Rachel Le Roux debuts her first solo show in Makati, bringing together old and new works that trace her evolving practice across figuration and abstraction.
British-Filipina artist and interior architect Rachel Le Roux presents her first solo exhibition, Echoes and Conversations, opening this January in Makati. Curated by art consultant Ayni Nuyda, the show runs from January 18 to February 15, 2026, at Fashion Interiors along Chino Roces Extension.
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About Echoes And Conversations
Bringing together 41 artworks, including 19 previously unseen works made specifically for the show, the exhibition introduces a deeply personal presentation of Le Roux’s evolving practice. As the artist shares, “The work evolves because I do, and I’m learning to trust that, rather than holding myself back.”
As the title suggests, Echoes and Conversations is structured as a conversation across time. The exhibition pairs completed figurative paintings from Le Roux’s earlier collections, referred to as the “echoes,” with newly created works, referred to as the “conversations.” This allows viewers to trace shifts in palette, movement, and emotional tone across her work.
Interwoven throughout the exhibition are abstract works that have expanded the show’s central idea of continuity. Often, these abstract works begin with “scraps of paint” from her figurative pieces. Le Roux describes this approach simply: “No big plan, no overthinking, just letting the piece renew itself and move in its own direction.”
Trained at Chelsea College of Art and Design in London, and now based in Manila, Le Roux brings an eye shaped by interiors, from space to texture to atmosphere, into her paintings. Through works that move between the figurative and the abstract, Le Roux invites viewers into that in-between space, one she describes as “honest,” and where “we soften… become and… bloom.”
“Echoes and Conversations” by Rachel Le Roux will be running from January 18 to February 15, 2026. Fashion Interiors is located at 2307 Don Chino Roces Ave. Extension, Makati City, and is open from Monday to Saturday, 9 AM to 8 PM.
Frequently Asked Questions
Echoes and Conversations is the first solo exhibition of British-Filipina artist and interior architect Rachel Le Roux, curated by Ayni Nuyda. The show brings together 41 artworks — including 19 previously unseen pieces — spanning figurative painting and abstraction, structured as a dialogue between earlier completed works and new pieces created specifically for the exhibition.
Echoes and Conversations runs from January 18 to February 15, 2026, at Fashion Interiors, located at 2307 Don Chino Roces Avenue Extension, Makati City. The gallery is open Monday to Saturday, 9 AM to 8 PM.
The show is organized around two categories of work: the “echoes,” comprising completed figurative paintings from Le Roux’s earlier collections, and the “conversations,” comprising newly created works that respond to them. Abstract works are interwoven throughout, often developed from paint remnants — described by the artist as “scraps of paint” — left over from her figurative pieces.
Rachel Le Roux trained at Chelsea College of Art and Design in London and is currently based in Manila, where she also practices as an interior architect. Her dual practice informs her paintings, with an attention to space, texture, and atmosphere drawn from interiors shaping the way she works between figuration and abstraction.
The exhibition traces shifts in palette, movement, and emotional tone across Le Roux’s practice over time, exploring continuity as a central idea — how earlier work echoes into new directions rather than being replaced by them. Le Roux describes her process as intuitive and self-directed, allowing works to develop without predetermined plans, moving between structure and release across both figurative and abstract modes.
