Galleries

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

• 201 GALLERY , 1400 N. American St., Suite 201, 215-236-2872. RANDOM THOUGHTS, Features work by Philadephia native Ira Upin, who creates on large panels that are both individual paintings and pieces that interlock to form a narrative. He uses roofing tar, paint and recycled paper as materials. Runs through Feb. 7.
• 3RD STREET GALLERY , 58 N. 2nd St., 215-625-0993. BEST AND BRIGHTEST, Features work from the Vitetta Architectural student competition. Runs through March 2.
• AIRSPACE , 4013 Chestnut St., 215-694-8719. GAIA, Features installations by Michael Schwartz, who uses a variety of materials and found objects to illustrate the current crisis of global climate change. The work explores the dichotomy between technological and industrial progress and environmental sustainability. Runs through March 1. Opening reception Fri, Feb. 8, 6-8pm. ( Reception )
• ART STAR GALLERY AND BOUTIQUE , Liberties Walk, 1030 N. 2nd St., 215-238-1557. LINE, Features sleek illustrations of cats, roosters and other creatures by local artist Eleanor Grosch, who has been fascinated with animals since her youth. Runs through Feb. 17.
• ARTHUR ROSS GALLERY , University of Pennsylvania, 220 S. 34th St., 215-898-4401. BEYOND BOUNDARIES, Features contemporary fiber art by Lanny Bergner, Rebecca Medel, Warren Seelig, Tsuguo Yanai and others. Curated by Bruce Hoffman. Runs through March 16.
• ARTISTS' HOUSE , 57 N. 2nd St., 215-923-8440. VARIOUS ARTISTS, Features paintings by Gregory Watson, Ben Johnson, Abby Heller-Burnham and Jennifer White. Runs through March 2.
• ARTJAZ GALLERY , 53 N. 2nd St., 215-922-4800. FLOW, COLOR, FORM, TEXTURE, Features paintings by Samad Arastu, Cynthelia Cephas, Jackson-Collins, Priscilla Romero Cubero and Sonia Sadler. Runs through Feb. 9.
• ARTWORKS , 19 Everett Alley, Trenton, NJ, 609-394-9436. YOUNG VIBES, Features drawings and paintings by Trenton Central High School's visual and performing arts students. Runs through March 1. Opening reception Fri, Feb. 8, 6-9pm. ( Reception )
• AXD GALLERY , 265 S. 10th St., 215-627-6250. RED YELLOW BLUE, Features abstract paintings by Vincent McLoughlin, who specializes in using a palette limited to the three primaty colors. McLoughlin creates layers with various degrees of transparency onto luan plywood canvases. Runs through Feb. 23.
• BAMBI GALLERY , 1817 Frankford Ave., 215-423-2668. BAMBI BIENNIAL, Features sculpture, video, animation, painting, photography and mixed media by 18 national and international artists selected by Libby Rosof and Roberta Fallon. Runs through March 16.
• BLINKART GALLERY , 108 Chestnut St., 215-588-4445. PHOTOGRAPHIC PERSPECTIVES, Features silver gelatin prints, C-prints and digital images by John Andrulis, Piety Choi, Tor Chaikin, Charles Eustace and Glenn Stevens. Runs through Feb. 29.
• BOROWSKY GALLERY , 401 S. Broad St., 215-545-4400. CLOUDS: AN EXHIBITION IN MANY MEDIA, Features mixed-media works by by Elsabe Dixon, Jacqueline Gourevitch, Nancy Hellebrand, Harry Kalish, Yukie Kobayashi, Libby Newman, John J.H. Phillips, Boris Putterman and Jon Schuele. Runs through March 24.
• BRANDYWINE WORKSHOP , Firehouse Art Center, 730 S. Broad St., 215-546-3675. TREASURE OF THE ARCHIVES, Features never-before-seen lithographs, etchings, screenprints and monotypes by Belkis Ayon, Toshio Mori, Benny Andrews, Faith Ringgold, Sam Gilliam and others. Runs through Feb. 9.
• BRIDGETTE MAYER GALLERY , 709 Walnut St., 215-413-8893. TRAVELING THE PLANE, Features paintings by Neil Anderson, which build on circle-in-square imagery using painted layers of saturated pigment on fine linen. Runs through March 1.
• BURRISON GALLERY , University Club, the Inn at Penn, 3611 Walnut St., 215-898-4618. RECENT PAINTINGS, Features paintings by Anne Gilley, who explores the relationships between bright and saturated hues, textures and rich surfaces. Runs through Feb. 29.
