Artist: Tim Yip

Asprey Studio presents MIRROR OF THE META: Incredible Reality, a solo exhibition by acclaimed Hong Kong-born art director and multidisciplinary artist Tim Yip (b. 1961), previewing on 25 February 2026 with a private gallery event, in celebration of Chinese New Year.

The exhibition precedes Asprey Studio’s participation in Art Basel Hong Kong 2026 (25-29 March), where works by Tim Yip will be presented within Zero 10, Art Basel’s new curated initiative of the digital era. The exhibition at the gallery explores parallel dimensions of reality, where myth, memory and technology converge.

Whereas the Art Basel Hong Kong presentation will focus on video works and the monumental 4.5-metre sculpture Lili, engaging with a dystopian discourse on humanity, nature and technological transformation, the exhibition at Asprey Studio offers a more intimate and reflective register.

It brings together sculptural works, photography, and a sculptural transposition of a traditional Chinese dress, exploring a private and secular sphere. Together, the works in Incredible Reality form a meditation on myth, technology and perception, positioning imagination as a vital space where past and future, virtual and physical, continue to intersect.

Tim Yip (b. 1961, Hong Kong) is an Oscar-winning art director, costume designer and multidisciplinary artist. Best known for the production and costume design for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Art Direction and a BAFTA for Best Costume Design, Yip has worked across film, theatre and visual art, developing his concept of “New Orientalism” to bring together past and present, tradition and contemporary expression.

Yip had exhibitions worldwide including the National Palace Museum Taipei (Taiwan), Maison de la Culture de Bourges (France), the Royal Dutch Theater (The Neatherlands), the Madrid Cultural Center (Spain), The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (USA), New York International Asian Art Fair (USA), Beijing Today Art Museum (China), MOMA (Taiwan), Esplanade (Singapore), Maison de la Culture D’Amiens (France), Shanghai Power Station of Art (China) and the Southbank Centre London (UK).