Nature grows, transforms, breaks apart, and begins again. Within these simple forms lies a larger rhythm that encourages us to slow down and be present.
The Space Between 漏痕
Date: 9/24/26 - 10/30/26
Location: Jewell House NYC
Artist: Tzu Ching Chen, Jessy
Curator: Tzu Ching Chen, Jessy
Photo Credits: Claire Wu, Michael Yu
This exhibition presents paper-cutting works inspired by natural forms, organic structures, and the calm rhythms of the world around us. Instead of depicting nature literally, the works explore its essential qualities: balance and asymmetry, repetition and variation, development and decline, density and openness.
Paper-cutting is central to this exhibition. The artist cuts, removes, and reveals using a single sheet of paper. Each opening creates negative space, allowing the form to breathe and flow. The solid surface gradually becomes a network of relationships between what remains and what is removed. The process is slow and intentional; each cut requires care and focus, and the practice becomes a meditative act beyond craftsmanship.
Amid the city's constant motion, the exhibition provides a quiet place to pause. By focusing on paper, pattern, and natural marks, it encourages us to slow down, breathe, and appreciate the simple beauty that emerges when we let things unfold naturally.
Space to pause, breathe, observe, and return to ourselves.