Shin Young-Ok weavings
Young-Ok Shin, 6sy Lyric Space, 2014 and 7sy Harmony of Yin Yang, 2014. Photo by Tom Grotta

Each March, New York becomes a global gathering place for collectors, curators, and lovers of Asian art. Asia Week New York (March 19 – 27, 2026) brings together the world’s foremost galleries, auction houses, and museums for 10 days of exhibitions and cultural programming. Here’s a guide to museum exhibits – https://asiaweekny.com/asia-week-march-2026-museum-exhibition-guide/ – from Chinese Porcelain at the Frick, to Hindu Devotional Prints, 1860–1930 at the Met, to a solo exhibition of work by Choong Sup Lim at the Korean Cultural Center. 

At browngrotta arts, it might as well be Asia Week all year long as we have a glorious group of contemporary textile and ceramic artists from India, Japan, and Korea whose work we promote. Asia Week 2026 gives us a good excuse to highlight a select group of their works. Whether you’re a seasoned collector or simply curious, it’s a great time to explore works from these countries in depth.

Neha Puri Dhir weavings
Neha Puri Dhir, Shifting Horizons, 2023; Farmer’s Jacket, 2016; Forest Fire, 2017. Photos by Tom Grotta

First up, are stitched and resist-dyed textiles from India by Neha Puri Dhir. Her works explore negative and positive space, reflecting ideas of balance and contrast. The textured surfaces, shaped by stitches and dye migration, add a tactile depth, emphasizing the labor-intensive process she undertakes.

Kohyama, Kobayashi, Sekijima
Yasuhisa Kohyama Ceramic 11, 2001; Masakazu KobayashiBow – White, 1998; Hisako SekijimaStanding, 2001. photos by Tom Grotta
Toshio Sekiji Counterpoint 8, 2009; Jiro Yonezawa, Dance of the Sash, 2024; Chiyoko Tanaka, Grinded Fabric 4215-6 Sienna W B #215-6, 1998. photos by Tom Grotta

browngrotta arts also promotes singular ceramics, sculpture, basketry, and wall works created by more than 20 artists from Japan. Among these works are ceramics by Toshiko Takaezu and Yasahisu Kohyama. We also show vessels and sculptures by several inventive basketmakers including a group that has studied with Hisako Sekijima — Norie HatakeyamaKazue HonmaNoriko TakimayaTsuruko Tanikawa, and Masako Yoshida — as well as Shoko FukudaJiro Yonezawa, and Kosuge Kogetsu. Remarkable weavers are also represented, including Hiroyuki ShindoMasako Nakahira, Jun TomitaChiyoko Tanaka, and Naomi and Masakazu Kobayashi.

Yeonsoon ChangThe Path Which Leads to the Center III, 2022; Yong Joo Kim , No.2: 21 days, 2023; Sung Rim Park, Beyond 180623, 2023. Photos by Tom Grotta

Five Korean creators of innovative art textiles made of steel, paper, velcro, silk, and ramie are among those whose work we highlight. The effects of light and color in Jin-Sook So’s works of stainless steel reflect her years living in Korea and Sweden. Yong Joo Kim has reinvented velcro as a fabric to create evocative sculptures while Young-ok Shin explores ramie with great impact. Yeonsoon Chang transforms the “softness” of fiber, and transcends the material’s limitations with structures made of abaca fibers and Teflon-coated, glass-fiber mesh to which she attaches gold leaf. Sung Rim Park uses knots of paper, determining the shape and size of each knot based on the meanings and symbolism it holds. While the knots and fibers works that result may appear delicate, they have the power to shape space. 

Pictured here are just a sampling of the Asian artworks at browngrotta arts. Visit our website to see the entire group, by name, or filter by country: Yeonsoon Chang, Neha Puri Dhir, Shoko Fukuda, Norie Hatakeyama, Kazue Honma, Matsumi Iwasaki, Kiyomi Iwata, Yong Joo Kim, Naomi Kobayashi, Masakazu Kobayashi, Yasuhisa Kohyama, Kosuge Kogetsu, Kyoko Kumai, Maki, Nakahira, Nio, Park, Hiroyuki Sato-Pijanowski, Toshiko Sekiji, Hisako Sekijima, Kay Sekimachi, Naoko Serino, Young-ok Shin, Hiroyuki Shindo, Jin-Sook So, Toshiko Takaezu, Noriko Takamiya, Chiyoko Tanaka, Hideho Tanaka, Tsuroko Tanikawa, Jun Tomita, Mariyo Yagi, Jiro Yonezawa, Masako Yoshida.