CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
PRIDE : A celebration of diversity, identity, and history
June 3 - 27, 2021 at the Plaxall Gallery
In creating this exhibit, the word Pride was used as a base for inspiration and interpretation. It was designed to be taken literally, conceptually or theoretically. We chose strong, personal work that addresses the issues being discussed today, as well as projects that frame the historical struggles of the LGBTQ+ community and its increasing acceptance into the ever changing mainstream.
This dynamic group of visual artists mostly come from the New York City area, but also from across the country, as well as from Argentina, Taiwan, Cuba, Spain, Venezuela and India.
It is a true representation of the diversity we strive for in our Queens community, and to a wider, more altruistic extent, in our country.
PARTICIPATING ARTISTS
Alex Pigeon
Bradley Hoseley
Carmelo Amenta
Cassi Alexandra
Christopher Stout
Cristina Velasquez
Daniel Alvarado
Dan Halm
David De Lira
David Wes White
Edward Gia
Elianel Clinton
Erika Kapin
Frances Bukovsky
Friends of David and Tom: (Anita Vitalie, Cynthia Carr, Gracie Mansion, Jean Foos, Judy Glantzman,
Virginia Hourigan)
Gilberto Ruiz
Ismario Rodríguez
Ivana Larrosa
Jacob Grumulaitis
Jacqueline Silberbush
Jade Palmiotti
JaLeel Porcha
James Falciano
Jamie Ho
Jenna Petrone
Jesse Egner
Joe Klaus
Joel Handorff
Joey Regan
John Hanning
Jonathan Virginia Green
Jorge Mónaco
José Rafael Perozo
Joseph Radoccia
Joshua Tarplin
Keavy Handley-Byrne
Kelsey Sucena
Luisa Madrid
Mariette Pathy Allen
Michael Svizzero
Michela Griffo
Natalia L. Rudychev
Nicholas Loffredo
Nick Simko
Orestes Gonzalez
Pankaj Dahalia
Patricia Dahlman
Pierce Sapper
Rachael Warner
Raul De Lara
Ryan Aasen
Vincent CY Chen
Yorgos Efthymiadis
Zachary Francois
About the Team:
Orestes Gonzalez, Director of Photographic Programming at Culture Lab, Orestes Gonzalez is a photo artist and curator based in New York. His photography work relates to issues of nostalgia, family and the political and economic forces changing our country. He has curated over 20 photography shows since 2008, first at the Jeffrey Leder Gallery in LIC, then independently, since 2012. His curated exhibit “Disruption”, opened at the Center for Photography at Woodstock (CPW) in 2018. Orestes has shown extensively in the US and Latin America, and is in the collections of The Perez Art Museum, Miami, and the book collections of The NY Metropolitan Museum, and The Museum of Modern Art, New York, among others. www.orestesgonzalez.com @orestesgonzalezfoto
Efrem Zelony-Mindell, Artist and Curator Efrem Zelony-Mindell is a white non-binary artist. Some of their curatorial endeavors include group shows: n e w f l e s h, Are You Loathsome, and This Is Not Here. They have written about art for FOAM, Unseen, DEAR DAVE, Rocket Science, SPOT, and essays for artists’ monographs. Their first book n e w f l e s h, published by Gnomic Book and shortlisted for the Paris Photo Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Award 2020, looks to study queerness beyond the body and is in the collections at 50 libraries and archives around the world. Efrem's second book Primal Sight, also published by Gnomic Book, is a survey of contemporary black-and-white photography and includes the work of 146 international artists.
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