery’s public-facing window space, home to a new commercial programming strand presenting micro-exhibitions with works available for sale by emerging contemporary artists.

Phineas Harper makes delicate kinetic mobiles using a range of materials, from walnut wood to brass and acetate. Each work is created piece-by-piece through a careful balancing act mixing whimsy and instinct with intricate structural systems.

Gently dancing in the wind, each of Harper’s mobiles is unique: rotating and shimmering in their own ways. At San Mei Gallery, Harper presents a collection of different mobiles that play with the light and space of the Window Gallery, creating a joyful alchemy of colour, shadow and shape.  

Artist biography

Phineas Harper is an architectural writer and kinetic sculptor. Their work also spans film and print making, and has been exhibited at the Royal Academy in London, the Architecture Biennale in Venice and the London School of Economics. Harper is also an innovative leader in developing sustainable cultural programmes that engage broad audiences with architecture and design. A regular contributor to The Guardian, their career spans criticism, curation, education, youth engagement, journalism and sculpture.

Sales

The works in this exhibition are for sale as part of a new commercial programming strand by San Mei Gallery, providing income opportunities for emerging artists as well as fundraising for San Mei Gallery’s other non-commercial artistic and educational projects. For all sales enquiries please contact rufus@sanmeigallery.co.uk.

Private view

San Mei Gallery is pleased to host a joint private view on Thursday 11 April from 6-8pm, for both Phineas Harper’s exhibition in our window space as well as Chaos is a Flower, an exhibition by Tawfik Naas in our main gallery. Drinks are kindly provided by Brixton Brewery.

Press release

A press release for this exhibition can be downloaded here. For all press enquiries please contact rufus@sanmeigallery.co.uk.

Installation Views