Planthouse - Past Events
Below is a list of all past events for Planthouse. Current and upcoming events, as well as other details, are available on the venue's page.
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Heather Watkins “still—moving”
still—moving brings together a series of stitched textiles that chart a period of suspended time and stalled movement. Each embroidered orb floats or drifts within its field, propelled by a rotational...More »
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Ellen Driscoll “Mend”
Planthouse is thrilled to open its fall season with an exhibition of new drawings by Ellen Driscoll. Ellen Driscoll’s work encompasses sculpture, drawing, and public art installation. Recent large...More »
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Louise Eastman & Janis Stemmermann “Players Constitute The Pieces”
Planthouse presents Players Constitute the Pieces, an exhibition featuring new prints and ceramics by Louise Eastman and Janis Stemmermann. The show’s title, Players Constitute The Pieces refers to the...More »
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“into this world” Exhibition
Curated by Nina Jordan Planthouse presents a group exhibition curated by artist, Nina Jordan. Included are eight artists: David Barthold, Zhen Guo, John Hitchcock, Wuon-Gean Ho, Michael Kupperman, Laurie...More »
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John Mitchell “Dreams”
Mitchell continues his steadfast commitment to portraiture within this exhibition, painting his friends, neighbors, and fellow artists through direct observation. “I am a people person,” says Mitchell...More »
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Tara Geer “Strangely Blooming”
Tara Geer: Strangely Blooming features a series of monoprints created by the artist upon her return to New York City this past Fall. Inspired by her beloved City’s resilience, the exhibition also features...More »
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Mark Johnsonm “Unsettled Weather”
Mark Johnson was born in New York City and currently lives and works in New York and Portland, Maine. He received a BA from Oberlin College and an MA from New York University. His paintings and prints...More »
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Nick Lamia “Cloud Architecture”
NICK LAMIA (b. 1971) Born in Santa Monica, CA. Lamia currently lives in New York City. He is an award-winning artist whose work includes drawing, painting, printmaking, installation, and sculpture. He...More »
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Nina Jordan “Floods and Houses”
Planthouse presents Floods and Houses, fourteen new woodcuts by Nina Jordan. Jordan continues to explore images of homes in this new series of works. The flood series, eleven prints drawn from pictures...More »
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Nina Jordan “Floods And Houses”
Planthouse presents Floods and Houses, fourteen new woodcuts by Nina Jordan. Jordan continues to explore images of homes in this new series of works. The flood series, eleven prints drawn from pictures...More »
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Lanie McNulty “The Angel In The House”
So, have we killed the angel in the house? Curious if we’ve met Virginia Woolf’s famous challenge, photographer Lanie McNulty turned her lens on domestic interiors. The photographs are stunning, but...More »
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Chuck Webster “Paintings 2020 and Spells: Monoprints”
Where Thou art–that–is Home. –Emily Dickinson Planthouse presents Paintings 2020 and Spells: Monoprints, an exhibition of recent work by the artist Chuck Webster. In March of 2020, Webster’s show...More »
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Louise Eastman “Opening Moves”
Planthouse presents Opening Moves featuring recent work by Louise Eastman. I find peace in this haptic place, of the intersection between touch and the mind. I gamble with the shape of shapes. Find...More »
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“Be-Bop OM” Exhibition
Planthouse presents Be-Bop OM, a group show inspired by New York City’s artistic soul past and present. Vintage Tin Pan Alley ragtime era sheet music from Harlem historian John Reddick’s collection, a...More »
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Susan Goethel Campbell “Questions of Travel”
Continent, city, country, society: the choice is never wide and never free. And here, or there… No. Should we have stayed at home, wherever that may be? –Questions of Travel, Elizabeth Bishop Planthouse,...More »
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Janis Stemmermann “Tree to Tree”
The sun was setting behind the large forest, and in its light the little birches scattered among the aspens were distinctly outlined with their hanging branches and buds swollen to bursting. From a thicket...More »
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Victoria Burge “New Editions”
Planthouse presents Victoria Burge: New Editions, an exhibition featuring four recent editions from 2019 and 2020. Grounded in the structure of the grid and the concept of graphic notation, Burge’s new...More »
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David Barthold “Intersections 2020”
Planthouse presents Intersections 2020 by David Barthold, an outdoor print installation on view on the gallery’s terrace. Intersections 2020 is a collage of portraits by David Barthold printed and posted...More »
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Diana Weymar “Tiny Pricks Project”
Planthouse presents the Tiny Pricks Project, a public art project and exhibition about the Trump era by artist/activist Diana Weymar. Desperate times, Creative measures Tiny Pricks Project is a public...More »
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Sara Trail “Social Justice Sewing Academy
Planthouse presents quilts by the Social Justice Sewing Academy, founded by Sara Trail in 2017. The Social Justice Sewing Academy (SJSA) is a youth education program that bridges artistic expression...More »
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Margaret Garrett “19”
Planthouse present 19, a multi-disciplinary exhibition of works by Margaret Garrett in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment. The show includes video and painted collages inspired...More »
