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Lauren Fensterstock Claire Oliver Gallery
Shasti O'Leary Soudant, Sculpture Magazine, Reviews, May/June 2025 April 19, 2025 Scanning for the Claire Oliver Gallery from the corner of 135th Street and Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard, I suddenly... Read more -
Sami Tsang: Winner 2025 Winifred Shantz Award for Ceramics
The Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery, April 2025 April 19, 2025 The Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery is thrilled to announce that Sami Tsang of Toronto, ON is the winner of... Read more -
An Artist’s Immersion Into Neuroaesthetics - An exploration at the nexus of science, beauty, and biophilia.
By Judith Schaechter, reviewed by Tyler Woods for Psychology Today, April 5, 2025 April 8, 2025 In the arts, aesthetics is strangely devalued. In reaction to the conventions of European academic art, Modernism (late 19th c... Read more
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Philadelphia glass artist Judith Schaechter’s largest-scale work to debut at Michener Museum
Bucks County Herald, April 3, 2025 April 4, 2025 Michener Art Museum’s original exhibition, “Judith Schaechter: Super/Natural,” is the first to feature the internationally-known glass artist’s newest monumental work,... Read more -
“Super/Natural” Exhibit at Michener Art Museum
Princeton Town Topics, April 2, 2025 April 2, 2025 On view April 12 through September 14 at the Michener Art Museum in Doylestown, Pa., “Judith Schaechter: Super/Natural” is the... Read more -
In Vivid Reliquaries, Stan Squirewell Layers Anonymous Portraits and Patterned Textiles
Grace Ebert for Colossal, March 28, 2025 March 29, 2025 Through intimate, mixed-media collages, Stan Squirewell excavates the stories of those who might otherwise be lost in anonymity. The artist... Read more
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Sami Tsang Named Winner of Winifred Shantz Award for Ceramics
gallerieswest, March 27, 2025 1:37 PM March 29, 2025 Toronto artist Sami Tsang has been named the winner of the 25th annual Winifred Shantz Award for Ceramics. She will... Read more -
Politics at the Outsider Art and Affordable Art Fairs Themes of race, police brutality, and everyday Black life steal the show
By Souleo for rollingout25, Mar 24, 2025 March 25, 2025 As President Donald Trump’s actions target the cultural sphere, two New York City art fairs recently showcased artists addressing politics... Read more -
Meet the Penn Center for Neuroaesthetics’ artist-in-residence: South Philly stained-glass maker Judith Schaechter
Nicole Leonard for WHYY PBS/NPR, May 13, 2024 March 19, 2025 As the current artist-in-residence at the Penn Center for Neuroaesthetics, there’s one golden rule Judith Schaechter must follow: Don’t create... Read more
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Nitza Tufiño makes her debut at "Change Makers" exhibition at Claire Oliver Gallery
By Ruben Natal-San Miguel, for Whitehot Magazine, February 5, 2025 March 18, 2025 Change Makers : A Dedicated Exhibition of Prints from Gallery Artists 24 January - 22 March 2025 Change Makers ,... Read more -
Simone Elizabeth Saunders Weaves Cultural Narratives
Jesse James for Stupiddope, March 17, 2025 March 18, 2025 Simone Elizabeth Saunders continues to redefine the boundaries of textile artistry with her hand-tufted portraits, crafting powerful depictions of Black... Read more -
Regal Portraits Evoke Myth and Power in Simone Elizabeth Saunders’ Hand-Tufted Textiles
Kate Mothes for Colossal March 12, 2025 Emblazoned with vibrant patterns and words like “TRUTH” and “LOVE,” Simone Elizabeth Saunders explores Black identity in relation to kinship,... Read more
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5 Art Fairs to See in 2025
Ted Loos for The New York Times December 3, 2024 Expo Chicago: Chicago, April 25-27 Expo Chicago, established in 2012, was acquired by Frieze in 2023. The 2024 edition had... Read more -
Celestial Forms Erupt and Tumble in Lauren Fensterstock’s Jewel-Encrusted Sculptures
Kate Mothes for COLOSSAL November 18, 2024 Like crystallized meteors or mysterious terrestrial phenomena, Lauren Fensterstock’s jewel-encrusted sculptures reflect the artist’s interest in sacred symbols of the... Read more -
Your brain on beauty
S.I. Rosenbaum for Penn Medicine News November 11, 2024 “There’s a difference between art that pleases people and art that pleases people in a way they don't know they... Read more
