Galleries

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

• 13 NORTH ART GALLERY , 13 N. Centre St., Merchantville, NJ, 856-330-4760. GRAND OPENING SHOW, Features work by the gallery's founding members, including large political paintings by Russell Loue, a 7-foot book sculpture by Nicole EIland and scans by Mike Ryan of the hair on his body. Runs through May 23. THE SHIFT, Features paintings by JoAnne Castelli Castor and Elliot Karetny. Castelli Castor builds female figures into the landscape as part of flowing water, rolling earth, darkness and billowy clouds as a representation of the struggle toward peace and simplicity. Karetny's mixed-media and abstract paintings are heavily influenced by his background in paleontology and geology. Runs through June 27. Opening reception Fri, May 2, 6-10pm. ( Reception )
• 201 GALLERY , 1400 N. American St., Suite 201, 215-236-2872. CONSUMMATED, Features photographs by Ryan Widger, who combines darkroom techniques with digital means to build and reshape his images. After a year in Sweden, Widger was inspired by his experience with extreme night and day periods. Runs through May 4.
• 3RD STREET GALLERY , 58 N. 2nd St., 215-625-0993. MEMBERS' GROUP EXHIBITION, Features two- and three-dimensional work as well as mixed media by gallery members. Runs through June 1.
• AIRSPACE , 4013 Chestnut St., 215-694-8719. TALKING PICTURES, Features work by William Caldwell Sneed, who comments on class and societal standing with impressionist paintings, relics, spoken word and poetry, slum artifacts and film. Runs through May 2.
• ART STAR GALLERY AND BOUTIQUE , Liberties Walk, 1030 N. 2nd St., 215-238-1557. OCCUPATIONAL HAZARDS, Features paintings by Ryan Myers, who explores the workplace with morbidly unhappy (and occasionally bruised) children. Runs through June 1.
• ARTESANO IRON WORKS GALLERY , 4446 Cresson St., 215-483-9273. MEMORIAS, Features work by Venezuelan and Latin American artists from the Delaware Valley in celebration of the fourth anniversary of Casa de Venezuela. Runs through May 4.
• ARTHUR ROSS GALLERY , University of Pennsylvania, 220 S. 34th St., 215-898-4401. REMEMBERED LIGHT: DESTRUCTION AND RESURRECTION, Features work created from broken stained-glass that was collected from debris of churches, chapels and synagogues across Europe during WWII. Runs through June 15.
• ARTIST'S HOUSE GALLERY , 57 N. 2nd St., 215-923-8440. OIL PAINTINGS, Features quiet oil paintings by David Graeme Baker of realist scenes, landscapes, portraits and interior sets. Runs through June 1. MINIATURES, Features paintings by Gregory Raymond Halili inspired by old photographs, memories and his own history. The paintings are small to resemble tiny windows into other places and give the viewer a feeling of nostalgia and simplicity. Runs through June 1. OIL PAINTINGS, Features paintings by Sarah Van der Helm and Laura Renner. Runs through June 1. SCULPTURE AND OIL PAINTINGS, Features sculpture by Jesse Harrington and oil paintings by Rose Marie Cunniffe. Harrington captures the human body in motion with curvaceous figures dancing and posing together. Cunniffe begins by painting a shape until it awakens a feeling from her past and then builds it into a darker, architectural piece. Runs through June 1. Opening reception Fri, May 2, 5-8:30pm. ( Reception )
• ARTISTS' GALLERY , 32 Coryell St., Lambertville, NJ, 609-397-4588. REALIZATIONS: IDEAS THAT BECAME ART, Features digital prints by Alan Klawans created on his computer and new paintings by Florence Moonan, who wipes, scratches, builds on and removes the surface until she is satisfied with the work. Klawans' images are of past events, trips and family experiences. Runs through May 4.