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Chuck Webster “Signals, Calls, and Marches”
Planthouse presents Signals, Calls, and Marches featuring new works on paper by Chuck Webster. The show includes collages on handmade paper, compiled within the last two years yet composed of drawings...More »
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Wendy Small “Close to Home”
The works in Wendy Small’s upcoming exhibition, Close to Home, are pulled from a series of photographs in which she documented the comfort and container of her own home. These domestic vignettes were composed...More »
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Erik Hougen “Future Perfect”
In English grammar, the future perfect tense expresses actions or events that will be completed in the future – ones that are not yet complete. As a phrase, however, Future Perfect can be interpreted in...More »
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“I lift My Lamp and The Goods” Exhibition
Planthouse presents I Lift My Lamp, featuring work by Mildred Beltré, Željka Blakšić, Sarah Jorgensen, and Rachel Ostrow. The artists in I Lift My Lamp provide light. Whether it’s by highlighting histories...More »
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Victoria Burge and Matthew Magee Exhibitions
Planthouse presents Notations by Victoria Burge and Recent Paintings and Works on Paper by Matthew Magee, two concurrent solo exhibitions. More »
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Benjamin Swett “30/30”
Planthouse presents 30/30, an exhibition featuring photographs (many of them large-scale panoramas) of the New York skyline by Benjamin Swett. Swett is a writer and photographer best known for his...More »
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Katie Merz “Super Ca$H”
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Greg Foley and Donald Hearn “Lux Nova”
Planthouse presents Lux Nova, a joint show of new works by Greg Foley and Donald Hearn. GREG FOLEY is an artist, author and designer. He was born in the Philippines, raised in Texas and moved to New...More »
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Anders Bergstrom and Ruth Lingen “Double Life”
Planthouse presents Double Life, two concurrent solo shows of new works by Anders Bergstrom and Ruth Lingen. Completed in 2019, these unique works are a combination of soft ground etching and simultaneous...More »
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Frederic Tuten “Flowers, Plants and Other Romances”
Planthouse presents a solo exhibition of recent drawings on cardboard by author Frederic Tuten. Frederic Tuten grew up in the Bronx and later lived in South America and Paris, where he taught film and...More »
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“FLAT FILE” Exhibition
Željka Blakšić, Ross Bleckner & Frederic Tuten, Victoria Burge, Anderson Ranch Editions/The Haas Brothers, Richard Dupont, Louise Eastman, Nick Lamia, Rachel Ostrow, Lanie McNulty, John Mitchell, Janis...More »
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Naho Taruishi “Papyrus”
Using the language of drawings, paintings and prints, Naho Taruishi’s work evokes the sense of expeditions that constantly overwrite our perceptions of things around us, and questions the uncertainty of...More »
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Glenn Goldberg “A Handful of Drawings”
Planthouse presents new drawings by Glenn Goldberg. Glenn Goldberg (b. 1953, Bronx, NY) has been showing his work since the mid-80’s in the US, Europe, and Costa Rica. The artist has held one-person...More »
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“The Goods” and Rachel Ostrow “One More Time With Feeling”
“The Goods” curated by Rachel Ostrow Anne Agee, Owen Bissex, Angela Conant, Hillarey Dees, E for Effort, Luc Hammond-Thomas, Lanie McNulty, Katie Merz, Oasasun by Oasa Duverney, Rachel Ostrow, Kiki Smith,...More »
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Robert Olsen “Notebook Paintings”
Robert Olsen (1969–2014) received his BFA from California College of Arts and Crafts in 1998 and his MFA from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2002. While in college he started showing paintings...More »
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John Mitchell “Birthday Party”
Birthday Party is a solo exhibition of portrait paintings by John Mitchell. John Mitchell (b. 1971. Illinois) is a painter who lives and works in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. He attended The School of the...More »
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“Bathing” Exhibition
Planthouse’s current group exhibition Bathing, curated by Brian Shure, brings together eighteen artists from America, Europe, and Africa who have created works inspired by the act of bathing. An essay...More »
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“Light Life” Exhibition
Textiles by 5th26 & Thompson Street Studio The woven textiles of 5th26 by Brandon Tang are transformed into pieced tapestries by Thompson Street Studio. Kiva Motnyk’s unique organic approach to...More »
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Juliet Jacobson “With All of Its Predicates”
Juliet Jacobson’s drawings take as their subject items so quotidian they would typically not merit more than a passing glance—a notched cutting board, a broken-in work glove, the twisted cord of a phone...More »
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David B. Smith “Sampler”
Planthouse presents Sampler, a solo exhibition featuring the works of Brooklyn based artist David B. Smith. Inspired by his participation in Planthouse’s 2017 exhibition of artist-made flags, Say a Little...More »
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Melissa Marks “Volitia Returns”
The outdoor space at Planthouse will be activated this fall by Melissa Marks’ wall painting, Volitia Returns. Blossoms, balls and dashes, drawn in acrylic and graphite, dance and crash across Planthouse’s...More »
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“Four More Years” Exhibition
