Katherine Qiyu Su: The Ghost in You
Future Gallery is pleased to present The Ghost in You, a solo exhibition by London-based Chinese artist Katherine Qiyu Su. This marks the artist’s debut presentation in Germany.
The Ghost in You explores the emotional residue left behind by fractured connection — moments misunderstood, misread, or mistaken for something more enduring. The works confront the ambiguity that often defines intimacy: how easily affection can become projection, or how a gesture meant to close distance can quietly deepen it.
Through fragmented figures and turbulent forms, the exhibition reflects on the illusions we carry — of control, of mutual understanding, of emotional safety. Memory loops endlessly here, drawing us back into familiar questions and unresolved regrets.
These paintings do not seek resolution. Instead, they echo the persistent human desire to be seen, to be mirrored — even when what’s reflected is blurred by time, longing, or rivalry. In the tension between self and other, we encounter the strange familiarity of fate repeating itself.
This is a visual excavation of inner specters: regrets that resurface uninvited, conversations that linger, memories that bleed into the present. Each work taps into the emotional archaeology of the self. Swirling forms, semi-abstracted figures, and volatile color palettes give shape to memories that resist stillness — shifting, morphing, insisting on being felt.
The figures are never fully formed, never entirely still. They exist in flux, caught between becoming and disappearing. Rather than offering closure, these paintings draw us into a quiet storm of inner reckoning, asking us to confront the ghosts we carry — not as threats, but as witnesses.
Katherine Qiyu Su (1999*) is a London-based artist originally from Beijing, China. By erasing traces of specific elements, Qiyu Su deconstructs bodies and movements, forming new motifs that transform between figuration and abstraction. The challenge of representing and tracing intangible memories is central to Qiyu Su’s practice. In her work, the instantaneous is constantly emphasized; the subject flows and looms within a central but marginalized existence. Qiyu Su obtained her MA in painting from the Royal College of Art in 2023. She has participated in solo exhibitions at Half Gallery in New York and Edge Art Space Gallery in Turin, Italy, along with group shows at Wilder Gallery in London and L.U.P.O. Gallery in Milan. Her works can be found in the collection of the Orange County Museum of Art, as well as several private collections.