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The River’s Winding Through: From the Pearl to the Mississippi to the Elbe
This writing explores the conceptual and geographical rivers winding through by Oui.gallery, tracing its progression through three iconic water-based regions: the Pearl River Delta, the Mississippi River Basin, and the Elbe Watershed.
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Matt Hope Unveils “Hong Kong Wall” Sound Installation at HKwalls 2025
For Immediate Release – Hong Kong HKwalls, Hong Kong’s premier street art festival, is thrilled to announce its 10th annual celebration, taking place from March 22 to 30, 2025, in the Central and Western Districts. Kicking off the nine-day festival, British artist Matt Hope will debut his latest work, Hong Kong Wall, an innovative sound… Continue reading Matt Hope Unveils “Hong Kong Wall” Sound Installation at HKwalls 2025
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Announcing Arlene Creates Solo Show
Join us for a celebration of Arlene Rosengarten’s life and artwork. This show’s goal is to raise awareness for ALS. All works are NFS (Not For Sale). The show is curated by De’joneiro Jones. Details Updates More about Arlene Arlene Rosengarten was an artist. Born November 30, 1942, her work of art was her life… Continue reading Announcing Arlene Creates Solo Show
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Interview with Artist Mee Jey
Who is Mee Jey or is that Mee and Jey? You are right in both stances. I am Mee Jey and my partner is Jey Sushil. We together are called Mee & Jey. Tell us a little bit about your most recent work. Currently I have two parallel and related projects, both happening in St.… Continue reading Interview with Artist Mee Jey
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GEORGE FLOYD by Willpower
Single released from upcoming art album Oui are excited to announce Willpower’s first artwork off his artwork album titled GEORGE FLOYD. Please listen and spread the sounds. Listen to the Single Contact us about Willpower
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of Protests & Plagues
Uncertain Times Makes Meaning Oui.Gallery was created to bring emerging art from Saint Louis and Hong Kong to the world. That took the form of emerging artists in Saint Louis and started similar in Hong Kong, working on “emerging innovative art shows.” We started with a simple two part show in Saint Louis featuring Aaron… Continue reading of Protests & Plagues
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Happy New Year 2020…
Thankyou for Being Part of Oui Happy New Year 2020! Could the last year be anymore interesting? We are cleaning up the space, cleaning up our website, cleaning up the inventory and spending time with family recounting the entire year. We have more thoughts, but its important to let you know, Oui are here no… Continue reading Happy New Year 2020…
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Aaron Owens is an Geographer (and Artist)
Oui.Gallery Interviews St. Louis Based Aaron Owens Featured Image: Aaron Owens, Trees in Early Spring, 2018. 100cm x 134cm, Archival color pigmented print. Introduction of the artist Contemporary artist Aaron Owens lives in St. Louis, USA, and claims to be a map drafter from Missouri, USA. He uses drones to capture marginalized landscapes and then… Continue reading Aaron Owens is an Geographer (and Artist)
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Frank Lee: The Last Grain
Subsumption Artist Frank Lee Discusses Hunger Featured Image: Frank Lee, The Last Grain, 2019. 15 cm x 15 cm, Porcelain spoon and bowl on wooden light box. Height variable, 5 unique pieces in series.. Frank Lee’s first solo art show is up at Oui.Gallery Hong Kong. They released a writing about a series of 5… Continue reading Frank Lee: The Last Grain
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Kwan Q Li: Strolling Along the Periphery of Mainstream Discourse
Oui.Gallery Interviews Kwan Q Li from Hong Kong Featured Image: Kwan Q Li, Time Factory, 2018. Performance. Photo: Pan Chan Introduction of the artist Currently based in Hong Kong, Kwan Q Li is perhaps the most dedicated in crafting performance-based situations coalesced with writing, presentation and installation, and recently delivered performance lectures at various institutions including the… Continue reading Kwan Q Li: Strolling Along the Periphery of Mainstream Discourse
