Generations: Ushio, Noriko, and Alex Kukai Shinohara

Gallery of Contemporary Art (GOCA) by Garde is pleased to present Generations: Ushio Shinohara, Noriko Shinohara, and Alex Kukai Shinohara, featuring paintings and sculptures by Ushio Shinohara (b. 1932, Tokyo), Noriko Shinohara (b. 1953, Takaoka City), and their son, Alex Kukai Shinohara (b. 1974, New York). Generations will be the family’s first New York exhibition together since 2014 and their first collaboration with GOCA by Garde, coinciding with the gallery’s one-year anniversary. Opening January 8, 2026, the exhibition will be on view through February 19, 2026, at GOCA in Chelsea. An opening reception will be held on January 8, 2026, 6:00 – 9:00 pm. For more information, please visit goca.gallery.

From their home and studio in Dumbo, and an artist loft in SoHo before that, the Shinoharas each maintain distinct artistic practices alongside one another. Over the course of many decades, the family has coexisted in their shared commitment to pursuing art, forging a unique and sometimes tumultuous dynamic that informs their work. While they make art as individuals, with widely varied interests and processes, their lives together are united by an irrepressible need to create.