recent exhibitions
News From Somewhere
by Tomek Miernowski
On view May 4-28 during gallery hours: Thursday & Friday, 5-9pm, and Saturday & Sunday, 2-9pm.
Opening Reception May 4, 6-9pm
News from Somewhere is a multimedia art installation that aims to provoke reflection upon social structures and power dynamics.
Using a touchscreen, the audience selects from a numbered list of societies and is immersed in the sonic results of a social study conducted by five world-class improvisers involved in movements for social justice, each of whom has chosen the sound arts as their primary form of artistic expression. The result is non-musical and anti-aesthetical; a sonic bridge that links the idea of society with physical creative collaboration, mutual aid, and evolution.
Today’s rapid environmental degradation and social upheavals demand new systems. The first step toward a new world is imagining it.
Participating Artists: Jon Cowherd, Tomek Miernowski, Dan Rieser, Tony Scherr, Yusuke Yamamoto
Gallery hours and programming schedule are subject to change. Be sure to check Culture Lab LIC on Instagram & Facebook for up-to-date info.
Becoming Unbound
Queens College CUNY MFA Annual Exhibition
Curated by Niama Safia Sandy
Exhibition on view May 4-28 during gallery hours: Thursday & Friday, 5-9pm, and Saturday & Sunday, 2-9pm. Opening Reception: May 4, 6-9pm. Free Admission.
The process of committing to making art is one that can feel like an unmooring. It is often a balancing act between grasping at the deepest reaches of one’s ambition and allowing for inspiration to touch us. Becoming Unbound is a celebration of the process of 14 MFA candidate artists coming into their own voices.
Together, Ris Aguiló-Cuadra (fruit bat & the flesh), Eugenie Y. Chao, Amber Doniere, Guin Ellsworth, Lia Embil, Bryan Fox, Sediq Kholdi, brandon king, Valesca LaFrance, Caitlin McDonagh, Natalie Raskin, Vee Tineo, Ari Wolff and Sachigusa Yasuda, traverse a space where they have disentangled themselves from the traditional limitations of materiality, form, and language. They have moved toward something that at once feels like a window to something new and a return to the ancestral, the primordial.
Opening Reception
PS384's Inaugural Art Exhibition
at The Plaxall Gallery
Opening reception May 11, 4-6pm
Exhibition on view May 11 - May 28
Come celebrate our young artists and creators with us! This exhibition includes selected artwork from each child.
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Gallery hours and programming schedule are subject to change. Be sure to check Culture Lab LIC on Instagram & Facebook for up-to-date info.
Luminous: The Art of Neon
Curated by Kenny Greenberg
On view: February 9 - May 21
Gallery hours: Thursday & Friday, 5-9pm, and Saturday & Sunday, 2-9pm.
Luminous: The Art of Neon, an exhibition inspired by the life and work of Long Island City local neon artist, Gerry Rose.
The exhibition showcases the vibrant and dynamic world of neon art, featuring works that explore the medium's unique ability to capture and transmit light!
Featuring neon artwork by:
Alissa Eberle, Brady Caldwell & Sam Smouha, Caroline LaCava, Chloe Kottwitz, Danielle James, David Ablon, Diane Hendry, Don Bruschi, Elysa D. Batista, Erin Taylor, Eve Hoyt, Graciela Cassel, James Akers, Jill Magid, Josef Pinlac, Joshua Ice, Kenny Greenberg, Kevin Scanlan, Molly Rose Levine, Jung Yun Choi, Norma Markley, Patrick Nash, Roger Borg, Sophia Wallace, Tom Unger, Tomas Penc, Gerry Rose
The story behind the exhibit...
Neon signs can be overwhelming walking down the street in Times Square, so they aren’t the first thing you’d expect to see in an art gallery. But fortunately Culture Lab LIC specializes in the unusual, and through May 21 you can see over 70 neon works from 30 artists presented in Luminous: The Art of Neon. The show was curated by Tess Howsam, Artistic Director, and Kenny Greenberg, the owner of Krypton Neon and a long-time LIC resident. “Owning a piece of neon art is like owning lightning captured in glass,” as Tess described the process of creating neon. To make neon, electricity is introduced into glass tubes filled with gasses such as helium or krypton that bang around and give off light in a sustainable process, Kenny explained. Also in the show, neon works by the late Gerry Rose - a former Sunnyside resident and the last neon tube bender for Artkraft Strauss - will be auctioned to benefit Culture Lab. “Gerry and I began as neon artists at the same time and kept in touch throughout the years. I had helped him set up a gallery show so I had taken photos of his art that is currently in our show. When his brother Ronnie Rose contacted me to get advice about how to value his deceased brother’s equipment and art, I suggested auctioning his work to benefit Culture Lab, and being part of the exhibit,” Kenny said. He added that as far as anyone can remember, this is the largest ever neon show in NYC. The show also includes history from the pre-development of the LIC waterfront. “LIC was a wonderfully deserted place with trees, grass and wild dogs. There was always something interesting to find, and usually it was quite rusty.” My wife (artist Diane Hendry) and I would find things and bring them home with the intention to one day do something interesting with them. One of those treasures is the piece titled Gravitas, which is part of the show.
