KinoSaito’s spacious galleries are designed to highlight ideas at the core of the center’s mission—experimental practices of artists working today seen in relation to Kikuo Saito’s paintings, works on paper and theater design from throughout his over fifty-year career. In the first gallery, visitors encounter a selection of Saito’s work that changes quarterly, each iteration highlighting a theme, motif, painting style or area of focus worthy of the artist’s extended study. The second gallery is a rotating series of exhibitions featuring the work of contemporary artists across disciplines, media, and artistic practices.
Kikuo Saito, Red Talia, 2006, Oil on Canvas, 68 x 91 in
Alison Knowles: Celebration Red: Homage to Each Red Thing
Curated by Katrin Lewinsky
7 Mar. – 14 Jun. 2026
In Celebration Red, Alison Knowles extends her long-standing exploration of score, action, and everyday materials into the shared space of the gallery. Structured by a simple grid and activated through the placement of red objects, the work unfolds as a living composition, shaped by attention, chance, and communal action.
*Visitors are encouraged to engage with the art by bringing a red, hand-held object from their own environment to place in the grid.
Installation view of Celebration Red from the exhibition Alison Knowles at the Carnegie Museum of Art in 2016.
GALLERY 2
Irina Lotarevich: Indicators
Curated by Megan Meadowlark
7 Mar. – 14 Jun. 2026
Irina Lotarevich, Housing (Lottery), 2025, Galvanized steel, cast brass, cast aluminum, found chains, 64 x 37 1/2 x 6 1/2 in
Irina Lotarevich was born in Rybinsk, Russia in 1991 and immigrated to New York City as a child. She studied art at Cornell University, Hunter College, and the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. She currently lives in Vienna, Austria and teaches metalworking at the Angewandte (University of Applied Arts).
Lotarevich’s sculptural practice is shaped by the intersection of her own subjective experience with larger systems. Materially, she currently works primarily with metal, frequently combining sophisticated hand fabrication techniques with a sensitivity to building spatial narratives. The minimal yet complex and specific forms of her sculptures reference architecture, bureaucracy, labor, language, and parts of her body, as well as the production and circulation conditions of the material itself.
THEATRE GALLERY
Alison Knowles: Secrets of Ordinary Things
Curated by Katrin Lewinsky
7 Mar. – 14 Jun. 2026
Utilizing everyday materials, chance operations, and indeterminacy, Alison Knowles creates interactive performances, visual works, and installations that engage sound, objects, and lived experience. Her work invites viewers to become active participants, awakening personal perception through acts of listening, touching, and looking anew.
Alison Knowles, Tambourine with beans falling, 2002, Photo image and cyanotype on cloth, 20 1/2 x 23 1/2 in
OUTDOOR
Kurt Steger: No Words
7 Mar. – 14 Jun. 2026
Kurt Steger, Trajectory, 2025, wood, yellow pigment, twine, rebar, concrete base, 22 x 13 x 3 ft. Photo was taken and provided by the artist. Shot at Rockland Center for the Arts.
Steger’s current series of outdoor sculptures speaks to the unspeakable – that place within us that knows that we do not know. Juxtaposing humankind’s attempt to create order in our daily lives, Steger’s work acknowledges both the peace and the chaos of an eternal mystery. These works are symbols, the reflection or manifestation of a journey toward the unknown. Living in nature year-round, these sculptures exist in the seasons, the elements, and the minute atmospheric fluctuations that are in constant motion. Wood, steel, and concrete stand between the shifting weather patterns of sky energies and the grounding forces of earth, all while living with animal, insect, and bird life every day and night. Each sculpture is a collaboration between material, craftsmanship, and nature, challenging its durability over time. The design of the structure, strength of the material, and integrity of the joinery all contribute to the sculpture’s resilience and longevity. Year after year, these sculptures bear witness to the seen and unseen forces of nature as the aging patina reveals itself over time. The artist invites the viewer to read, interpret, and react to the work as they choose, and allow the unknown to reveal itself from within.