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Frank Lee is a Fictitious Artist Name
Oui.Gallery Interviews Frank Lee from Sweden Introduction of the artist Frank Lee has a first class honours degree in Set and Costume Design. Previously, as an actor, Frank was fascinated by the layer cake that overlays the protagonist’s true motivations and the ultimate outcomes. The character’s desires, fears, and emotions are always hidden below intentional… Continue reading Frank Lee is a Fictitious Artist Name
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Hong Kong Art Gallery Shows Local Artists in Exhibition Subsumption
Oui.Gallery HK Introduces Art & Performances by Frank Lee & Kwan Q Li on November 20 Hong Kong — Thursday, November 7, 2019 — Oui.Gallery is based in Hong Kong during months of protest and conflict. Artists producing work respond to the environment. Oui.Gallery Hong Kong announced the opening of Subsumption, an art show and… Continue reading Hong Kong Art Gallery Shows Local Artists in Exhibition Subsumption
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TJ Hughes on Video Games as Art & Keeping a Dream Journal
Oui.Gallery Interviews TJ Hughes from St. Louis. Introduction of the artist TJ Hughes is a game designer, digital artist, and aspiring video artist from Saint Louis, Missouri. He created an experimental food art game called NOUR that is played on a midi fighter. This game is heavily influenced by Asian culture – visuals include bubble… Continue reading TJ Hughes on Video Games as Art & Keeping a Dream Journal
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Maryam Mobasseri on Process & Growing up in Iran
Oui.Gallery Interviews Maryam Mobasseri from Hong Kong. Introduction of the artist Maryam Mobasseri (Nooshin Sawyer) was born in 1977, one year before the Islamic revolution of Iran, in Tehran. Her passion for painting was discovered at a very early age. Growing up in Iran during the Iran- Iraq war and being constantly confronted by the… Continue reading Maryam Mobasseri on Process & Growing up in Iran
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Artist interview with Dwight Portocarrero
Oui.Gallery Interviews Dwight from his Tribeca studio. Introduction of the artist Dwight Portocarrero is an artist lives and works in New York and Venezuela. He explores the precarious state of our ecosystem through sculpture, living installations and works on canvas. Recently, Oui presented two of his third nature hybrid plant sculptures in his Chinese Evergreen… Continue reading Artist interview with Dwight Portocarrero
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OPENCALL for Artwork Proposals
OPENCALL for Artwork Proposals from Contemporary Artists for Oui.Gallery Hong Kong Oui.Gallery invites artists to submit artwork proposals to be considered for an upcoming show, OPENCALL. Oui.Gallery is the only project space in Central Hong Kong and offers a platform for artists to emerge. Artwork proposals are not limited by medium. Artists are encouraged to… Continue reading OPENCALL for Artwork Proposals
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P.L.A.N.T. Curatorial Statement
P.L.A.N.T. Organic Art Culture Writing Artworks are P.L.A.N.T.s. They are organically grown by artists. The forms they take depend upon the soil and climate where the seeds are planted. In the latest exhibition, Oui decided to showcase the ‘plants’ we currently have in the gallery. Many of the artists Oui presents such as Aaron Owens… Continue reading P.L.A.N.T. Curatorial Statement
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P.L.A.N.T. Organic Art Culture
P.L.A.N.T. Organic Art Culture at Oui.Gallery Oui came up with a concept for exploring both zerowaste and our current art inventory.P.L.A.N.T. is a back-ronym. You must make up your own definition = you may define and redefine waste in countless ways. Waste is human made nature, a human creation. All ‘plants’ are constructed. They are… Continue reading P.L.A.N.T. Organic Art Culture
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Mapmaker Aaron Owens Shares Path