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Sculptors Guild presents
Past Tense/Future Infinite
Curated by Janet Rutkowski and Karen Dimit
Exhibition on view April 1-30 during gallery hours: Thursday & Friday, 5-9pm, and Saturday & Sunday, 2-9pm.
Art that reflects a new sensibility as we look toward the future with what we learned from these years of isolation. Humankind is looking ahead toward the future with a guarded sense of responsibility learned from the past. The pandemic revealed many hidden truths. It also taught us to seek our peace from within ourselves along with patience and contemplation. Cut off, we learned to be still and reflect. For some of us it was a time of fear, loneliness and separation. For others, it created an opportunity to be alone and discover ourselves—our strengths and our weaknesses. The works in this exhibition are related to that pause in time in which our confinement opened up a portal. You are invited to enter into this realm of balance, tranquility, and introspection.
Weather Report
Cristián Pietrapiana
Exhibition on view April 1-30 during gallery hours: Thursday & Friday, 5-9pm, and Saturday & Sunday, 2-9pm.
A selection of five years of work on climate change by LIC visual artist Cristián Pietrapiana. In this series of work on paper, the artist combines news, headlines, images, lines and painting that comment on the different aspects of our climate crisis. Included in the exhibition is a visual grid done by local students from MCHS after the artist led a three-day workshop on art & climate.
AAPI Artists on Public Art
Panel Discussion
April 6, 6:30-8pm
Asian American Arts Alliance (A4) is pleased to present a panel discussion among AAPI artists across disciplines and orientations towards public art to discuss their perspectives and process. The panel will include Bahar Behbahani, Clae Lu, Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya, A young Yu, and Betty Yu, moderated by Shannon Lee, editor of The Amp. There will be time for Q&A.
This is part one of a two-part series on public art. In June 2023, A4 will be organizing a professional development workshop for artists looking to pursue a public art project. Follow A4 (@aaartsalliance) or sign up for our newsletter to stay updated.
This event is FREE and open to the public. RSVP is required.
This location is ADA accessible. If you need ASL interpretation, large print, or any other accommodations for this event, please email jlee@aaartsalliance.org at least one week before the event.
Panelists:
A young Yu, artist
Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya, multidisciplinary artist
Bahar Behbahani, artist
Betty Yu, multimedia artist
Clae Lu, artist and musician
Moderator: Shannon Lee, editor of The Amp
Read More and RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/panel-aapi-artists-on-public-art-tickets-586038887087
Anonymouslyاز Iran
An Exhibition Amplifying the Voices of Iranian Women
On view: February 9 - March 26
Opening Reception: February 9, 6-9pm.
Gallery hours: Thursday & Friday, 5-9pm, and Saturday & Sunday, 2-9pm.
Since the murder of Jina (Mahsa) Amini, the global art community has taken an active and important role in support of the “Woman Life Freedom” movement in Iran. Iranian women are leading the fight against an aging theocratic regime clinging to power. While the authoritarian regime has sought to subdue the Iranian people and its culture, it is Iranians that are quelling the regime.
Art has been a form of resistance. We have witnessed artists, curators, museums, and galleries worldwide show their solidarity by creating, partnering and providing avenues to raise awareness of the ongoing revolution.
The aim of this exhibition is to amplify the voice of Iranians who are and have been bravely defying tyranny and protesting for their freedoms through the lens of art.
This exhibition, featuring sculptures, installations, paintings, digital media, and performance art, is a celebration of the incredibly courageous Iranian people, especially the women of Iran, and its culture.
In solidarity with the artists and people of Iran, due to the current oppressive climate in Iran, and the risks protesters, artists and their families face, all work from all artists (inside and outside of Iran) will be exhibited anonymously.
Free Admission.
Solidarity & Safe Spaces
by Diverse Streets Initiative
Exhibition on View: March 4-26
Join us for the work of 11 artists:
Adriana Taboada, Bridget Bartolini, Cecilia Lim, Catherine Heller, Elliot Johnson, Erick Tehran, Kim Chan, Kyra Cuevas, Janine Wang, Nafisa Ferdous, Ron Hall, Robert Thibault (DJ TRS)
International Women’s Day at Anonymously از Iran
In celebration of International Women’s Day: an evening of empowering and celebrating unapologetic and bold women.
There is nothing more powerful than a strong, free, and educated woman, a “Shirzan.” In Persian, 'Shir' means 'Lion' & 'Zan' means 'Woman'. The word "Shirzan" refers to an unstoppable woman. A woman who is powerful, not because of her majestic physical appearance, but for her inner strength and power.
This International Women’s Day, surround yourself with other Shirzan(s) for a conversation on how the first women-led revolution in Iran is confronting gender apartheid and why freedom for Iranian women will empower women around the world.
6-7 PM: Connect with other powerful Shirzan(s) and their allies.
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7 PM: Welcome by Shabnam Salehezadeh (an “Anonymous” organizer)
A Conversation With Shirzan(s), a panel discussion with Iranian-American women who are breaking down walls in their careers to create more equitable communities for women.
