INVITATION
Collect Brazilian Jewelry, curated by Dorine Botana, is honored to invite you to the new edition of its highly anticipated exhibition of signature jewelry, showcasing the creative talent of renowned Brazilian artists.
“ Invisible Women & Brave Girls” by Angels Grau
October 10 - November 3rd, 2024
Invisible Women & Brave Girls by Angles Grau
Kate Oh Gallery is delighted to present “Invisible Women & Brave Girls”, an exhibition of acrylic paintings by Àngels Grau, a Spanish artist renowned for her powerful portrayal of both physical and metaphorical strength. Inspired by her daughters, Claudia and Mafalda, this series goes beyond traditional art, offering a bold visual statement that encourages every girl to confront challenges, harness her inner strength, and transform the world.
“Brave Girls” embodies the fearless spirit of the girl who confronted the Wall Street bull, standing as a symbol of courage and resilience. These works capture the ability to rise, lift oneself up, and start again, even when everything around seems to be crumbling.
The series portrays young women who, despite being overlooked or undervalued, face life’s obstacles with heads held high and unwavering confidence. Like the girl who defied the bull of tradition and expectation, each “Brave Girl” represents the power to break down barriers, challenge societal norms, and embrace limitless possibilities. These women are not merely surviving—they are thriving and leading change.
In each painting, Grau vividly depicts the strength, passion, and talent of these young women. Her work conveys both individual stories and the collective spirit of women pushing boundaries and striving for a better world.
At the heart of this series is the message: You Can. Each painting resonates with the belief that great achievements are possible when challenges are faced with courage. “Brave Girls” is not just an art series—it’s a movement for change, inspiring young women to stand up, break barriers, and create their own futures.
“ Wanderer” by Kim Seok-Young
Dates: Oct 1-8th, 2024
“Wanderer” by Kim Seok-Young from October 1-8th, 2024
Kate Oh Gallery is thrilled to present "Wanderer" by Kim Seok-Young, the artist's 33rd solo exhibition.
Opening October 1st in New York, this show introduces Kim Seok-Young, an artist renowned for his powerful expressionist works featuring horses, flowers, and human figures. Kim's diverse practice spans painting, video, and sculpture, blending Eastern spiritual energy with contemporary artistic expressions. For his New York debut in the heart of the contemporary art world, Kim has chosen the theme "Discovery" - a journey to find oneself and our collective identity.
As Robert Morgan writes in the exhibition foreword:
"Viewers will feel a surge of 'qi' (life force) emanating from Kim's works. The artist's boundless energy release connects to the Taoist concept of 'Dao' or 'Way' - essentially a path to enlightenment. There's no set formula for this process. It's like sweeping fallen leaves on quiet temple steps - a means for something to unfold. This exhibition invites us to embark on a journey of self-discovery, asking: 'Who are we, and what are our potentials?'"
In these turbulent times of global environmental crises and conflicts, this exhibition offers a moment to reflect on and rediscover ourselves and our shared humanity.
“ Impermanent Bubbles” by Pema Rinzin
Dates: Sep 5th - 29th, 2024
Kate Oh Gallery is pleased to announce Impermanent Bubbles, the first solo show of Pema Rinzin at the gallery.
Bubbles painted with natural dyes and hand-ground mineral pigments fill up Rinzin’s canvases, wood panels, and paper works. The foamy fields are at once planar and dimensional: micro and macro; claustrophobic swarms and vast expanses.
Rinzin chose the bubble because it cannot be held. It appears shimmering before you for only a moment before it pops. Rinzin understands the main teaching of Tibetan Buddhism to be impermanence. For him, there is much to be learned from contemplating something so small and transient.
The bubble is not a new shape for Rinzin. In fact, he has been encircling color since he trained to become a master in Tibetan thangka painting. In every Tibetan thangka, there is an offering presented which represents a gem. Either yellow, blue, green, or red, it is a physical offering to the gods. But its abstract rendering reminds us that even if you have nothing material to give, there is always something to offer: a water droplet, an idea, a prayer.
