Riverside Gallery presents "Where We Left Off" - a Solo Exhibition by Jamie Joe

 2024 Q! (2)  45X69” Oil on linen 

(HACKENSACK, NJ) -- Riverside Gallery presents Where We Left Off, a solo exhibition by Korean American artist Jamie Joe from May 8-17, 2025. In this new body of work, Joe explores the suspended spaces between pause and persistence—where memories surface, yearnings stir, and unfinished stories quietly live on. Her abstract and figurative expressionist paintings seek to unearth the vivid fragments of the psyche, creating a dialogue between personal recollection and collective experience.

Working with hand-mixed oils and acrylics blended with natural and synthetic pigments, Joe builds an imperfect palette that echoes both instinctual energy and careful intention. Influenced by the emotional drama and spiraling compositions of old masters like El Greco and Titian, her canvases burst with bold colors, sweeping gestures, and sudden interruptions of charcoal and oil stick. Through this dynamic process, Joe examines the raw, chaotic, and vulnerable dimensions of human nature.

Where We Left Off invites viewers to revisit their own points of departure—moments unfinished yet deeply treasured.

Where we left off 36 X 60” Oil on canvas 2024

There will be an Opening Reception on Saturday, May 10th from 4:00pm to 7:00pm. Riverside Gallery is located at One Riverside Square, Suite 201 in Hackensack, New Jersey. The gallery is open 11:00am – 7:00pm, Mondays through Saturdays. The gallery is closed on Sundays.

Jamie Joe is a Korean American artist who spent her formative years in Kuwait, studied in Boston, and now lives and works in New York City. She received her B.F.A. from the School of Visual Arts, mentored by the late Frank Roth, and currently hones her craft at the Art Students League of New York under Larry Poons and Liv Mette Larsen.

In 2024, she was awarded the Red Dot in a group exhibition and exhibited at Gallery 128 in New York City. Joe also brings a rich background of over 25 years as an architect and licensed interior designer, which informs her keen sense of structure, texture, and emotional space in her artwork.

2024 One fine day 45X68” Oil on canvas 

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