Behnaz Ghahramani (CEO, Brother Vellies)
Dr. Hiva Feizi (Ph.D. in Foreign Policy; Executive Director of award-winning Iranian Human Rights Organization, PaykanArtCar)
Maryam Banikaram (Founding Member, NYCNext; NY Post’s “50 Most Powerful Women in NYC”)
Nicolette Mason (Brand Strategist; Founding Member, Iranian Diaspora Collective)
Simin Kermati (Visual Artist and Activist focusing on social-political topics, identity, and injustices facing women in Iran)
Moderated by: Mandy Ansari (Founder, Modern Girl Media; Founding Member, Iranian Diaspora Collective)
8:15-9 PM: Community Building + Networking
Tickets are limited and must be purchased in advance.
The venue will be closed to the public and entrance to the gallery will only be available for ticket holders.
The event is hosted by Culture Lab LIC in conversation with current exhibition, Anonymously از Iran: An Exhibition Amplifying the Voices of Iranian Women.
Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/international-womens-day-at-anonymously-iran-tickets-570052481317
Regard
Anna Grevenitis
Curated by Orestes Gonzalez
On View: February 9-26
"With REGARD, I am opening a window into our reality... This ongoing series is very basic in its concept: it shows a child, it shows a mother, it shows them living at home, performing familial acts. Because I believe in the connective power offered by the depiction of domesticity, I hope that REGARD helps the audience rethink some of their assumptions about people living with disabilities."
- Anna Grevenitis
Off the Wall
The Affordable Holiday Art Fair 2022
Produced by LIC-A & Culture Lab LIC
On View: November 5 - December 18
Opening Reception: Saturday, November 5, 6-9pm
Gallery Hours: Thursday & Friday, 5-9pm,
and Saturday & Sunday, 2-9pm. (The gallery is closed Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.)
Off the Wall: The Affordable Holiday Art Fair is a wonderful way to showcase artwork - paintings, drawings, sculpture, and ceramics - to the greater NYC area while also focusing on tenants of the surrounding community, to buy art as gifts, enhance their homes or start their own collections. We want to support our local artists and make buying art accessible to everyone and help introduce all of our neighbors to our arts community.
Street Photography
Invitational
Curated by Paul Kessel
& Orestes Gonzalez
On View: Sept 30 - Oct 30
Opening Reception: Oct 1, 5-9pm
Gallery Hours:
Thursday & Friday: 5-9pm
Saturday & Sunday: 2-9pm
We Are
Fashion Exhibition & Runway
by NY Chinese Designers & Artists
from Parsons, FIT, Pratt, SVA and NYU
Opening Reception:
Saturday, October 1, 2-10:30pm
Exhibition on View: October1- 9
We are our own temple.
Throughout history, across nearly all religions and cultures, there has always been the concept of a temple, a place to contemplate the purpose and meaning of life. Though we may not be religious or go to a physical temple, as artists and designers we draw inspiration from the “temple” of our inner selves to bring imagination and beauty into creation.
This exhibition will feature artwork and fashion collections from emerging Chinese artisans. The audience will have the opportunity to explore these artisan’s inner selves or “temples” by learning about the inspirations behind their artistic expression.
The main mission of this exhibition is to create more exposure for NY based Chinese artists in order to celebrate their culture and educate the public about their heritage.
This exhibition will represent diversity, inclusivity, cross-cultural values and faith. Through this unique visual and culture experience, visitors will be invited to reflect and explore their own internal temples during the exhibition.
Curator and Organizer
Jessica Rigby
Xiaowu Zheng (Co-curator)
Jingxuan Zhao (Co-organizer)
Fashion Designer & Artist
Alexix LIN
Amber Chen
Bonnan Li
Kanak Guo
Ni Ouyang @rotten_avocadoo
Roxxanne Zhao
V. Li Yixiao
Wanxuan Cao
Wanting li
Xiaowu Zheng @xiaowu_zheng_ishere
Xiia Cheng/Barbara
Yuxuan Liu
Yunyi Zhang
Zhimeng Liu
Elliot H X Jin
Digital Content Director
Haoquan Wang
Graphic Designer
Kaiwen chen
wanxuan cao
Video Music Artist
Lechang Chao
Fashion Photographer
Reiko Y.
Kanak Guo
Yifan Chang
Ruixuan Zhang
Production Consulting
Kyrie Yang
Lighting & Set Design Artist
Junri Li
Runway Music Composer
Zhiyi Wang
Haiwei Ping
Video Photographer
@andyestonia
Runway Director
Binmi Wan
Exhibition Director
Xiaowu Zheng @xiaowu_zheng_ishere
Marketing
Wanting Li
PR
Jingxuan Zhao
Kyrie Yang
Jessica Yang
Jiaxun Li
Panel Talk
Tianyue Xing
Xiaowu Zheng
Edjo Wheeler
Dancers and Models
Sunshine Dance NYC
DJ
Tori
Rapper
Pook Hustle
(Spotify @ Pook Hustle)
Sponsor: TNSCSSA
Eureka Tianyue Xing
Livy Liwen Sang
Camille Peiyang Li
Volunteers
Shihang Zhang
Ziyou Ma
Xinman Lu
Songbingxuan Shao
Chuyi Wang
Jianglan Li
Shuang Zhou
Yin Zhang
Siyu Cao
Kerong Xu
Ruotong Ding
Wei Lu
Special Thanks To:
New School Chinese students and scholars Association (Sponsor)
Pratt Chinese Scholars and Students Association
SVA Chinese Students Organization
FIT Chinese Scholars and Students Association
The BLANC Art Space
Kanakstudio
Velvet.Co International
Studio N
Sunshine Dance NYC
Kola Superdeep (Shen Zhen) Fashion Product Design Ltd
Kepler Mission Design
Phantasia
The New Spanish Photography
On View:
September 3 - 25, 2022
Opening Reception:
September 3, 5-9pm
Curated by Orestes González
Featuring perception-bending photography by:
Asunción Lozano
Antonio E. Ojeda
Francisco Uceda
Cristóbal C. Cassinello.
