A group show of objects and paintings called “Surroundings” at SPACE776 features seven youngish New York artists: Dasha Bazanova, Lise Ellingsen, Mary Tooley Parker, Sarah Fuhrman, Zak Vreeland, Chunbum Park, and Ryan Schroeder. It includes ceramic sculpture, assemblage, 3-D printing, photographs, oil painting, and textile art by the four women and three men, however gender fluidity is explored herein, as are inter-species, inter-ethnicity and deity-human relations—so all bets are off when it comes to “who.”

"Jina Kwon’s solo exhibition at SPACE776, titled “Dot & Line,” features paintings that immerse viewers in a pure, electrifying, and otherworldly visual style. Possibly drawing from the graphic influence of Roy Lichtenstein and the vibrant colors of Andy Warhol, Kwon arrives at a visual style that synthesizes the highbrow art of geometric abstraction with the lowbrow quality of pop art and graphic design."

"...SPACE776 presents Fragile states at Volta Art Fair New York 2024, featuring the evocative works of Katherine Jackson, Frank Olt, and Dasha Bazanova. This curated exhibit explores the relationship between environmental change and the impact of war, offering a profound exploration through diverse mediums and themes..." 

"Aliens recently landed on the Lower East Side! In March, SPACE776 Gallery, at 37-39 Clinton St...The paintings and sculptures featured in “Aliens R Us,” like many works of sci-fi, use the theme of the alien to reexamine the familiar. Bazanova uses alien characters to poke fun at outlandish conspiracy theories while examining serious issues. Ultimately, the show’s title rings true: The aliens are us. In the stories we tell and the narratives we consume, our desires and anxieties are reflected back at us through the character of the alien."

"The concept of the Holy isn't exclusively tied to spiritual or religious devotions. There are numerous secular constructs that we might consider as Holy in the metaphorical sense; our environment, our rights as human beings, our education, the Arts and our culture, our society’s scientific progress, community, and collective ideals such as justice, equality, and freedom..."

"SPACE776 in Brooklyn, United States Paperwork is a group exhibition that serves as a testament to the enduring legacy of paper as a medium of expression, presenting a variety of works on paper..."

Jaena Kwon’s creations at SPACE776 are bright and beguiling; they could be oversized, flattened paper fortune tellers, but they’re actually made of hand-carved fiberboard.

The fall art season is in full swing, with Bushwick Open Studios and the NY Art Book Fair this weekend by Sarah Cascone...Hundreds of artists will throw open the doors of their studios this weekend for the 13th annual Bushwick Open Studios, offering visitors a chance to discover and even buy affordable works by the neighborhood’s emerging artists. To get the most out of your time, consider hitting up buildings that house many studios, such as ... SPACE776(229 Central Avenue)

IIn 2014,  to pursue a career in the arts, Jongmin Joy Kim, or Joy, first moved to Manhattan from Korea. He spent six months at the School of Visual Arts but felt too confined in the institutional setting. Like Basquiat, whose work has similar tendencies, he needed more autonomy to develop his practice. Instead, Kim found a mentor and champion in former tech executive and patron of the arts Jean-Noël Moneton, and the two have supported and encouraged one another’s art world endeavors ever since...

"...Booths that benefitted from the extra legroom were Brooklyn’s SPACE776, which brought work by a single artist named Jungsan Kim Yun-sik. The Korean artist’s large scale works feature fragments of poetry painted onto long sections of folded and framed scrolls and matchbook-sized blocks, arranged so that from afar the text forms soft geometric patterns. "

Kun Kyung Sok’s latest performance, “My Right Hand and Your Left Hand,” held at Space 776, invites audiences into an intimate and aromatic exploration of collaboration, creativity, and trust. The performance centers on Kun and her co-performer (a rolling cast of artists and non-artists) working together to prepare kimbap, a traditional Korean dish, using only her right hand and the other participant’s left hand.

"...Park’s work embodies a revolutionary zeal that challenges our conventional understanding of—and biases regarding—value in light and dark, as well as our historical and current approach to painting, which has predominantly Western origins. The artist disrupts the binary opposition of Western thought, which often constructs racial and cultural hierarchies, and replaces it with the dualism of Yin and Yang. This framework maintains continuity between Yang and Yin, with light containing darkness and vice versa...."

"...SPACE776 on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, “Markers of Space and Time” offers the rare visual arts exercise consistent with the technical mastery of a masterwork on par with Queneau’s ‘Exercises de Style,’ for example, or repetitive consistency of Estragon and Vladimir in Beckett’s ‘Waiting for Godot.’ ..."

"In her first solo show at SPACE776, Dasha Bazanova’s oil paintings and ceramic sculptures engage with the theme of “alien” from various angles: the cultural alienation intrinsic to her Russian roots and her identity as an “alien” in the United States..."

"I think of my work as psychological realms, that depict elements of reality. Interested in the idea of cultural erasure, by way of war, socioeconomic changes, the outsourcing of jobs, and deindustrialization..."

"Elena Chesnykh’s paintings at SPACE776 depict women in landscapes—the vitality of the body merges with a dynamic natural world into a sensual dance of color and shape, sometimes in reference to harsh current events such as the war in Ukraine. The show, curated by Dasha Bazanova, will be on view from July 22 to August 17, 2022..."

"...SPACE776 Gallery is pretty unorthodox. They have a space in Seoul, South Korea, and another in Brooklyn. Jourdain Jongwon Lee is the founder (pictured center) and he chose to open the space for a wide array of artists to exhibit; they show a lot of international artists, which is a treat in Bushwick. Thumbs up to the gallery’s embrace of the community — much needed — and they even have a residency ...I will be paying more attention to this unique space. "— Hrag Vartanian

Jaena Kwon’s creations at SPACE776 are bright and beguiling; they could be oversized, flattened paper fortune tellers, but they’re actually made of hand-carved fiberboard.

"...My only real public performance so far was in a show I had at this gallery called SPACE776, where I laid on this gold sheet for three hours. Chella painted my entire body gold, but I was completely nude, and I told people they could lay down with or touch me. The gold came from how I documented five different couples and their stories, then gold-leafed their hands and photographed them.” - MaryV Benoit