May 8, 2026
Future Fair’s sixth edition includes a strong current of intergenerational voices working together or in dialogue with one another.

Joan Bankemper/Sophie Bankemper Frances, Piedmont, 2024. Ceramic, 13.5 x 11 x 14 inches. Courtesy of the artist and Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York, NY.

As father and son, their practices engage painting as a site of inheritance, memory, and reinterpretation across generations. Their practices do not imitate one another. They are in dialogue. The work asks what it means to inherit a creative impulse and then make it entirely your own.

Each of the Bankempers works on a specific aspect of the ceramic sculptures. Sophie creates the biomorphic forms, more interested in their shapes and character than in creating a vessel. She hand-builds the sculptural forms intuitively, providing her mother, Joan, with richly varied surfaces on which to work. Joan creates the skin, the color, the handwriting that gives each work its distinction, adorning the surface with hundreds of flowers, birds, and circles, creating a surface that teems with life.

Together, Cline and Lay present an intergenerational dialogue between care and systems, intimacy and structure—offering a grounded reflection on how contemporary life is shaped both by the spaces we tend and the technologies we live within.
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While contemporary discourse often emphasizes generational divides, this exhibition highlights the continuities and shifting perspectives across different stages of artistic careers. While New York has shaped the making and understanding of abstract art, the contributions of women to that history have often been undervalued and sidelined. This show continues and diversifies that legacy through an intergenerational dialogue between four women artists whose practices are influenced by the energy of the city.

At Future Fair New York, Artbooth Gallery will present a focused selection of Kasir’s works that highlight migration narratives and intergenerational memory. The booth will create an immersive visual dialogue between pattern and portraiture, inviting viewers to consider how cultural identity is carried, protected, and transformed across borders.

For Future Fair 2026, SEIZAN Gallery proposes a group presentation featuring Marina Berio, Miné Okubo, and Asako Tabata—three women artists of Asian heritage working across different generations and cultural contexts.

New York has long been a beacon for artists and galleries alike, and this year, Future Fair is proud to spotlight exhibitors from across the state. From the vibrant streets of Brooklyn to the creative hubs of the Hudson Valley, these galleries capture the diversity, energy, and independent spirit that defines New York’s art community today.
Future Fair is proud to call New York City home. With 27 galleries and project spaces based in the five boroughs and its surrounding townships, our appreciation of local talent is more evident than ever. New York artists come from all backgrounds and work across all mediums, with a strong showing of their talent and range on view in our sixth edition.

For Future Fair’s sixth edition, we’re proud to welcome international galleries from as nearby as Canada and as far away as Korea, rounding out a coalition that also includes exhibitions from Colombia, France, Japan, Mexico, the United Arab Emirates, and the UK. Each voice brings a distinctive approach and curatorial impulse, connecting disparate communities and cultures in a spirit of dialogue.