In honor of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month, we would like to present the works of our past AAPI clients whom we had the pleasure of showcasing in our NYC pop up locations.

Collective by At the Venue

No better way to start off this pop-up catalog than with Collective by At The Venue. Aired back in the summer of 2021 in our elegant 300 Bleecker Street location, they celebrate the diverse spectrum of Asian-owned brands from the United States and throughout the rest of the world. From clean, cruelty-free, vegan skincare brands all the way to plastic-free toothpaste, Collective by At the Venue encapsulates the essence of their customers’ favorite brands within an immersive shopping experience featuring fun events and culinary delights — from Heart Beauty’s Sip and Shop to drinks and dumplings with Claire Beauty, or a bag of Booskies Cookies, a Californian vegan, dairy-free, gluten-free cookie brand.

The Arcade Japan

Despite its name, The Arcade Japan has nothing to do with video games. Rather, the brand represents the enduring craftsmanship and steadfast creativity of Japan. Their guiding philosophy rejects the rampant consumerism commonplace in the modern-day world — disapproving of “products being made, bought, and wasted” in favor of encouraging consumers to buy irreplaceable products that are real, high-quality, and durable. Each product is carefully handpicked by the owner, Minato: clothing, tote bags, jewelry, accessories, even couch pillows and dinner plates. As a repeat client of Parasol Projects, we had the opportunity to host their curations at 251 Elizabeth Street, 2 Rivington Street, and 213 Bowery.

Asian Society of Arts: In Time/Out of Place

In Time/Out of Place is an art gallery curated by Katya Grokhovsky, featuring prominent multidisciplinary Asian artists: Munjer Hashim, Maiko Kikuchi, Harshad Marathe, Kohei Urakami, Jerri Wei, Xiaoye Xing, and Jian Yi, brought to NYC by the Asian Society of Arts. We hosted this timeless exhibition at 2 Rivington Street in 2017. Alluding to the duality of a futuristic, utopian society juxtaposed with the normality of everyday life, the display explored the metaphysical fleetingness of time and place through digital art, illustration, and architectural representations.

Heesun Shin: Whimsical Riddle

This three-dimensional pop up solo exhibition by South Korean artist Heesun Shin embodied the pinnacle of Shin’s journey into sculpting and assemblage — an experience Shin described as “conversations.” Shin likened the synergy between her and her medium to everyday human interaction and dialogue, zeroing in on introspection and self-discovery: removing the shell of the human body, leaving behind an abstract, raw depiction of emotion fleshed out on an industrial canvas.

Odele Zhang: Live Broadcast

Playful, oftentimes somber — LIVE Broadcast told the story of Odele Zhang’s aesthetic progression from photography to live painting. Photography let Zhang amass thousands of visual assets, but she grew frustrated by their incompleteness. With a paintbrush in hand, Zhang was able to better capture her feelings and reactions to her subjects — discarding the experience of “seeing” through a camera lens in favor of “reading” her subject’s perceived reality. Something which cannot be captured by pixels alone.