• AXD GALLERY , 265 S. 10th St., 215-627-6250. SKIN, Features photographs by Joe Bowman of male nudes and semi-nudes in graceful, vulnerable and sexual poses. Runs through May 31. Opening reception Fri, May 2, 5-8pm. ( Reception )
• BAMBI GALLERY , 1817 Frankford Ave., 215-423-2668. THERE WILL BE ANIMALS, Features work by Tory Franklin, K-Fai Steele and Alan Prazniak, winners of the recent Bambi Biennial juried show. Inspired by the Victorian era, Franklin creates paper works that are a mix of fairy tale and horror imagery. Steele's Chinese watercolors feature catlike creatures from all corners of the earth, while Prazniak explores identity with icons and symbols. Runs through May 18.
• BLINKART GALLERY , 108 Chestnut St., 215-588-4445. TIP AND HONEY AND PAINITNG, Features paintings by Jay McClellan of his two dogs, which explore the relationship, understanding and communication between man and animal. The large-scale images are abstract and boldly colored, capturing the dogs in different daily activities that communicate their individual personalities. Runs through May 27. Opening reception Fri, May 2, 6-9pm. ( Reception )
• BOROWSKY GALLERY , 401 S. Broad St., 215-545-4400. SMALL SURVIVORS: VULNERABLE CHILDREN OF UGANDA, Features 30 large-scale photographs by Stephen Shames of children surrounded by war and AIDS in Northern Uganda, including former child soldiers and prostitutes, commuter children and orphans of AIDS victims. Runs through Aug. 15.
• BRIDGETTE MAYER GALLERY , 709 Walnut St., 215-413-8893. BUILD UP, Features paintings of industrial landscapes by Ivan Stojakovic, which are created with thick paint and metallics to comment on current international issues such as climate change, terrorism and genetic science. Runs through May 24. Opening reception Fri, May 2, 6-8:30pm. ( Reception )
• BURRISON GALLERY , University Club, the Inn at Penn, 3611 Walnut St., 215-898-5994. SYNTHESIS, Features abstract acrylic paintings by Daniel Wilder, who created a new style called ovalism and chronicled changes and unions in his South Philly neighborhood over the last four years. Runs through May 31.
• CENTER CITY ARTS COLLABORATIVE , 340 N. 12th St., 215-680-2494. CENTER CITY ARTS COLLABORATIVE, Features work by artists evicted by the Redevelopment Authority to make way for the construction of the Convention Center expansion. Runs through May 31. Opening reception Fri, May 2, 6-10pm. ( Reception )
• CENTER FOR EMERGING VISUAL ARTISTS , the Barclay Building, 3A, 237 S. 18th St., 215-546-7775. IN PRAISE OF APATHY, Features mixed-media installation work by Matthew Neff and Brian Zegeer, including paintings, prints, a rickshaw and wall drawings. Their work reflects upon the chaos surrounding a funeral procession and how the different characters involved cope with emotions or lack thereof. Runs through May 9.
• CEREAL ART , 149 N. 3rd St., 215-627-5060. IT IS LIKE A SIMILE, Features small-scale paintings and a floor sculpture by Brooklyn-based artist Willie Wayne Smith, whose work is self-referential and forces relationships between disjointed elements. Runs through July 3. Opening reception Fri, May 2, 6-9pm. ( Reception )
• CERULEAN ARTS , 1355 Ridge Ave., 267-514-8647. FRAGMENTS: NEW MOMENTS, Features photography, painting and drawings by Judith Jacobson, who repeatedly copied and photographed facial and body features of herself and her friends and continued to extract and emphasize the details to honor and celebrate the aging human body. Runs through May 30. Reception Sun, May 4, 1-4pm. ( Reception )
• CLAY STUDIO , 139 N. 2nd St., 215-925-3453. THE INDUSTRIAL HAND: TABLEWARE DESIGN, Features ceramic dishes, plates, glasses and bowls by Heather Mae Erickson. Runs through June 1. SMALL FAVORS III, Features small-scale ceramic work by more than 120 artists who were given a 4-inch, wall-mounted Plexiglas cube and told to design around it as they pleased. Runs through May 18. Opening reception Fri, May 2, 5-9pm. ( Reception )
• DA VINCI ART ALLIANCE , 704 Catharine St., 215-829-0466. TRANSGRESSION, Features work by various artists that challenge popular conceptions about gender identity. Runs through May 30.