PHOTOGRAPHY IS MAGIC
Art to Wear
Workshop by Teng Teng
September 10, 2-5pm
A unique chance to create a miniature painting on a gold-plated frame to bring home with you to wear as jewelry or display as art. After you arrive, Artist Teng Teng will give you hands-on instruction on how to paint using the tiniest paint brush you've ever seen.
Feel free to come with or without ideas for what to paint! Artist Teng Teng will provide picture books and reference pictures to give you inspiration. When you're done drawing your mini painting, Teng Teng will show you ways you can wear it as jewelry. Feel free to hang out and mingle and see what everyone else is working on.
Read More and Buy Tickets:
www.eventbrite.com/e/art-to-wear-mini-painting-workshop-tickets-410771838627
Well Behaved
Expectations, Socialization & Gender
On View: August 4-28
Well Behaved is an analysis of society, gender, and the ways in which we navigate these social constructs or reject them all together.
Gender plays a significant role in opportunity, lifestyle, and livelihood of which every individual experiences uniquely. Despite society’s preconceived notion that gender should be dichotomous, many exist inside, outside, and in-between. Join Culture Lab LIC as we explore the construction and deconstruction of such normative standards in this exhibition.
The 37 diverse artists explore the narrative in this exhibition. Works featured range from fine art, installation, holographic, and video.
Curated by Emily Addison, CM Cancel, and Tess Howsam.
Art Justice Cohort:
Being Seen
Celebrating the acceptance of all humanity.
The Cohort's 14 artists employ the impact of portraiture to take viewers on a journey through the lives of everyday people.
A free, indoor art exhibit.
On View: June 2-26
Opening Night:
Saturday, June 4, 6-9pm
Official Site:
A CREATIVE ENCOUNTER
Workshop
June 2, 6-9pm
In this session, informed by Gestalt Art Therapy, we will work with both body and mind, flowing between movement and visuals that offer tools for each person to expand their connection, to both self and other, by exploring the creative process and it's potential for deepening self understanding. If you don't know what this looks like, come and find out.
No experience in art-making of any kind is needed. Please bring water and wear comfortable clothes for movement.
The workshop will be guided by Blanche Ellis, a multidisciplinary artist and musician based in Barcelona, training in Gestalt Art Therapy.
Official Website: blancheellis.com
Instagram: @BlancheEllisArt
Register for this free event:
A QUEENS FINE ART SPRING AFFAIR
Opening Reception: April 30, 5-9pm
Live entertainment starts at 5pm
Exhibition on view: April 28 - May 30
Queens is home to the largest and most diverse artists community in NYC. This event will serve as a platform for the Queens artists community to share their work with the general public. For those interested in collecting art, art fairs are an excellent place to begin one's journey. At these events one can see a wide range of works in a short period of time. While some fairs focus on a specific type of artwork, such as photography, prints, or contemporary art, Culture Lab LIC will show a high quality mix of work. Come meet artists, socialize with the art community, and have a good time!
See the Women
Indoor Art Event
May 29, 3-7pm
Join us as we showcase the work of women artists who took part in our See The Women workshop. Visitors will have the chance to make their own healing prayer beads. This event is free, with donations accepted.
Tara Evonne Trudell is coming from New Mexico to host a three-day Karma Star Sisterheal Prayer Bead retreat for survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault and human trafficking. She is fiscally sponsored by here there and EVERYwhere, a NYC-based non-profit providing creative expression workshops for survivors of trauma. This retreat will help to rebuild community for individuals who lost support during the pandemic, and extend a hand to newly suffering members of the population. Retreat participants will have the opportunity to collaborate and heal together through bead making, ceremony, and more. Participation is invite-only, but please join us for the cumulative exhibition where we will share the work created in the workshop. Expect a special guest artist playing classical contemporary piano during the exhibition.
Culture Lab LIC will also have on view the Spring Affair exhibition, and live, outdoor music will be performed from 3:30 to 9pm, featuring C.J. Lee, Andrew Richards and The Joseph Herbst Big Band. Food and drinks will be available during this exhibition.
THE WORM AT THE CORE
curated by Joshua Chiet
On View: March 31 - April 24
Opening Reception: April 2, 6-9pm
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Stemming from the works of American anthropologist Ernest Becker and Austrian psychoanalyst Otto Rank, and proposed by American social psychologists Jeff Greenberg, Sheldon Solomon, and Tom Pyszczynski, Terror Management Theory seeks to understand the basic psychological conflict in human beings arising from our unique awareness of the inevitibility of our own mortality coupled with our innate sense of self-preservation. This dissonance results in a constant potential for existential terror which is managed by an anxiety-buffering system consisting of shared culture, individual self-esteem, and close interpersonal relationships imparting a sense that one is a person of value living in a meaningful world.
