White Cube Mason’s Yard presents Kei Imazu’s (b. 1980, Yamaguchi, Japan) first solo exhibition in the UK, bringing together oil paintings, metal works and 3D-printed sculptures made in her studio in Bandung, Indonesia.

Imazu begins her process by collecting visual material from a range of sources, including archival photography, artefacts and digital imagery. Arranging, layering and juxtaposing these materials digitally, she forms collages and 3D-renderings, which serve as blueprints for her paintings. Bringing together disparate sources, her surreal compositions are shaped by an archaeological sensibility, placing histories in dialogue with the present and weaving together personal experiences with mythological narratives.

Since moving to Bandung in 2018, Imazu has increasingly drawn on Indonesia’s colonial histories and folkloric traditions, while deepening her interest in the intersections of feminism, mythology and ecology.