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I’m thrilled to be part of Rogue Women 5! 💛

I am so excited to exhibit alongside such an incredible group of talented women artists from @rogueartists_studios and guest artists from across the UK.

This year’s exhibition is co-curated by Jen Orpin (@jenorpinpainter) and Margaret Cahill (@margaretcahillartist), with guest curation by Eleanor Clayton @eleanorclaytone (Senior Curator and Head of Collection and Exhibitions at The Hepworth Wakefield).

It’s a wonderful celebration of community, connection, and the wealth of talent of women in the arts. I can’t wait to share my work with you all!

Where: Ground Floor Gallery Space, Rogue Artists’ Studios CIC, 2-6 Barrass Street, Openshaw, Manchester, M11 1PU

Private View (PV): Saturday 10th October, 2 PM - 6 PM
(All welcome, free entry, wheelchair accessible, and refreshments served!)

Exhibition Dates: 10th October – 25th October
Open Saturday & Sunday, 12 PM - 4 PM (Weekdays by appointment only)

Hope to see some of you there! ❤️

Poster credit to @numbersixprints taken in Rogue Artists' Studios & Project Space CIC by @ulafungstudio

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19 days ago

Artist Introduction - Ula Fung
@ulafungstudio

Ula strongly believes that painting is an independent language. Her practice wanders through thoughts and emotions hidden within her mind, as well as her physical reactions. They can be fleeting thoughts — much like the subconscious mind uncovered within dreams. At other times, she dedicates effort to researching these ideas and emotions, delving into other texts to extend these thoughts or seek answers. Then, there are times when the painting itself becomes the text used to clarify them.

When painting, she is repeatedly responding to the artwork itself. The focus is not on expressing a single issue, recreating a specific moment, or establishing a singular self-identity. She cares about painting as a medium and the spirituality of painting itself. This does not mean her work lacks subject matter.

The work moves between abstraction and figuration. Much like in daily life, where we often believe we are seeing the whole truth when we actually only perceive fragments — gaps that our minds fill in through Gestalt Completion. Her works function in much the same way, inviting the audience to draw from their own experiences to fill in those blank spaces.

1st photo credit: @garethmorton.portraits by @ulafungstudio

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2 months ago

We are pleased to announce that we will be having a joint exhibition at the Williamson Art Gallery @williamsonart_ in Spring 2027.

The exhibition will bring together new paintings and related works by Josie Jenkins @josiejenkinsartist and Ula Fung @ulafungstudio developed alongside a period of regular discussion, shared studio visits and ongoing exchange in the lead-up to the exhibition.

More details to follow.

Credit to @garethmorton.portraits for the third photograph taken in Williamson Art Gallery & Museum by @ulafungstudio

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5 months ago

‘Two Minutes’ is a Q&A exchange in which we we ’swing‘ between the roles of asking and answering. The two-minute limit grew out of a conversation about how much you can actually say in two minutes, and became the framework for the project. by @ulafungstudio

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15 days ago

My new painting, Phantom image, is now showing as part of Rogue Women 5 exhibition! @rogue_women @rogueartists_studios

It’s such an honour to be part of this show. Met so many amazing artists at the opening today and had so many great chats!

Thanks to @jenorpinpainter and @margaretcahillartist for organising this exhibition and @eleanorclaytone for her wonderful curation

Guest artists:
Susan Absolon susan.absolon
Carolyn Blake @carolynblake
Pippa Blake @pippablake
Lesley Bunch @lesley.bunch
Ula Fung @ulafungstudio
Caroline Gorick @caroline_gorickpainting
Roxana Halls @roxanahallsartist
Ruth Heaton @rutheheaton
Marie Lenclos @marielenclos
Yeside Linney @yesidelinney
Yasaman Mollasalehi @yasaman.mollasalehi
Jude Wainright @judewainwright_
Lois Wallace @lois.wallace

The show runs until 25th October. Check out the details on their page: @rogue_women

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Title: Phantom image
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 140 x 90 cm by @ulafungstudio

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6 days ago

I’m delighted to announce that my painting, Madonna and Pandora with her apple from his image-repertoire, will be exhibiting at the Whitaker Open this year!

Exhibition Dates: Saturday, 17th October – Sunday, 13th December 2026

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Title: Madonna and Pandora with her apple from his image-repertoire
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions 140cm x 90cm

This painting explores the “Madonna-whore complex.” Whether as a Madonna or a whore, the figures are merely roles arranged for her by the man within his own mind. Her imagery is mutable, yet entirely dictated by his needs, selected from his image-repertoire, thereby reducing her — a living, breathing person —into a mere signifier. As Roland Barthes writes: “Confronting each of these incidents (what ‘befalls’ him), the amorous subject draws on the reservoir (the thesaurus?) of figures, depending on the needs, the injunctions, or the pleasures of his image-repertoire. taken in The Whitaker - Rossendale Museum and Art Gallery by @ulafungstudio

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11 days ago

Ula asks:

During your artist residency in my studio, we talked a lot about whether beauty is subjective or objective. I completely disagreed with you at first, but now I think we’ve reached a solid middle ground. Could you share your perspective on this again? by @ulafungstudio

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2 months ago

Breathing (Left)

200cm(W) X 180cm(H)
Oil on Canvas by @ulafungstudio

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7 months ago

Breathing (Right)

200cm(W) X 180cm(H)
Oil on Canvas by @ulafungstudio

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7 months ago

‘Two Minutes’ is a Q&A exchange in which we ‘swing’ between the roles of asking and answering. The two-minute limit grew out of a conversation about how much you can actually say in two minutes, and became the framework for the project.

Josie asks
Ula answers by @ulafungstudio

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3 months ago

Breathing

These painting has slowly changed over the past two years. In parallel with my own experiences and emotions, they have gone through several major reworkings, and for now I call this current state “finished”.

In this era, we have become very used to deconstructing everything - language, power, the body, even love and relationships. When everything is broken into fragments, we gradually lose the things we once believed in. It also becomes harder to piece these fragments back together into a shape we can rely on to live with.
At the same time, we feel a desperate need to confirm our identity labels. These identities become the tools for us to find our position in the society. But these identities often do not grow or come naturally from a stable and independent self; they are formed through relationships, through being seen, and through mutual recognition.

In these two paintings, I intentionally keep an open and ambiguous attitude - searching for liberty within structure, and reorganising within deconstruction.

Through this process I began to rethink what painting means to me. It is no longer just a question about a single essence, but something that can both grow with its own subjectivity and also hold emotional projection.

In the coming days, I will also share the individual pieces with some close-ups. Keep your eyes open 💛 by @ulafungstudio

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7 months ago

Another day, Wigan Today came to interview us! Here are some photos of us and a look behind the scenes during the interview.

📸 Photo credit: Wigan Observer taken in Leigh Spinners Mill by @ulafungstudio

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