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LOLA I SHANGHAI CULTURAL SPACE

OUR INVISIBLE TIES

EXHIBITION I JUNE 28 - SEPTEMBER 7, 2025

ICICLE is pleased to present Our Invisible Ties, the first solo exhibition in China by French artist LOLA.

Influenced by the Japanese culture in which she grew up, LOLA has constructed a pictorial world of exquisite delicacy, where animal, vegetal, and human presences are joined in a subtle choreography — a celebration of living things and the invisible ties that connect them to one another. Within the confines of her fluid, minimalist aesthetic, Lola plays with the unpredictability of water, which gives rise to idiosyncratic forms and gestures. With great economy of means — ink, acrylic, charcoal on paper — she draws upon details gathered from her surroundings to produce a akin to that of nature. The Japanese word ‘Kizuna’, or ‘bonds', is a central matrix of her creative process. 

“A bestiary born of dreams and memory emerges under her brush, infused with poetry and touches of humour. It gracefully evokes the full range of human emotion — as if the animal is mirror of our inner state.”

Myriam Kryger, curator of the exhibition

ICICLE CULTURAL SPACE I SHANGHAI
ICCF GARDEN, 2, HENGSHAN ROAD – XUHUI DISTRICT, SHANGHAI

LOLA

Born in 1990 in Okazaki, Japan; LOLA lives and works in Andernos, France.

Self-taught and multidisciplinary, she lived in Tokyo until the age of eighteen. From early childhood, calligraphy, music, dance, singing, and photography were central to her life. In 2024, she held her first solo exhibition in the Arcachon Bay. Her 2025 summer show at the ICICLE Cultural Space in Shanghai marks a return to the Asian continent.

 Sphlynx, 2024, acrylic on paper, 40x29 cm. Courtesy of the artist 

Moonwalk, 2023, acrylic on paper, 42x29 cm. Courtesy of the Artist 

Owl, 2023, acrylic on paper, 42x28 cm. Courtesy of the Artist 

Charging!, 2024, acrylic on paper, 37x29 cm. Courtesy of the Artist 

SHANGHAI CULTURAL SPACE

The ICICLE Space, located in ICCF Garden, aims to foster encounters between artists and cultural practitioners from East and West, in the pursuit of a global community of art and culture.