2025
Atelier 1969
Atelier 1969 represents a novel approach to fostering artistic dialogue and engagement within the contemporary art landscape. Designed as a dynamic extension of an artist’s studio, this innovative initiative is a collaboration with the curatorial team of Loft Projects to provide a dedicated platform for individual artists to showcase their practices over a two-week period. Each featured artist is invited to transform the Atelier space, thus creating a personalized environment that reflects their unique artistic vision.
This customization allows artists to engage with the public in multifaceted ways, enhancing the accessibility of their work. Artists are encouraged to activate the space as part of their residency. Activations within Atelier 1969 may include live painting sessions, readings, artist talks, and panel discussions, all aimed at fostering a deeper understanding of the artist's process and ideas and fostering a sense of community. By inviting the community to participate in these interactive events, Atelier 1969 cultivates a rich dialogue between the artist and the audience, demystifying the creative process and bridging the gap between art-making and appreciation. This initiative not only provides a visible platform for contemporary art but also enriches the cultural fabric of the community by encouraging active involvement and exploration of artistic practices in a welcoming and intimate setting. As such, Atelier 1969 aims to serve as a vital conduit for artistic expression and public engagement.
Artists:1. September 3 – September 16, 2025
Adam Dressner
Adam Dressner is a self-taught painter from New York City. Working from his East Village studio in the same neighborhood where he grew up, Dressner’s figurative oil paintings explore the emotional, psychic space of his subjects.
A graduate of Yale Law School (J.D.), Cambridge (M.Phil. Criminology), and Princeton University (A.B.), Dressner practiced as an attorney prior to working as an artist. Beyond legal advocacy, he researched the infringement of civil liberties in relation to video surveillance and facial recognition technologies. This expertise brought him to the U.K. as a Fulbright scholar, where he produced scholarship illuminating the effects of mass surveillance on freedom of speech. These experiences contribute to the powerful psychological dimension in Dressner’s work, and the personal ethics surrounding his approach to painting the people he meets on his long walks throughout New York City. Instagram: @adamdressner.
2. October 12 – October 25, 2025
Ian Ha
Ian Ha aims to explore various possibilities of spatial illusions on flat surfaces by irregularly editing various materials and arbitrary subjects. Everyday objects, commonly seen in Ian Ha’s work, are dissected and rearranged by the artist, blurring the boundaries between painting and reality, while posing questions about the reality itself. This reflects the artist’s attempt to reproduce the contemporary phenomenon of desensitization to the flood of random information and images that are often not easy to filter or control, and also reflects the artist’s contemplation on how two dimensional art can be convinced in a technologically advanced society where the gap between virtual space and reality is gradually narrowing.
Ian Ha has B.F.A. in Seoul National University and M.F.A. in Columbia University School of Visual Arts. His solo exhibitions include Shifts and Echoes, Fragment Gallery, New York (2023); The Uncanny, Rabbit and Tiger Gallery, Seoul (2022). The artist also participated in group exhibitions such as Butterfly Dreams, A-Lounge Contemporary, Seoul (2024), in media res, Instagram: @ianlloydha.
3. November 6 – November 19, 2025
Emma Hapner
Emma Hapner is a figurative oil painter based in New York City. She earned her Master of Fine Arts with a concentration in painting from the New York Academy of Art, after completing her Bachelor of Fine Arts at Ball State University in her home state of Indiana. Hapner primarily works in oil paint on canvas, creating figurative pieces that reclaim the language of classical painting through a contemporary feminine perspective. Instagram: @emmagracehapner.
4. December 7 – December 20, 2025
Haejin Park
Haejin Park (b. 1992, South Korea) is a painter who uses watercolor as a fluid emotional archive. Through bleeding hues, she constructs raw, expressive faces—diaries of acceptance that hover between presence and absence. Her fragmented figures, bruised with inks, immerse her complex narrative into fleeting bursts of color. Park searches for honesty, allowing each painting to unveil its own tender ghost.
Haejin is an award-winning illustrator recognized as one of The New York Times’ Best in Illustration in 2020. Her vibrant and imaginative work has been commissioned by leading clients including WeTransfer, VICE, BuzzFeed, Cartoon Network, and Spotify. Haejin’s illustrations have been featured by major platforms such as the BBC, KakaoTalk, the Art Directors Club, and the Society of Illustrators. Instagram: @haejinduck.
5. January 16 – January 29, 2026
Amy Lui
Amy Liu is a New York based painter, classical soprano and writer. Liu’s work presents ornamentation as a vehicle for human emotions. Her serene portrayal of cherished objects serves as an entry point to her introspection into the psychology of decorating. Liu earned her MFA in painting from New York Academy of Art in 2022. Liu presented her first solo exhibition “Oasis” at VillageOne Gallery in 2022. In June 2025, Liu exhibited her second solo show "Jeweled Realms" with LATITUDE Gallery. She has exhibited in group shows across New York in galleries such as IRL Gallery, Wilkinson Gallery and the Living Gallery. Liu participated in art fair ART 021 with LATITUDE Gallery in November 2024. Her work has been featured in magazines such as the Untitled Magazine and the Visionary Art Collective. She is a recipient of various scholarships and awards including Dahesh Museum Award, Staller Center Award for Excellence and Leon Bolotin Scholarship for Exceptional Painters. Instagram: @amyliustudio.
6. February 15 – February 28, 2026
Artist: Aryo Toh Djojo
Aryo Toh Djojo studied at Pasadena’s Art Center College of Design. Toh Djojo employs an airbrushing technique as a central facet of his artistic process, skillfully incorporating principles of design, such as visual perspective, color theory, and an examination of the formal elements of art, to experiment and shape his paintings. Notably, he draws inspiration from the likes of Gerhard Richter, Vija Celmins, Ed Ruscha, John Baldessari, and Richard Prince. Much of his oeuvre is situated within the urban fabric of Los Angeles, thus resonating with the city's distinct subcultures. Instagram: @aryotohdjojo.
7. March 14 – March 27, 2026
Artist: Kevin Cobb
Kevin Cobb (b. 1994) is a painter, sculptor, printmaker, and digital artist. He earned his BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art and his MFA from Columbia University, where he graduated in 2023. Cobb keeps a studio in Manhattan through the competitive Hercules Art Studio Program. Instagram: @forprophet.
8. April 12 – April 25, 2026
Artist: Jeannie Rhyu
Jeannie Rhyu is a Korean Canadian artist, based in Queens, New York, whose interdisciplinary practice spans across painting, printmaking, and ceramics. Rhyu traces ancestral memories and emotional impressions by deconstructing and reimagining her cultural visual traditions, excavating the structural remnants of cultural collective memory. She is especially interested in the displacement and dislocation of collected images and how they become distorted and transformed through translation and across generations.
Jeannie Rhyu received a B.A. from Columbia University in the City of New York, and is a candidate for an M.F.A. at Columbia University School of the Arts. Her work has been exhibited internationally in shows in New York, Vancouver, Hong Kong, Seoul, Beijing, and London. Selected exhibitions include shows at Harper’s Gallery (New York), Spring/Break Art Show (New York), The Border Gallery (New York), Seefood Room (Hong Kong), Shin Gallery (New York), Field Projects and Tutu Gallery (New York), and Leroy Neiman Gallery (New York). She has given artist talks and workshops at Columbia University, 92nd Street Y, and other community organizations. When she isn’t making art, she works as a print coordinator at the LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies. Instagram: @jeannierhyu.
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