DCKT Contemporary
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Founded in 2002, by Dennis Christie and Ken Tyburski, DCKT Contemporary is a contemporary art gallery
based in New York
's Lower East Side
. The gallery represents emerging and established contemporary artists. Its programming ranges from, but is not limited to, painting and sculpture to video art and photography. They also exhibit regularly during art fairs such as The Armory Show (art fair)
and the Pulse Art Fair.
's West 24th Street. In March 2008, it relocated to New York
's Lower East Side
, steps away from the New Museum of Contemporary Art
. In January 2011 they moved to 237 Eldridge Street, between Stanton & Houston.
Contemporary art gallery
A contemporary art gallery is a place where contemporary art is shown for exhibition and/or for sale. The term "art gallery" is commonly used to mean art museum , the rooms displaying art in any museum, or in the original sense, of any large or long room.-Identity, function and locality:A...
based in New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
's Lower East Side
Lower East Side
The Lower East Side, LES, is a neighborhood in the southeastern part of the New York City borough of Manhattan. It is roughly bounded by Allen Street, East Houston Street, Essex Street, Canal Street, Eldridge Street, East Broadway, and Grand Street....
. The gallery represents emerging and established contemporary artists. Its programming ranges from, but is not limited to, painting and sculpture to video art and photography. They also exhibit regularly during art fairs such as The Armory Show (art fair)
The Armory Show (art fair)
The Armory Show, The International Fair of New Art, is the largest contemporary art fair in New York, and one of the largest in the world. It originally started in 1994 as the Gramercy International Art Fair, an art fair held in the rooms of the Gramercy Hotel in New York City, and was founded by...
and the Pulse Art Fair.
Artists Represented
The gallery represents emerging and established artists. Many of the artists are internationally recognized and exhibited in museums worldwide.- Helen AltmanHelen AltmanHelen Altman is an artist based in Fort Worth, Texas. Altman received both her BFA, in 1981, and MA, in 1986, from the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa...
- Josh AzzarellaJosh AzzarellaJosh Azzarella is an artist based in New York, New York. He is represented by DCKT Contemporary in New York City, Kavi Gupta Gallery in Chicago, and Mark Moore Gallery in Culver City.- Education :...
- Oliver BobergOliver BobergOliver Boberg is a German artist, working with photography and video, whose work has been exhibited internationally. He is represented by DCKT Contemporary, a gallery in New York's Lower East Side...
- castaneda/reimanCastaneda/reimanCharlie Castaneda and Brody Reiman are two contemporary artists who work together to form castaneda/reiman....
- Exene CervenkaExene CervenkaExene Cervenka is an American writer, musician and artist, most famous as the co-lead vocalist of the Los Angeles punk rock band X.-Career:...
- Zoe CrosherZoe CrosherZoe Crosher is an American artist and enthusiast. She is a graduate of California Institute of the Arts and the recipient of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art AHAN Award . She served as Associate Editor of Afterall Magazine.-Biography:...
- Lia HalloranLia HalloranLia Halloran is a painter and photographer who lives and works in Los Angeles. She received her MFA from Yale in 2001. She is represented by DCKT Contemporary in New York where she had solo exhibitions in 2008 and 2006...
- Ryan HumphreyRyan Humphrey (artist)Ryan Humphrey is an American artist who currently lives and works in New York City. His work has been featured in the traveling exhibition Will Boys Be Boys? curated by Shamim Momim of the Whitney Museum of American Art. Humphrey's most recent solo exhibition, All of Nothing, was at DCKT...
- Maria E. PiñeresMaria E. PiñeresMaria E. Piñeres is a Colombia-born American artist who lives and works in Los Angeles, CA. She is represented by DCKT Contemporary in New York City and Walter Maciel Gallery in Los Angeles where she will have her third solo exhibition in early 2011...
- Brion Nuda RoschBrion Nuda RoschBrion Nuda Rosch is an artist based in San Francisco, California.- Work :Rosch initially gained recognition with his work in performance art...
- Cordy RymanCordy RymanCordy Ryman , an artist based in New York City. Ryman earned his BFA with Honors in Fine Arts and Art Education from The School of Visual Arts in New York in 1997.-Works:...
- Claire ShermanClaire ShermanClaire Sherman is an American painter currently living and working in New York City. Her work is in the collection of the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art , the Margulies Collection , and other noteworthy public and private collections...
- William SwansonWilliam Swanson (artist)William Swanson is a painter living and working in Oakland, California. His work has been included in many group exhibitions, most recently, “Future Tense: Reshaping the Landscape” at the Neuberger Art Museum in Purchase, NY.-Works:...
- Timothy TompkinsTimothy TompkinsTimothy Tompkins received his BFA, in 2003, from Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles, California. He now lives and works in Los Alamitos, California.-Technique:...
- Michael VelliquetteMichael VelliquetteMichael Velliquette received his BFA from Florida State University in Tallahassee, FL in 1993. In 1999 he earned his BA followed by his MFA from the University of Wisconsin in Madison, WI...
- Andrzej ZielińskiAndrzej Zieliński (artist)Andrzej Zieliński Zieliński received his BFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2002. In 2004 he earned his MFA from Yale University in New Haven, CT.-Works:...
Locations
The gallery first opened in 2003 on ChelseaChelsea, Manhattan
Chelsea is a neighborhood on the West Side of the borough of Manhattan in New York City. The district's boundaries are roughly 14th Street to the south, 30th Street to the north, the western boundary of the Ladies' Mile Historic District – which lies between the Avenue of the Americas and...
's West 24th Street. In March 2008, it relocated to New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
's Lower East Side
Lower East Side
The Lower East Side, LES, is a neighborhood in the southeastern part of the New York City borough of Manhattan. It is roughly bounded by Allen Street, East Houston Street, Essex Street, Canal Street, Eldridge Street, East Broadway, and Grand Street....
, steps away from the New Museum of Contemporary Art
New Museum of Contemporary Art
The New Museum, founded in 1977 by Marcia Tucker, is the only museum in New York City exclusively devoted to presenting contemporary art from around the world...
. In January 2011 they moved to 237 Eldridge Street, between Stanton & Houston.
External links
- DCKT Contemporary Official Website
- Josh Azzarella's Official Website
- Exene Cervenka's Official Website
- Zoe Crosher's Official Website
- Lia Halloran's Official Website
- Humphrey Industries
- Maria E. Pineres' Official Website
- Michael Velliquette's Official Website
- Modern Luxury Magazine: Survival of the Hippest see page 98