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Claire Oliver Gallery Sparkles with the Opening of ‘Some Lands Are Made of Light,’ a Solo Exhibition by Lauren Fensterstock
Gotham To Go - Art & Culture November 4, 2024 “I see my work as jewelry but not to adorn the body, but rather augment the soul, ” states Fensterstock.... Read more -
Some lands are made of light
MEER art November 2, 2024 Claire Oliver Gallery is proud to announce Some lands are made of light , a solo exhibition of new intimately-scaled... Read more -
Lauren Fensterstock’s New Solo Exhibition Illuminates Claire Oliver Gallery with Luminous Creations
Lisbeth Thalberg for Martin Cid Magazine November 1, 2024 The balanced interplay of light and darkness in Fensterstock’s work oscillates between sensations of clarity and mystery, the miniature and... Read more
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Gio Swaby in "Focus" at Art Toronto
Byron Armstrong for Whitehot Magazine October 30, 2024 Gio Swaby is a Bahamian interdisciplinary visual artist living in Toronto, Canada whose multimedia textile work involves intricate stitching and... Read more -
Claire Oliver Gallery Shows at Art Toronto
SURFACE Design Dispatch; Surface Approved October 28, 2024 From Oct. 24–27, Harlem-based Claire Oliver Gallery, which represents the likes of BK Adams, Carolyn Mazloomi, and Barbara Earl Thomas,... Read more -
Art Toronto offers moments of connection, catharsis and commerce for Canada's art world
October 25, 2024 The country’s biggest art fair, with more than 100 exhibitors, is both a centre of commercial activity and a sprawling... Read more
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An Equine Messenger Arrives in Kentucky
J.A.D. for SURFACE October 18, 2024 The Washington, D.C.–based painter and sculptor BK Adams recently brought The Messenger: Time , a three story-tall sculpture, to Louisville’s... Read more -
New 25-foot tall horse sculpture unveiled in Louisville's Portland neighborhood
September 25, 2024 The Messenger: Time, a 25-foot tall, 38-foot long blue horse sculpture, was unveiled in the Portland neighborhood on Wednesday evening.... Read more -
‘An Easy Way to Tell Difficult Stories’: Quilt Artist Carolyn Mazloomi on a Lifetime of Weaving Narratives
Sarah Gascone for artnet September 23, 2024 If the African American tradition of quilting has begun to find its place in the contemporary art world, it's thanks... Read more
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Illuminating Creativity: Barbara Earl Thomas’s Radiant World
Luiza Louback for 34th Street September 11, 2024 Exploring Light, Life, and Legacy at Arthur Ross Gallery What makes an exhibition so immersive that it seamlessly draws viewers... Read more -
Carolyn Mazloomi Quilts Cornerstone Moments
Jenna Adrian-Diaz for SURFACE September 5, 2024 The Ohio-based textile artist crafts portraits of key Civil Rights figures and changemakers in her chosen medium as they practice... Read more -
Carolyn Mazloomi: Whole Cloth, Narratives in Black and White @ Claire Oliver Gallery, NYC
JUXTAPOZ August 26, 2024 Through the medium of large-scale quilts, Mazloomi recounts the valiant lives of Black civil-rights activists, leaders and revolutionaries, often overlooked... Read more
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Carolyn Mazloomi Uses the Power of Quilting to Honor Black History
Print Magazine August 25, 2024 Going from aviation engineer to quilter is as extreme a career pivot as it gets. However, 75-year-old artist Carolyn Mazloomi... Read more -
Craft Happenings: Fall 2024
American Craft August 22, 2024 SEPTEMBER OPENINGS Carolyn Mazloomi: Whole Cloth, Narratives in Black and White Claire Oliver Gallery, New York, New York September 3–November... Read more -
Carolyn Mazloomi's Quilt Designs Focus on Social Justice Issues, Her Forthcoming Exhibition at Claire Oliver Gallery in Harlem Presents New Works
Culture Type August 20, 2024 Mazloomi's quilts are narrative, graphic, and pictorial. She employs a variety of techniques, including a printing process to transfer her... Read more
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Claire Oliver representing Carolyn Mazloomi
Art Media Agency August 20, 2024 Claire Oliver Gallery has announced representation of American textile artist Carolyn Mazloomi. Born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in 1948, Mazloomi... Read more -
