The 124 Ridge Street Gallery was a
collective gallery founded in New York's
Lower East Side in 1985. Founding members were Susan Bachemin, Elizabeth Evers, Jane Fine,
Matthew Harrison, Michael Kaniecki, Robert McGrath, Heidi Marben, Laurie Olinder, and Joe Vinson. Subsequent members included Amy Berniker, Ruth Pomerantz, Paul Rodriguez, Roger W. Sayre, Ann Shea,
Paul Villinski
Paul Villinski (born 1960) is an American sculptor best known for his large-scale installations of individual butterflies made from aluminum cans found on the streets on New York City. “A pilot of sailplanes, paragliders and single-engine airplan ...
and Carla Weisberg.
The gallery exhibited art and film from local artists and filmmakers during the 1980s
East Village art gallery scene, including Matty Jankowski's 1987 mail art show "The Joke is in the Mail."
[Harriet Lyons, "Nude Descending Mailbox", '' New York Daily News'', November 8, 1987] The film screening series
Film Crash was founded at the gallery.
The gallery was closed in 1997.
Artists exhibited
* Michael Abrams
* John Artura
* Tony Atura
* Susan Bachemin
* Maija Beeton
* Amy Berniker
* Evan Brenner
* Daniel Brenner
* Craig Buckbee
* Liz Burns
* Monty Cantsin
* Lauren Chambers
* David Chelsea
* Torture Chorus
* Linus Corraggio
* Sumner Crane
* David Crocker
* Tim Cruse
* Anita Curtis
* Verne Dawson
* Tasha Depp
* Jack Desalvo
* Tracey Dillon
* Jeremy Dine
* Tony DiTerlizzi
* Kate Donnelly
* Lauren Doster
* Eileen Doster
* Leonard Drew
* Matthew Droege
* Osno Endo
* Jim Esber
* Elizabeth Evers
* Madge Evers
* Steve Fairchild
* Toma Fichter
* Jane Fine
* Guilbert Gates
* Darroch Greer
* Rudolph Grey
* Melinda Hackett
* Beth Handler
* Matthew Harrison
* Steven Harvey
* Christy Herron
* Joe Herzfeld
* Bill Hobrecht
* Deborah Holcombe
* Carlton Holmes
* Tim Hunter
* Mizuho Ichioka
* Matty Jankowski
* Kate Johnson
* Michael Kaniecki
* Charles Kohlhase
* Isaac Kosman
* Brandon Krall
* Barbara Kriegh
* Robin Levine
* David Licht
* Bill Lynch
* Anne-Marie Macintyre
* Lisa Mann
* Heidi Marben
* Jerry Marks
* Mill McArthur
* Robert McGrath
* Eva Melas
* Tim Milk
* James Monteith
* Ista Mueller
* Adelaide Murphy
* Kestutis Nakas
* Steve Niccolls
* Joe Nunas
* Karl Nussbaum
* Laurie Olinder
* Sarah Oliphant
* Douglas Padgett
* Ethan Phillips
*
Jack Pierson
Jack Pierson (born 1960 in Plymouth, Massachusetts) is a photographer and an artist. Pierson is known for his photographs, collages, word sculptures, installations, drawings and artists books. His "Self-Portrait" series was shown in the 2004 Whit ...
* Jonathan Pierson
* Ruth Pomerantz
* Condy Poorbaugh
* Juan Puntes
* Margaret Riegel
* Mark Rixon
* Rick Rodine
* Paul Rodriguez
* Scott Saunders
* Roger W. Sayre
* David Schlegel
* John Seigurt
* Dan Sevigny
* Ann Shea
* Walter Sipser
* Mary-Paige Snell
* Robert Sussman
* Stow Takeishi
* Tom Venditti
*
Paul Villinski
Paul Villinski (born 1960) is an American sculptor best known for his large-scale installations of individual butterflies made from aluminum cans found on the streets on New York City. “A pilot of sailplanes, paragliders and single-engine airplan ...
* Joe Vinson
* Melissa Weaver
* Carla Weisberg
* Mike Wilson
* Suzanne Winkler
* Greg Woolard
* Dan Zippi
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Defunct art museums and galleries in Manhattan
1985 establishments in New York City
1997 disestablishments in New York (state)
Art galleries established in 1985