Galleries

Published: Jan 16, 2007

    Galleries are usually open Tuesdays through Saturdays; please call the gallery for exact days and hours. Receptions are denoted with Reception Reception

  • 201 GALLERY, 1400 N. American St., Suite 201, 215-236-2872. RECORDS OF DISREGARD, Features the photography of Johanna Inman. Runs through Feb. 25. Opening reception Fri., Jan. 19, 6-10pm. ( Reception Reception )
  • 3RD STREET GALLERY, 58 N. 2nd St., 215-625-0993. ITALIAN TREASURES/AMERICAN JEWELS, Features Carol Albrecht's oil paintings, which are representational landscapes from her recent travels to Italy and America's National Parks. Runs through Jan. 28.
  • ART AROUND GALLERY, 2011 Chestnut St., 215-972-1644. MARK BLAVAT, SYD CARPENTER, QUENTIN MORRIS, DAVID STEPHENS, Features Blavat's abstract paintings, Morris' Buddhist-based circles, Carpenter's ceramic sculpture and Stephens' layered reliefs. Runs through Feb. 24.
  • ART STAR GALLERY AND BOUTIQUE, Liberties Walk, 1030 N. 2nd St., unit 301, 215-238-1557. KURT HALSEY, Features more than 30 new drawings, paintings, posters, prints and cards. Runs through Feb. 11.
  • ART TRUST GALLERY AT MERIDIAN BANK, 16 W. Market St., West Chester, 610-640-4528. VISAGE: WORKS OF PORTRAIT, Features portrait work by Brett Anderson Walker, Dorothy Woerth, Terry DeAngelo, Adrian Martinez, Inez Starr, Dane Tilghman and Diane Cirafesi. Runs through March 12. Opening reception Fri., Jan. 19, 5:30-8:30pm. ( Reception Reception )
  • ARTHUR ROSS GALLERY, University of Pennsylvania, 220 S. 34th St., 215-898-4401. MODERN INDIAN WORKS ON PAPER, Features 64 modern and contemporary post-independence art owned by collectors Umesh and Sunanda Gaur. Runs through March 11. Opening reception Fri., Jan. 19, 5-8pm. ( Reception Reception )
  • ARTISTS' HOUSE, 57 N. 2nd St., 215-923-8440. JANUARY EXHIBITION, Features oil paintings by David Palumbo, Noah Buchanan, David Kassan and Saskia Ozols; oil paintings and mezzotints by Robert Ecker; printmaking by Kevin Cummins; and printmaking and watercolors by Tony Rosati. Runs through Jan. 28.
  • ASFE GALLERY, 2016 Walnut St., 215-567-3099. TRINITY, Features a new photographic series by Corey Armpriester. Runs through Jan. 20.
  • AXD GALLERY, 265 S. 10th St., 215-627-6250. AMONG CENOTAPHS AND ANGELS, Features the photographs of musician and radio host Chuck van Zyl, who works with infrared light on film. Runs through March 4. Opening reception Fri., Jan. 19, 5-9pm. ( Reception Reception )
  • BALANCE GALLERY, 112 S. 20th St., 215-751-0344. MICHAEL GEORGE JERISTA, Features works by the artist. Runs through Jan. 31.
  • BASEKAMP, 723 Chestnut St., 2nd floor, 215-592-7288. MORE OF THE SAME, Features works by Eric McDade. Runs through Jan. 27.
  • BOROWSKY GALLERY, 401 S. Broad St., 215-545-4400. TIME SIGNATURES, Features sculpture and wall works exploring the marks of aging, by artist Barbara Zucker. She uses steel, aluminum, rubber and other materials. Runs through Feb. 4.
  • CERULEAN ARTS, 1355 Ridge Ave., 267-514-8647. SARAH ROCHE: THE COLLECTION, Features oil and watercolor paintings by the artist. Runs through Feb. 23.
  • CLAY STUDIO, 139 N. 2nd St., 215-925-3453. HARIN LEE, Features works by the resident artist. Runs through Jan. 28. ABSTRACT SCULPTURE: A GROUP EXHIBITION, Features works by Wouter Dam, Bean Finneran, Tyler Lotz, Gregg Moore, Steven Schaeffer, Virginia Scotchie, James Shrosbree and John Stephenson. Runs through Jan. 28.
  • COMMUNITAS, 201 Sabine Ave., Ste. 100, Narberth, 610-980-4325. PETAL TO MIND, Features fine art photographer Ron Greenberg's search for beauty in the process of decay. Runs through Feb. 23.
