Onna House Opens in Soho As Celebration of Women’s Art

There’s a hum of renewal echoing through the streets of Soho. At 383 West Broadway, inside a storied loft that once housed the pioneering OK Harris Gallery (a gallery founded in 1969 by Ivan C. Karp, a Co-Director of the famed Leo Castelli Gallery), a new chapter in the neighborhood’s art history is unfolding. Onna House, the visionary project founded by designer, collector, and curator Lisa Perry, has arrived in Manhattan. Onna House Soho extends Perry’s mission to celebrate the work of women artists through a distinctly personal lens of art, craft, and community.

Onna House’s original East Hampton outpost, housed in a 1960s modernist home with Japanese inflections, has become somewhat of a beacon for artistic collaboration and female empowerment. Now, Perry is bringing that same ethos to the city. The Soho location channels the intimacy and warmth of a private home, divided into a series of welcoming rooms that invite conversation and contemplation. At its heart lies a sunlit lounge anchored by floor-to-ceiling windows, its centerpiece a tranquil tearoom framed by delicate shoji screens.

But Onna House Soho is far from static. Perry envisions it as an evolving space for dialogue. Alongside rotating exhibitions, the gallery will host an expansive program of events, from artist talks and hands-on workshops to intimate gatherings centered around craft, culture, and women’s voices. Visitors might even find themselves drawn into an impromptu game of mahjong—a nod to Perry’s mother and the multigenerational spirit that threads through Onna House’s story.

The debut exhibition highlights a trio of artists whose practices resonate deeply with Perry’s vision. Textile artist Jessie Mordine Young channels memory and material through weaving—her works alive with color, hand-spun natural dyes, and fragments of the natural world. Japanese-born ceramicist Kaori Tatebayashi transforms clay into delicate studies of plant life, mirroring the fleeting yet enduring vitality of nature. Katie Grove brings the forest indoors, shaping foraged bark and wood into meditative sculptures that blur the line between craft and landscape. The space will also offer one-of-a-kind artist-made jewelry, as well as a curated selection of furniture and accessories Perry collected over years of travel.

For Perry, the loft holds special significance—she founded her fashion line there nearly two decades ago. “Life comes full circle,” she muses. “This space, where so many creative ideas were born, now opens its doors to a new generation of women artists.” That sense of continuity defines Perry’s work, from her collaborations with pop and minimalist icons like Roy Lichtenstein and Robert Indiana to her advocacy for women’s rights and Democratic causes. With Onna House, she continues that exchange in exciting new ways.