• CANTOR FITZGERALD GALLERY , Haverford College, 370 Lancaster Ave., Haverford, 610-896-1287. SELLING HAPPINESS IN CHINA, Features Chinese advertising posters from 1910 to the late 1930s, which depict Chinese fables, stories, glamorous women and luxurious home furnishings, gardens, radios, telephones and golf courses. Runs through Feb. 24.
• CAROL SCHWARTZ GALLERY , 101 Bethlehem Pike, Chestnut Hill, 215-242-4510. LASTING IMPRESSIONS, Features oil paintings by Kathleen Scott-Gallagher, Nancy Beck and Dori Spector. Scott-Gallagher's collection includes waterfalls, landscapes, flowers and vegetables. Beck painted a series of different water pails on the beach as well as animals and skylines and Spector's stillife paintings are of fruits and flowers. Runs through Feb. 29.
• CENTER FOR EMERGING VISUAL ARTISTS , 237 S. 18th St., Suite 3A, 215-546-7775. ALUMNI TRAVEL GRANT EXHIBITION, Features work by Ava Blitz, Jill Bell and Douglas Takeshi Wolf, who created their pieces in Spain, France, Mexico and Italy. Runs through Feb. 29. Opening reception Thu, Feb. 7, 5:30-7:30pm. ( Reception )
• CERULEAN ARTS , 1355 Ridge Ave., 267-514-8647. IN CONVERSATION WITH NATURE, Features prints and sculptures by Lisa Marie Hamilton, which are inspired by organic forms and the relationships that exist in nature. Runs through Feb. 22.
• CLAY STUDIO , 139 N. 2nd St., 215-925-3453. NEW WORK, Features porcelain tableware by Munemitsu Taguchi with pure, clean, linear forms glazed in one color. The minimalism and simplicity of his work is drawn from his Asian heritage and study of Chinese and Japanese potters. Runs through March 2. BEYOND TRADITION: YIXING TEAPOTS, Features pottery by Xiaoping Luo based in the tradition of yixing, which uses a special zisha clay found only in Yixing, China. The clay's ability to absorb flavors from the tea it contains makes it more seasoned with every pot brewed. Runs through March 2. ALISON REINTJES, Features wall tiles and simple dish forms with graphic and patterned surfaces. Runs through March 2. CLAYMOBILE CREATIONS, Features ceramic work by children and adults who participated in the claymobile program. Runs through Feb. 24.
• DAVINCI ART ALLIANCE , 704 Catharine St., 215-829-0466. CITY SHAPES AND COLORS, Features paintings by Lilliana Didovic and Ken Tutjamnong. Both immigrants to the United States, the artists give their interpretations and impressions of Philadelphia through new eyes. Runs through Feb. 24.
• ESTHER M. KLEIN ART GALLERY , University City Science Center, 3600 Market St., 215-966-6188. TRAPPED IN ORBIT, Features three- and four-dimensional works by Philadelphia artist and tinkerer Charles Hobbs, who brings together art and science with his DIY ethos and low-tech gadgets. Runs through March 1.
• F.A.N. GALLERY , 221 Arch St., 215-922-5155. RECENT PAINTINGS, Features work by Al Gury, who focuses on landscapes from the Philadelphia area, Bucks County and Lancaster County. Runs through March 1.
• FINE ARTS PEOPLE GALLERY , 305 N. Pottstown Pike, Exton, 610-363-6721. SOLO SHOW, Features oil paintings by Terry DeAngelo of regional landscapes in Chester County in the representational style. Runs through Feb. 27.
• GALLERIES AT MOORE COLLEGE OF ART & DESIGN , 20th St. & the Parkway, 215-965-4027. IN REPOSE, Features work by Janine Antoni, Cindy Sherman, Tanyth Berkeley, Pipolotti Rist and Bettina Von Zwehl, whose works in photography, video, sculpture and sound comment on femininity, identity and sexuality. Runs through March 15. TENSION, Features multimedia works by Moore alumni that focus, either physically or in theme, on tension. Runs through March 15. ENCAPSULATED TIME: AGE, IMAGE & ROCK 'N' ROLL, Features a new digital projection by Judy Gelles and a six-channel video installation by Andrew Suggs. Runs through March 15.
• GALLERY 13W , 4504 Regent St., 215-432-5729. PAINTINGS AND SCULPTURE, Features paintings by Albert Hopkins and sculpture by Rebecca Goldschmidt. Runs through March 8.
• GALLERY 1401 , 221 S. Broad St., 14th floor, 215-717-6300. FAR FROM ZION: JEWS, DIASPORA, MEMORY, Features photographs by Jason Francisco, who explores the concept of diaspora and the impact that Jewish history has had on Europe and North American in the past century. Runs through Feb. 8.