Dr. Carolyn Mazloomi, A 76-Year-Old Artist Unveils New Quilts At Claire Oliver Gallery In Harlem
Harlem World Magazine August 6, 2024 Mazloomi understands that, in the wrong hands, the authoritative pen of history is likely to memorialize fraught and incomplete understandings... Read more -
Claire Oliver Gallery: A Brief History of the Future
SURFACE May 31, 2024 A group show featuring BK Adams, Barbara Earl Thomas, Stan Squirewell, LaNia Roberts, and Carolyn Mazloomi examines how each artist... Read more
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Shelburne Museum's 'New England Now' Series Returns to Explore the Otherworldly
Amy Lilly for Seven Days May 29, 2024 Curator Carolyn Bauer's introductory text sets the mood by referencing the haunting literary works of Edgar Allan Poe, Shirley Jackson... Read more -
‘New England Now: Strange States’: Shelburne Museum opens with five new exhibitions
Mary Gow for Rutlan Reader May 9, 2024 Lauren Fensterstock’s monolithic “Portal,” all black with ornate deeply textured surface of hundreds, maybe thousands of seashells, towers over viewers.... Read more -
Lauren Fensterstock’s Cosmic Mosaics Map Out the Unknown in Crystal and Gems
Grace Ebert for COLOSSAL April 29, 2024 When a massive star dies, it collapses with an enormous explosion that produces a supernova. In some cases, the remains... Read more
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Carolyn Mazloomi’s show honours America’s Black freedom fighters
Daniel Milroy Maher for Creative Review April 9, 2024 The artist’s new body of work features textile-based “shrines” to the country’s often-overlooked heroes. Claire Oliver Gallery in New York... Read more -
Three Artists Contemplate Coming-of-Age in a Harlem Exhibition
Roxanne Fequiere for The T List, The New York Times March 6, 2024 Girlhood can be a prickly thing. The artists featured in 'Teetering on the Brink: Femininity, Inheritance and Disaster,' a new... Read more -
Artist Barbara Earl Thomas On Creation, Contemplation and Bringing People Together
Jahunyia Healis for OBSERVER March 5, 2024 Born in Seattle, artist Barbara Earl Thomas represents the first generation of her family to be born outside of the... Read more
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Barbara Earl Thomas's 'The Illuminated Body' Shines in Philadelphia, Merging Art with Community
Justice Nwafor for BNN March 5, 2024 Artist Barbara Earl Thomas presents 'The Illuminated Body,' a journey of art and community through cut-paper portraits at UPenn's Arthur... Read more -
Barbara Earl Thomas Cultivates Divine Mystery
Jenna Adrian-Diaz for SURFACE February 27, 2024 Some might see the Venetian Gothic architecture of the University of Pennsylvania’s Arthur Ross Gallery as imposing or overwhelming, yet... Read more -
Arthur Ross Gallery opens "The Illuminated Body" exhibition featuring portraits, light installation
Luiza Louback for The Daily Pennsylvanian February 19, 2024 'Barbara Earl Thomas: The Illuminated Body' showcases large-scale portraits crafted from hand-cut paper. The exhibition, which marks Thomas' debut in... Read more
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In Magical Cut Paper Works, Barbara Earl Thomas Alchemizes Light and Shadow
Grace Ebert for COLOSSAL February 15, 2024 Barbara Earl Thomas reminds us that darkness—and the absences and omissions it conceals—are part of the stories we’ve adopted as... Read more -
Celebrating Diversity at SEA with Two Local Heroes
Port of Seattle February 8, 2024 As Black History Month unfolds, the Port of Seattle proudly embraces the occasion by expanding its public art collection. In... Read more -
Illuminating the World Through a Million Cuts
The Daily Heller: PRINT February 6, 2024 It is always a gift to be introduced to an artist whose work inspires the soul and uplifts the spirit.... Read more
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100 Years of Junior League of Seattle: Explore the Northwest Art Project
Museum of History and Industruy February 3, 2024 100 Years of Junior League of Seattle: Explore the Northwest Art Project: Learn more about the Junior League of Seattle... Read more -
Smithsonian Visionary Award Honors Glass Artists Dan Dailey and Judith Schaechter
Smithsonian February 1, 2024 The Smithsonian Visionary Award will be presented to two outstanding glass artists, Dan Dailey and Judith Schaechter, during the 2024... Read more -
