Theresa Hak Kyung Cha: Multiple Offerings
January 24–April 19, 2026
Theresa Hak Kyung Cha: Multiple Offerings is the first retrospective in twenty-five years dedicated to the groundbreaking work of the artist Theresa Hak Kyung Cha. Gathering over one hundred artworks and archival materials from across her short but prolific career, as well as select loans of works by Cha and other artists, the exhibition highlights the inventive, playful, and meditative methods of Cha’s practice while also situating her work within a constellation of artistic forebearers, peers, and contemporary artists for whom she has long been a lodestar.
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Installation view of Theresa Hak Kyung Cha: Multiple Offerings, January 24–April 19, 2026, at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA), Berkeley, CA. Photo by Chris Grunder.
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Installation view of Theresa Hak Kyung Cha: Multiple Offerings, January 24–April 19, 2026, at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA), Berkeley, CA. Photo by Chris Grunder.
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Installation view of Theresa Hak Kyung Cha: Multiple Offerings, January 24–April 19, 2026, at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA), Berkeley, CA. Photo by Chris Grunder.
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Installation view of Theresa Hak Kyung Cha: Multiple Offerings, January 24–April 19, 2026, at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA), Berkeley, CA. Photo by Chris Grunder.
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Installation view of Theresa Hak Kyung Cha: Multiple Offerings, January 24–April 19, 2026, at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA), Berkeley, CA. Photo by Chris Grunder.
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Installation view of Theresa Hak Kyung Cha: Multiple Offerings, January 24–April 19, 2026, at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA), Berkeley, CA. Photo by Chris Grunder.
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Installation view of Theresa Hak Kyung Cha: Multiple Offerings, January 24–April 19, 2026, at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA), Berkeley, CA. Photo by Chris Grunder.
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Films - Past
Films - Past
Events
Upcoming Events
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Select Wednesdays, Sundays, and Free First ThursdaysExhibition Tour: Theresa Hak Kyung Cha: Multiple Offerings
Graduate students from the departments of Art History, English, and Ethnic Studies offer tours of Theresa Hak Kyung Cha: Multiple Offerings on select Wednesdays at 12:15 PM, Sundays at 2 PM, and First First Thursdays at 1:15 PM.
Past Events
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Wednesday, April 15, 5:30 PMDusting Settlements led by Jasper Qiyun Wang
During this gathering-performance and shared viewing of Theresa Hak Kyung Cha: Multiple Offerings, those who choose to participate physically will be asked to kneel, bow, or perform other gestures of prayer as they are able. All others are welcome to observe. Led by Jasper Qiyun Wang.
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Sunday, April 12, 2 PMEducator’s Tour: Theresa Hak Kyung Cha: Multiple Offerings
For visitors curious about the work of Theresa Hak Kyung Cha and wishing for guidance on the potentially challenging contemporary modes that characterize her practice, BAMPFA Education Director Sherry Goodman offers an exhibition tour that grounds Cha’s artwork in fundamentals of Conceptual art, performance art, and video.
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Saturday, April 4, 1:30 PMConversation: Cathy Park Hong, Brandon Shimoda, and Divya Victor
Drawing on the radical generosity of Cha's multidisciplinary practice, authors Brandon Shimoda, Divya Victor, and Cathy Park Hong discuss the lasting impact of Cha’s work, as well as their own approaches to writing in relation to such themes as imperialism, displacement, exile, and subjectivity.
Presented in partnership with UC Berkeley’s Center for Korean Studies. Community partnership support provided by GYOPO.
Tickets required.
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Thursday, March 19, 5 PMLecture: Spencer Lee-Lenfield and Kyung-Nyun Kim Richards on Theresa Hak Kyung Cha
In this illustrated presentation, Spencer Lee-Lenfield draws on Theresa Hak Kyung Cha’s own artwork and her family history to reconstruct how she understood the forces that shaped her life—and how we might contextualize her work across Korean and overseas Korean history.
Presented in partnership with UC Berkeley's Center for Korean Studies.
Tickets required.
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OngoingTheresa Hak Kyung Cha Special Print Mailer
Occasioned by the exhibition Theresa Hak Kyung Cha: Multiple Offerings, BAMPFA’s Art Lab digs into the museum’s Cha archives to create a special edition risograph print mailing.
Sign up by March 1, 2026, to receive a copy of the print mailing (limited edition; first come, first served)
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Saturday, February 28, 2–5 PMCollective Marathon Reading of Dictée
In collaboration with Small Press Traffic, BAMPFA presents a collective marathon reading of Theresa Hak Kyung Cha’s genre-defying work Dictée (1982) by members of the Bay Area arts community. Audience members are encouraged to participate in this collective and open-ended reading.
Presented in partnership with Small Press Traffic
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Sunday, February 22, 1 PMConcrete Poetry with Lindsay Choi
In this two-hour generative poetry workshop led by poet Lindsay Choi, discover a selection of Theresa Hak Kyung Cha’s concrete poetry, artist’s books, and performance pieces, taking inspiration from her work to generate drafts, notes, and other forms of new material.
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Select Wednesdays, Sundays, and Free First ThursdaysExhibition Tour: Theresa Hak Kyung Cha: Multiple Offerings
Graduate students from the departments of Art History, English, and Ethnic Studies offer tours of Theresa Hak Kyung Cha: Multiple Offerings on select Wednesdays at 12:15 PM, Sundays at 2 PM, and First First Thursdays at 1:15 PM.
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Sunday, February 8, 12:30–3:30 PMSymposium / Multiple Offerings: New Directions in Research on Theresa Hak Kyung Cha
BAMPFA hosts a symposium that highlights new directions in research on Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, featuring contributions from graduate students and early career researchers and moderated by UC Berkeley faculty and scholars.
Community partnership support provided by GYOPO
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Wednesday, February 4, 12 PMCurators' Tour: Victoria Sung and Tausif Noor on Theresa Hak Kyung Cha: Multiple Offerings
Exhibition curators Victoria Sung and Tausif Noor invite visitors to walk through the exhibition together as they underscore the multilingual, multisensory, and multivalent strategies at play across Cha’s oeuvre.
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Sunday, January 25, 11 AM–7 PM
Free Community Day / Theresa Hak Kyung Cha: Multiple Offerings
Join us for the opening day of Theresa Hak Kyung Cha: Multiple Offerings with free gallery admission for all!
Free gallery admission all day
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Sunday, January 25, 11:30 AM–2 PMArt Making for All Ages
Drop in and make art in BAMPFA’s Crane Forum space, next to the Art Wall. Materials will be provided.
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Saturday, January 24, 2 PM시( )nawi( )fugue (an improvisation, an offering, a reading)
Artist Jesse Chun presents the inaugural activation of her new performance series 시( )nawi( )fugue in a collective, improvisational reading that invokes artistic matriarchs and cultivates spiritual kinship across generations.
Presented in partnership with UC Berkeley's Center for Korean Studies and the Arts Research Center.
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Friday, January 23, 11 AM–7 PMPreview Day / Theresa Hak Kyung Cha: Multiple Offerings
BAMPFA members and UC Berkeley students, faculty, and staff enjoy early access to the new exhibition Theresa Hak Kyung Cha: Multiple Offerings.
For BAMPFA members and UC Berkeley students, faculty, and staff.