HOFA Gallery reopens with solo shows from leading contemporary artists Ilhwa Kim and Marco Grassi

London, 29 September, 2020: #hofagallery is delighted to welcome #people back to their gallery this autumn with solo shows from #ilhwakim and #marcograssi. Both exhibitions will run for two weeks in HOFA's flagship Mayfair gallery, launching first with Ilhwa Kim's 'Seed
Balance' on 28 September and followed by Marco Grassi's 'Mama Raised Me Right' on 25 October 2020.

Co-Founder of #hofagallery #eliodanna said "The last six months have been very unpredictable, so we are delighted to be finally hosting an exhibition for our clients and art lovers. We will be adhering strictly to government guidelines and can assure visitors a safe art experience."

Ihwa Kim, 'Seed Balance', 28 September – 12 October 2020

Ilhwa Kim will be returning to HOFA with her highly anticipated solo exhibition titled 'Seed Balance'. It represents an intriguing balance between two worlds; the biological full-scale nature and the daily renewed world of our micro senses, the world of human construction. Her abstract artworks are vast landscapes composed of thousands of hanji paper seeds whose inherent dynamism create shifting textures, dimensions, and colours when viewed from different angles and distances, or under different lighting.

By putting the seed works in nature, they become an extension or the integral part of nature. Not because of the look, shape or colour, but the inner order of the work resembling nature, the creation of the biological world. Seed system reaches and occupies the sensory world, surprising the senses, appearing to evolve and engaging in constant dialogue.

Marco Grassi, 'Mama Raised Me Right', 25 October - 8 November 2020

Popular Italian contemporary artist #marcograssi will début his latest artworks in a solo exhibition titled 'Mama Raised Me Right'. His distinctive fusion of realism and surrealism comes to life in figurative portraits of real women whose personalities and passion are his true subjects. In his latest works in which he explores round canvases measuring 150cm and 200cm in diameter incorporating bold gold and silver leaf backgrounds.

Grassi, commenting on his forthcoming solo exhibition said, "I am truly delighted that my solo exhibition will take place soon in #London, things have felt so uncertain for a long time. For me, touching people's lives through art is what matters most, so I hope, in some small way, it lifts spirits and brings the art community."