DCKT Contemporary was a

contemporary art gallery A contemporary art gallery is normally a commercial art gallery operated by an art dealer which specializes in displaying for sale contemporary art, usually new works of art by living artists. This approach has been called the "Castelli Method" ...

based in

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. Founded in 2002, by Dennis Christie and Ken Tyburski, the gallery closed in 2014. The gallery represented emerging and established contemporary artists working in painting and sculpture to video art and photography.

Artists Represented

Some of the Artists the Gallery represented included: *

Helen Altman Helen Altman (born 1958, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States) is an artist based in Fort Worth, Texas. Altman received both her BFA, in 1981, and MA, in 1986, from the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa. In 1989 she earned her MFA from the Un ...

Oliver Boberg Oliver Boberg (born 1965) is a German artist, working with photography and video, whose work has been exhibited internationally. Mainly reflecting on the process of creating and recalling memories, Boberg's works are in the collections of institut ...

castaneda/reiman Charlie Castaneda (born 1970 San Diego, California) and Brody Reiman (born 1970 Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) are two contemporary artists who work together to form castaneda/reiman. Biographies The artists met each other while in college at Car ...

Exene Cervenka Exene Cervenka (born Christene Lee Cervenka; February 1, 1956) is an American singer, artist, and poet. She is best known for her work as a singer in the California punk rock band X. Music career The 21-year-old Cervenka met 23-year-old ...

Sophie Crumb Sophia Violet "Sophie" Crumb (born September 27, 1981) is an American-French comics artist. She is the daughter of underground comix artists Robert Crumb and Aline Kominsky-Crumb. Crumb was born in Woodland, California, and lived in the nearby fa ...

Lia Halloran Lia Halloran (born 1977) is an American painter and photographer who lives and works in Los Angeles. Life and education Born in Chicago, IL., Lia Halloran grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area town of Pacifica, CA. Her youth was spent skateb ...

Ryan Humphrey Ryan Ashley Humphrey (born July 24, 1979) is a former American professional basketball player, at the power forward position. Humphrey is currently an assistant basketball coach at The University of Oklahoma. Previously he was a coach at Notre ...

Maria E. Piñeres Maria E. Piñeres (b. 1966) is a Colombia-born American artist who lives and works in Los Angeles, CA. Her work, mostly embroidery, has been exhibited at the Museum of Art & Design in New York City. and Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art. Sh ...

Brion Nuda Rosch Brion Nuda Rosch (born 1976, Chicago, Illinois, United States) is an American visual artist. He is based in San Francisco, California. Work Rosch initially gained recognition with his work in performance art. In the 2005 exhibition, Form/Reform, ...

* William Swanson *

Michael Velliquette Michael Velliquette is an American collage artist. Education Velliquette received his BFA from Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida, in 1993 and his MFA from the University of Wisconsin in 2000. He works and lives in Madison, Wisco ...

Locations

The gallery first opened in 2003 on

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's West 24th Street. In March 2008, it relocated to

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, and its final location was 21 Orchard Street.

References

From Pickles to Paintings in New York's Lower East SideRyan Humphrey: All or NothingDCKT Contemporary at Pulse Miami
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