In celebration of its fourth anniversary, this summer Planthouse Gallery takes a look back at its history and forward to its future. A group show featuring artists included in exhibitions from the past...More »
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Benjamin Swett “Home Winds”
Planthouse presents the opening of Home Winds featuring photographs by Benjamin Swett and the music of Heather Woods Broderick. Please join us at the gallery for the opening reception on Friday, April...More »
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Daniel Clarke “Return: Revisit”
Planthouse presents a solo exhibition featuring paintings and works on paper by Daniel Clarke, an Irish-American artist based in Paris. Clarke’s oeuvre has often dealt with memories of his childhood in...More »
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Victoria Burge and Naho Taruishi Exhibition
Planthouse presents a two-person show featuring new drawings, paintings and mixed media works by Victoria Burge and Naho Taruishi. The artists share an interest in mapping, technical images, and architecture,...More »
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“Victory Garden” Exhibition
Planthouse presents Victory Garden, a salon style exhibition featuring paintings and works on paper by fifty artists from around the country. All works will be priced at $500 or less. During World...More »
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Jamisen Ogg “ohwellian”
ohwellian /õ•wél•leean / adj. 1 a state of society in which warnings of a social consciousness and self reflection are disregarded in place of narcissistic endeavors related to personal leisure and...More »
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Elizabeth Ferrill and Michael Krueger “Possible Blueprint”
Possible Blueprint features the recent work of Elizabeth Ferrill and Michael Krueger. Ferrill and Krueger employ collage, drawing, painting, stencil and woodworking in a series of works that explore themes...More »
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“A Big Enough Umbrella” Exhibition
Planthouse presents A Big Enough Umbrella, featuring work created at the legendary Wingate Studio. A Big Enough Umbrella will feature works by Sebastian Black, Louise Bourgeois, Sascha Braunig, Robin...More »
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Louise Eastman and Heather Watkins “Reservoir”
Planthouse presents Reservoir, an exhibition featuring the work of Louise Eastman and Heather Watkins. Taking the idea of a deep, often unseen or unnamed source as point of departure, the exhibition includes...More »
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“Dark Star: Abstraction and Cosmos” Exhibition
Planthouse presents its upcoming exhibition, Dark Star: Abstraction and Cosmos, curated by Raymond Foye. Featuring the work of Jordan Belson, Tamara Gonzales, Tom Kovachevich, Brian Lucas, Harry Smith,...More »
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“MDF Blog” Exhibition
Planthouse presents its upcoming exhibition, MDF Blog, organized by artist Grayson Cox. MDF Blog, a show of sculpture made by 16 contemporary artists working with a variety of media and philosophies....More »
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“Exquisite Corpse” Exhibition
Planthouse presents its upcoming group exhibition, Exquisite Corpse, an artful modern day collage of ‘pictorial consequences’, which accompanies the release of its first children’s book publication, 43...More »
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Florian Meisenberg “battery life”
Planthouse presents battery life, a solo exhibition with New York-based German artist Florian Meisenberg. Meisenberg works with painting, printmaking, video and installation, and for battery life...More »
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“Only By Night” Exhibition
Planthouse presents its next exhibition, Only By Night, in collaboration with Cheymore Gallery. Only by Night is a meditation on the solitary experience of the world at night. Inspired by an Edgar Allen...More »
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“Halftone” Exhibition
Planthouse present Halftone, a group exhibition featuring prints and drawings by artists working with systems, halftones, and Ben-Day dots. The halftone relies on an optical illusion: tiny dots that are...More »
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“Serial Comma” Exhibition
Planthouse presents Serial Comma, a three-person show that delves into the graphic nature, the roughness, and the sublimity of contrast. Working in blunt fashion, using excised lines, crude applications...More »
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“FOLD” Exhibition
Curated by Jeff Bergman and Rachel Gladfelter Planthouse is pleased to present FOLD: an exhibition highlighting the work of four artists who fold, bend, and manipulate their materials to express voluminous...More »
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“SELF Check Out” Exhibition
Planthouse re-opens its gallery space at 55 W. 28th Street, NYC. “SELF Check Out” is a two person show with work by Grayson Cox and Nadja Frank that positions the architectural space in the brain as a...More »
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“Art Show Today” Exhibition
Featuring Chroma by Amanda Wachob and a broadside by Dana Vachon Planthouse presents Art Show Today: a salon-style exhibition celebrating the efforts of every artist, every day. Art Show Today will...More »
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“The Floral Ghost” Exhibition
This October, Planthouse Gallery has invited six artists — Simryn Gill, Florian Meisenberg, Katia Santibañez, Philip Taaffe, Fred Tomaselli, and Anton Würth — along with the writer Susan Orlean, to consider...More »
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“Still Life” Exhibition
The relationship between the moving image and the still image is a point of departure for Still Life. The exhibition examines the blurring of fiction, non-fiction, and memory through different approaches...More »
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“Proof” Exhibition
Trial proof, state proof, artist’s proof, publisher’s proof, printer’s proof. The lives of printers are filled with this vocabulary. For a printer, often the only tangible result of a collaborative project...More »