EXHIBITION CLOSING SOON
Lee Seung Jio: Nucleus in Resonance
September 18 – November 8, 2025
Currently on view through November 8, 2025, Lee Seung Jio: Nucleus in Resonance is the gallery’s second solo exhibition dedicated to painter Lee Seung Jio (1941–1990). A leading figure in postwar Korean geometric abstraction, Lee developed his iconic Nucleus series from the late 1960s until his passing in 1990. Defined by his signature cylindrical “pipe” forms, Lee’s paintings construct a rigorous visual language that strips the motif of symbolic meaning and probes the illusions of perception itself. The exhibition follows the evolution of the Nucleus series—from early works of the 1960s to the meditative black paintings of the late 1970s and the monumental canvases of the 1980s—revealing the depth of his lifelong exploration and vision.
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UPCOMING EXHIBITION
Kang Seok Ho: Hold Still
November 20,2025 – January 24, 2026
Opening Reception: Thursday, November 20, from 6–8pm
We are pleased to present Kang Seok Ho: Hold Still, the gallery’s second solo exhibition of the late Korean artist. Bringing together Kang’s Couple and Nude paintings—created between the mid-2010s and 2021—the exhibition traces the artist’s engagement with the human figure as a means to explore surface, materiality, and form. Depicting intertwined bodies yet stripped of narrative and erotic intent, these works reflect Kang’s fixation on painting itself—and the paradox of closeness and distance in seeing and depicting another. The exhibition’s title, Hold Still, refers to his signature process of re-framing images from contemporary life, translating the immediacy of photography into the slower temporality of paint.
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About the Gallery
Tina Kim Gallery is widely recognized for its unique programming that emphasizes international contemporary artists, historical overviews, and independent curatorial projects. The gallery has built a platform for emerging and established artists by working closely with over twenty artists and Estates, including Pacita Abad, Ghada Amer, Tania Pérez Córdova, and Mire Lee, amongst others. Our expanding program of Asian-American and Asian diasporic artists, including Maia Ruth Lee, Minoru Niizuma, and Wook-Kyung Choi, evince the gallery’s commitment to pushing the conversation beyond national frameworks.
Founded in 2001, the gallery opened the doors to its ground-floor Chelsea exhibition space in 2014. The gallery was instrumental in introducing Korean Dansaekhwa artists such as Park Seo-Bo, Ha Chong-Hyun, and Kim Tschang-Yeul to an international audience, establishing public and institutional awareness of this critically influential group of Asian Post-War artists. The gallery partners regularly with prominent curators, scholars, and writers to produce exhibitions and publications of rigor and critical resonance.