THE SHOPHOUSE is pleased to present "POMODORO", a duo exhibition of artist goldsmith Joy BC’s precious jewels and photographer Chris Rhodes’ images coexist and collide in this exhibition and accompanying publication. 

 Joy BC is a London-based artist goldsmith, currently working from her Bloomsbury studio. She works predominantly with noble metal and other precious materials, creating socially-engaged wearable artworks and objets d’art which explore the history of material and form, ancient mythologies and contemporary issues relating to feminism, identities, and class. Joy handcrafts every single one of her pieces, with laborious processes forming an important part of her practice. Her pieces involve years of research, and can take years to make.

 Chris Rhodes is a London-based photographer. He shoots organically and spontaneously, often in natural light using found objects. His photographs eschew the desire for over complication and technical perfection, seeking to find beauty in mundanity. Chris works with analogue cameras on film, using long exposures and hand-developing the photos himself. He developed some of the photographs in the exhibition at home, in his bathtub, during COVID-19 lockdowns; they are thus one of a kind.

Gallery address: 4 Second Lane, Tai Hang