David Iselin, co-owner of Modern Animals Gallery, on working with Xinyu Han: “We discovered Xinyu Han when we were looking at the graduating works of the painting class at the Slade School in London. Her paintings often depict moments at night and are characterized by a magical, cinematic quality. In spring 2025, Xinyu Han presented her first solo exhibition at our gallery. Thanks to her residency at the 25hours hotel Langstrasse, we can now continue the dialogue in Zurich.”

In the hotel’s studio, painter Xinyu Han experiments with monoprint, a printing technique she has not practiced before. With quick brushstrokes, she creates painterly moments in a dreamlike atmosphere. The motifs capture what the artist observed during her time in Zurich. A wasp trapped in a lemonade bottle, swimmers in the Limmat, a nighttime party with friends in the forest, or a hotel employee in front of the studio window during a smoke break.

Open Studio, Saturday, August 2

In collaboration with Modern Animals Gallery, Zurich

In the hotel’s art collection:

Xinyu Han “This, too shall pass.”
Monoprint, acrylic on paper, 2025