While the management of this terror can often lead to defensive distortions of reality and the aggressive protection of one’s beliefs and self-esteem, consciously confronted death anxiety can be a gateway for positivity. As Apple founder Steve Jobs said in his 2005 Stanford University commencement address, "Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.”
NON-LINEAR
Queens College CUNY MFA
Annual 2022
Curated by Lilly Wei
On View: March 31 - April 24
Opening Reception: April 2, 6-9pm
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Re-reading Masters
An international Exhibition of Women in Art
Curated by Leda Prado
On view: March 3-27
Opening Reception: March 5, 6-8pm
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Itinerant Eyes
An Installation by
Tamana Araki
On view: March 3-27
Opening Reception: March 5, 6-8pm
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Itinerant Eyes: Pairs of round Mirrors project moving reflections of lights on the walls. When Tamana Araki lived in San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas where many Mayan indigenous people live, it inspired her to create these mirrors-like eyes, spirits. Indigenous people believe that animals and nature have spirits.
Cages: An image of a cage came to her mind during the Covid pandemic lockdown. Araki has been exploring the theme of “Immigration” since 2019. The former president’s administration’s action to separate immigrant families at the border and put them in detention centers, impacted her deeply as a mother who lived in Mexico for four and half years. A cage evokes containment and the structure of the border fence. Araki has travelled to El Paso, Texas and Ciudad de Juárez, Mexico to cross the U.S-Mexico border on foot. The sands that she collected at the both sides of the border was mixed into ceramic clay in the process of making the cages. All cages have an opening. Her experience of raising silkworm, observing the emergence of silk worm moths from the cocoon made an impact on the creation of this work.
"Migratory animals do not belong to countries. Humans divide the land by drawing the border. Sometimes national borders separate and contain. No one should threaten the lives of others as they cross the border." - Tamana Araki /荒木珠奈
Tamana Araki /荒木珠奈 was born in Japan and studied art in Japan and Mexico. In 2012 she moved to New York, lives and now works in Long Island City, NY. Araki works in installations, etchings and small sculptures. She has had shows in galleries and museums in Japan, Mexico, Finland, Canada and the U.S.A.
Culture Lab LIC 5-25 46th Avenue Long Island City, NY (Map) Gallery Hours: Thu-Sun 5-9pm
Judicators: Ebony Young, Emily Addison, and Luke Mannarino
Artists:
Kamari Carter
Welket Bungué
Jenny Desrosiers
Marjani Jones
Terika Harris
Leslie Jean-Bart
Issa Ibrahim
Arthur Robinson
Leda Prado
Lytevisuals
Joane Buteau Dumont
Jalaa’a Brinsley
Mark West
Gus Bennett
Sean Waltrous
GÜREJE
This exhibition is about the multitudes of blackness. The breadth and depth of blackness, and in some cases not about it at all. This body of work is the bold, brazen, and a truly individual commentary of artists from all walks of life.
Exhibition on view: Feb 10 - March 27.
Opening reception: Feb 12, 6-9pm
An exhibition in honor of Black History Month.
"Exploring the language and uses of photography, my work addresses the overlooked or hidden aspects of nature and the built environment. The cameraless technique I use, the photogram process, is associated with the early stages of photographic exploration and invention, a time of wonder at the possibilities of photography as a way of recording the world. The resulting images recall early botanical and medical prints, as well as contemporary architectural and scientific imaging such as blueprints, x-rays and scans." - Mary Pinto
Opening Reception: Sat, Jan 8, 6-9pm
On view: Jan 6 - Feb 6
at Culture Lab LIC
in The Plaxall Gallery
5-25 46th Ave, Queens, NY 11101 (Map)
ALTERNATIVE PROCESSES:
Other Ways of Seeing
An exhibition of work by photographers and media artists of all genres who creatively use the Alternative Processes available today.
Curated by Orestes Gonzalez
and Pierre-Yves Linot
Opening Reception: Sat, Jan 8, 6-9pm
On view: Jan 6 - Feb 6
at Culture Lab LIC
in The Plaxall Gallery
5-25 46th Ave, Queens, NY 11101 (Map)
This is a photography based exhibition that explores the different technical methods of creating a photo impression. All techniques (except digital & analogue ) were allowed. This included, tintype, cyanotype, image transfers, chemigrams, albumen, bromoil, collage, and salt prints. We have a variety of printed surfaces that were used for printing, including fabric, metal, glass, wood, and even old dresses.
This international open call drew 200 entries, and 72 artists were selected based on creativity as well as variety. Artists from Argentina, Chile, Spain, France, The Netherlands, Germany, England, Scotland, Italy, and from 12 states are included in our show. But the largest group is from the NYC area, where the plethora of creative artists is most accessible to us at Culture Lab LIC.
About The Curators
Orestes Gonzalez is a photo artist and curator based in New York. His work examines issues of nostalgia, family, and the economic and social forces that shape our lives today. Since 2008, he has curated over 21 exhibits, first at the Jeffrey Leder Gallery, and then independently, since 2012.
