NEW EXHIBITION
45th Anniversary: Home and Abroad
July 9 – August 28, 2026
Opening Reception: Thursday, July 9, 6-8pm
Founded in 1981 in Hong Kong, 2026 marks the 45th anniversary of Alisan Fine Arts. To commemorate the occasion, we have organized a series of exhibitions across our various gallery locations and at art fairs under the theme of “Then and Now”.
Here at Alisan Fine Arts New York, our focus will be on the Chinese Diaspora artists with whom we’ve worked since the gallery’s early years, alongside a new generation of contemporary artists.
Organized into three galleries, the exhibition centers on three themes: Reinventing Tradition, featuring the work of Lui Shou-Kwan, Wucius Wong, Yang Jiechang and Yang Yanping; New York, featuring the work of Walasse Ting, Ming Fay, Chinyee; and Home and Abroad, featuring artists Chu Chu, Summer Lee, Justin Lim, Yifan Jiang, Jia Sung, and Kelly Wang.
We look forward to celebrating with you soon!
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RECENT EXHIBITION
Robert Oxnam: Searching for Qi
June 10 – July 3, 2026
Opening Reception: Wednesday, June 10, 6-8pm
Curator Talk with Dr. Susan Beningson: Wednesday, June 17, 5pm
We are pleased to present Searching for Qi, an exhibition of Robert Oxnam’s sculpture and photography. Featured in the 2025 Finding Qi exhibition, this body of work was curated by Amei Wallach and Vishakha Desai at the East End Arts Council. We are now honored to present it at Alisan Fine Arts, where a portion of the exhibition proceeds will be donated to the Asia Society New York.
A scholar by training and a non-profit leader by profession, Robert Oxnam discovered his artistic practice almost by chance. Walking the beaches of the Long Island Sound, he noticed fragments of weathered wood—washed up on the shore by currents, half-buried under sand and wedged between rocks, carved from sea water, climate, and insects. Oxnam collected these gnarled, irregular shards, cleaning them to reveal a striking parallel. The wooden forms bore an uncanny resemblance to ancient Chinese scholars’ rocks—a millennium-long practice wherein scholar-officials collected unusual rocks for their studios. The custom symbolized an association of small fragments with the expansive, cosmic energy of nature.
The intent, Oxnam noted, was not to replicate the scholar stones tradition, but to seek inspiration in its conceptual metaphor. He continued to explore the close relationship of fragments to the whole, investigating this intimacy in a series of macro photographs. Capturing glacial rocks and boulders on Rocky Point Beach, he became enthralled by the finer details—a circular mark on a rock, a flash of color invisible to the naked eye, an impression filled with sea water after a wave. To Oxnam, these features were simultaneously specific and vast; as if taken from “Google Earth,” they remained minute while suggesting a natural expanse.
Searching for Qi presents these two related bodies of work: Oxnam’s driftwood sculptures, for which he was best known, and his foray into photography.
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About the Gallery
Alisan Fine Arts, a stalwart of the Hong Kong art scene since its establishment in 1981, is excited to have opened our new gallery location in New York City’s Upper East Side on November 30th, 2023. Known for its dedication to Chinese diaspora artists and contemporary Chinese ink art, we continue our legacy of bridging East and West with this exciting expansion and bringing a piece of Hong Kong’s art history to a new audience while continuing to honor the artists that have shaped our legacy.
As we open our first location in the US, the gallery is committed to working with Chinese American and other Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) artists, continuing our mission of promoting cross-cultural dialogue and fostering a global appreciation for diverse artistic expressions. The gallery’s New York venture provides a unique platform for showcasing the richness of Chinese diaspora artistry, with a special focus on artists who have made significant contributions to both their heritage culture and the American art scene.
The New York City location aims to bring these conversations to a broader audience and create a space where Asian art can further dialogue with international trends and movements. The gallery will be headed up by Daniel Chen, previously the director of Chambers Fine Art. “I am thrilled to be a part of this new chapter for Alisan Fine Arts,” says Chen. “This is a gallery that has been at the forefront of Asian art for over 40 years, and it’s exciting to be able to broaden its legacy here in the center of the contemporary art world.”
Co-founded in the 1980s by Alice King, Alisan Fine Arts is one of the first professionally run galleries in Hong Kong and has been a pioneer in the field of Chinese contemporary art and new ink art, in particular, focusing on promoting mainland Chinese artists as well as established Hong Kong and Chinese diaspora artists.
We currently manage three premises, one in the upper east side of New York City, one in Hong Kong’s central business district and one in Aberdeen, Hong Kong’s southside.