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.
• 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.
• ART STAR GALLERY AND BOUTIQUE , 623 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.
• 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 realistic 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 oil paintings by Sarah Van der Helm of flowers and by Laura Renner of her surroundings. 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.
• ARTISTS' GALLERY , 32 Coryell St., Lambertville, NJ, 609-397-4588. RECENT WORKS, Features paintings and photography by local artists Sheila Letven and Merle Citron. Runs through June 1. Opening reception Fri, May 9, 6-9pm. ( Reception )
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• CERULEAN ARTS , 1355 Ridge Ave., 267-514-8647. FRAGMENTS: NEW MOMENTS, Features photography, paintings 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.
• CLAY STUDIO , 139 N. 2nd St., 215-925-3453. SMALL FAVORS III, Features small-scale ceramic works by more than 120 artists who were given a 4-inch, wall-mounted plexiglas cube and given the freedom to design around it as they pleased. Runs through May 18. THE INDUSTRIAL HAND: TABLEWARE DESIGN, Features ceramic dishes, plates, glasses and bowls by Heather Mae Erickson. Runs through June 1.
• DAVINCI ART ALLIANCE , 704 Catharine St., 215-829-0466. MULTIDISCIPLINARY ARTS FESTIVAL, Features work and performances by Tally Brennan, Deborah Caiola, Justin DeForest, Justin Jain, Martina Plag, Ellen Rosenberg, Laureen Griffin, Kirsten Knoblauch, Cathleen Miller, Heather Marie Davis-Jones and Susan DiPronio. Runs through May 31.TRANSGRESSION, Features work by various artists who challenge popular conceptions about gender identity. Runs through May 30.
• EDGE GALLERY , 72 N. 2nd St., 215-413-7072. PURELY ABSTRACT, Features paintings by California-based artist Daniel Phill, who celebrates the abstract expressionist tradition with completely abstract visual interpretations. Runs through June 1.
• ESTHER M. KLEIN ART GALLERY , University City Science Center, 3600 Market St., 215-966-6188. ODOR LIMITS, Features a multimedia exploration of smell curated by Jim Drobnick and Jennifer Fisher, founders of curatorial collaborative DisplayCult. Highlights include Oswaldo Marcia's "Smellscape," an arrangement of scents that would have been encountered by Phileas Fogg in "Around the World in Eighty Days"; and "The Wish Machine," a refabricated vending machine by Chrysanne Stathacos that dispenses smell-stimulating artworks. Runs through June 28.
• F.A.N. GALLERY , 221 Arch St., 215-922-5155. GOSSIP, Features new paintings by Tezh Modarressi. Runs through May 31.
• 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.
• 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 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 — used 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.
• 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 from her memories of urban scenes and places she has lived, traveled to and seen. Instead of paining a realistic version of a photograph or image, Bright applies her own ideals of beauty and nature to the terrain. Runs through May 30.
• 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 gallery artists. Runs through May 31.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• PENTIMENTI GALLERY , 145 N. 2nd St., 215-625-9990. YOU'RE APOCALYPSE, Features paintings by Matthew Kucynski. Runs through May 31. THE BRAILLE LANDSCAPE, Features work by David Ambrose, who poked many holes in paper and applied paint with care to create watercolor patterns that resemble architectural interiors, blueprints and floor plans. Runs through May 31.
• 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 paintings by Malgosia E. Wolszczan of vibrant scenes with bold colors. Runs through May 31.
• 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.
• 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 to become reality. 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.
• 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. FRAGMENTS OF FROZEN SOUND, Features paintings, sculpture and mixed media by Kevin Cole, who explores the necktie in two- and three-dimensional forms to express the strangling, powerful capacity of the human struggles with beauty and control. Mixed-media work is painted with thick applications of bright colors on paper and wood; sculptures are of pure bronze, copper and aluminum. Runs through June 3. FIGURE THAT, Features work by Jonas Allen, James Brantley, Dewey Blocksma, Andrew Turner, Anyta Thomas, Wadsworth Jarrell and other artists who have created various forms of the human body using paint, found objects and wire. Runs through June 3. Opening reception Fri, May 9, 5-8pm. ( Reception )
• SMILE GALLERY , 105 S. 22nd St., 215-564-2502. FETISH AND FANTASY, Features sculpture by Philly native Ted Warchal, including hydrocal relief works, box constructions and found-objects. Runs through June 9. Opening reception Fri, May 9, 6-9pm. ( Reception )
• 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.
• 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.
• 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. 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.
• TWENTY TWO GALLERY , 236 S. 22nd St., 215-772-1911. RECENT WORKS, Features oil paintings and drawings by Patrick Monaghan. Runs through May 8. LANDSCAPES AND FLOWERS, Features paintings by Carol Woolford. Runs through June 12. Opening reception Fri, May 9, 6-9pm. ( Reception )
• 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. LAUGH OUT LOUD, Features work by artist and photographer Stefan Abrams to determine which Superbowl commercial is the reigning champion of prime-time advertising. Runs through June 1. 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. ROARING TULIPS, Features installation work by Eva Wylie, which includes suspended parachute-like objects and red velvet cutouts 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.
• 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. These symbols, which include skulls, dying animals, trees, the sky, hands, dice, fruit and newspapers, are intended make the viewer reflect on mortality. Runs through June 28.
• 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.
• 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.