His curated exhibit, “Disruption”, opened at the Center for Photography at Woodstock in 2018, and is currently part of the “Migrations” exhibit at the Godwin-Ternbach Museum at Queens College.
His work is in the public collections of the Perez Art Museum, Miami (PAM), The Center for Photography at Woodstock, the Godwin-Ternbach Museum at Queens College, and in the book collections of The Metropolitan Museum NY, MoMA, & Duke University, among others. He lives in Long Island City, Queens, NY.
Pierre-Yves Linot is a New York-based photo artist and curator. His interest in social justice led him to create “Immigrant Song,” a project in response to the inhumanity of The United States' immigration policies. Using an alternative process, he transfers his portraits and still lifes to watercolor paper.
Pierre-Yves is also curator @todaysalternative on Instagram, and has curated exhibitions at Soho Photo Gallery and at the Shiva Gallery at John Jay College of Criminal Justice.
His work has been exhibited in New York at Foley Gallery, Culture Lab/Plaxall Gallery, Photoville, Soho Photo Gallery, and the School of Visual Arts, as well as in Los Angeles, Paris, and Madrid.
The Affordable Holiday Art Fair
at The Plaxall Gallery (Map)
Produced by Culture Lab LIC
and Long Island City Artists
On View: Dec 2-23, 2021
Opening Reception: Dec 4, 6-9pm
Culture Lab LIC presents
Photoville Festival: Queens is Family
Curated by Orestes Gonzalez & Skyler Reid
On View: September 18 - December 1, 2021
Presented outdoors in the Plaxall Gallery parking lot. (Map)
For the first time in LIC, the Brooklyn-based Photoville Festival is including Culture Lab LIC in their annual photo festival.
The series, Queens is Family, takes advantage of our diverse ethnic mix, featuring Queens-based photographers from different backgrounds and ethnicities, all touching on subjects of family, friendship, loss, rituals and sacrifice.
Official site: https://photoville.nyc/Queens-Is-Family/
Featuring:
Salimah Ali
Jose Alvarado Jr
Kimberly J. Avalos
Kamal Badhey
Kisha Bari
Gisella Dionio
Orestes Gonzalez
Vanessa Gonzalez-Bunster
Kris Graves
Neil Kramer
Dean Majd
Erika Morillo
Beatriz Rodriguez
Griselda San Martin
Joey Solomon
AnRong Xu
Culture Lab LIC & HOLOCENTER present
SPACE:LIGHT Alternate Reality
An exhibition of light art and optical media
On View: October 2 - 31, 2021
Opening Reception: Saturday October 2, 7-10pm at The Plaxall Gallery (Map)
This year’s SPACE:LIGHT has a theme centered on an Alternate Reality that each artist personally creates in tandem with additional versions of Realities perceived, installed, and displayed by fellow conceptualizers within the community of Light Art to challenge the bounds of space and time.
Curated by Rita Jiménez and Patrice Scott
Featuring works by:
Maximus Clarke, Valeria Divinorum, Nic Koller, Ksenia, Linda Loh, Sam Moree, Steve Pavlovsky, Geo Stadnik, Erin Taylor and Everything Good Studio (Rachel Ciaverella and Jack Kalish)
Culture Lab LIC Presents
LIC-A Members Showcase 2021
On View: September 2 - 26, 2021 at the Plaxall Gallery (Map)
Opening Reception:
Thursday, September 2, 6-8pm
Saturday, September 4, 2-6pm
This has been a time of re-evaluation for many artists, of a chance to experiment, perhaps, and create imagery reflective of the stressful past year. Artists are naturally gifted with the ability to visualize their thoughts and feelings and to communicate them without words. We are pleased to present to the public this diverse and creative body of work by our members.
In person show curated by Jorge Posada
Online show curated by Carol Crawford
Exhibition coordinators: Nancy Bruno, Alexis Mendoza and Jon Garfield
Location:
Culture Lab LIC at the Plaxall Gallery
5-25 46th Ave, LIC NY 11101
(entrance through the parking lot)
Featured Artists:
Kimberly Abbott
Catherine Abrams
Monique Allain
Bonnie Astor
Janya Barlow
Aileen Bassis
Romen Baulin
J F Bautista
Dino Blanche
Michele Bonelli
Patricia Bouley
Evan Brown
Xan Cambeiro
Luzia Castaneda
Veronique Chalarca
Irene Christensen
Nicholas Christopher
Robert Convery
Marilee Cooper
Carol Crawford
Adrian DiMetriou
Lenuta Donikian
Eric Friedmann
Ayakoh Furukawa-Leonart
Tina Glavan
Yona Goldfaden
Jean-Marie Guyaux
Akwasi Gyambibi
Steven Harris
Sheila Hecht
Lori Horowitz
Amanda Ioco
Kaiser Kamal
Susan Kaplow
Paul Katcher
Karen Kirshner
June Kosloff
Saori Kurioka
Jonathan Lev
Jane Levy
Alice Lipping
Robert Lobe
Nancy Macina
Ellen Mandelbaum
Leda Maria
Donnelly Marks
Dianne Martin
Anthony Mavilia
LisaMaria Maya
Gail Meyers
Bruce Minson
Nancy Nieves
Francesca O’Malley
Lawrence O’Neill
Becca Olinger
Michael Padwee
Steven Palermo
Mark Pinckney
Jorge Posada
Michael Quintero
Robert Roher
Ashlee Romain
Nancy R. Rouse
Lori Sanford-Ross
Carmine Santaniello
Elinore Schnurr
James Seffens
Andrea Segatto
Jacqueline Sferra Rada
Hisayasu Takashio
Akemi Takeda
Therese Tan
Peter Tews
Preston Trombly
Rouska Valkova
Roussina Valkova
Samuel Varnedoe
Jemina Vita
Sandra Vucicevic
Jon Wagner
Andrew Wheatley
Kim Zack
Note: Due to the recent NYC vaccine mandate, all visitors to the gallery must wear a mask, be vaccinated and will be required to show proof of vaccination (CDC vaccine card, NYC COVID Safe Pass, NYS Excelsior Pass)
Culture Lab LIC Presents
House of Mark West
August 2021 Showcase
July 29 - August 29, 2021 at the Plaxall Gallery (Map)
Opening Reception: July 31, 5-9pm.
