MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED ARTISTS SELECTED FOR THE BROOKLYN ARTISTS EXHIBITION
The Brooklyn Museum announced the selection of more than two hundred artists for The Brooklyn Artists Exhibition, which will open on the occasion of the Museum’s 200th anniversary. This extensive group show highlights the remarkable creativity and diversity of Brooklyn’s artistic communities. Reflecting on a rich history of fostering creativity and championing artists of all backgrounds, the Museum’s bicentennial is an opportunity to honor the borough’s artistic heritage while looking towards the future.
Artists were selected through a collaborative effort led by esteemed Artist Committee members Jeffrey Gibson, Vik Muniz, Mickalene Thomas, and Fred Tomaselli, all of whom are Brooklyn Museum Artist Trustees. The selection process consisted of two phases: invitations from the Artist Committee and a public Open Call that garnered nearly 4,000 applications.
“For years artists have been asking us to organize a big Brooklyn artists exhibition, and now we’ve done it!” says Anne Pasternak, Shelby White and Leon Levy Director, Brooklyn Museum. “Brooklyn has more artists than anywhere, and we are thrilled to expand the ways we support the excellence of our incredible borough.”
The artworks selected for the exhibition reflect Brooklyn’s vibrant and dynamic art scene, spanning a wide range of artistic disciplines including drawing, painting, collage and assemblage, video, multimedia, installation, and sculpture. Throughout the exhibition’s run, a series of public programs will highlight selected artists whose practice involves performance.
Showcasing a snapshot of Brooklyn’s creative output over the past five years, the artists in this exhibition explore and challenge contemporary themes that resonate both locally and globally, such as migration, cross-cultural exchange, identity, history, and memory. The presentation also highlights collective care, healing, joy, solidarity, uncertainty, and turbulence, intertwined with material experimentation.
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Jasmine Clarke. Olivia, 2022. Pigmented inkjet print. Courtesy of the artist.
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Melissa Joseph. Olive’s Hair Salon. 2023. Wool and felt. Courtesy of the artist and REGULARNORMAL.
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Chitra Ganesh. All the Farewells, 2023. Pigmented Inkjet print. Courtesy of the artist and Hales Gallery, London and New York. Photo: JSP Art Photography.
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Rodney Ewing, Bad Blood, 2022. Screenprint, colored pencil, and ink on paper. Courtesy of the artist.
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Alison Elizabeth Taylor, Inbetween Days, 2024. Wood veneer, shellac, oil and acrylic on panel. Courtesy of the artist and James Cohan, New York.
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Laurena Finéus. Dark water of renewal, 2024. Oil, ink, and acrylic on canvas. Laurena Finéus. Courtesy of the artist and Charlotte L. Newman.
The full list of selected artists:
Evelyn Adams, Destinie Adélakun, Seongmin Ahn, Scott Albrecht, Danielle Alhassid, Jonathan Allen, Kadine Anckle, Kate Bae, Felipe Baeza, Michael Ballou, Yevgeniya Baras, Sarah Bedford, Hannah Beerman, Aisha Tandiwe Bell, Jane Benson, Damien Olsen Berdichevsky, Magda Biernat, Samantha Bittman, Lucas Blalock, Sebastiaan Bremer, Johanna Burke, Stephen Burks, Kimberly Bush, Paul Campbell, Mary Carlson, Jazmine Catasús, Geoffrey Chadsey, Henry Hung Chang, Ruby Chishti, Jasmine Clarke, Jennifer Coates, Wendy Cohen, Karen Cunningham, Jennifer Dalton, Lisa Corinne Davis, Isis Davis-Marks, E. V. Day, Leah DeVun, Lisa di Donato, Nicole Eisenman, Rodney Ewing, Sean Fader, Mohammed Iman Fayaz, Keltie Ferris, Alanna Fields, Jane Fine, Leo Fine, Laurena Finéus, Avram Finkelstein, Tatiana Florival, Amaryllis R. Flowers, France François, Ronen Gamil, Teri Gandy-Richardson, Chitra Ganesh, Scherezade García, Prajwal Godse, Anthony Goicolea, Shosh Goller, Tamara Gonzales, Isamar Gonzalez, Garry Grant, Stanley Greenberg, Katya Grokhovsky, Nancy Grossman, Haoua Habré, George Hagen, Richard Haining, Susan Hamburger, Ilana Harris-Babou, Heather Hart, Elana Herzog, Eric Hibit, Honorroller, Jackie Hoving, Sumin Hwang, James Hyde, Sarra Hussein Idris, Michelle Im, Madjeen Isaac, Yoko Iwanaga, Katherine Jackson, Swati Jain, Lutfi Janania, Gaël Jean-Louis, Ruichao Jiang, Khari Johnson-Ricks, Bo Joseph, Melissa Joseph, Yaz Josiah, Brad Kahlhamer, Sophia Karwowski, Nina Katchadourian, Nathan Kensinger, Jon Kessler, Jarrett Key, Kyung Tae Kim, Yongjae Kim, Matthew Kirk, Sonomi Kobayashi, Tamara Kostianovsky, Fay Ku, Alison Kuo, Gabrielle Lansner, Athena LaTocha, An-My Lê, Emilie Lemakis, Sujin Lim, Emily Loughlin, Lisa Ludwig, Sylvia Maier, Emily Manwaring, Guadalupe Maravilla, Karen Margolis, Chris Martin, Rachel Martin, Mario Martinez, Ingrid Mathurin, Esperanza Mayobre, Josiah McElheny, Frederick Mershimer, Sam Messer, Caleb Miller, Steven Montgomery, Jaye Moon, T. Dylan Moore, Livia Mourão, Donna Moylan, Cherly Mukherji, Loren Munk, Timothy Paul Myers, Mayumi Nakao, Rita Nannini, Martha Naranjo Sandoval, Narcissister, Susan Newmark, Danielle Noel, Dynasty Ogun, Soull Ogun, Clayton Okaly, Ozodi Onyeabor, Allison Michael Orenstein, Laura Ortman, Yaw Owusu, Tinuade Oyelowo, Christian Padron and Samora Pinderhughes, Norm Paris, Quiana Parks, Cate Pasquarelli, Rhesa Paul, Lindsay Perryman, Jamaal Peterman, Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya, Naudline Pierre, Lin Qiqing, Colin Radcliffe, Erika Ranee, Robert Raphael, Mark Reigelman, Naomi Reis, Resurrect Studio LLC, Vernando Reuben, Erin M. Riley, Pema Rinzin, Ilisa Katz Rissman, Matthew Ritchie, Leslie Roberts, Alex Dolores Salerno, Gwyneth Scally, Hiba Schahbaz, Rick Secen, Michelle Segre, Lauren Seiden, Jonathan Seliger, David Shaw, Bobby Silverman, Kuldeep Singh, Tuesday Smillie, Jane South, Susan Špiranović, Sharon Sprung, Monica Srivastava, Josh Sucher, Takura Suzuki, Assane Sy, Catherine Tafur, Hidemi Takagi, Alison Elizabeth Taylor, Leo Tecosky, Dannielle Tegeder, Mary Temple, Darryl DeAngelo Terrell, Jade Thacker, Zac Thompson, Jim Torok, A. R. Tran, Janaina Tschäpe, Juan Pablo Uribe, William Villalongo, Sophia Wallace, Cyle Warner, Kit Warren, Chris Weller, Michelle Wen, Tabitha Whitley, Tracie Dawn Williams, Oliver Wilson, Qualeasha Wood, Kenny Wu, Akiko Yamamoto, Jason Bard Yarmosky, Betty Yu, Halley Zien, Brenda Zlamany, Balint Zsako.
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