ROCKELLA OPEN STUDIOS 2024:
Come Join The Fun!
Rockella Space Open Studios In May
Come join us at Rockella Space for a month filled with art, music, and creativity! Our doors will be open to the public for a unique opportunity to meet and interact with talented artists in their workspaces. Get a behind-the-scenes look at the creative process and maybe even snag a one-of-a-kind piece to take home. Don’t miss out on this chance to immerse yourself in the vibrant arts community of Rockella!
Below is a full list of programs, events, and exhibitions scheduled to coincide with Rockella Space Open Studios.
Mark your calendars and come join us!
One Eyed Studios Open Studios
1639 Center St, Ridgewood, 11385.
May 3rd, 6-9pm
May 4th,12-6pm
May 5th, 12-6pm
Rockella Space Open Studios at One Eyed Studios coincides with Ridgewood Open Studios (see full map here), a neighborhood wide event where local galleries, artist studios and music venues have signed up to be involved. Whether you are a fan of art and artists or an artist looking to find the perfect studio and arts community, we invite you to come join us as we celebrate the talent that calls Rockella Space their creative home.
To find out more, follow us on Instagram for up-to-date news and visit Ridgewood Open Studios website.
PARTICIPATING ARTISTS:
Rachel Harris
Memo Salvan (William Niederkorn) and Yolanda Hawkins
Joseph Latimore
Kristen Heritage
Evan Halter
EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS COINCIDING WITH OPEN STUDIOS AT ONE EYED STUDIOS
On May 3rd, 6-9pm, the galleries in the area will have opening events and so are we!
Over-Compression is curated by Curator-in-Residence Eunice Chen Yuyue at Level Gallery, and Barro is curated by One Eyed Studios Rockella Space Member Alejandra Rojas.
Exhibitions Open:
May 3rd, 6-9pm
Exhibition Dates:
May 4th & 5th, 12-6pm
May 11th & 12th, 12-6pm
May 18th & 19th, 12-6pm
Panel Discussion for Barro:
May 18th, 2pm
Exhibition Closing Reception:
May 19th, 2-6pm
Find out more details below.
Over-compression curated by Eunice Chen Yuyue
The Curator In Residence at Level Gallery supported by Rockella Space is pleased to present Over-Compression, curated by Yuyue Chen (Eunice).
For the past few months, Level Gallery has hosted a Curator-in-Residence program supported by Rockella Space. The program invited recent School of the Visual Arts graduate Eunice CHEN Yuyue to visit the studios of Rockella Space Members at both One Eyed Studios and Brown Bears Studios. The result of her research is Over-Compression, an exhibition of Rockella Space Members.
Over-Compression brings together a group of Brooklyn-based artists, whose artwork showcase their diverse identities in an oversaturated city. In the era of information overload, more data continues to be compressed into a larger and smoother appearance—an electronic screen or monitor. Through drawings, paintings, photographs, and sculptures, the artists offer new coping mechanisms for managing information overflow in both virtual and physical spaces.
Curator:
Yuyue Chen (Eunice)
Artists:
Luis Aguilera, DeFi the norm
Sir,
Barro Curated By Alejandra Rojas
“Barro” is a group exhibition showcasing the works of Fernanda Urbibe, Alejandra Rojas, and Gonzalo Miñano, Rojas, a Peruvian immigrant and architect, channels her passion for design into sculptural clay creations. Uribe, a Brooklyn-based artist, blends her Mexican-Cuban identity with ancient inspirations in her sculptures and paintings. Meanwhile, Miñano, a Peruvian visual artist based in New York, explores themes of gender, religion, death, and pleasure in his evocative pieces. “Barro” narrates the diverse expressions of Latin American culture through the medium of clay.
Exhibition Title: Barro
Curator: Alejandra Rojas
Artists:
This exhibition is part of the Ridgewood Open Studios and the 2024 Brooklyn Ceramic Art Tour.
PERFORMING OPENING NIGHT MAY 3RD 6-9PM
We are excited to announce Lotus Noir, DJ kmor, Paloma Chismosa and Asé Simone will perform in the lobby area of ONE EYED STUDIOS as part of the Ridgewood Open Studios event opening May 3rd, 6-9pm.
THE ART MARKET
The Art Market is a Member-run initiative hosted in One Eyed Studios’ lobby every Sunday from 12-6pm.
OPEN STUDIOS AT BROWN BEARS STUDIOS
1660 E New York Ave, Brooklyn, 11212
May 10th, 6-9pm
May 11th, 12-6pm
May 12th, 12-6pm
Rockella Space Members at Brown Bears Studios are swinging open their doors to welcome the public into their studios and their work process. Make sure to mark your calendars to visit this unique old school Brooklyn building filled with artists who are committed to their creative practice.
PARTICPIATING ARTISTS:
Winslow Smith (b. 1984) lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. Working with a mix of textiles, Smith makes abstracted still life paintings that explore how objects form and deform our sense of the material world.
OPEN FRIDAY NIGHT ONLY
Paintings, Drawings, Photography, Cinema, Fashion, Poetry. Joe Gray true multidisciplinary art with a fluent aesthetic.
OPEN FRIDAY NIGHT, SATURDAY & SUNDAY
Alexandra Smith (b. 1995) in Watertown, NY. She currently lives and works in New York City.
