Chris Oh
Value#23
Egon Investment Scores
Liquidity
3/10
How easily works can be bought and sold at auction
Institutional
7/10
Museum collections, biennials, and institutional recognition
Momentum
8/10
Recent price trends, gallery moves, and market buzz
Discovery
3/10
Undervaluation opportunity relative to peer artists
Risk
3/10
Investment risk factors — higher means more volatile
Market Position
- Pricing
- Primary market estimated $5,000-$25,000 based on gallery representation tier Ascending - Artsy Vanguard selection indicates imminent price appreciation
- Liquidity
- Low current volume, high collector interest
- Collector Base
- Sophisticated collectors interested in art historical references and technical mastery
- Primary Market
- Limited - works held by collectors, museum acquisitions noted Primary: Capsule Shanghai, Newchild Gallery, Fortnight Institute; Art fairs: Liste Basel, TEFAF NY
- Auction History
- Limited secondary market activity - primarily gallery-driven sales
- Market Position
- Emerging contemporary with museum-quality technical execution Emerging with strong institutional and collector interest
Institutional Presence
- Exhibitions
- Recent Solo
- Passage, Capsule Shanghai, Shanghai (2023)Landscapes, Fortnight Institute, New York (2021)Interiors, Sargent's Daughters, New York (2018)
- Upcoming Solo
- Adore, Newchild Gallery, Antwerp (May 9 - June 19, 2025)
- Major Group Shows
- Liste Basel 2024 (Capsule Shanghai)TEFAF New York 2024 (BLUM Gallery)Pictures Girls Make: Portraitures, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles (2023)The Golden Ratio, Soho Revue Gallery, London (2024)
- Museum Collections
- Confirmed
- Art Institute of Chicago - 42 works confirmed via museum API data
- Victoria & Albert Museum - works confirmed via museum API data
- Validation
- Strong institutional presence confirmed through primary museum databases
- Awards and Recognition
- Artsy Vanguard 2025 - Major career milestoneTimes Square digital billboard feature (Oct-Nov 2024)Multiple Artforum reviews and critical attention
Career & Biography
- Career
- Identity
- Artistic Focus
- Renaissance appropriation onto found objects, Northern Renaissance specialization
- Studio Practice
- Meticulous hand-painting on found objects (shells, crystals, burl wood, ephemera)
- Current Location
- Queens, New York / Portland, Oregon (splits time)
- Artistic Context
- Key Influences
- Leonardo da Vinci, Jan van Eyck, Hieronymus Bosch, Flemish primitives, Dieric Bouts
Artistic Profile
- Style
- Meticulously painted Renaissance details on found objects
- Movements and Periods
- Key Works
- Works focusing on Bosch, Van Eyck, da Vinci, Northern Renaissance masters
- Techniques and Mediums
- Innovation
- Unique fusion of Renaissance iconography with contemporary found object practice
Critical Reception
- Critical Reception
- Critical Consensus
- Exceptional technical ability, innovative approach to art historical appropriation, 'devotional' practice
- Publications and Media
- Major Publications
Title Date Critic Publication — April 2018 Alex Garner Artforum One-to-Watch Chris Oh Replicates Classic Renaissance Imagery July 2023 Katie White Artnet News — Spring 2024 — The Paris Review Across the Spectrum of Taste: In Conversation with Chris Oh January 2017 Zach Sokol Art in America — December 2023 — Artforum China
Gallery & Representation
- Fair Presence
- Liste Basel 2024 (with Capsule Shanghai)TEFAF New York 2024 (with BLUM Gallery)Art Brussels 2024 (with Newchild)KIAF Seoul 2024 (with Newchild)
- Representation
- Past Representation
Location Gallery Status New York Fortnight Institute Historical relationship, multiple solos New York Sargent's Daughters Past exhibition venue
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