Rinzin’s past bodies of work have been more figurative. For Impermanent Bubble, he was looking for a process of repetition that paralleled the chanting of a Mantra. “You don’t wear out a mantra,” says Rinzin. “You can do a mantra through all your life into your next life. Collecting one million; two million; three million.” He admits boredom can creep in during the time-consuming repetition of the painting process. But this, too, is an important part of the practice. Cycling through becoming numb, he will once again emerge into the awareness and the sweetness of his efforts.
As Rinzin developed these paintings, he noticed that the bubbles took on particular characteristics. For instance, certain color combinations caused fields of bubbles to form landscapes. Others suggested the cosmos. Still others, which he calls dropping bubbles, became worlds within world, nested and playing with scale.
“Insight and Sapience” by Erica Kim
August 13th- September 3rd, 2024
Erica Kim’s art featured at Times Square on a Billboard on August 23rd, 2024
Summer Group Exhibition
July 23- Aug 11th
Lana (Sveta) Malakhoff
Dates: July 2 - 20, 2024
Urban Wave - New York
Dates: June 4 -11, 2024
Agnes Son Exhibition
Dates: May 22 - June 2, 2024
Artist Statement
I pursue perfection again today, striving to achieve it with all my might. Yet, I despair as I feel the emptiness of unfulfilled yearning. Is realizing that nothing is perfect the destination of life? What is the standard of perfection?
Today, I torment myself in the pursuit of perfection once more. Let it go. It must be let go. Dot by dot. These form lines. Lines, lines, they reveal surfaces.
Today, hardship and happiness coexist. Perhaps everything is completed when they coexist, where even aging and novelty add depth to the canvas of life.
Is perfection the coexistence of completeness and incompleteness? Today, I meet the me of 40 years ago and face the present me. The weight cannot be measured, but all the emotions that were by my side then led the present me into anger, despair, and regret. In the end, reconciling with all those emotions, I shape the present me, leading me to tomorrow with excitement. Joyful and happy, every moment spent with my art.
Dot, Line, and Surface.
On May 18th, Kate Oh Gallery by Asher Min’s photography exhibition will be part of the “Madison Avenue Spring Gallery Walk 2024” and there will be two Gallery Talks at 2:00pm, and 4:00pm. It is FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
Asher Min
May 8-19th, 2024
“Min’s photographs catch us in the dark, which is how he wants them to be. As expressed in “Waterfall of My Dreams”, there are three elements that constitute the subject matter in this work. They include “painting, performance, and photography.” Together, the viewer is invited to concentrate on this work as if the evening waterfalls were actually going to descend, which finally they will, prior to being caught in abstract shapes between the various limits of light that surround their depth and darkness.”