This show features a combination of paintings, photography, sculpture, and installation art from artists of color across New York City from the House of Mark West Artist Collective.
Each piece selected, ranging from abstract landscape and documentary-style photography, was driven by their unique cultural experiences. This showcase executes a contemporary blend of the Black and Brown diasporic experience, both locally and globally.
Featured Artists:
Karim Chambers
Sofeia Eddy
Mark West
Fiona Lee
Jeffrey Melo
Brenda Hayes
About the Team:
Mark West Center for the Arts (MWCA), also known as House of Mark West is a non-profit cultural art center, gallery and creative hub for artists across NYC. MWCA is black-owned and praised for catering primarily to Black, Brown, LGBTQ, disabled, and young (K-12) artists and creatives. Their mission is to provide exposure and advocacy for underrepresented artists of all backgrounds. The House of Mark West will open a public museum highlighting African and Diasporic art located in NYC this Fall 2022.
Visit markwestmuseum.org for more details.
PRIDE : A celebration of diversity, identity, and history
June 3 - July 25, 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 Vitale, 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
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.
@orestesgonzalezfoto
Culture Lab LIC
Artists in Residency Exhibition 2021
May 1 - 30, 2021
Culture Lab is proud to present an indoor exhibition of work produced in 2020 by our resident artists
Featuring work by
Emilija Gasic
All visitors must wear a mask and observe social distancing guidelines.
The Plaxall Gallery
5-25 46th Ave, LIC, NY 11101 (Map)
Gallery Hours: Thursday: 5-9pm
Friday: Closed
Saturday & Sunday: 2-9pm
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EMERGENT POISE:
PRATT MFA 2020 ARTIST COLLECTIVE EXHIBITION
March 25 - April 25, 2021
at The Plaxall Gallery
Opening Reception:
Friday March 26, 5-9pm
Artists:
Chao Wang
Stewart Bird
Jerry Chan
Kunkun
Jackie Stanley
Meirav Zaks
Allie Stabile
Jinyong Choi
Emmett Metier
Kosuke Kawahara
Download Exhibition Catalogue (PDF)
All visitors must wear a mask and observe social distancing guidelines.
The Plaxall Gallery
5-25 46th Ave, LIC, NY 11101
An exhibition of new art
by Karen Fitzgerald
January 3 - February 7, 2021
at The Plaxall Gallery
Karen Fitzgerald’s solo exhibition 'What The Light Saw" features 30 round, gilded paintings produced with an initial layer of Venetian plaster.
Viewing hours are Fridays, 6-9pm; Saturdays and Sundays, 12-5pm.
Join us for an opening reception on Jan. 9 from 12- 5pm.
A reservation is required for all in-person visits to the gallery.
Get a free timed ticket:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/what-the-light-saw-exhibition-tickets-129478998169
All visitors must wear a mask and observe social distancing guidelines.
The Plaxall Gallery
5-25 46th Ave, LIC, NY 11101
Gallery Hours: Fridays, 6-9pm Saturdays and Sundays, 12-5pm
The HoloCenter & Culture Lab LIC present
December 3 – 27, 2020
at The Plaxall Gallery
Artist installations that experiment with light as a material and medium.
Artists include: Emily Andersen, Ed Bear, Blinn & Lambert, Julian Day & Kamari Carter, Rachel Guardiola, Emma Hendry, Jess Holz, Rita Jimenez, Shohei Katayama, Nooshin Rostami and Evan Voelbel.
Curated by Jonathan Sims.
All illumination will emanate from the artworks that include experimental projection, neon, ultraviolet, stereoscopy, and other manipulations of light.