• EDGE GALLERY , 72 N. 2nd St., 215-413-7072. PURELY ABSTRACT, Features abstract painting by Daniel Phill with bold colors and large organic shapes. Runs through June 1.
• F.A.N. GALLERY , 221 Arch St., 215-922-5155. GOSSIP, Features new paintings by Tezh Modarressi. Runs through May 31. Opening reception Fri, May 2, 5-9pm. ( Reception )
• FLEISHER OLLMAN GALLERY , 1616 Walnut St., Suite 100, 215-545-7562. LOVE EXPLOSION, Features mixed-media work by Philadelphia natives Alex Da Corte and Jack Sloss, who use wood, plaster, bronze, found objects, photographs, paintings, video and film. Runs through May 17.
• FLUXSPACE , 3000 N. Hope St., 610-864-2424. TOTEMIC WHAMMY, Features charcoal black-and-white linear paintings by Alan Parazniak, whose work is full of fear, aggression and instability. Runs through May 2.
• FUEL COLLECTION , 249 Arch St., 215-592-8400. UARTS SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW, Features photographs, portraits, mixed media, environmental and abstract works by 27 students. Runs through May 4. Opening reception Fri, May 2, 6-9pm. ( Reception )
• GALLERY 13W , 4504 Regent St., 215-432-5729. WORKS ON PAPER, Features work by Salvatore Cerceo, Richard Odabashian, John Overmyer and Barbara Zanelli. Runs through June 7.
• GALLERY AT PFS , 1733 Chestnut St., 215-563-1680. CATALYST: DECAMERON, Features work by Virginia Stewart, Sheldon Strober and Mark Fields. Runs through May 1.
• GALLERY JOE , 302 Arch St., 215-592-7752. WELTY/SIMPSON, Features drawings, video and sculpture by Samantha Simpson and Rachel Perry Welty. Welty uses otherwise useless materials — stickers, old packaging, telephone messages and e-mail spam — to construct witty commentaries on modern life. Simpson's ballpoint pen drawings resemble carnival posters and political paraphernalia from the turn of the century. Runs through June 28. LINE AND TIME AND SPACE, Features illustrations and paintings by Isabel Albrecht, Sharka Hyland, Bruce Pollock and Sebastian Rug. Albrecht uses repeated simple patterns in light colors to create boxy paintings; Hyland's architectural pieces mock up the ideal city; Rug's graphite drawings are simplistic and geometric; and Pollock's use of linear shapes resembles crystals viewed through a microscope. Runs through June 28. Opening reception Fri, May 2, 6:30-8:30pm. ( Reception )
• GERM BOOKS AND GALLERY , 2005 Frankford Ave., 215-423-5002. SPECTRES OF THE ID, Features paintings of demons, screaming heads and worried women by Christopher Wilke, who disregards conformity and programming for his own admittedly skewed perspective of reality. Runs through May 25.
• GROSS MCCLEAF GALLERY , 127 S. 16th St., 215-665-8138. A RETROSPECTIVE, Features paintings by Bertha Leonard of women in gaudy dresses, elaborate decor in Victorian-syle houses, men in bathrobes and scenes of upper-class luxury with intricate detail and busy patterns. Runs through May 13.
• LANGMAN GALLERY , 2500 Moreland Rd., Willow Grove Park, 215-657-8333. WILD IMAGINATION, Features sculptures and drawings by Barbara Kozero. Runs through May 31.
• LISA M. REISMAN ET CIE , 1714 Rittenhouse Square, 215-735-2781. THE BIRTH OF MODERNISM AND THE RISE OF PRODUCTION: SMALL FORMAT WORKS FROM THE BELLE EPOQUE, Features lithographs and prints by various artists from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Runs through May 31.