- Robert C. Morgan, art critic
Laura Manuel
Date: April 16-28, 2024
“Royal Celadons”
Exhibition Date: January 6 - March 14, 2024
By appointment only from February 9 - March 14
RSVP at info@kateohgallery.com or (646) 286-4575
https://www.meer.com/en/77588-kim-se-yong-celadon-conventions
Kate Oh Gallery - video credit to creativeAgroup
HeizleLand
December 19, 2023 - January 5, 2024
“Symphony of Opulence”
by Marko Stout
”Voicing Invisible Women”
by Angels Grau
October 3 - 22, 2023
“The Lyricism of Organic Tradition”
by Kim Gyoungmin
August 24 - September 30, 2023
“The Lyricism of Organic Tradition”
by Kwon Chigyu
August 24 - September 30, 2023
“Stone Wave”
by Jung Kwangsik
July 16 - August 19, 2023
“KIMONO REBORN” by Mayuko Okada
Exhibition Dates: May 30- June 23rd, 2023
“Tactile Effects” by Mague Brewer
Date: May 16 - 27, 2023
Rinaldo Skalamera
Exhibition Dates: April 16 - 30th, 2023
Callie Danae Hirsch
Exhibition: April 4th 15th, 2023
“Collect Brazilian Jewelry”
Brazilian Handmade Jewelry
Exhibition Date: March 16 - April 1, 2023
“New York K-Art Festival”
Exhibition Date: March 4-12, 2023
“Flow”
by Insoo Chun
Exhibition Dates: February 19 - March 3, 2023
“Lucky Charm” (Dancheong)
by Kate Oh Trabulsi
Exhibition Dates: Jan 21 - 31, 2023
“Emptying and Filling”
by Kwan-Jin Oh
Exhibition Date: January 3-20, 2023
UES Minhwa (Korean Folk Traditions) Exhibition
Exhibition Date: Dec 20-30th,2022
Reception: Dec 23rd, 3-6PM
“Populist Animals”
by Heemin Moon
Exhibition Date: Dec 6-18th, 2022
Reception: Dec 6th, 6-8PM
“INFINITELY REPELLING ORBS”
by Marko Stout
Opening: Dec 1st, 2022
“Let There Be Light”
by Chris Gocong and Rod Lathim
Exhibition Dates: Nov. 3-25 2022
The talented artist Anely Girondin who exhibited at Kate Oh Gallery from
August 28 - September 4, 2022
was featured on NY Daily News.
Read more on her work and this article here.
“Dusted Photographs”
by Peter Ha (Jaeyell)
Exhibition Dates: Oct. 20-30, 2022
"Serendipity”,
showcasing dramatic abstract works by artists
Angels Grau and Alberto Murillo
Exhibition Dates: October 2-8, 2022
An Artist Who Paints From the Heart: Yang SiYoung
Exhibition Dates: September 26 - October 1, 2022
“Expressionist Scenes of Harrow”
by Nancy Prager
A collection of 'configurations' suggesting and mirroring haunting messages.
Exhibition Dates: September 6 - September 23, 2022
“The Movements of Our Roots”
by Anely Girondin
Exhibition Dates: August 28 - September 4
“Matrixes Small Works”
“HYPNOTIQ”
“The Pursuit of Happiness”
“The Lost Flame, Regained”
“ Cancer Fundraiser Show”
“Cancer Fundraiser Show” by Richard Volpe, Eliza Bender, and Alyssa Giammona.
Exhibition Date May 19 - 29, 2022
Closing Reception : Thursday May 26, 6 - 8 PM
Kate Oh Gallery is participating in the Madison Avenue Spring Gallery Walk on Saturday, May 14th, 2022. We cordially invite you to join us at the artist talk at 2 PM.
You can RSVP here: https://madisonavenuebid.org/springgallerywalk/
In this Gallery Walk, artist Bong Jung Kim's solo exhibition, Convalescence, will be on view. We invite you to his world of art and creativity merged with salutary perspectives.
"Convalescence”
"Convalescence"
by Bong Jung Kim, curated by Iris Inhee Moon
Kate Oh Gallery invites you to a Bong Jung Kim’s world of oriental philosophy merged with western aesthetics. Kim’s art explores a philosophical relationship and quest to the subject matter of love, desire, and longing, bridging the gesture and expression of his body and soul.
“TO BECOME LIFE": Two-Person Show
“Love Walk in New York”
Rainbow Group Show
"The Korean Archetype”
"The Korean Archetype" by Miky (Yoohyun) Kim at Kate Oh Gallery
Exhibition Date: March 1 -11, 2022
“Pop Art Figures: Present and Past”
Bong Jung Kim, Poppy Series
Encore Show: “Flower Dance”
Rosalyn Engelman
Pietro Antonio Narducci (1915-1999)
“Stone Wave”
“REQUIEM”
“Flower Dance”
“Healing in City”
First Exhibition in our New Location
“America The Beautiful”
In the Present Tense
by James Sondow and Iliya Mirochnik