Press Release

White Cube Hong Kong is pleased to present the first exhibition in Asia by London-based artist Shaqúelle Whyte (b. 2000, Wolverhampton, UK), featuring new large-scale paintings.

Exploring time, space and the subconscious, Whyte’s imagined environments evoke a sense of mystery and introspection, using loose brushstrokes and expansive compositions. Through a non-linear narrative, his recurring motifs and staged figures lend a theatrical quality, as if his canvases were scenes from an unfolding play. Though devoid of self-portraiture, Whyte’s paintings reflect his inner life, inviting viewers to interpret his surreal, dreamlike worlds as reflections of their own.

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Installation Views

Exhibition view: Shaqúelle Whyte, Nine nights; Strange fruit, White Cube, Hong Kong (6 February-14 March 2026). Courtesy White Cube.
Exhibition view: Shaqúelle Whyte, Nine nights; Strange fruit, White Cube, Hong Kong (6 February-14 March 2026). Courtesy White Cube.
Exhibition view: Shaqúelle Whyte, Nine nights; Strange fruit, White Cube, Hong Kong (6 February-14 March 2026). Courtesy White Cube.
Exhibition view: Shaqúelle Whyte, Nine nights; Strange fruit, White Cube, Hong Kong (6 February-14 March 2026). Courtesy White Cube.
Exhibition view: Shaqúelle Whyte, Nine nights; Strange fruit, White Cube, Hong Kong (6 February-14 March 2026). Courtesy White Cube.
Exhibition view: Shaqúelle Whyte, Nine nights; Strange fruit, White Cube, Hong Kong (6 February-14 March 2026). Courtesy White Cube.
Exhibition view: Shaqúelle Whyte, Nine nights; Strange fruit, White Cube, Hong Kong (6 February-14 March 2026). Courtesy White Cube.
Exhibition view: Shaqúelle Whyte, Nine nights; Strange fruit, White Cube, Hong Kong (6 February-14 March 2026). Courtesy White Cube.
Exhibition view: Shaqúelle Whyte, Nine nights; Strange fruit, White Cube, Hong Kong (6 February-14 March 2026). Courtesy White Cube.
Exhibition view: Shaqúelle Whyte, Nine nights; Strange fruit, White Cube, Hong Kong (6 February-14 March 2026). Courtesy White Cube.
Exhibition view: Shaqúelle Whyte, Nine nights; Strange fruit, White Cube, Hong Kong (6 February-14 March 2026). Courtesy White Cube.
Exhibition view: Shaqúelle Whyte, Nine nights; Strange fruit, White Cube, Hong Kong (6 February-14 March 2026). Courtesy White Cube.
Exhibition view: Shaqúelle Whyte, Nine nights; Strange fruit, White Cube, Hong Kong (6 February-14 March 2026). Courtesy White Cube.
About the Artist

Shaqúelle Whyte is a London-based figurative painter known for immersive canvases that interrogate the human condition through imagined, ambiguous worlds and theatrical compositions.

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About the Gallery

An international art powerhouse, White Cube was established in 1993 in London by art dealer Jay Jopling. In its space on Duke Street, it served as the early exhibition venue for many now internationally acclaimed British artists, including Tracey Emin, Gilbert & George, Rachel Kneebone and Antony Gormley, who still show with the gallery today.

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