• LITTLE BERLIN , 1801 N. Howard St., 610-308-0579. CALL AND RESPONSE, Features mixed-media paintings and sculptures by LeRoy Johnson, whose materials include acrylic, crayons, spray paint, human teeth, scrawled Bible passages, photographs and barrettes. Curated by Theresa Rose. Runs through May 21.
• LOCKS GALLERY , 600 Washington Square South, 215-629-1000. FROM RHAPSODY TO SONG, Features a large-scale plate painting by Jennifer Bartlett as well as smaller seminal plate paintings from earlier in her career. The main piece, "Song," measures 97 feet and is composed of three enamel metal plates. Runs through May 24. BETWEEN THE WOODS, Features paintings by Kate Bright of landscapes and places she has lived, traveled to and seen. Instead of painting a realistic version of a photograph or image, Bright applies her own ideals of beauty and nature to the terrain. Runs through May 30. Opening reception Fri, May 2, 5:30-7:30pm. ( Reception )
• MANAYUNK ART CENTER , 419 Green Lane, 215-482-3363. SERENITY AND WHIMSY, Features paintings of landscapes and still lifes by Evan Haines. Runs through May 25.
• MCGOPA , 800 River Rd., West Conshohocken, 610-292-6048. THROUGH THE EYES OF AN ARTIST, Features paintings, mixed media and sculpture by various artists. Runs through May 31. Reception Sat, May 3, 5-7pm. ( Reception )
• MEW GALLERY , 906 Christian St., 215-625-2424. VINTAGE HEELS, Features photographs by Erin Broadhurst, whose work was inspired by Napali, her black lab with an appetite for vintage heels, and loves lost. Runs through June 6. COMPLICATED IMAGERY, Features lithograph prints with intricate patterns by Lauren DiMemmo. Runs through June 6.
• MUSE GALLERY , 52 N. 2nd St., 215-627-5310. PHOTOGRAPHY, Features photographs by Lorraine Raywood, who uses photographic emulsion to re-explore images from her early work. Runs through June 1. Opening reception Fri, May 2, 5-8pm. ( Reception )
• NEW HOPE SIDETRACKS ART GALLERY , 2 Stockton Ave., New Hope, 215-862-4586. DAYS OF VINES AND POSIES, Features new and selected works by Leah K. Tomaino with contributed memorial works by Inge Klimpt. Runs through May 11.
• NEXUS GALLERY , 1400 N. American St., Suite 102, 215-684-1946. FROM STILLNESS, Features photographs and paper by Susan Abrams, whose work displays the processes behind melding paper and photography using silver emulsion. Runs through May 2. NEW WORKS, Features images by Tasha Doremus of combined polaroids and photographs of landscapes from around the world. Runs through May 2.
• PAGEANT , 607 Bainbridge St., 215-925-1535. GOLDEN CUP, Features new paintings by Enrico Riley,. Runs through May 25.
• PAINTED BRIDE ART CENTER , 230 Vine St., 215-925-9914. WORLD HEADQUARTERS, Features paintings and prints by Amze Emmons. Runs through May 17. AM THE RHYTHM, Features an interdisciplinary installation curated by Shelley Spector, which uses color and rhythmic imagery to create a visual music composition. Artists include Jeanne Jaffe, Isaac Tin Wei Lin, Jackie Tileston, Laura Watt and Andrew Jeffrey Wright. Runs through May 17.
• PELLEGRINO/SHILL GALLERY , 204 N. Union St., Lambertville, NJ, 609-397-2889. SATIRICAL COLLAGES AND PAINTINGS, Features collages and paintings by Paul Matthews, who created satirical collages of models in magazines to reject the American ideals of slender and flawless. Runs through May 10.