Art Speak Oui asked Aaron to write about the current state of his artwork and what it means. This is his un-edited writing. The purpose seems to be to open myself up, share myself through taste. The things I like, the things I am attracted to say something about me in inexpressible ways. And that’s… Continue reading Mapmaker Aaron Owens Shares Path
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Oui.Gallery & ONG Records Announce ONG2 Art Grant Recipients
A big congrats to the winners including one of the artists Oui works with 🙂 Can you guess who it is? Read until the end
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Mente Morbida (soft mind): Gianluca Crudele’s Statement About His Painting Series
Gianluca Crudele is an Italian painter and designer based in Hong Kong. Currently as part of Oui.Gallery’s Group Exhibition Cantocore, Gianluca has two paintings of a larger series included, “The City Goes On Holiday” and “City Man”. The definition of “Mente Morbida” is something that I hold very dear. In its English translation it means… Continue reading Mente Morbida (soft mind): Gianluca Crudele’s Statement About His Painting Series
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Cantocore Exhibition Open Until April 12
Thanks to everyone who came out to the Cantocore opening and who participated in our artist talk series, Oui.Talk, with artists Matt Hope, Kingson Chan and Gianluca Crudele. The Cantocore Exhibition is open until April 12. Because of Qingming holiday, the gallery is closed today Saturday, April 6 and Sunday April 7, and will be… Continue reading Cantocore Exhibition Open Until April 12
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Oui.Talk: Cantocore Artists Matt Hope, Gianluca Crudele and Kingson Chan in Public Artist Talk
Please join Matt Hope, Gianluca Crudele and Kingson Chan in public discussion at Oui.Talk, an artist talk series hosted by Oui.Gallery, on Saturday, March 30 from 3-5 pm. RSVP About Matt Matt Hope Matt Hope (born 1976, London, U.K.) lives and works in Beijing, China. Hope received his M.F.A. from the University of California, San… Continue reading Oui.Talk: Cantocore Artists Matt Hope, Gianluca Crudele and Kingson Chan in Public Artist Talk
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Oui.Gallery Announces Cantocore Group Art Exhibition Featuring Matt Hope, Kingson Chan, Gianluca Crudele and Ann Johnson
PRESS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Hong Kong — March 27, 2019 – Oui.Gallery, Hong Kong Central’s newest gallery ‘emerging’ artists with innovative art shows, announced a group show, Cantocore, opening Friday featuring Matt Hope’s Zerowaste project showing results as “Entropic Bodies” cooling suits available in Hope Coins and Guided Drawings. Cantocore is the re-emergence… Continue reading Oui.Gallery Announces Cantocore Group Art Exhibition Featuring Matt Hope, Kingson Chan, Gianluca Crudele and Ann Johnson
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Zerowaste Street Art Party featuring Matt Hope, Bao Ho, Mr.Barlo, Oui.Gallery GONG HEI Closing, Special Guests
Join Artist Matt Hope for a demonstration of the first “zerowaste” Entropic Bodies cooling suits along with wine and an art collectors VIP happening. Also, closing that night is Oui.Gallery’s GONG HEI exhibition providing live street art painting by Hong Kong-based international artist’s Mr. Barlo (Gianluca “Luca” Crudele) and Simple Bao (Bao Ho) painting on… Continue reading Zerowaste Street Art Party featuring Matt Hope, Bao Ho, Mr.Barlo, Oui.Gallery GONG HEI Closing, Special Guests
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Matt Hope’s Zerowaste Artwork Transforms Energy at Hong Kong Art Week Ahead of Climate Change Apocalypse
Artist Matt Hope’s ‘Breathing Bike’ Cleaned Beijing Air, Now Brings Community of People and Projects to Breakerspace Mobile Studio, Oui.Gallery and The Clubhouse Hong Kong Monday, March 25, March 26, March 27, March 28, March 29 & March 30. PRESS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Hong Kong — March 22, 2019 – Today, a series… Continue reading Matt Hope’s Zerowaste Artwork Transforms Energy at Hong Kong Art Week Ahead of Climate Change Apocalypse
