Phineas Harper: Cascades

12 Apr-1 Jun 2024

Overview

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.