I have collaborated with K11 twice before, in 2019 and again in 2021, but never in Shanghai. I am super excited to be having my first-ever museum show and it is a real privilege to have this take place at K11 and in Shanghai. Why did you choose Shanghai and K11 for your museum debut and not elsewhere in the world? And why now?

Eventually we came to a style we agreed on and the work for the show began! It was a real joy creating samples of the work for the show, Mrs Doodle and I explored a real range of options for colouring and even asked Instagram followers which they thought was best. We discussed a few options internally with my studio but we all came to the decision that the best option was to create a show based around my marriage to Mrs Doodle, which hadn’t yet happened at that time. I was thrilled by the opportunity and instantly began coming up with ideas. The experience was really fun and we had a pretty big audience watching me doodle which was awesome!Īfter this project, K11 approached my gallerist Pearl Lam of Pearl Lam Galleries and inquired about the opportunity for me to do a solo show at chi K11 art museum in Shanghai.

At that time it was in Hong Kong, and I was invited by K11 to doodle on some furniture and a wall at K11 MUSEA. I first collaborated with K11 in December 2019. How did this exhibition Shanghai chi K11 art museum come about?

“Mr Doodle in Love” is your debut institutional show.

Image courtesy of the artist and chi K11 art museum. Installation view, “Mr Doodle in Love”at chi K11 art museum, Shanghai, 2 March – 5 June 2022. IMAGES: Courtesy of the artist, Pearl Lam Galleries, and chi K11 art museum On the occasion of his first institutional exhibition, Mr Doodle (aka Sam Cox) explains in this two-part interview why he chose chi K11 art museum in Shanghai to debut a vibrant new body of works created together with his wife, Mrs Doodle, and what he hopes to bring to his audience in China.

Mr doodle painting