Barbara Earl Thomas Exhibition The Illuminated Body to Open at Arthur Ross Gallery in February 2024
Almanac: Volume 70 Issue 20 January 23, 2024 The Arthur Ross Gallery presents The Illuminated Body , an exhibition of works by artist Barbara Earl Thomas, which will... Read more
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Stan Squirewell
Jodie Bass for BOMB December 6, 2023 My first introduction to Stan Squirewell’s work was encountering a recent mural, which moved me to the point of reaching... Read more -
More Miami Art Fairs to Explore
Nazanin Lankarani for The New York Times December 5, 2023 The artist Connor Tingley, in collaboration with Curren Caples, a skateboarder, explores the intersections between music, skateboarding and painting. The... Read more -
A Series of Striking Installations Are Taking Center Stage at Scope Art Show
Artnet Gallery Network December 4, 2023 Elsewhere, American visual artist and sculptor BK Adams’ 25-foot-tall, 20-foot-long The Messenger, Time, A Blue (collar) Horse (2023) will tower... Read more
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Vibrant Mixed-Media Collages Give a Fresh Perspective on African American Ancestry
Jessica Stewart for My Modern MET December 2, 2023 Artist Stan Squirewell creates richly layered identities and fleshed-out characters in his incredible mixed media collages. After finding an image... Read more -
Stan Squirewell Conjures Forgotten Spirits with Mixed Media and Shou Sugi Ban
Charlotte Beach for PRINT December 1, 2023 “I see my work as reaching back through history, creating a visual conversation with the often forgotten subjects of so... Read more -
Stan Squirewell’s “Remixed” 19th– and 20th–Century Portraits
Jenna Adrian-Diaz for SURFACE November 10, 2023 What was on your mind at the time: My source material is found photography from the 19th- and early 20th-century.... Read more
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5 highlights of Seattle Art Museum’s tremendous new Hokusai exhibit
Gemma Wilson for Seattle Times October 18, 2023 “Dream of the Fisherman’s Wife” Just as compelling as the physical migration of ideas is witnessing them filter, as if... Read more -
Wichita North High School Art Students to Collaborate with Renowned Artist Barbara Earl Thomas at the Wichita Art Museum
Eddy for Wichita By EB October 5, 2023 Get ready to be wowed as the creative minds of Wichita’s North High School art students come together in a... Read more -
Artist Gio Swaby’s First Solo Show Brings Stunning Fabric Portraits to the Peabody Essex Museum
Alexandra Pecci for Northshore Magazine October 4, 2023 The domestic arts of sewing, embroidery, and quilting result in beautiful, intricate creations that are bright, colorful, and intimate. But... Read more
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10 art exhibits to explore this fall
Solon Kelleher for WBUR September 22, 2023 'Gio Swaby: Fresh Up' From afar, a Gio Swaby portrait may resemble an acrylic painting: bright colors and thick lines.... Read more -
BK Adams On His Debut Show ‘Five Miles,’ Choosing The Right Representation and Exploring The Hidden Secrets Around Us
Christopher Cox for Black Art & Design September 14, 2023 Philosopher and artist BK Adams ‘ debut solo exhibition at the esteemed Claire Oliver Gallery in Harlem, NY, represents a... Read more -
The Arthur Ross Gallery and Penn Live Arts awarded The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage project grants
Amanda Mott for Penn Today September 14, 2023 The Arthur Ross Gallery was awarded a grant of $240,500 to support the exhibition “Barbara Earl Thomas: The Illuminated Body”... Read more
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Come On In
Claire Voon for American Craft, Fall 2023 Issue August 28, 2023 Over more than three decades, Claire Oliver Gallery has built and sustained a reputation for championing historically underrepresented artists, many... Read more -
At Peabody Essex Museum, Gio Swaby’s virtuosic portraits of Black women in thread and fabric
Murray Whyte for Boston Globe August 24, 2023 Loose black thread dangles from bare canvas in Gio Swaby’s “Another Side to Me” series, all of them self-portraits, or... Read more -
Five Miles
Natalie Melendez for Time Out August 24, 2023 Time Out says Southern wives' tales, folklore and fables—these are the works that inspired BK Adams' upcoming exhibition at the... Read more
