Visit CHECK-IN, the new exhibition by Charlotte Hailstone Wu at Synonym Gallery

Synonym Gallery, in collaboration with La Artisteria, is pleased to present CHECK-IN, the first solo exhibition in Mexico City by artist Charlotte Hailstone Wu. The exhibition opens October 2nd, 2026, with an opening reception at 7 pm, and will remain on view through 30th , 2026.

CHECK-IN presents a new body of work that expands Hailstone Wu’s ongoing investigation into perception and the point at which painting begins to move beyond the flat surface. The exhibition brings together paintings depicting translucent plexiglass forms; paintings that incorporate plexiglass itself; Op Art-inspired pattern paintings and prints; photograms made using those same plexiglass forms as negatives; and small resin works installed in repeated groupings and triptychs.

Forms recur across these bodies of work, particularly small plexiglass chairs drawn from the histories of furniture and design. As they reappear, the same object shifts between subject, material, pattern, and image-making tool. Repetition – especially in groups of three – establishes a visual rhythm throughout the exhibition, while transparency, layering, color, and light continually move between what is depicted and what is physically present.

CHECK-IN loosely adopts the framework of a hotel as a temporary home for this visual world: a place of arrival, transition, repetition, and departure. Alongside the exhibition, ROOM SERVICE – a small selection featuring editions, prints, and design objects – extends the work into objects that can be used, interacted with, and taken home.