• PII GALLERY , 242 Race St., 215-592-1022. PORTRAITS FROM INDIA AND NEPAL, Features photographs by Lena Stein of people she encountered in her travels to India and Nepal. Runs through May 31. PAINTINGS, Features work by Malgosia E. Wolszczan. Runs through May 31. Opening reception Fri, May 2, 6-9pm. ( Reception )
• PRINT CENTER , 1614 Latimer St., 215-735-6090. THE ROAD NOT TAKEN, Features woodcuts by Israeli artist Orit Hofshi honoring the 60th anniversary of the state of Israel. Runs through May 17. DRYPOINTS AND ETCHINGS 2005-2008, Features work by Bill Scott. Runs through May 17. THE PHILADELPHIA ETCHINGS, Features etchings by Janet Towbin of repeating and overlapping patterns. Runs through May 17.
• PROJECTS GALLERY , 629 N. 2nd St., 267-303-9652. CON LA MIRADA EN EL CIELO, Features paintings, cut paper assemblage and illustrations by Henry Bermudez, who brings together spiritual imagery from pre-Columbian and Christian iconography. The high level of detail in each image coupled with busy lines and coloring creates a three-dimensional quality. Runs through May 31. SUBTERRANEAN/BASEMENT, Features large- and small-scale works and wall paintings by Paul Santolerim, who combines animal and plant forms to draw out the creative capacity of nature. Santoleri used day-glow paint and light to play upon the basement space of the gallery. Runs through May 31. Opening reception Fri, May 2, 5-8pm. ( Reception )
• REBEKAH TEMPLETON CONTEMPORARY ART , 173 W. Girard Ave., 267-519-3884. DIRT MADE MY LUNCH, Features work by local first-year MFA students Erin M. Riley, Kurt Freyer, Michael Treffehn and Robert Scobey. The title references their raw, malleable styles as they continue to develop their individual skills. Riley's work includes weaving and mixed media that involves images from her personal history. Freyer created video work that delves into what defines art. Treffehn focused on cultural and biographical identity in his video work, and Scobey arranged pop collages with consumer images that take over the space around them. Runs through June 21. Opening reception Thu, May 8, 6-9pm. ( Reception )
• RODGER LA PELLE GALLERY , 122 N. 3rd St., 215-592-0232. THEORY OF THE EARTH, Features paintings by Sarah Hunter of natural objects with a political undertone, including birds, flowers, architecture, wood, leaves and branches. Runs through May 31. TRIBUTE AND OTHER NEW WORKS, Features paintings by Annelies van Dommelen of nature, scurrying animals and abstract scenes created with thick paint and iridescent colors. Runs through June 2. Opening reception Fri, May 2, 5-10pm. ( Reception )
• SAM QUINN GALLERY , 4501 Spruce St., 267-408-5769. PARTICULAR MEMORIES AMID THE VAST EMPTINESS OF FORGETTING, Features installation work by Melinda Steffy, who combined fabrics, found objects, family keepsakes and homemade pigments into abstract works that explore memory and its loss. Runs through June 13.
• SANDE WEBSTER GALLERY , 2006 Walnut St., 215-636-9003. IMAGINATION: INTERIORS AND STILL LIFES, Features realistic watercolor paintings by Mike McDonnell. Runs through May 1. WATER SIGNS, Features archival pigment prints and mixed media by Shelly Lependorf and Stan Shire, who focus on water in its solid, liquid and gas states. Runs through May 2.
• SOL MEDNICK GALLERY , 211 S. Broad St., 15th floor, 215-717-6300. THE FACTS OF LIFE, Features black-and-white photographs by Duane Michals, including some of his best-known pieces and almost 30 books on subjects such as spirituality and life after death. Runs through May 2.
• SPACE 1026 , 1026 Arch St., 2nd floor, 215-574-7630. FUZZ, Features soft sculpture and fabric work by friends from Virginia and elsewhere. Central to the exhibit is a giant pillow fort made from 100 hand-sewn cushions with a felt tendril-lined tunnel entrance. "Fuzz" also consists of a monthlong series of workshops. Curated by Andy Jenkins and Patrick Costello. Runs through May 31. Opening reception Fri, May 2, 6-10pm. ( Reception )
• ST. ASAPH GALLERY , 27 Conshohocken State Rd., Bala Cynwyd, 610-664-0966. OASIS ARTS AND EDUCATION, Features work by adults with mental disabilities who participated in the gallery's workshops. Runs through May 25. Opening reception Fri, May 2, 6-8pm. ( Reception )
• TAGLIARENI ANDERSON FINE ART , 1135 Pine St., 215-922-3205. THE INSIDE AND THE OUT, Features paintings by Alan Fetterman, who is inspired by his background in the humanities and nature. Runs through May 30.
