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04/07/2026

“The natural flow of line in traditional forms carries an inherent elegance. This elegance, along with a restrained sense of refinement, lies at the heart of my work. “ — Kwak Kyung-Tae

확장 Broadening Tradition, first U.S. solo exhibition by South Korean Master Onggi and Buncheong artist 곽경태 Kwak Kyung-Tae. Now on view.

Exhibition info and catalogue on hugomento.com. Visit our gallery. Contact for inquiry or purchase.

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04/02/2026

Show opening today…

‘확장 Broadening Tradition’, first U.S. solo exhibition by South Korean Master Onggi and Buncheong artist 곽경태 Kwak Kyung-Tae.

In Korea, the beauty of ceramics has long been whispered through the cadence of daily use—a quiet elegance often hidden by sheer utility. Kwak Kyung-Tae’s work seeks to amplify this overlooked grace. By reimagining traditional onggi and buncheong forms, the artist treats heritage not as a fixed relic, but as a living language. These reinterpretations honor their ancestral lineage while asserting a bold, transformative identity for the modern era.

The installation also showcases a Korean Bojagi window treatment custom-made by San Francisco-based designer Judy Kim .

Join us 6-8 pm tonight for the artist reception and gallery talk.

Exhibition preview and catalogue link in profile.

03/28/2026

Final opportunity to experience SUBJECTS OF TIME…

Please join us tomorrow, Sunday March 29, 3–5 pm for our closing reception. We are excited to have all four featured artists in attendance to celebrate the end of this show.

Oakland-based experimental artist and researcher Arianna Khmelniuk will be leading a closing scent ceremony at the gallery. We will breathe in a Tahoe pine resin approximately from 4:30 pm. During the performance, we invite you to be fully present by maintaining silence and keeping all devices out of sight. Come be in it with us.

SUBJECTS OF TIME, a group exhibition bringing together artists whose contemporary practices are inspired by ancient craft techniques.

Featuring Claire Bivins, Katy Brett, Laura Fischer and Arianna Khmelniuk. Guest curated by Kay Jaramillo.

Exhibition info and catalogue link in profile. Visit our gallery. Contact for inquiry or purchase.

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03/27/2026

곽경태 Kwak Kyung-Tae: 확장 Broadening Tradition

We’re proud to present the first U.S. solo exhibition by South Korean Master Onggi and Buncheong artist 곽경태 Kwak Kyung-Tae.

In Korea, ceramics have long been shaped by a devotion to function, refined over generations in the cadence of daily use. This enduring focus has cultivated a quiet yet profound beauty—one rooted in proportion, line, and form. Nevertheless, because these objects are so deeply embedded in the ritual of the everyday, their elegance has often remained unnoticed.

Kwak Kyung-Tae’s work seeks to elevate and highlight this overlooked grace. By shifting attention away from pure utility, the artist engages with a long lineage of ceramic tradition not as a fixed relic, but as a living language. Drawing from conventional Onggi and Buncheong forms passed down through generations, these works expand and reimagine their presence, allowing them to evolve beyond their original roles while still carrying the ancestral weight of their history.

Show Opening & Artist Reception:
April 2, 6 - 8 pm; Gallery Talk at 7 pm

RSVP: eventbrite.com/e/kwak-kyung-tae-broadening-tradition-tickets-1985857340764

03/24/2026

Join us for the closing reception of SUBJECTS OF TIME this Sunday March 29, 3-5 pm.

Oakland-based experimental artist and researcher Arianna Khmelniuk will be leading a closing scent ceremony at the gallery. We will breathe in a Tahoe pine resin approximately from 4:30 pm. During the performance, we invite you to be fully present by maintaining silence and keeping all devices out of sight. Come be in it with us.

Drawing on the visual language of a biochemical lab, Khmelniuk explores how pain materializes across plant and human bodies. Through the cycle of tree resin—born from injury, distilled, and finally burned as incense—smell becomes a grief practice that cannot be fixed or held. This collective ritual acknowledges that a plant’s response to damage outlives the event itself. Here, pain is not represented; it is made present.

