FRIEZE LOS ANGELES 2025

Renowned for her use of vibrant colors and rich textures inspired by her extensive travels, the late Filipina-American artist Pacita Abad explored subject matter ranging from lush underwater scenes to poignant social tableaus. Her signature trapunto technique involves stitched and padded canvases, which are further embellished with buttons, ribbons, and sequins. Abad is currently the subject of a solo exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Manila, following her inclusion in last year’s Venice Biennale as well as a landmark retrospective that toured Walker Art Center, SFMOMA, MoMA PS1, and the Art Gallery of Ontario.

Korean artist Mire Lee transforms industrial materials into corporeal, kinetic sculptures that channel the vulnerability of the human body, evoking a cathartic blend of dread and empathy. We will be showcasing smaller-scale sculptures by Lee that draw parallels between flesh and fabric, using porous materials that suggest punctured skin. Last fall, Lee unveiled Open Wound, a large-scale installation at Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall, which will be on view in London through March 16, 2025.

The conceptual sculptures of Mexican artist Tania Pérez Córdova—whose practice explores the poetics and perceptions of memory, space, and time—are equally evocative, often incorporating found objects to probe how their meanings evolve over time. At Frieze Los Angeles, we will present pieces from her Contour series, created by pouring molten bronze into sand etchings, resulting in shapes that resemble doors or windows.

The artistic practice of Egypt-born, New York-based artist Ghada Amer challenges conventional frameworks of gender and sexuality, advocating for women’s bodily autonomy. While Amer works across several mediums, she has long embraced the craft of embroidery, creating textile-based paintings that engage with themes of empowerment, desire, and identity. Our booth will also feature a cast bronze sculpture coated in gold leaf — a continuation of Amer’s Paravent Girls series, which debuted at her retrospective at Mucem in Marseille and were also included in last year’s Art Basel Paris public program.

Multidisciplinary artist Suki Seokyeong Kang draws inspiration from the Korean tradition of landscape painting, combining materials like woven reed mats and painted steel to create sculptures, installations, and performances that bring these landscapes into three-dimensional form. In February, MCA Denver will present Suki Seokyeong Kang: Mountain—Hour—Face, the artist’s largest exhibition in the United States to date.

Pioneering Korean fiber artist Lee ShinJa has experimented with a wide range of techniques and materials throughout her seven-decade career. Inspired by the light, mountains, and sea of her childhood in rural Korea, her semi-abstract tapestries reflect a deep connection to the natural world. A solo booth of Lee’s largescale tapestries was displayed in the Meridians section of Art Basel Miami Beach last year.

Our booth will feature works from Ha Chong-Hyun’s Conjunction series, created by pushing oil paint through the back of woven hemp canvases. This past fall, the gallery held an exhibition celebrating fifty years of Ha’s signature series, and a solo exhibition focused on his early career is now on view at Art Sonje Center in Seoul. Also featured in our booth are works by Ha’s contemporary Kim Tschang-Yeul, known for his paintings of water droplets rendered in photo-realistic detail. Through his near-endless repetition of this motif, Kim transformed the water droplet into abstract compositions that reflect ideals of concentration and focus emphasized in Buddhist and Taoist philosophies.

Since 2018, the Korea-born Colorado-based artist Maia Ruth Lee has been working on her Bondage Baggage series, which reference the tied bundles carried by migrant workers at the international airport in Kathmandu, where the artist was raised. These paintings touch on the physical, psychological, and emotional experiences of a diasporic migratory life, as well as the transformation that takes place despite, or rather through, mobility and rootlessness. Lee’s large-scale installation, titled The Conveyor, was recently commissioned for Prospect.6: The Future Is Present, The Harbinger Is Home in New Orleans, on view through February 2, 2025_._

Collages by Dutch artist Jennifer Tee also reflect the theme of migration, paying homage to her family’s journey from Indonesia to the Netherlands. Incorporating tulip petals arranged in patterns, the works are inspired by ceremonial Indonesian tampan cloths, which were used to signify rites of passage and personal transformation.

Italian-born artist Davide Balliano bridges sculpture and painting in striking, architectural compositions. Using plaster and gesso, the carved surfaces of these pieces feature repetitions of abstract geometric forms, calling to mind the cyclical patterns that structure the natural world. Balliano’s new works expand on this motif, introducing a dramatic red hue as a progression of his signature black-and-white palette.

Recent works by Brooklyn-based ceramicist Jane Yang D’Haene honor Korean pottery traditions, expanding on the classic dal hang-ari (Moon Jar). D’Haene transforms the iconic pottery form through her experimental use of embellishments and colored glazes, creating highly experimental, gestural vessels that push the boundaries of her medium.