• GALLERY 339 , 339 S. 21st St., 215-731-1530. PHILADELPHIA MASTERS, Features photographs by George Krause, William Larson, Ray K. Metzker and Ruth Thorne-Thompsen. Runs through March 8.
• GALLERY JOE , 302 Arch St., 215-592-7752. SURFACES AND REFLECTIONS, Features paintings by Emily Brown of water surfaces, snow-heavy branches in winter, sunlight pouring down through a canopy of trees and waves. Runs through Feb. 23. IT IS NOT A GOODBYE SAID TO ONE'S FATHER, Features paintings by Susan Tiger of simplistic items and shapes, including a billowy winter coat, cigarettes and an overcoat draped over a chair. Runs through Feb. 23.
• GROSS MCCLEAF GALLERY , 127 S. 16th St., 215-665-8138. WINDOWS AND DISTANCES, Features paintings by Christine Lafuente, whose abstract work captures lthe andscapes, alleys, dead-end streets and abandoned piers of Brooklyn. Runs through Feb. 20.
• HAMILTON & ARRONSON GALLERIES , University of the Arts, 320 S. Broad St., 215-717-6480. CLOSE RELATIONS, Features photographs by Henry Horenstein representing his earliest work from 1970 to 1973. The images include his family and friends, landscapes and period imagery. Runs through Feb. 29. Opening reception Fri, Feb. 8, 4-6pm. ( Reception )
• HIGHWIRE GALLERY , 2040 Frankford Ave., 215-426-2685. A CELEBRATION OF LIFE AND ART, Features works by the late Marge Peterson that span her career from the 1970s to 2007. Runs through Feb. 24.
• ICEBOX GALLERY , 1400 N. American St., 215-235-3405. FROM TABOO TO ICON, Features work in a variety of media exploring the concept of Africanist aesthetics and the taboo or iconic aspect of these influences in contemporary Western culture. Runs through Feb. 10.
• JAMES OLIVER GALLERY , 723 Chestnut St., 215-923-1242. PIC ME, Features photographs by Nathan Chase, Don Fela, Kim Giannone, Alyssa Maloof, Daniel Newman, Justin James Reed and Jennifer Yager. Each artist has captured a different subject matter and methods, including capitalist monuments, Americana, American influence abroad, the intimacy of unkempt beds and large-scale cyanotype. Runs through Feb. 23.
• JMS GALLERY , 8236 Germantown Ave., 215-248-4649. JANUARY EXHIBITION, Features work by Pavel Efremoff, Claire Giblin and Jean Plough. Runs through Feb. 9.
• KHMER ART GALLERY , 319 N. 11th St., 215-922-5600. NEW WORKS FROM CAMBODIA, Features sculptures, paintings, bronze and silver works, jewelry, musical instruments and a collection of Buddhas. Runs through Feb. 29.
• KNAPP GALLERY , 162 N. 3rd St., 267-455-0279. PASTELS AND 100 WORKS ON PAPER, Features paintings by Tom Brady and Jon Eckel. Runs through Feb. 24.
• LANGMAN GALLERY , 2500 Moreland Rd., Willow Grove Park, 215-657-8333. CONSTRUCTIONS, Features ceramic sculptures by Normandy Alden and woven paper constructions by Barbara Brodo. Runs through Feb. 28.
• LARRY BECKER CONTEMPORARY ART , 43 N. 2nd St., 215-925-5389. IN LIGHT, Features minimalistic paintings by Tom Benson, Mel Davis, Andrew Graham and Howard Smith. Runs through Feb. 16.
• LEONARD PEARLSTEIN GALLERY , Drexel University, Nesbitt Hall, 33rd & Market sts., 215-895-2548. OPEN TO INTERPRETATION, Features inkblots by John Langdon, who elevates its perceived simplicity from basic monoprint to complex ambigram. Included are responses and research by Eric Zilmer. Runs through Feb. 8.
• LITTLE BERLIN , 1801 N. Howard St., 610-308-0579. NUTS AND BERRIES, Features works made out of telephone books, glass and packing material by Daniel Petraitis and Martha Savery, who examine the difference between trash and valuables. Runs through Feb. 12.
• LOCKS GALLERY , 600 Washington Square South, 215-629-1000. ALYSON SHOTZ, Features new photographs and sculpture by Alyson Shotz, who transformed the gallery into a merging of nature and science using digital photography, wire, glass beads and plastic lenses. Runs through Feb. 29.
