Kavi Gupta is a contemporary art gallery owned by gallerist Kavi Gupta. Headquartered in the

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neighborhood of

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, the gallery operates multiple exhibition spaces as well as Kavi Gupta Editions, a publishing imprint and bookstore. Kavi Gupta opened in Chicago in 2000. The gallery expanded to a second space in the

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borough of Berlin in 2008. In September 2013 the gallery expanded to a third space in Chicago. The new space opened with an installation exhibition by Roxy Paine titled ''Apparatus''. Artists currently represented by Kavi Gupta include

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recipient

Jeffrey Gibson Jeffrey A. Gibson (born 1972)''U.S. Public Records Index'' Vol. 2 (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), 2010. is an American Mississippi Choctaw/Cherokee painter, and sculptor. He has lived and worked in Brooklyn; Hudson, New York; and Ge ...

, who was in the 2019 Whitney Biennial in

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recipient

Beverly Fishman Beverly Fishman (born 1955, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American painter and sculptor whose work explores science, medicine, and the body. She is a Guggenheim Fellow, a National Academy of Design Academician, an Anonymous Was a Woman awardee ...

; AFRICOBRA co-founders Gerald Williams, Jae Jarrell and Wadsworth Jarrell, who were featured in the exhibition Nation Time at the 2019

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;

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Tony Tasset, who was in the 2014 Whitney Biennial; sculptor Richard Hunt; Roxy Paine, who was part of the 2002

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in New York, Painter

Clare Rojas Clare E. Rojas (born 1976), also known by stage name Peggy Honeywell, is an American multidisciplinary artist. She is part of the Mission School. Rojas is "known for creating powerful folk-art-inspired tableaus that tackle traditional gender role ...

, who was featured in the documentary, ''

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'', the estate of Chicago Imagist painter Roger Brown,

Glenn Kaino Glenn Akira Kaino (born 1972 in Los Angeles) is an American conceptual artist based in Los Angeles. Early life, education and artistic training Kaino grew up in Cerritos and East Los Angeles; he is fourth-generation Japanese-American. He att ...

, José Lerma,

Jessica Stockholder Jessica Stockholder (born 1959) is a Canadian-American artist known for site-specific installation works and sculptures that are often described as "paintings in space."Kino, Carol"Go Ahead, Play With (And On) the Art,"''The New York Times'', ...

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, and

Mickalene Thomas Mickalene Thomas (born January 28, 1971) is a contemporary African-American visual artist best known as a painter of complex works using rhinestones, acrylic, and enamel.

. Kavi Gupta is active at art fairs around the world, including

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and in

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The Armory Show The Armory Show is an international art fair in New York City, known as New York's Art Fair. Established in 1994 as the Gramercy International Art Fair by dealers Colin De Land, Pat Hearn, Lisa Spellman, Matthew Marks and Paul Morris, the annua ...

in New York, EXPO Chicago,

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Frieze Art Fair Frieze Art Fair is an international contemporary art fair in London, New York, and Los Angeles. Frieze London takes place every October in London's Regent's Park. In the US, the fair ran on New York's Randall's Island from 2012–19 and in 2 ...

in New York and

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, Frieze Masters, and Felix LA.

Publishing

In 2014, Kavi Gupta opened Kavi Gupta Editions, an art bookstore and publishing imprint. Its publications include books about artists Alfred Conteh, Clare Rojas, Glenn Kaino, José Lerma, and Jessica Stockholder.

References

External links

official website
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