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This fall, OCHI will open a third gallery space, OCHI Aux, two doors down from the current Los Angeles location at 3305 W Washington Blvd. This expansion marks a defining moment in OCHI’s unique history.

Originally established in the 1970s in Boise, Idaho as what we refer to today as an artist-run space, OCHI has always been a family business. This latest iteration preserves the legacy borne of the outlook learned living in a rural mountain town—an attitude kindred to that of Los Angeles’ art scene—as we form a community of inclusion that fosters resourcefulness and offers space to mutually thrive. We learned from the gallery founder, artist, and art professor Denis Ochi, that art is education and the gallery is a rhizomatic nexus of relationships—with artists, collectors, art writers, curators, neighborhoods, the public, and like-minded colleagues.

Today, OCHI is led by Pauli, Denis’ daughter, who founded Ochi Projects in 2015 in the Arlington Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles. The gallery represents more than a dozen artists, with extensive programming in Sun Valley, Idaho, Los Angeles, California, and abroad. The shifting post-pandemic landscape has revealed for OCHI its perseverance, strengths, and ambitions. We are proud of our histories. Our ethos is manifesting. After this past year and half, our future unfolds as new strategies emerge.