  • DA VINCI ART ALLIANCE, 704 Catharine St., 215-829-0466. MOVING PAST WATER: REFLECTIONS ON THE DELAWARE RIVER, Features Michael Sweeney's oil paintings, photography, pen-and-ink drawings and video installation on the theme of the Delaware's varying landscapes, and the effects of society on those landscapes. Runs through Jan. 27.
  • E.M. ADAMS GALLERY, 19 N. Main St., New Hope, 215-862-5667. PAINTINGS, SCULPTURES AND PRINTS, Features the artwork of Ed Adams. Ongoing.
  • ESTHER M. KLEIN ART GALLERY, University City Science Center, 3600 Market St., 215-966-6188. ART & SCIENCE XXII: PANORAMAS AND OTHER CIRCULAR STORIES, Features Roderick Coover's six looped video works incorporating layered photographs, audio, language and manipulated video recordings. His pieces examine the themes of travel, time and technology. Runs through March 31.
  • F.A.N. GALLERY, 221 Arch St., 215-922-5155. RICHARD PROCTOR, Features recent paintings, drawings and sketches. Runs through Jan. 27.
  • FALLING COW GALLERY, 732 S. 4th St., 215-627-4625. THE WORLD IS FLAT, Features installation, painting and video by Bruce Campbell, Christopher Lawley, Ben Will and Mauro Zamora. Runs through Jan. 27.
  • FLEISHER OLLMAN GALLERY, 1616 Walnut St., Suite 100, 215-545-7562. MORGELLONS, Features works by Lee Arnold, Elena Drozdova, Andrew James, Isaac Lin, Jayson Scott Musson, Roxana Perez-Mendez, Michael Sirianni, Andrew Suggs, Casey Watson and Nami Yamamoto. Runs through Jan. 20.
  • FRAME HOUSE GALLERY, 7908 High School Rd., Elkins Park, 215-635-1140. SMALL WORKS, Features photography, oil paintings, mixed media, small sculpture and ceramics by some 30 artists from the Jenkintown area. Runs through Jan. 31.
  • GALLERIES AT MOORE COLLEGE OF ART & DESIGN, 20th St. & the Parkway, 215-965-4027. THE HEART OF THE MATTER, Features a retrospective of musician/physician/artist Andrea Baldeck's photographs spanning her career as a fine art photographer. Runs through March 18. FELLOWSHIP AND STUDENT SHOW, Features work by third-year students competing for traveling fellowships, along with work by students representing all departments. Runs through March 18.
  • GALLERY 1401, 221 S. Broad St., 14th floor, 215-717-6300. BURDEN OF PROOF, Features 20" x 30" pigment print photographs questioning how belief is formed in our culture and how it shapes our lives. Runs through Feb. 2.
  • GALLERY 339, 339 S. 21st St., 215-731-1530. IN PRIVATE, Features Serge J-F. Levy's photography, which addresses the universal experience of intimacy, memory and reflection. Runs through March 10. Opening reception Fri., Jan. 19, 6-8pm. ( Reception Reception )
  • GALLERY AT CEDAR HOLLOW, 2447 Yellow Springs Rd., Malvern, 610-640-2787. VALENTINES FOR EVERYONE, Features handcrafted wearables, jewelry, accessories, wood, glass, ceramics and more by artisans nationwide. Runs through Feb. 14.
  • GALLERY JOE, 302 Arch St., 215-592-7752. A BOOK OF HOURS, Features a site-specific exhibition sensitive to the chapellike qualities of the gallery, by poet/sound artist Greta Byrum and Annabel Daou. Runs through Feb. 24. MARK SHEINKMAN, Features 11 graphite drawings on paper. Runs through Feb. 24.
  • GROSS MCCLEAF GALLERY, 127 S. 16th St., 215-665-8138. STILL LIFE, Features paintings by Frank Trefny, Joan Becker, Penelope Harris, Matthew Mann, Harold Reddicliffe, Elizabeth Geiger and Ephraim Rubenstein. Runs through Jan. 24. Reception Fri., Jan. 19, 5-7pm. ( Reception Reception )
  • HAMILTON & ARRONSON GALLERIES, 320 S. Broad St., 215-717-6480. FOCUS: PHILADELPHIA, Features photographs of Philly, its people and its neighborhoods. Presented by the American Society of Media Photographers, Philadelphia Chapter. Runs through Feb. 13.
  • HAND IMPRESSIONS GALLERY, 759 S. 4th St., 215-928-9286. ART AND HEALING, Features art by healing practitioners. Runs through Feb. 7.