• MCGOPA , 800 River Rd., West Conshohocken, 610-292-6048. MAMACITA, Features paintings, mixed media and sculpture. Runs through April 6. Opening reception Sat, Feb. 9, 5-7pm. ( Reception )
• MEW GALLERY , 906 Christian St., 215-625-2424. PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION, Features work by the Tolbert brothers, who examine, isolation and unrest in a fast-paced technological world plagued with media influence. All prints were created in a wet darkroom on silver gelatin paper without the use of a computer. Runs through March 14.
• MUSE GALLERY , 52 N. 2nd St., 215-627-5310. WOOL-GATHERING, Features work by Keith Sharp. Runs through Feb. 24.
• NEWMAN GALLERIES , 1625 Walnut St., 215-563-1779. WOMEN ARTISTS OF THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY, Features a collection of works by American women including Elizabeth Washington, Alice Kent Stoddard, Dorcas Doolittle, Amelie Zell and Fern Coppedge. Runs through Feb. 23.
• OFF THE WALL GALLERY , 13th & Pine sts., 215-732-5010. PHOTOGRAPHY UNBOUND, Features photographs by Melissa Hernandez Hughes, Gralin Hughes and Al Stegeman. Stegeman uses his photographs to create a series of photo collages, while Hernandez Hughes' images of Coney Island have been printed on metal for a structural feel. Hughes constructed a three-dimensional installation built around a series of segmented photographs. Runs through Feb. 29.
• PENTIMENTI GALLERY , 145 N. 2nd St., 215-625-9990. FEBRUARY 2008 EXHIBITION, Features drawings, paintings and sculptures by Isabel Bigelow, Nancy Blum, Richard Bottwin, Kay Hwang, Joseph Hu, Sara Hugues, Kevin Finklea, Franco Mueller, Margaret Murphy, Jackie Tileston and Julie York. Runs through Feb. 29.
• PRINT CENTER , 1614 Latimer St., 215-735-6090. MOON STUDIES AND STAR SCRATCHES, Features a large-scale photographic series of the moon and stars over various periods of time by Sharon Harper, who explores the way technology mediates our relationship with the natural world. Runs through Feb. 16. DAKAR PORTRAITS, Features photographs by Vera Viditz-Ward of urban life in West Africa. The works focus on Dakar, the capital of Senegal and an important political and cultural hub between North Africa and the sub-Saharan. Runs through Feb. 16. THAT'S WOMEN'S WORK, Features silkscreen prints and mixed-media work by local artist Laura Wagner, who is inspired by illustrations from 1950s cookbooks in which cheery housewives teach their obedient daughters the way to a man's heart. Runs through Feb. 16.
• PROJECT BASHO , 1305 Germantown Ave., 215-238-0928. ONWARD '08, Features 59 images by winners of Project Basho's first international competition. Images were selected by photographer Andrea Modica. Runs through Feb. 24.
• PROJECTS GALLERY , 629 N. 2nd St., 267-303-9652. FRIDA AND ME: COMMON THREADS, Features work by Doris Nogueira-Rogers, Michelle Angela Ortiz, Mirliyn Rodriguez-Behrle and Marta Sanchez in celebration of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo. The artists have reflected on how Latin American female artists' identities are influenced by their culture. Runs through Feb. 23.
• REBEKAH TEMPLETON CONTEMPORARY ART , 173 W. Girard Ave., 267-519-3884. STARTING WITH GOO, Features sculpture by Adam Neuman, collage by Jackie Hoving, digital animation by Brian Zegeer and drawings by Bruce Campbell. Runs through Feb. 23.
• RODGER LA PELLE GALLERY , 122 N. 3rd St., 215-592-0232. MEGAN COX AND SANDRA HOFFMAN, Features oil paintings. Runs through March 1.
• SCHMIDT DEAN GALLERY , 1710 Sansom St., 215-569-9433. PRINTS, Features work by Milton Avery. Runs through March 8. DRAWINGS, Features work by Dean Dass. Runs through March 8. BUDDHA AND BERGS, Features work by Stuart Klipper. Runs through March 8. Opening reception Fri, Feb. 8, 5:30-8pm. ( Reception )
• SCHWARZ GALLERY , 1806 Chestnut St., 215-563-4887. CHARLES LEWIS FUSSELL, Features landscape paintings of Long Island, NY, PA and NJ. Ongoing.
• SERAPHIN GALLERY , 1108 Pine St., 215-923-7000. SMALL WORKS SHOW, Features new and compact work by gallery artists. Runs through Feb. 17.