OPEN SATURDAY AND SUNDAY
Adrienne Elise Tarver is an interdisciplinary artist with a practice that spans painting, sculpture, installation, textiles, photography, and video. Her work addresses the complexity and invisibility of the black female identity. She has exhibited nationally and abroad, notable solo exhibitions include the Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, CT; the Academy Art Museum, MD; Atlanta Contemporary, GA. She has been featured in online and print publications including the New York Times, Forbes, Brooklyn Magazine, ArtNews, ArtNet, Whitewall Magazine, and Hyperallergic, among others. She received her MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and BFA from Boston University.
OPEN FRIDAY NIGHT ONLY
Sfera Louis a painter/ sculptor in Brooklyn, NY. Unconventionally raised, she first broke ground as an underground party maven in underground music scenes. Sfera pours decades of ephemeral art life into her studio practice, resulting in a body of work brimming with wild colorful stories and existential riddles born from a life fully lived. Sfera works in an improvisational process. She plays with spatial puns, preventing any single narrative or path to dominate. The intention is to evoke a shift in consciousness or relaxed awareness, as the viewer must reconcile the apparent contradictions by allowing them to coexist simultaneously.
OPEN FRIDAY NIGHT & SATURDAY
King David Fine Art is an artist based in Brooklyn, NY. Born in Flatbush to immigrant parents from the Caribbean, his upbringing was heavily influenced by his completion of a program called Prep for Prep. This non-profit afforded him scholarship opportunities to attend The Dalton School and Gettysburg College, where he earned his Studio Art B.A. with honors, having also studied abroad at the Leo Marchutz School of Painting and Drawing in France. After losing his father to suicide in 2016, David found his voice and style in abstract painting, supplementing this focus with similarly conceived drawings, watercolors, sculptures, and photographs.
OPEN FRIDAY NIGHT, SATURDAY & SUNDAY
PARCHPAK is an artist focusing on abstract paintings
OPEN FRIDAY NIGHT & SATURDAY
Md Tokon has lived and worked in the United States for the last twenty four years, where he had attended the prestigious The Art Students League of New York – an institution which counts the likes of Mark Rothko, Jackson Pollock, Cy Twombly, Helen Frankenthaler & many noted in its alumni. He also obtained his B.A. in studio art and design at The City University of New York. Recently, his works are exhibited at Queens Museum of Art, New York; Hammond Museum, North Salem, New York; Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, New York; John David Mooney Foundation, Chicago; Art Southampton; Dhaka Art Summit; Bengal Foundation, Dhaka; Edge, The Foundation, Dhaka and many more. Md Tokon also represented by Bonhams Auction House, London; Trimper Gallery, Greenwich, Connecticut; The White Room Gallery, Bridgehampton, New York.
OPEN FRIDAY NIGHT, SATURDAY & SUNDAY
Pia Love is a Brooklyn-based multidisciplinary artist whose work transcends conventional boundaries, weaving braided hair into elaborate costumes and paintings that defy categorization, merging the worlds of fashion and fine art. Growing up in Finland with roots in both Black American and Scandinavian heritage, she navigated a landscape void of black hair shops, prompting her to master the art of braiding. Drawing from this rich cultural tapestry, Cabble employs diverse braiding techniques to create a stunning array of artworks, from sculptural pieces to captivating wall installations, each imbued with a profound sense of identity and craftsmanship.
OPEN SATURDAY & SUNDAY
Jason Karolak (b. 1974, Rochester, MI) earned a BFA from Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY and an MFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL. Recent solo exhibitions include The Boulder Museum of Art, Boulder, CO; Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York, NY; David Shelton Gallery, Houston, TX; and Grölle Pass Projects, Wuppertal, Germany. Karolak has participated in numerous group exhibitions at venues such as Kavi Gupta, Chicago, IL; The Landing Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; and Museum Wilhelm Morgner, Soest, Germany. His work has been reviewed in Hyperallergic, Art in America, ARTnews, and The New York Times. Karolak is an Associate Professor at Drew University in Madison, NJ. He lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.
OPEN FRIDAY NIGHT ONLY
Inspired by nature, abstract expressionism, and the New York City art movement, White Melon Design/ Mariana Colak‘s work is a rebellious mix of color and form, walking a fine line between art and design and highlighting a passion for comfort and furniture design which finds expression in mediums of clay and ceramics.
OPEN FRIDAY NIGHT, SATURDAY & SUNDAY
COINCIDING EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS AT BROWN BEARS STUDIOS
One Eyed Studios Rockella Space Member Karryl Eugene is curating an exhibition to coincide with Open Studios at Brown Bears Studios.
PRESENTATION is on view May 10th through May 26th.
Exhibition Opening:
May 10th, 6-9pm
Exhibition Dates:
May 11-12th, 18-19th, 26-27th, 12-6pm
Presentation Curated by Karryl Eugene
Presentation is an art exhibition showcasing the works of Trevor Warren, SaCha Stewart-Coleman, Samba Jean-Baptiste, Karryl Eugene, and D’Sean Nevarez. The exhibited works encompass a diverse range of mediums including sound, painting, sculpture, and interactive art. This exhibition is dedicated to championing emerging artists who focus on themes such as observation, creation in the information age, cultural exchange, exploration of material, and introspection. Presentation