  • HIGHWIRE GALLERY, 1315 Cherry St., 4th floor, 215-829-1255. PAINTINGS BY GEORGE SHINN AND MARGE PETERSON, Features works by the artists. Runs through Jan. 28.
  • HOT SOUP GLASSBLOWING STUDIO AND GALLERY, 26 S. Strawberry St., 215-922-2332. PAINTING WITH GLASS, Features painterly vessels by local glass artist Steven Hagan. Runs through Jan. 28.
  • JAMES OLIVER GALLERY, 723 Chestnut St., 4th floor, 215-923-1242. BILLBOARDS AND TREES, Features paintings by Ron Johnson that look at the juxtaposition of organic images and modern landscapes. Runs through Jan. 20. Closing reception Sat., Jan. 20, 6-11pm. ( Reception Reception )
  • JMS GALLERY, 8236 Germantown Ave., 215-248-4649. WINTER GROUP EXHIBITION, Features works by Andrea Baldeck, Anne Boysen, Phillip Bowman, Christopher Smith, Phillip Stern and Summer Yates. Runs through Feb. 10.
  • LANGMAN GALLERY, 2500 Moreland Rd., Willow Grove Park, 215-657-8333. BOB SMITH: SILHOUETTE & FORM, Features recent ceramic sculptures, multi-tile wall compositions and vessels by the Colorado artist. Runs through Jan. 31.
  • LARRY BECKER CONTEMPORARY ART, 43 N. 2nd St., 215-925-5389. ROME PAINTINGS, Features works by Steve Riedell. Runs through Jan. 27.
  • LINEAGE GALLERY, 21 N. 2nd St., 215-928-0980. WINTER FACTION, Features the works of Derek Albeck, Damon Soule, Naoto Hattori, Reuben Rude, Anne Faith Nicholls and more. Runs through Feb. 18. Opening reception Sat., Jan. 20, 6-10pm. ( Reception Reception )
  • LOCKS GALLERY, 600 Washington Square South, 215-629-1000. BODIES OF DESIRE, Features works on paper by Willem de Kooning and charcoal drawings by Chloe Piene, curated by Klaus Ottmann. Runs through Feb. 24. EDNA ANDRADE: OPTICAL PAINTINGS, 1960-1966, Features 11 pieces ranging from early organic abstractions to highly refined, color-saturated "Op" paintings. Runs through Feb. 24.
  • LONG GALLERY, S. Church St., West Chester, 610-436-3383. FOUNDATION EXHIBIT DEPARTMENT OF ART STUDENT EXHIBITION, Features works by first- and second-year West Chester University art majors, including drawings, paintings and three-dimensional design. Runs through Feb. 23. Opening reception Wed., Jan. 24, 5-8pm. ( Reception Reception )
  • MANAYUNK ART CENTER, 419 Green Lane, Manayunk, 215-482-3363. WARM UP IN JANUARY, Features Co-Op artists' paintings intended to escape the winter doldrums. Runs through Jan. 28.
  • MCKINNEY GALLERY, S. Church St., West Chester, 610-436-2755. TOM BOSTELLE, Features the artist's landscapes and portraits. Runs through Feb. 23. Opening reception Wed., Jan. 24, 5-8pm. ( Reception Reception )
  • MEW GALLERY, 906 Christian St., 215-625-2424. TINY AIRPLANES, Features Nikki Virbitsky's kitschy paintings of candy, vintage toys, teenagers and pop culture. Runs through Feb. 13.
  • MINIMAL WORKS GALLERY, 2007 Chestnut St., 267-312-4244. EDWARD SHALALA: TRANSLUCENCE, Features the artist's works of line, color and shape on canvas. Runs through Jan. 26.
  • MONTGOMERY COUNTY GUILD OF PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS, 800 River Rd., West Conshohocken, 610-292-6048. THE WORLD OF THE PROFESSIONAL ARTIST, Features works in a juried exhibition. Runs through Feb. 25.
  • MUSE GALLERY, 52 N. 2nd St., 215-627-5310. FOWL IMAGES, Features works by Eric N. Fausnacht. Runs through Jan. 28.
  • MYX GALLERY, 110 Church St., 215-923-1415. HAND IN HAND, Features works by students and teachers of The Center for Emerging Visual Artists' Hand in Hand program. Teaching artists include Christopher Hartshorne, Shalya Marsh, Shea Roggio, Ben Schwab and Lee Wilkinson. Runs through Feb. 26.