• SMILE GALLERY , 105 S. 22nd St., 215-564-2502. URBANA: CITY THEMES, Features graffiti art by Anthony Cortosi and Karen McDonnell as well as atmospheric paintings by Ken Tutjamnong. Runs through March 8. Opening reception Fri, Feb. 8, 6-9pm. ( Reception )
• SOL MEDNICK GALLERY , 211 S. Broad St., 15th floor, 215-717-6300. AMERICA AT THE EDGE, Features black-and-white photographs by Steve Simon of his road trip along the border between the United States and Canada. The collection compares the two countries and examines whether Canada is leaning toward the U.S. in their social policy issues. Runs through Feb. 8.
• SPACE 1026 , 1026 Arch St., 2nd floor, 215-574-7630. WHITE NOISE, Features drawings, paintings, sculpture, installations and video animations by 12 international artists commenting on spirituality, new psychedelia, environmentalism and mysticism. Runs through March 1.
• STEDMAN ART GALLERY , Rutgers Unviersity, 326 Penn St., Camden, NJ, 609-757-6245. A NEW REALITY: BLACK-AND-WHITE PHOTOGRPAHY IN CONTEMPORARY ART, Features black-and-white photographs by artists working in the 1950s to the present including Diane Arbus, Sherrie Levine, Cindy Sherman, Mike and Doug Starn, Vik Muniz, Richard Avedon, William Wegman and Joel Peter Witkin. The exhibition explores the medium in its visual and historical contexts as well as the expanding technical and conceptual role of photography. Curated by Jeffrey Wechsler. Runs through Feb. 23.
• TEMPLE GALLERY , 259 N. 3rd St., 215-925-7379. DAMIAN MOPPETT, Features the Vancouver-based artist's drawings, sculpture and paintings, which explore his own workspace and the strategies of other artists. Runs through Feb. 16.
• TOPSTITCH , 311 Market St., 267-322-4057. OPPOSITES ATTACK, Features work by male and female artists as they face off in a gender vs. gender contest to determine just which sex is best. Viewers are challenged to determine whether knowing the gender of the artist affects their expectations of the work. Runs through Feb. 29.
• TOWER GALLERY , 969 N. 2nd St., 215-253-9874. SHULCHAN ARUCH, Features work by Nicola Ginzel, who collects mementos from her daily life and combines them to create pieces that reflect her experiences. Runs through March 15.
• TWENTY TWO GALLERY , 236 S. 22nd St., 215-772-1911. A RETROSPECTIVE, Features abstract oil paintings and drawings from the 1950s, '60s and '70s by Harold Mesibov. Runs through Feb. 8.
• VOX POPULI , 319 N. 11th St., 3rd floor, 215-238-1236. UNTITLED, Features paintings, drawings and objects by Corey Antis, who examines the psychological and material interaction with space. Runs through March 2. IN A VALE, Features images by Julianna Foster that explore an image's ability to portray relationships between those pictured, the photograph and the viewer. Inspired by her desire to connect cinema and photography, her work forms a larger narrative that comments on the human experience. Runs through March 2. SOME ROOMS PART 1 (YOURS), Features objects, imagery and participatory situations by James Johnson. Runs through March 2. SO LONG (PHILLY), Features a video project by Jason Schiedel, which is shown on a television tipped on its side. Runs through March 2. WINDOW, Features installations by Sarah Zwerling, who uses blown sugar, silk, animated forms and video projection to actualize human sensations into form, sound and space. Runs through March 2. IN ORDER NOT TO BE HERE, Features a film by Deborah Stratman that examines the hermetic nature of suburban, upper-class communities. By exploring evacuated corporate landscapes and developments, she dissects how communities have been built up around fears of others and faith in safety and technology. Runs through March 2.
• WEXLER GALLERY , 201 N. 3rd St., 215-923-7030. WENDELL CASTLE, Features furniture pieces that blur the line between art and design while exploring the possibilities and identities of materials such as wood, fiberglass and bronze. Runs through Feb. 29. CHUCK CLOSE, Features paintings, prints and photographs developed with methods such as mezzotint, aquatint, paper pulp and daguerreotype. Runs through Feb. 29.
• WIDENER UNIVERSITY GALLERY , One University Place, Chester, 610-499-1189. ALFRED O. DESHONG, Features 18th- and 19th-century Asian art, including Japanese ivory sculpture, bronze vases and hardstone vessels. Ongoing.
• WILLIAM WAY ART GALLERY , William Way Community Center, 1315 Spruce St., 215-732-2220. EVIDENCE, Features new photographs by local artists Natalie Hope McDonald, Ellen Rosenberg and Rachelle Lee Smith. Runs through Feb. 29.
• YO DARKROOM AND GALLERY , 113 N. 23rd St., 609-977-9710. RE/MEMBER, Features three-dimensional collages in plastic resin by Sienna Freeman, who is influenced by gender and identity issues in the modern world as well as mythology and symbolism. Runs through March 16.