VOLTA NY, the invitational art fair of solo artist projects is the American incarnation of the original Basel VOLTA show, which was founded in 2005 by three art dealers as a fair “by galleries, for galleries”. Now in its ninth New York edition the fair will feature 100 exhibitors from cities ranging from New York to Osaka, Los Angeles to Nairobi. Taking place March 2-6 at Pier 90 on the Hudson River, neighbouring the Armory Show, the fair focuses primarily on solo presentations and includes galleries, nonprofits, and artist-run spaces from 43 countries.
A number of key emerging UK galleries including Charlie Smith London, Beers Contemporary New Art Projects and Knight Webb will be attending this year.
Since its debut in New York in 2008, Artistic Director Amanda Coulson re-conceived the format as a rigorously curated, boutique event — along the lines of a sequence of intense studio visits versus a traditional trade show environment. Since then VOLTA NY showcases relevant contemporary art positions from emerging international artists, from cutting-edge trendsetters to next year’s rising stars. Coupled with its approachable solo-booth format, the VOLTA team has created a fair that is both accessible to younger art-lovers and beloved by seasoned collectors alike. By spotlighting artists through primarily solo projects, VOLTA NY refocuses the art fair experience back to its most fundamental point: the artists and their works. A beacon for creative discovery during Armory Arts Week, VOLTA NY is likewise aligned with some of the best and boldest local cuisine and design collaborators in the city.
In March 2016, VOLTA NY returns to PIER 90 in the neighborhood of Hell’s Kitchen, New York City, adjacent to The Armory Show, the longtime anchor of Armory Arts Week on Piers 94 and 92. The Armory Show and VOLTA NY are affiliate fairs that provide complementary visions of the international contemporary art world. Both fairs share mutually acknowledged VIP access.
Exhibitors List: espace d’art contemporain 14ºN 61ºW (Fort-de-France) / Ronald Cyrille, American Medium (Brooklyn) / Brenna Murphy, Galerie Mikael Andersen (Copenhagen) / Tom Anholt and Günther Förg, Danielle Arnaud (London) / Oona Grimes, ARTCOURT Gallery (Osaka) / Tomoko Takagi, ARTLabAfrica (Nairobi) / Paul Onditi, Martin Asbæk Gallery (Copenhagen) / Maria Rubinke, ASPN (Leipzig) / Jochen Plogsties Beers London (London) / Søren Sejrbeta pictoris gallery (Birmingham, Alabama) Manuel Caeiro and Leslie Smith III, Galerie Andreas Binder (Munich) / Yigal Ozeri, Galerie Simon Blais (Montréal) / Jessica Peters, Rutger Brandt Gallery (Amsterdam) / Natalia Ossef, carriage trade (Brooklyn) / Simon Linke, CES Gallery (Los Angeles) / Doty Glasco, CHARLIE SMITH LONDON (London) / Florian Heinke and Gavin Nolan, Clocktower Productions (New York), Ethan Cohen New York (New York) / Aboudia, Armand Boua and Gonçalo Mabunda, Connersmith (Washington D.C.) / Justine Otto, Ed Cross Fine Art (London) Mário Macilau, Cuevas Tilleard (New York) / Sebastian Vallejo, Luis de Jesus Los Angeles (Los Angeles) / Edith Beaucage, Galerie Jan Dhaese (Ghent) / Emerald Rose Whipple, Division Gallery (Montréal/Toronto) / An Te Liu, Tamar Dresdner Art Projects x Litvak Contemporary (Tel Aviv) / Elad Kopler, Galerie Dukan (Paris/Leipzig) / Karine Rougier, Dundee Contemporary Arts (Dundee, UK) / Lucy Skaer, Espacio Valverde (Madrid) / Robert Ferrer i Martorell, Galleri Fagerstedt (Stockholm) / Per Kesselmar, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery (New Orleans) / Skylar Fein, Field Projects (New York) / Robin Kang First