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These Artists Are Redefining the American West
Angelica Aboulhosn for Smithsonian Magazine August 19, 2023 That vulnerability runs through Barbara Earl Thomas’ Night Crawlers and Earth Worms . In the small linocut, three fishermen are... Read more -
my pretty side frays: Chenoa Baker shares an inside look at Gio Swaby’s creative process
Chenoa Baker for Peabody Essex Museum August 7, 2023 Going out requires preparation: adjusting necklines, swooping edges, applying makeup and sculpting hair, a party punctuated by scuffed heels, haloed... Read more -
Claire Oliver Gallery Presents BK Adams’ “Five Miles”, A Multilayered Exhibition of Symbolism And Inspiration
Harlem World August 2, 2023 Harlem’s Claire Oliver Gallery Presents BK Adams’ “Five Miles”: A Multilayered Exhibition of Symbolism and Inspiration. Harlem’s Claire Oliver Gallery... Read more
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A word with Gio Swaby
Dinah Cardin for Peabody Essex Museum July 28, 2023 Gio Swaby is a multidisciplinary artist exploring the intersections of Blackness and womanhood. Swaby was born in 1991 in the... Read more -
A concrete idea: Sculptor arranges 5,000 blocks by hand at Thompson’s Point
Megan Gray for Portland Press Herald July 27, 2023 Stephan said this idea came in part from his own questions about public monuments and how they shape our understanding... Read more -
Many Wests: Artists Shape an American Idea
Apollo Magazine July 21, 2023 Ideas about the American West have long featured historical falsehoods and racist clichés. This exhibition at the Smithsonian American Art... Read more
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Five museum shows to enrich your summer excursions, from Connecticut to Maine
Murray Whyte for Boston Globe July 14, 2023 GIO SWABY: FRESH UP A quiltmaker with a thoroughly contemporary vision for the medium, Swaby, who is in her early... Read more -
‘Songs for Ritual and Remembrance’ shows impressive and moving works
Lane Timothy Speidel for Artblog July 14, 2023 The show opens with a generous view of “Production 5,” a large richly textured paper piece by Adebunmi Gbadebo. Gorgeous... Read more -
‘This ground is sacred.’ How a new museum reclaims history from horror.
Ken Makin for The Christian Science Monitor July 10, 2023 A picture of Baker’s wife, Lavinia, and their five surviving children is on display at the museum... The picture that... Read more
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Claire Oliver Gallery now presenting works by Gio Swaby
Art Daily July 8, 2023 The exhibition features life-scale textile works including six self-portraits and a grid work of nine silhouettes. This new series explores... Read more -
Gio Swaby: ‘I Will Blossom Anyway’ at Claire Oliver Gallery
Art Martin Cid Magazine July 8, 2023 Swaby’s work is a marked counterpoint to this: intentionally serving as a love letter to Black women, often her friends,... Read more -
Ancestral memory in materials and art with Adebunmi Gbadebo
Robert Margolis for Broad Street Review July 5, 2023 It is a communal and generational work, which means too it is a family work, of memory and preservation. For... Read more
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Podcast: No. 605: Gio Swaby "Coded"
The Modern Art Notes Podcast June 28, 2023 Episode No. 605 of The Modern Art Notes Podcast features artist Gio Swaby , and curator Leslie Jones. Read more -
For Gio Swaby, Love is Liberation
by Jenna Adrian-Diaz for SURFACE June 27, 2023 The textile artist celebrates the multifaceted power of her chosen medium, finding softness and strength in her monumental embroidered portraits. Read more -
Philly artist wins $100K craft prize for her work remembering Black ancestors
Peter Crimmins for WHYY June 23, 2023 Part of what makes Gbadebo’s work extraordinary is the relationship it represents with her ancestors. Not only does she know... Read more
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‘Ritual and Remembrance’
Louisa Shepard for Penn Today June 23, 2023 Gbadebo’s works incorporate the cotton, indigo, and rice grown on the True Blue Plantation in Fort Motte, South Carolina, where... Read more -
The Unsung Heroes: “Hear Me Now – The Black Potters of Old Edgefield, South Carolina”
LUMLUX ART June 22, 2023 “Hear Me Now” is not just an historical exhibition, it is also a dialogue between the past and present. The... Read more
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