  • OFF THE WALL GALLERY, Dirty Frank's Bar, 13th & Pine sts., 215-732-5010. QUATTRO AMICI (CON ALTRI), Features works by John Benigno, Paul Clement, Michael DiGiacomo, Ellen Grenell, Michael Guinn, Anders Hansen, Bob Jackson, Alan Klawans, Thomas Kohlmann, Gregg Lewis, Elizabeth MacDonald, Tom McCobb, Catherine Mitchell, Diane Podolsky, Bonnie Schorske, Sheldon Strober, Syd Torchia, Wayne Urffer, Jen Warpole and Susan Wierzbicki. Presented by Philadelphia Artist Collaborative. Runs through March 2.
  • OPEN LENS GALLERY, 401 S. Broad St., 215-446-3001. GROWING UP GIRL, Features photographs that examine the movement from girlhood to womanhood. Works by Rita Bernstein, Ellie Brown and Jeff Hurwitz. Runs through Feb. 4.
  • PADLOCK GALLERY, 1409 Ellsworth St., www.padlockgallery.com. IT ALMOST WAS NOT, Features sewn drawings by Katie Henry. Runs through Jan. 26.
  • PAGEANT, 607 Bainbridge St., 215-925-1535. AEGNAPEA, Features Egypt-born, New York-based artist Hamdi Attia's wall-sized map and sculptural artifacts from his invented world, Aegnapea. Runs through Jan. 21.
  • PEGGY LEWIS GALLERY, Lambertville Public Library, 6 Lily St., Lambertville, NJ, 609-397-0275. PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS, Features oil on board, oil on canvas, ink on paper and pastel by Ellen Sapienza. Runs through Feb. 24.
  • PHILADELPHIA SKETCH CLUB, 235 S. Camac St., 215-545-7140. WORKS ON PAPER, Features the works of prominent regional artists, including watercolor, collage, acrylics, prints and gouache. Runs through Jan. 28.
  • PHOTO WEST GALLERY, 3625 Lancaster Ave., 215-222-42649. DE NOCHE/BY NIGHT, Features photographs and videos by Laurence Salzmann, created between the 1980s and 2005. Runs through Jan. 21.
  • PRINT CENTER, 1614 Latimer St., 215-735-6090. PRINTS BY NEW JERSEY ARTISTS, Features prints that highlight 15 years of the Brodsky Center. Runs through Feb. 10. ETCHINGS, Features works by Barbara Duval. Runs through Feb. 10.
  • PROJECTS GALLERY, 629 N. 2nd St., 267-303-9652. OBRAS, Features works by contemporary Latin artists including Botero, Bermudez, Kcho, Mendoza, Queral and more. Runs through Jan. 28.
  • QBIX GALLERY, 211 Arch St., 215-625-2521. ORBS & PHASES, Features Jordan Eagles' works made of blood combined with acrylics, resin and metallic powders. Runs through Jan. 26.
  • RODGER LAPELLE GALLERY, 122 N. 3rd St., 215-596-0232. SMALL WORKS, Features small works by gallery and invited artists, including Roland Becerra, Meghan Cox, Benjamin Long, Mason Rader, Patricia Traub and more. Runs through Jan. 28.
  • ROSENFELD GALLERY, 113 Arch St., 215-922-1376. ROGER CHAVEZ, Features recent oils. Runs through Jan. 28. DORIS SAMS, Features stone sculpture. Runs through Jan. 28. MICHAEL BARTMANN, Features oil on panels. Runs through Jan. 28.
  • ROSENWALD GALLERY, Penn Library, 6th floor, 3420 Walnut St., 215-573-8280. THE ART OF REINVENTION, Features the works of Franz Werfel and Kinga Araya, two artists whose political exile occurred exactly 50 years apart. Runs through April 13.
  • ROSENWALD-WOLF GALLERY, 320 S. Broad St., 215-717-6480. MY TRUE INNER SELF, Features the irreverent and subversive drawings and sculpture of Philadelphia comics pioneer R. Crumb. Runs through Feb. 27.
  • SALON DES AMIS GALLERY, 2321 Yellow Springs Rd., Malvern, 610-647-6010. SPACE, Features 27 artists interpreting the idea of "space" through photography, sculpture, ceramics, painting and drawing. Artists include Jeanne Alleva, Harry Anderson, Smokie Kittner, Jeff Shaller, Paul Santoleri, Burnell Yow!, Amy Anna, Lori Balistocky, Mary Beaumont, June Blumberg, Robert Bohne, David Bowman and others. Runs through Feb. 18.
