Miserere: The Life and Work of Marilyn Seven in collaboration with Union Theological Seminary curated by Sebastian A. T. Grant April 3 – April 26, 2025 81 Leonard Gallery, in collaboration with Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York, is pleased to announce Miserere, a retrospective exhibition of the work of Marilyn Seven,…
Kevin Cobb Ekstasis curated by Elizabeth Skalka January 30 – March 23, 2025 81 Leonard Gallery is pleased to present the solo exhibition of New York-based artist Kevin Cobb. Curated by Elizabeth Skalka, the exhibition will feature Cobb’s recent paintings, drawings, and digital works grappling with themes relating to the displacement of self and transference.…
Abby Cheney Common Structures November 14, 2024 – January 12, 2025 Artifacts and archaeology, ruins and recreations come together in the work of Abby Cheney in her solo exhibition Common Structures at 81 Leonard Gallery. Through an engagement with the history and tradition of craft and a solid foundation in contemporary sculpture, Cheney’s works illuminate…
Pluperfect: an action of continued relevance a Loft Projects curation by Leslie Weissman and Charlotte Hailstone September 5 – November 3, 2024 81 Leonard Gallery is pleased to present Pluperfect: an action of continued relevance, featuring Cande Aguilar, Ever Baldwin, Colleen Barry, Heather Bause Rubinstein, Lindsay Burke, Abby Cheney, Melanie Delach, Alexander Deschamps, Jared Friedman,…
Exhibition Review: Jewish Artists Take On Jew-Hate by RIchard McBee, Jewish Press June 28, 2024 Artists on Antisemitism, currently running at 81 Leonard Gallery in Manhattan, is a courageous artistic proclamation attacking an insidious cancer growing in the midst of New York’s cultural capital. Each artwork defiantly says, “Never Again!” The myriad aspects of…
Artists on antisemitism by Joanne Palmer, New Jersey Jewish News July 3, 2024 The art world isn’t a terribly comfortable place for Jewish artists right now. Even before October 7, being Jewish was becoming increasingly less fashionable; now, after Hamas terrorists invaded, raped, tortured, and murdered 1,200 people inside Israel, often the feeling in…
A Tribeca gallery is showcasing art about antisemitism, including a Hitler-Kanye West portrait by Julia Gergely, Jewish Telegraphic Agency June 24, 2024 Anyone stepping inside 81 Leonard Gallery — an artist-run space named after its Tribeca address — will come face to face with Adolf Hitler. The Hitler on display at this gallery,…
The distressing truth behind an exhibit about antisemitism — it’s always timely by Stav Ziv, The Forward July 5, 2024 The first thing you see when you walk into 81 Leonard Gallery in Tribeca is an uncanny amalgamation of two faces: Adolf Hitler and Kanye “Ye” West. Is it a powerful dictator or a popular…
ROCHELLE VOYLES SELECTED WORKS: The Fabric of Time_2024_Wood_collage_paint_57 ⅜” x 47” Category (Low Res) SelfReplicatingFear_2024_Wood_collage_paint_57” x 43”.jp Category SkyGlyphs_2_web Category Soft Spring_2021_Paper Collage_7.5” x 8” Category rochell1 Category web Category 048.2023.08.15.81leonard.middleground Category Rvoyles_MultipleAmericas_2022+copy Category UnderneathIdyllicPasturesWborder Category EDUCATION: BFA, Printmaking, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY | 2012 SELECTED EXHIBITIONS: Trading Cards; The Reshuffle, Field of Play Gallery,…
ABBY CHENEY SELECTED WORKS: abby_9 Category abby promo Category abby6 Category abby4 Category abby3 Category install8 for web Category abby2 Category abby1 Category abby5 Category EDUCATION: MFA in Painting and Drawing, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY | 2018 BA in Studio Art and English, Kenyon College, Gambier, OH | 2014 SOLO/TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS: Warp and Weft,…
