Collection: The Study of One Thing

The Study of One Thing

Works by Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei

Jody Hojin Kimmel currently serves as the Abbot of the Zen Center of New York City/Fire Lotus Temple in Brooklyn, New York, and as Training Director for the Mountains and Rivers Order of Zen Buddhism. “The Study of One Thing” was an exhibition that ran from August 2025 to August 2026 at the Yager Museum at Hartwick College in Oneonta, NY. It included nearly four decades of Hojin’s art-making practice - paintings, watercolors, drawings, ceramics and multimedia works.

“When I was little, I loved to draw and paint in the darkness of my bedroom,” Hojin said. “From my bed, I could see a slice of light — from the moon or from the hall light — illuminating the edge of some form. Some ‘thing.’ I was fascinated by the sudden strangeness of things, alive and pulsating with unfamiliarity — constantly changing! What a wonder.”

The works presented in the exhibition remain available for purchase. Find out more about them, how to see them in person and/or make a donation here.

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