• TOPSTITCH , 311 Market St., 215-238-8877. VALLEY OF THE DOLLS, Features a variety of dolls in mixed media by local artists including Abigail Bruly, Joslyn Newman, Sue White, James Ulmer, Vida Russell, Carrie Powel, Amy Miller and Erin Sweeney. Runs through May 1. VICTORIOUS UNKNOWN, Features illustrations, photographs and found objects by Nishat Akhtar, who based her work on her rural upbringing in Montgomery County and her close connection to horses and wildlife. Included are horse show ribbons, photographs from the 1930s through the 1960s and drawings of humanized animals in sophisticated suits. Runs through May 31. Opening reception Fri, May 2, 6-10pm. ( Reception )
• TWENTY TWO GALLERY , 236 S. 22nd St., 215-772-1911. RECENT WORKS, Features oil paintings and drawings by Patrick Monaghan. Runs through May 8.
• TYME GALLERY , 17 W. Eagle Rd., Havertown, 610-853-1215. SECOND NATURE: ONE WORLD, TWO PERSPECTIVES, Features photographs by George W. Purvis III and Stephen S. Shook. Runs through May 6.
• VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY , Connelly Center, Villanova, 610-519-4612. RETROSPECTIVE, Features woodblock prints by Libby Newman, who focuses on nature and natural scenes such as the sea, mountains, floral patterns, falling leaves and forrest terrain. Runs through June 15.
• VOX POPULI , 319 N. 11th St., 3rd floor, 215-238-1236. CLIFFS, BLUFFS AND STEAMY LOWLANDS, Features work by Nick Paparone as an exploration of transitional phases of human life — including childhood, adolescence and adulthood — as marked by how the human brain interprets the constant stimulus of information sent at it on a daily basis. Runs through June 1. LAUGH OUT LOUD, Features work by Stefan Abrams to determine which Superbowl commercial is the reigning champion of prime-time advertising. Runs through June 1. ROARING TULIPS, Features installation work by Eva Wylie, which includes suspended parachute-like objects and red velvet cut-outs that work together to create a singular, cohesive environment. Runs through June 1. CHOKE THE RIVER WITH STONE FINGERS, Features paintings by Carl Baratta, which are arranged in no particular order so that the viewer chooses his own narrative based on his own experience. Baratta intends for this to leave the viewer with an unnerved feeling that something is wrong in the story and that there is no solution. Runs through June 1. I&I IMPROV IMPART, Features video work by Jack Sloss. Runs through June 1. Opening reception Fri, May 2, 6-11pm. ( Reception )
• WEXLER GALLERY , 201 N. 3rd St., 215-923-7030. (IN)BETWEEN, Features two- and three-dimensional work by Damien Hirst, Randall Sellers, Adelaide Paul, Tim Tate, Anne Siems, Dirk Staschke and Joe Boruchow, who have incorporated various images of nature, time passing and earthly wealth. Opening reception Fri, May 2, 5-8pm. ( Reception )
• 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 , 1315 Spruce St., 215-732-2220. WORKS WOVEN, Features textile work by Kathryn Pennepacker of her pieces completed in the past year focused on political, social and personal agendas as interpreted through a mixture of textures, techniques and materials. Runs through May 2.
• YO DARKROOM AND GALLERY , 113 N. 23rd St., 609-977-9710. THE PENNSYLVANIA PROJECT, Features photographs by Hinda Schuman and Linda Johnson that capture the diversity of Pennsylvania's 67 counties, including images of rural areas, African-American motorcycle clubs, Nazi rallies and other aspects of the Keystone State. Runs through June 15.