Award-winning Zheng Lu's ethereal beauty of water

LONDON, 3 March, 2023: HOFA’s Asian Contemporary Art programme for 2023 is set to feature a cohort of the region’s most passionate and innovative emerging artists who through mixed-media and multimedia experiments are creating truly remarkable contemporary artworks that draw from their rich cultural heritage and speak to the realities of their countries while also engaging global audiences.

On March 16, a highly anticipated solo exhibition by the talented Chinese sculptor Zheng Lu whose stainless-steel sculptures capture the ethereal beauty of water in motion will launch at HOFA Gallery London. While the astonishingly elegant creations of this award-winning artist can already be found in many public spaces in his native China, this will be the artist’s first solo show in the UK. His abstract sculptures which visually express the contrasting qualities of water create a transcendent art experience and are certain to find critical and commercial success on the global art scene.

South Korean sculptural painter Ilhwa Kim, who has been with HOFA since 2012, is also one of the Gallery’s headline artists of the year. Her artwork, ‘Turner's Notes’ (2022), sold for three times the estimate price during the 20th Century & Contemporary Art & Design Day Sale at Phillips' Hong Kong in late November of 2022. Her next auction of ‘King’s Quest’ (2022) - Sotheby’s London - in March 2023 is expected to surpass this record. The artist's distinctive seed universes, made of hand-painted and rolled Hanji paper, situate nature, perception and emotion in dynamics that change and evolve along with the viewer's perspective.

Japanese abstract painter Ryosuke Misawa will also make his HOFA début at Mykonos in summer 2023. His unique style of portraiture which combines influences of digital and analog media result in artworks which literally and conceptually reach beyond the bounds of their flat canvases, intriguing viewers with a sense of familiarity and alienation that serve the artist's goal of illuminating gaps in perception.

The February 23 launch of Zhuang Hong Yi's first solo exhibition of 2023 will mark the artist’s 13th successful year with HOFA Gallery and the début of new and never-before-seen artworks. The renowned Chinese sculptural painter is masterful in deploying the flower motif as a transcendent cultural symbol on one hand, and an infinite conceptual canvas fusing East and West on the other. His captivating flowerbed artworks continue to find appeal with many curators and collectors as tributes to the many faces of nature's beauty and a visual dialogue between humanity and nature.

Turkish expressionist Eser Gündüz will officially launch HOFA’s 2023 summer season in Mykonos with his solo exhibition running from 15 – 23 June. With his experimental style combining surrealism, retro-futurism and fantasy, along with overt references to the aesthetics of architecture, scientific drawings, cartography and pop culture, Eser’s artworks are remarkable and distinct, inspiring instinctual and intellectual responses from his audience.

Commenting on their line-up of Asian contemporary artists, HOFA co-founder and curator Simonida Pavicevic says, "We have watched Asia's contemporary art scene keenly over the past few years and through our network of collectors, are lucky to have signed artists who so beautifully exemplify the rich and innovative art produced in the region. We are proud to do what we do best which is to provide a platform for talented contemporary artists to reach a more global audience and achieve international success."

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HOFA Gallery (House of Fine Art) specializes in contemporary art by established and emerging international artists. HOFA is determined to feature a multitude of artistic disciplines with an intent focus on exceptional talent, diversity and cultural relevance. Dedicated to supporting rare talent and making their work globally accessible, the gallery works closely with all of its artists to ensure the highest level of excellence and integrity across its locations in London, Los Angeles and Mykonos. 

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