WHAT A solo presentation by the Japanese artist (b.1954), the exhibition is a series of paintings inspired by the natural beauty of Yakushima Island, known for its captivating mossy forests. With his background in nihonga (traditional Japanese painting using minerals and pigments), the artist’s oeuvres explore the relationship between humans and nature. The subject matter…
WHAT Established in 1993, French May is one of the largest cultural events in Asia. With over 200,000 visitors each year, it has become an iconic part of Hong Kong's cultural scene, presenting more than 100 programmes over three months. The festival showcases the most diversified art forms by bringing exhibitions and performances to various…
WHAT In her third exhibition with the gallery, the Canadian-Chinese artist (b.1980) uses landscape as a metaphor for the intangible forces that drive human beings from within. With her distinct visual language and personal narrative, she draws inspiration from her daily life experiences, her relationships, and her curiosity of the beauty and complexities of nature…
WHAT The exhibition marks the Korean-American artist’s first solo exhibition at the gallery following her solo debut at Art Central 2022, and celebrates the gallery’s one year anniversary. Presenting a series of new abstract paintings, the artist expands upon her art historical studies, delving deeper into the lingual power of allegorical and narrative paintings. To…
WHAT This is the 5th edition of the fair, with over 80 local and international artists, publishers, organisations, and booksellers participating. The fair includes special displays by Hong Kong photographer Kurt Tong, Swiss independent publishing house Nieves, and French publisher onestar press/Three Star Books, along with a wide range of talks, workshops, and performances. This…
WHAT In this exhibition by two well-known local Hong Kong artists, both present their love for the city and show how different perspectives can be despite their different backgrounds and environments. The theme of the exhibition is the perspective of light in a city and how it penetrates time, culture, and history, transforming the urban…
WHAT The exhibition is a special selection of over 30 artworks by artists originating from both European and Asian continents. The first group of artists originate from China, having received training in traditional Chinese ink painting and calligraphy (as well as Western art) in pre-war China. Drawn to the Abstract Expressionist movement in Europe, they…
WHAT Trained as a classical musician, the artist used to be a viola player with Hong Kong Philharmonic before devoting herself to painting in 2011. Using her music background, her first solo exhibition with the gallery incorporates musical elements and allows audiences to experience a new way of appreciating music and art. Her ‘Mist’ series…
WHAT The artist is a French photographer (b.1977) based in Paris, who takes a deeply structured and calculated approach to photography, focusing solely on the construction of the image rather than the subject itself. She uses a view camera, which creates an inverted image of the observed reality and allows for long exposure times of…
WHAT For the American artist’s first exhibition at the gallery, six new sculptures of hand-carved, hand-dyed polychromed basswood are presented. The exhibition’s title derives from a single artwork installed on a single pedestal, spanning over three and a half metres. The artwork is composed of a series of compositions, each placing one abstracted, biomorphic element…
WHAT The artist’s first solo exhibition at the gallery is a presentation of a kinetic installation and many of his recent paintings. They explore the relationship between machinery and humanity in this age of technological innovation. A dimly lit room adjacent to the main gallery space hosts the show's eponymous centrepiece, ‘Auto Soma’ (2023), a…
WHAT Belgian artist, Jean Philippe Duboscq’s textured works and American artist, Jon Poblador’s minimalistic paintings make up an exhibition where experimentation, the bold mastery of know-how and the power of the medium converge. While Duboscq expresses art through materiality, volumetry, abstraction, and lyrical abstraction; Poblador focuses on conceptual pieces and repetition by adding colours in…
WHAT An exhibition that covers two gallery floors, the presentation consists of nine of the Korean artist’s newest works. In the new series, the artist meticulously renders the nocturnal landscapes infused with sublime qualities: the vast universe, cosmic spirals, and lights. He uses a variety of different materials that pertain to traditional Eastern Asian heritage…
WHAT The American artist’s (b. 1986) second solo exhibition at the gallery premiers his renowned text works alongside a new series of shorthand writings. Focusing his practice on the relationship between semiotics and language to confront social and political topics such as race, power, communication, and labour, the artist creates drawings using graphite, pencil and…
WHAT Having been based in Paris for the past three decades, the internationally renowned Japanese artist’s (b. 1962) works are shown in Hong Kong for the first time. Known for her singular experimental pieces in the medium of photography, she also employs large canvases of varying sizes and drip painting techniques to convey her message.…
WHAT The Hong Kong artist (b. 1987) has cultivated an artistic practice galvanised by his keen, unperturbed sense of observation. His work examines everyday objects and their inherent forms, while exposing varying nuances in the relationship between the object and the context where it is found. In January 2023, Para Site invited the artist to…
WHAT Trained as a classical musician, the artist used to be a viola player with Hong Kong Philharmonic before devoting herself to painting in 2011. Using her music background, her first solo exhibition with the gallery incorporates musical elements and allows audiences to experience a new way of appreciating music and art. Her ‘Mist’ series…
WHAT The group exhibition featuring 7 Hong Kong artists showcases the process behind each artist's practice, with a focus on city landscapes made of man-made objects and nature. While landscape paintings today may be seen as picturesque and sublime, they were once considered a lesser genre, often relegated to the peripheral background in biblical and…