  • SANDE WEBSTER GALLERY, 2006 Walnut St., 215-636-9003. RHYTHM CHANGES, Features John McDaniel's mixed-media dimensional reliefs. Runs through Feb. 1. THE SANDE WEBSTER ALL STARS, Features works either inspired by music or visually illustrating musical themes, by Atkins, Brantley, Brooker, Keene, McKinney and Turner. Runs through Feb. 1.
  • SCHMIDT DEAN GALLERY, 1710 Sansom St., 215-569-9433. FRITZ DIETEL, Features recent work by the artist. Runs through Jan. 20.
  • SNYDERMAN-WORKS GALLERY, 303 Cherry St., 215-238-9576. LANNY BERGNER, Features a solo exhibition of organic suspended works, basketry works referencing architectural forms and the human body, and four modular constructions based on grids and patterns. Runs through Feb. 13.
  • SOL MEDNICK GALLERY, 211 S. Broad St., 15th floor, 215-717-6300. IMPORTANT THINGS, Features Tamara Lishka's black and white photographs of shark's egg cases found at the beach. Runs through Feb. 2.
  • SPACE 1026, 1026 Arch St., 2nd floor, 215-574-7630. PAT GRAHAM AND MELANIE STANDAGE: RETROSPECT, Features works by the co-founders of direct 96 Gillespie, a contemporary art gallery in London. Runs through Jan. 27.
  • TEMPLE GALLERY, 259 N. 3rd St., 215-925-7379. EMPATHETIC, Features drawings, installations, performances, videos and sound works by 10 artists, including Jennifer Allora, Guillermo Calzadilla, Cariana Carianne, Paul Chan, Trisha Donnelly, Jesper Just and Rachel Owens. All focus on communication and the idea of understanding another person's point of view. Runs through Feb. 7.
  • TOWER GALLERY, 969 N. 2nd St., 215-253-9874. NAVIGATING THE ECSTASY, Features Alexis Granwell's installation, which is made of foam, wood, fabric, wire and latex paint. Runs through Feb. 10. SECOND IMPRESSIONS, Features works by Hedwige Jacobs. Runs through Feb. 10.
  • TRINITY GALLERY, 158 N. 3rd St., 215-625-2427. PEEPSHOW, Features the whimsical burlesque works of Molly Crabapple. Runs through Jan. 31.
  • TWENTY TWO GALLERY, 236 S. 22nd St., 215-772-1911. JAMES SHUSTER, Features recent oils on panels. Runs through Feb. 8.
  • TYLER GALLERY, Tyler School of Art, 7725 Penrose Ave., Elkins Park, 215-782-2776. FOUR STREETS APART, Features the works of two Philadelphia painters, Jon Manteau and Tim Murphy. Runs through Feb. 10.
  • TYME GALLERY, 48 W. Eagle Rd., Havertown, 610-853-1215. INNER ESSENCE, Features watercolors by Susannah Hart Thomer. Runs through Feb. 3.
  • UNIVERSITY CITY ARTS LEAGUE, 4226 Spruce St., 215-382-7811. BENEATH THESE SKIES PHOTOGRAVURES, Features about 30 photographs by Walt Goettman, a rare modern practitioner of copperplate photogravure, a 19th-century photomechanical technique known for producing dense blacks and detailed tonality. Runs through Feb. 3.
  • VOX POPULI, 1315 Cherry St., 215-568-5513. FUTURE NOMAD, Features sculptural, architectural, interventionist, diagrammatic and conceptual artworks that propose possibilities for a futuristic version of urban nomadism. Curated by Sara Reisman, this is Vox Populi's final exhibition in its present location. Runs through Jan. 28.
  • WEXLER GALLERY, 201 N. 3rd St., 215-923-7030. A SURVEY OF CZECHOSLAVAKIAN GLASS, Features pieces by prominent Czech glass artists Frantisek Vizner, Jaroslav Rona, Michal Gabriel and Thomas Hlavicka. Runs through Feb. 27.
  • WIDENER UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY, One University Place, Chester, 610-499-1189. ALFRED O. DESHONG, Features 18th- and 19th-century Asian art, including Japanese ivory sculpture and bronze vases, and Chinese-carved hardstone vessels. Ongoing. TWISTING TIME AND CULTURE: EAST MEETS WEST, Features sculpture by Clifford Ward. Runs through Feb. 24. IN A STATE OF NATURE, Features paintings by William Gannotta. Runs through Feb. 24. Reception Wed., Jan. 24, 4:30-7pm. ( Reception Reception )

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