Virtual Opening Thursday December 3 at 7pm with a streamed experimental audiovisual performance by Testu Collective
The Plaxall Gallery
5-25 46th Ave, LIC, NY 11101
Gallery Hours: Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays, 5-9pm
To book your free, timed entry, and to access the gesso.app audio guide, visit: www.holocenter.org
PAST EXHIBITIONS (2016 - Early 2020)
2/20/-3/15/2020 Back to the Table - Nancy Bruno
2/20/-3/15/2020 Claytopian New York - Matt Nolen
1/16/-2/16/2020 Six Prespectives - Chuck Baker, LiC-A Member
1/16/-2/16/2020 Dreamscapes - Carol Crawford, LiC-A QCA
1/16/-2/16/2020 Life Interrupted - Orestes Gonzalez
11/7/2019-1/12/2020 Off the Wall - Norma Homberg
10/17-11/17/2019 Space:Light Holo Center Martina Mrongovius
10/17-11/3/2019 LIC Fear III Visiting Death LiC-A Board Member Tessa Kennedy
9/5/-10/13/2019 Creative Mosaic QCA / Knockdown Center Osman Can Yerebakan
7/25/-9/1/19 Rinascimento Femminile Nancy Macina
7/25/-9/1/19 Unbridled LiC-A Member Jaime Bautista
7/25/-8/25/19 Crashing the Party Sculptors Guild Barbara O'Brien
6/19/19 - 7/21/19 Urban Dance LiC-A Member Orestes Gonzalez
6/19/19 - 7/21/19 Welcome to the Multiverse Janet Rutkowski
6/19/19 - 7/21/19 Summer Salon LiC-A Member/ Ward Nasse Gallery Leda Maria
5/15/19 - 6/16/19 LiC-A Members Showcase LIC ARTS OPEN Zoran Crnkovic
5/15/19 - 6/18/19 Plastique Plaxall Plastique
4/11/19 - 5/12/19 Drink Me, Taste Me LiC-A Staff Norma Homberg
4/11/19 - 5/12/19 Inexcusable/Cristian Pietrapiana
4/11/19 - 5/12/19 Faces / Michael Connors
4/11/19 - 5/12/19 High School to Art School/QCA QCA / Knockdown Center Kelly Olshan
4/11/19 - 5/12/19 PS/IS 78 Middle School Showcase PS/IS 78 PTA Amber Keen
3/7/19 - 4/7/19 Rebirth / Luzia Castaneda
3/7/19 - 4/7/19 Inside Out Flushing Interfaith Council/ Fountain House Gallery
3/7/19 - 4/7/19 Women in Art LiC-A Member Leda Maria
3/7/19 - 4/7/19 Dream Again Norma Homberg
2/7/19 - 3/3/19 Towards Light and Color Celia Andre, LiC-A Member
2/7/19 - 3/3/19 Pairings Nancy Gesimondo, LiC-A Member/Board Member
2/7/19 - 3/3/19 LICentric Norma Homberg, LiC-A Staff
2/7/19 - 3/3/19 Fuxico Anna Pillow/Julia Equi, LiC-A Member
12/6/18 - 2/3/19 Off the Wall Nancy Macina, LiCA Member
11/16/18 - 12/9/18 Fall Salon Tessa Kennedy, LiC-A Member
11/8/18 - 12/2/18 Politics of Space Ginger Andro Caroline Bergonzi Colin Chase
10/4/-11/4/18 Manipulated Life Edjo Wheeler, LiC-A Staff
10/4/-11/4/18 LIC Fear Returns Tessa Kennedy, Jason Artiga
10/30/-9/30/18 Fever Franco Repetto, Ivana Larrosa
10/30/-9/30/18 Unnatural Selection Craig Norton
10/30/-9/30/18 My White Dress Diana Bejarno
9/8/-9/30/18 Flushing Bound Nancy Gesimondo, Carol Crawford
7/4/-8/26/18 Yours, And Always Yours Sharon Taylor, Tana Sirois
7/4/ -8/19/18 Tony Vaccaro: Orphan to Photography
7/4/ -8/26/18 Summer Postcard Show
6/9/-1/15/18 Rock, Paper, Scissors Nancy Gesimondo
6/23/-6/30/18 Real Sex Dana Stirling
6/23/-6/30/18 Place Title Here Dana Stirling
6/23/-6/30/18 Teen Art Salon: "Twenty Under 20" Isabella Bustamante
5/16/-6/3/18 LiCA Spring Member Showcase Edjo Wheeler
4/13/- 5/13/18 Escape Velocity Edjo Wheeler
4/13/- 5/13/18 A Fresh Civility John Yau
3/3/-4/8/18 Then She Did Lori Zimmer Melissa McCaig-Welles
3/3/-4/1/18 Eileen Coyne Solo Show Solo member show
3/3/-4/1/18 Women in Art 2018 Leda Maria
12/9/17-2/30/18 Winter Sculpture Show LiC-A Member
11/18-12/31/17 Fall Salon Show LIC Arts Open Tess Kennedy
11/4/-12/4/17 Art From the City's Hearts LiC-A Member Edjo Wheeler
11/4/-11/12/17 Hundred Years Elena Sarni
10/5/-10/31/17 LIC Fear Tess Kennedy, Jason Artiga
8/31/-10/1/17 Making Connections Elizabeth Hoy
6/17/-7/10/17 Beach Elements IV Nancy Gesimondo
5/18/-7/16/17 Walk With Light Tess Kennedy
4/11/-5/11/17 Spring Members Showcase
12/22/2016 LIC-A Winter Gala
11/22/2016 LiCA 2016 Members Art Show Edjo Wheeler