Exhibitions
Upcoming Exhibition
Caroline Ongpin
Passage
NOVEMBER 9–DECEMBER 18, 2026
This exhibition features a selection of works Caroline Ongpin produced at Dieu Donné during her 2025 Marabeth Cohen-Tyler Print/Paper Fellowship. In this body of work, Ongpin experimented with watermark, blowout, and stencil techniques to explore the subtle possibilities of translucency and color within hand papermaking. The predominant imagery in Ongpin’s work is of the open sea, an especially fitting subject given the water-based process of papermaking. In many of the works, Ongpin makes particularly effective use of the watermark technique to produce thinner – and thereby more translucent – areas of pulp in a sheet of paper, resulting in extremely subtle imagery that shifts in and out of visibility.
With her “Passage” series, Ongpin uses various combinations of pulp to channel the pacifying effect of a calm body of water. In two related works, Sanctuary and Shrouded Eye, similar imagery is framed within an eye-like form that treats vision as a portal to other realms, both physical and psychic. In contrast to these meditative works, the dynamic marks in Waterfall (1) rush downward and circle back around the composition, mimicking water’s natural cycle. The image’s near imperceptibility reminds us that water can be liquid and solid but also vapor.
For Ongpin, these images are passageways to an intimate paradise in the present, cultivated through a seeing both inward to oneself, and outward to nature. Whether conjuring the disquieting vastness of the open sea or the powerful dynamism of rushing water, Ongpin’s muted works in handmade paper create a space for contemplating nature’s beauty and power.
A complementary presentation of Ongpin’s fellowship work is on view at the Print Center New York through November 21.
Caroline Ongpin, Passage, 2026.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Caroline Ongpin (b. 1989, California) is a New York-based artist. In addition to her fellowship at Dieu Donné, she has had residencies with Arquetopia Foundation and Guttenberg Arts. Ongpin has had solo exhibitions at the Museo Taller Erasto Cortés in Puebla, Mexico, and the Cultural Center of the Philippines in Manila. Ongpin received her BFA in Studio Arts from the University of the Philippines and completed Tamarind Institute’s Printer Training Program. She is an instructor of printmaking at the Art Students League of New York and is the owner and lead printer of collaborative lithography studio Ermitanya Editions located in Brooklyn, New York.
ABOUT THE FELLOWSHIP
The Marabeth Cohen-Tyler Print/Paper Fellowship is awarded annually to a BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, person of color) or underrepresented printmaking postgraduate or professional printer. Through research and experimentation, the fellow develops custom papers for different printing methods and explores creative techniques in the papermaking process to enhance imagery. Kenneth Tyler and Dieu Donné are honored to have established this Fellowship in memory of Marabeth Cohen-Tyler.
Past Exhibitions
About the Jordan Schnitzer Gallery
Dedicated to exhibiting works on paper by emerging and established artists, the Jordan Schnitzer Gallery will host exhibitions, lectures, and public programming related to papermaking inside Dieu Donné’s home at the historic Brooklyn Navy Yard.
Jordan Schnitzer states, “I am honored to have the gallery at Dieu Donné named for me, as someone who loves and promotes artists who make work on paper to further their artistic vision. Dieu Donné is the national leader in helping artists to create and use paper in their artmaking process. For over 500 years, art makers have made prints because of the magic created when ink, paint, and paper come together. I look forward to Dieu Donné’s many more decades of success.”
Susan Gosin, Founder and Co-Chair of Dieu Donné, remarks, “Jordan’s continued dedication to Dieu Donné exemplifies our legacy as one of New York City’s most significant cultural organizations. The Jordan Schnitzer Gallery will inspire others to connect with our 40+ year history and ensure that our gallery and studios remain a vital home for many more generations of artists working in handmade paper.”
Jordan Schnitzer is an influential collector of contemporary prints and multiples. Today, Jordan Schnitzer and the Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation collections exceed 13,000 works and include many of today’s most important contemporary artists. Jordan Schnitzer is president of Harsch Investment Properties, a privately owned real estate investment company based in Portland, Oregon, which owns and manages office, multi-tenant industrial, multi-family, and retail properties in six western states.