NOV 10 - 13, 2022
OPENING RECEPTION:
THURS, NOV 10, 6 – 9P

HOURS: FRI - SUN, 11A - 6P

A group exhibition, curated by Gabriel Sehringer and Kenisha Rullan, featuring works by the security guards of New York City’s most acclaimed museums.

No one studies Monet’s Water Lilies or Warhol’s Soup Cans more than those tasked with watching over them day in and day out: museum security guards. It might surprise gallery visitors, but many guards in art museums are actually artists themselves—opting for steady work where they can be surrounded by inspiration.

From November 10 to 13, guards from five of New York City’s most acclaimed art institutions will come together for a first-of-its-kind exhibition featuring their own art. A documentary short film featuring the show’s artists also explores the duality between artist and guard.

The gallery and film’s title, OSMOSIS, represents the link between artist and guard. It speaks to the time guards spend absorbing the art in their museums, and how that has in turn helped shape their own works as artists.

Participating Artists:

Afesha Wilkins
Barbara Leven
Deborah A. Meyer
Emilie Lemakis
Fabian Berenbaum
Gero Eaton (aka MOGI)
Joé Ortega
Joseph McCloskey-Caballero
Kyle Dunbar (aka Zero Cool) Maraya Lopez (aka Berdscarnival) Maria Cabrera Nogales
Maura Falfán
Maureen Catbagan
Rob Keay
Shamysia Waterman (aka MUTANT)

Please visit www.osmosis.nyc and on Instagram @osmosis_nyc for more information. Exhibition and documentary short produced by New York creative collective Gentle Cowboys. Interviews with individual artists can be arranged upon request.

“To me, the greatest artists are the artists who painted without recognition. They painted for one reason only: because that’s who they were. They were artists, and they were passionate about what they did.” - Joé Ortega, OSMOSIS artist and security guard at The Met