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Oui.Talk: GONG HEI Artist’s Maryam Mobasseri & Bao Ho Artist Talk
Please join Bao Ho, Maryam Mobasseri in discussion with Redelle Lee at the first Oui.Talk, an artist talk series hosted by Oui.Gallery, on Saturday, March 16 from 3-5 pm. The discussion will bring insight into the artist’s creative journey. RSVP Bao Ho Born and based in Hong Kong, Bao is a self-taught artist known for… Continue reading Oui.Talk: GONG HEI Artist’s Maryam Mobasseri & Bao Ho Artist Talk
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Open Call for E-Waste in Exchange for Hope Coins Cryptocurrency
PRESS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE. Hong Kong — March 13, 2019 — Today an Open Call for E-Waste was made by artist Matt Hope, Oui.Gallery Hong Kong, Qi Hardware and Fabricatorz Foundation. Beginning March 13, an E-waste Collection Point in Central Hong Kong is open from 11 am – 7 pm at Oui.Gallery Hong… Continue reading Open Call for E-Waste in Exchange for Hope Coins Cryptocurrency
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Artist Maryam Mobasseri featured at GONG HEI Oui.Gallery HK Launch
Artist Maryam Mobasseri is featured as part of “GONG HEI” Oui.Gallery HK Launch. Maryam was born in Iran and lives in Hong Kong. The artist will be in attendance at the opening, so good to explore her work and prepare questions for Maryam at the opening. RSVP for the opening. View Artwork by Maryam Mobasseri… Continue reading Artist Maryam Mobasseri featured at GONG HEI Oui.Gallery HK Launch
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Artist Rachel Youn featured at GONG HEI Oui.Gallery HK Launch
Rachel Youn is an artist working in St. Louis, MO. They use sculpture and new media to poke fun at hierarchal narratives embedded in objects and lifestyles. Sourcing from home furnishing stores and oriental goods peddled on craigslist, their work collapses notions of authenticity and artifice through the lens of identity. As part of “GONG… Continue reading Artist Rachel Youn featured at GONG HEI Oui.Gallery HK Launch
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GONG HEI Group Show Launches Oui.Gallery Hong Kong in Central with Maryam Mobasseri, Bao Ho & Rachel Youn
Hong Kong — Tuesday, March 5, 2019 — Oui.Gallery announced the opening of its new space in Central Hong Kong with its initial show, “GONG HEI”. Taking place on International Women’s Day, Friday March 8, Oui.Gallery’s first show in the new space off Wyndham Street features the artwork of Iranian painter Maryam Mobasseri living in… Continue reading GONG HEI Group Show Launches Oui.Gallery Hong Kong in Central with Maryam Mobasseri, Bao Ho & Rachel Youn
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Artist Bao Ho featured at GONG HEI Oui.Gallery HK Launch
Featured Image: Bao Ho, Snake 1, 2019. 12 in x 16 in, Ink on canvas. Do you know the work of self-taught street artist @simplebao? Bao Ho’s work is found all around Hong Kong and if you enter offices such as Google Hong Kong, you will find her style of mural surrounding you. As part of… Continue reading Artist Bao Ho featured at GONG HEI Oui.Gallery HK Launch
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Announcing Oui.Gallery’s 1st Anniversary, HK Gallery & Women’s Day Show
Today, March 2, is Oui.Gallery’s 1st Anniversary. To mark the occasion we are making two announcements: Oui are opening a new space in Hong Kong Central on Wyndham street. Oui are hosting our first group show on International Women’s Day, March 8, featuring the work of Maryam Mobasseri (Iran/HK), Bao Ho (HK), and Rachel Youn… Continue reading Announcing Oui.Gallery’s 1st Anniversary, HK Gallery & Women’s Day Show
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Aaron Owens: Artist’s Aerial Drone Photos Impact Environment
Aaron Owens Artwork to Open at Oui.Gallery @ COVO Saint Louis Saint Louis — Tuesday, February 19, 2018 — Oui.Gallery along with COVO Saint Louis announced artist Aaron Owens’s first art show, Order (2018), displaying four selected large scale aerial drone photographs depicting the interaction of people and nature in the Saint Louis region. Additionally,… Continue reading Aaron Owens: Artist’s Aerial Drone Photos Impact Environment