Floor Gallery Harare (Harare) / Wycliffe Mundopa, Foley (New York) / Joseph Desler Costa, Franklin Collective (New York) / “The Gallery”, frosch&portmann (New York) / Hooper Turner, Galerie Thomas Fuchs (Stuttgart) / Jochen Hein, Lucy Garcia Gallery (Santo Domingo) / Jorge Pineda, GE Galería (San Pedro Garza Garcia) / Marina Vargas, Fred Giampietro Gallery (New Haven) / Becca Lowry, Marina Gisich Gallery (Saint Petersburg) / Kerim Ragimov, Gordon Gallery (Tel Aviv) / Amir H. Fallah, Muriel Guépin Gallery (New York) / Keun Young Park, Hafez Gallery (Jeddah) / Mohammed Al Ghamdi and Ibrahim El DessoukiHaines Gallery (San Francisco) / Maurizio Anzeri, HilgerBROTKunsthalle (Vienna/Jersey City) / Cameron Platter, HIONAS GALLERY (New York) / Joan Waltemath, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery (London) / Dawit Abebe, Gerhard Hofland amsterdam leipzig (Amsterdam/Leipzig) / Koen Delaere, Hverfisgalleri (Reykjavik) / Shoplifter, Jarmuschek+Partner (Berlin) / Majla Zeneli, Jecza Gallery (Timisoara) / Genti Korini, Kevin Kavanagh (Dublin) / Sinéad Ní Mhaonaigh, Kayrock Screenprinting (Brooklyn) / Kristen Schiele, Kleindienst (Leipzig) / Julius Hofmann, Knight Webb Gallery (London) / Juliane Hundertmark, GALLERY KOGURE (Tokyo) / Toshiya Masuda, Galerie Kornfeld (Berlin) / William Bradley and Sonny Sanjay Vadgama, George Lawson Gallery (San Francisco) / Justine Frischmann, The Lodge Gallery (New York) / Paul Brainard, LVL3 (Chicago) / Cody Tumblin, Lyons Wier Gallery (New York) / Anthony Adcock, Patrick Mikhail Gallery (Montréal/Ottawa) / Amy Schissel, MoCADA (Brooklyn) / Tschabalala Self and Kameelah Janan Rasheed, Gallery MoMo (Tokyo) / Tomoyasu Murata, Morgan Lehman Gallery (New York) / Brittany Nelson, New Art Projects (London) / Laura Bruce, Nunu Fine Art (Taipei) / Che-Yu Hsu, Pierre-François Ouellette art contemporain (Montréal) / Kent Monkman, Pablo’s Birthday (New York) / Pius Fox, Papillon Art (Los Angeles) / Derek Fordjour, Patron (Chicago) / Myra Greene, Planthouse (New York) / Philip Taaffe, Popopstudios (Nassau) / Tessa Whitehead, Project: ART space (New York) / Aaron Zulpo, Lyle O. Reitzel Gallery (Santo Domingo) / Scherezade Garcia and Raúl Recio, robert henry contemporary (Brooklyn) / Jerry Walden, Rockelmann & (Berlin) / Jeffrey Teuton, Samsøñ (Boston) / Gabriel Martinez, Season (Seattle) / Mike Simi, galeria senda (Barcelona) / Anthony Goicolea, Shin Gallery (New York) / Keunmin Lee, Slag Gallery (Brooklyn) Adam Brent and Tim Kent, Mindy Solomon Gallery (Miami) / Linda Lopez, Marc Straus (New York) Chris Jones and Paul Pretzer, Galerie Heike Strelow (Frankfurt am Main) / Il-Jin Atem Choi, studio10 (Brooklyn) / Elana Herzog and Meg Hitchcock, Stux Gallery (New York) / Aaron Johnson Catinca Tabacaru Gallery (New York) / Joe Brittain, Ten Haaf Projects (Amsterdam) / Inna Levinson, Tezukayama Gallery (Osaka) / Kazuma Koike, Thierry Goldberg Gallery (New York) / Chason Matthams, Two Rams (New York) / Jason Dussault, Galerie Trois Points (Montréal) / Milutin Gubash, Victori + Mo (Brooklyn) / Brian Willmont, Wei-Ling Gallery (Kuala Lumpur) / Ivan Lam, widmertheodoridis (Eschlikon) / Nadine Wottke, Mark Wolfe Contemporary (San Francisco) / Paul Mullins, Wolfstaedter (Frankfurt am Main); Selena Kimball, Y Gallery (New York) / Miguel Aguirre, Yellow Peril Gallery (Providence, RI) / Raquel Paiewonsky, YOD Gallery (Osaka) / Alfredo Esquillo, Jr., Zhulong Gallery (Dallas) / Matthew Plummer-Fernandez, Galeri Zilberman (Istanbul) / Guido Casaretto, Zorzini Gallery (Budapest) / Dan Maciucă.
Photo: Charlie Smith Gallery London © artlyst 2016