Kikuo Saito: Landscape Observations
Curated by Kristen Larkin
27 Jun. – 20 Dec. 2026
GALLERY 2, THEATRE GALLERY, and OUTDOOR
All Day Long
Curated by Sarah Greenberg Morse and Katrin Lewinsky
27 Jun. – 20 Dec. 2026
AIR STUDIOS
KinoSaito Annual
Curated by KinoSaito
11-13 and 18-20 Dec. 2026
Past Exhibitions
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2025 KinoSaito Annual
Community Art Benefit
Curated by KinoSaito Art Center
12-14 and 19-21 Dec. 2025 -
Katherina Jesek: Venus in Vectors
Curated by Megan Meadowlark
2 Sept. – 8 Dec. 2025 -
Kikuo Saito: Reminiscence in Color
Curated by Mikiko Ino Saito
24 May – 21 Dec. 2025 -
The Unknown and Its Poetics
Curated by Adrián S. Bará
24 May – 21 Dec. 2025 -
Kikuo Saito: The Wrong Side of the Brush
Curated by Kikuo Saito Studio
8 Mar. – 18 May 2025 -
Reuven Israel: U.F.O. (Untitled Folding Object) 1329
Curated by Kathy Battista and Sarah Strauss
8 Mar. – 18 May 2025 -
Soli Pierce and Bruce Odland: Sound Forest / Between Worlds
8 Mar. – 18 May 2025
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Alice Mizrachi: Unifying Threads of Our Evolution
8 Mar. – 18 May 2025
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2024 KinoSaito Annual
Community Art Benefit
Curated by KinoSaito Art Center
13-15 Dec. 2024 -
Kikuo Saito: Summer Song
Curated by Kikuo Saito Studio
11 May – 15 Dec. 2024 -
Chie Fueki: Petal Storm Memory
Curated by David A. Ross
11 May – 15 Dec. 2024 -
NON Objectified
Curated by Kathy Battista
11 May – 15 Dec. 2024 -
Natsuki Takauji: The Heart of the Tree
11 May – 15 Dec. 2024
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Kikuo Saito: Unraveling
Curated by Kikuo Saito Studio
9 Mar. – 5 May 2024 -
Alina Tenser: Wrk Frm Hm
Curated by Sarah Strauss
9 Mar. – 5 May 2024 -
Bel Falleiros: Navel-Knot // Root-Rise
Curated by Jess Wilcox and organized in partnership with River Valley Arts Collective
9 Mar. – 5 May 2024 -
Ricardo de Oliveira: As The Years Went On… (Woman’s Eye)
Curated by CLEA RSKY
9 Mar. – 5 May 2024 -
KinoSaito Annual: Community Art Benefit
Curated by KinoSaito Art Center
15-17 Dec. 2023 -
Lee Tribe
Curated by Kikuo Saito Studio
2 Sep. – 17 Dec. 2023 -
Kikuo Saito and Friends: New York City Downtown and Beyond, 1970s and 1980s
Curated by Karen Wilkin
13 May – 17 Dec. 2023 -
Niki Lederer: Knickerbocker Ice
Curated by Kikuo Saito Studio
4 Mar. – 30 Aug. 2023 -
Kikuo Saito: Pictorial Clay
Curated by Jim Walsh
4 Mar. – 7 May 2023 -
Patrice Renee Washington: Tendersweet
Curated by Olga Dekalo and organized in partnership with River Valley Arts Collective
4 Mar. – 7 May 2023 -
Murray Hochman: New Dimensions
Curated by Kikuo Saito Studio
4 Mar. – 7 May 2023 -
Kikuo Saito: Hatching Color
Curated by Kikuo Saito Studio
9 Sep. - 18 Dec. 2022 -
Signaling
Curated by Alexander Provan
9 Sep. - 11 Dec. 2022 -
XYZ: Alphabetical Ruptures and Reformations
Curated by Sophie Landres
8 Jul. - 4 Sep. 2022 -
Kikuo Saito: The Alphabet Paintings
Curated by Kikuo Saito Studio
3 Jun. - 4 Sep. 2022 -
Pooneh Maghazehe: Half-Life
Curated by Beth Venn
6 May – 26 Jun. 2022 -
Material Presence: Kikuo Saito
Curated by Karen Wilkin
4 Mar. – 22 May 2022 -
Material Presence: Jilaine Jones + Fran O’Neill
Curated by Karen Wilkin
4 Mar. – 24 Apr. 2022 -
Christina McPhee: Regeneration
Curated by Beth Venn
4 Mar. – 24 Apr. 2022 -
Kikuo Saito: Cloud Paintings
Curated by Kikuo Saito Studio
9 Sep. – 19 Dec. 2021 -
Painting as Performance / Performance as Painting: The Theater Paintings of Kikuo Saito
Curated by Kikuo Saito Studio
9 Sep. – 19 Dec. 2021