Live works unfolding within temples, galleries, and temporary architectures, developed in response to place, duration, and collective presence.
Group and solo presentations integrating object-based work, installation, sound, and movement.
Curated booths and exhibition formats that position Hawaiʻi-based artists within broader contemporary art discourse on the East Coast and beyond.
Ontopo is an experimental contemporary art platform supporting performance, sound, installation, and artists working across media.
We create conditions for artists to produce work shaped by site, ritual, and collaboration. Ontopo operates through temple-based installations, gallery performances, and curated art fair presentations that connect Hawaiʻi-based artists to national and international art contexts.
Our work spans live performance, exhibition making, and market-facing platforms. These formats are not separate. They are part of a single ecosystem built around context, visibility, and care.
Ontopo is committed to advancing visibility, opportunity, and market access for Hawaiʻi-based artists. Our work includes curatorial advocacy, institutional introductions, sales support, and sustained visibility beyond single exhibition moments.
Recent activity includes: Kainoa Gruspe included in the 2026 Whitney Biennial. Acquisition of work by Juvana Soliven by the Williams College Museum of Art. NADA Curatorial spotlight and institutional engagement for Bhen Alan
Ontopo works across curatorial, institutional, and commercial pathways to support artists’ long-term trajectories.
Ontopo projects are developed through extended dialogue with artists, curators, and collaborators. Temple-based works emphasize slowness, attention, and collective presence. Gallery and fair presentations translate this sensitivity into formats legible to contemporary institutions without flattening the work into spectacle. Performance and object-based work are presented side by side because they inform one another.
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Ontopo’s gallery program supports and presents contemporary art from Hawai‘i, the Philippines, and the broader Pacific diaspora. We are committed to showcasing practices that reflect the cultural, ecological, and spiritual dimensions of life across the Pacific.
Alongside our exhibition work, we host convenings at Bak Lim Sa, a Korean Buddhist temple in upstate New York. These intimate gatherings offer space for reflection, dialogue, and cross-disciplinary exchange rooted in spiritual and cultural inquiry.
