
Exhibition preview·Los Angeles
Jon Ching previews 'Path of Least Resistance' at KP Projects
Published 29 September 2026: the Los Angeles painter's forthcoming solo exhibition of metaphysical hybrid-creature paintings opens 3 October–7 November at KP Projects.
Known for meticulously detailed canvases of hybrid flora and fauna inspired by his O'ahu upbringing, Ching presents recent portraits of owls, hummingbirds, fish and orchids that invoke symbolic tributes to power and resilience. Highlights include the dandelion-cycle lioness 'Dandilion', the smoke-gripping cockatoo 'Thin Air', the flaming shark 'Force of Nature' and '1984', where eyes peer from tropical flowers in a nod to Orwellian surveillance. The gallery describes the show as a reflection of the artist's inner world at a moment when daily demands feel increasingly consuming.


