Company Gallery is a

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gallery located at 145 Elizabeth Street in the

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neighborhood of Manhattan. It was established in 2015 by Sophie Mörner and Taylor Trabulus became a partner in the gallery in 2022.

History

In 2003, Swedish artist Sophie Mörner started Capricious Magazine, devoted to the work of emerging photographers who were often also women and/or queer. The magazine soon expanded into a publishing initiative supporting feminist and queer journals. It also operated Capricious Space, a project space in

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, which closed in 2011. In 2013, the space re-opened as Capricious 88 on the fifth floor of 88 Eldridge Street in

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, sharing a building with

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and

David Lewis Gallery David Lewis was a contemporary art gallery in New York founded by art historian David Lewis in 2013. The gallery was known for representation and championing prominent international artists such as Barbara Bloom and the estates of Thornton Dial, ...

. By 2015, the gallery rebranded as Company. In 2021, Company moved to a 4,000 square-foot, standalone space on Elizabeth Street nearby, designed by

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. The gallery was recipient of the 2019

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Frame award.

Artists

Company Gallery has been representing the following artists: * Tosh Basco * Jonathan Lyndon Chase * Yve Laris Cohen * TM Davy *

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Hayden Dunham Hayden Frances Dunham (born June 16, 1988) is a performance artist, designer, singer, songwriter and DJ. They grew up in Austin, Texas and attended the Gallatin School of Individualized Study at NYU. They are best known for their work as QT (an ...

*Leyla Faye * Estate of Barbara Hammer *Katherine Hubbard * Colette Lumiere * Troy Michie * Jeanette Mundt * Women's History Museum * Ambera Wellmann (since 2020, shared with

Hauser & Wirth Hauser & Wirth is a Swiss contemporary and modern art gallery. History Hauser & Wirth was founded in 1992 in Zurich by Iwan Wirth, Manuela Wirth, and Ursula Hauser, who were joined in 2000 by co-president Marc Payot. In 2020, Ewan Venters was ap ...

since 2023) * Cajsa von Zeipel In the past, the gallery worked with additional artists, including the following: * Tiona Nekkia McCloddenSarah Douglas (12 December 2023)
Ambera Wellmann Is Now Jointly Represented by Company Gallery and Hauser & Wirth in Second ‘Collective Impact’ Collaboration
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''.

References

External links

Official website
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