SUBJECTS OF TIME, a group exhibition bringing together artists whose contemporary practices are inspired by ancient craft techniques.

Featuring Claire Bivins, Katy Brett, Laura Fischer and Arianna Khmelniuk. Guest curated by Kay Jaramillo. On view through March 29.

Exhibition info and catalogue link in profile. Visit our gallery. Contact for inquiry or purchase.

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03/20/2026

Drawing from a range of art historical references, San Francisco artist Claire Bivins’ signature style of cartooning takes shape in the form of architectural relief. Adapting this sculptural technique historically used for storytelling and decoration on architectural structures, Bivins references the photography of Thomas Eakins, Victorian-era illustrations of skeletons or classical imagery such as a Pietà, in homage to history’s storytellers— known and unknown—and their transcendence across time. Resulting in a series of individual tiles resembling faux relics, they are fired in a rich bronze-like glaze, with their highlights and imperfections creating the illusion of natural weathering and the raw edging mimicking the surfaces of excavated artifacts.

SUBJECTS OF TIME, a group exhibition bringing together artists whose contemporary practices are inspired by ancient craft techniques.

Featuring Claire Bivins, Katy Brett, Laura Fischer and Arianna Khmelniuk. Guest curated by Kay Jaramillo. On view through March 29.

Exhibition info and catalogue link in profile. Visit our gallery. Contact for inquiry or purchase.

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03/18/2026

Coming soon…

South Korean master potter Kwak Kyung-Tae’s first solo exhibition in the U.S.

04.02.26

03/13/2026

The action of knotting, one of the earliest gestures known to humankind, is employed by California artist Laura Fischer, who considers repetition as both a formal and conceptual tool. Drawing from ancient textile traditions, her practice unfolds through this labor-intensive method, guided by the balance of structure and intuition, allowing variation and subtle irregularities to emerge over time.

Wrapped around foraged stones, each woven entity functions less as a static form than as a record of time spent and attention sustained, carrying the imprint of repetitive making as a lived and embodied experience. Fischer regards this nature of the creation process as a contemplative act—akin to long-form prayer or devotional practice, with the cycles, loops, and complexities of the knot serving as a metaphor for the carried histories of labor, survival, and transmission across generations.

SUBJECTS OF TIME, a group exhibition bringing together artists whose contemporary practices are inspired by ancient craft techniques.

Featuring Claire Bivins, Katy Brett, Laura Fischer and Arianna Khmelniuk. Guest curated by Kay Jaramillo. On view through March 29.

Exhibition info and catalogue link on hugomento.com. Visit our gallery. Contact for inquiry or purchase.

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03/07/2026

Building on bone and antler crafts of pre-industrial Scotland, New York based artist Katy Brett incorporates newfound local materials into ancient making practices. Teasing function out of foraged artifacts, organic matter produced by erosion is then reproduced in cast pewter and reframed as functional hardware. Deer bone is woven with scrap polypropylene and hedgehog spikes are used to make brushes, while brittle debris, like oyster shells and poultry bones, are cast into tiles and wall hooks. While appearing as organic abstractions at a distance, subtle animal forms emerge from each tile. Resting in pewter frames made from using impressions of a single plastic cocktail stirrer into clay, the pewter is poured into these indentations and then bent carefully to hold each tablet. These interactive sculptures of detritus trace the shifting relationship between dwelled space and the landscape of the Anthropocene.

SUBJECTS OF TIME, a group exhibition bringing together artists whose contemporary practices are inspired by ancient craft techniques.

Featuring Claire Bivins, Katy Brett, Laura Fischer and Arianna Khmelniuk. Guest curated by Kay Jaramillo. On view through March 29.

Exhibition info and catalogue on hugomento.com. Visit our gallery. Contact for inquiry or purchase.

Artwork photography by Steph Pan.

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