Exhibitions information
Conceptually minded, Thomas Erben Gallery strives to either rediscover or expose work that contributes to contemporary discourse and expands beyond the boundaries of the artists’ chosen media.
Thomas Erben began his professional involvement in the art world in 1989 as a private dealer focusing on contemporary American art. In 1993, he began organizing exhibitions in his private space, which led to the opening of Thomas Erben Gallery, located, until 2000, on Broome Street in SoHo. His inaugural exhibition in September of 1996 was an installation by Senga Nengudi. From the outset, the program has been multidisciplinary and internationally oriented, showcasing emerging as well as established artists.
Widely acclaimed, pivotal exhibitions at the gallery include:
Mike Cloud – Tears in Abstraction. September 12 – November 9, 2019.
Harriet Korman – Permeable/Resistant: Recent Drawings and Paintings. Nov 1 – Dec 22, 2018.
Aditi Singh – so much the less complete. September 14 – October 27, 2018.
Mike Cloud – Quilt painting 2018.
Dona Nelson – models stand close to the paintings 2017.
Painting Forward 2016.
Aditi Singh – All that is left behind 2016.
Dona Nelson – New Paintings 2015.
Rose Wylie – Girl and Spiders 2015.
Mike Cloud – Bad Faith and Universal Technique 2014.
Gauri Gill – ‘Balika Mela’ and ‘Jannat’ 2014.
Dona Nelson – Phigor 2014.
Yamini Nayar – an axe for a wing-bone 2013.
Barbad Golshiri – Curriculum Mortis 2013.
Newsha Tavakolian – Look 2013.
Senga Nengudi – Performances 1976 – 81 2013.
Yve Laris Cohen – Waltz; 2012.
Yamini Nayar – Head Space 2011.
Rose Wylie – What with What 2010.
Thomas Erben at Travancore Palace New Delhi, 2009.
Sheela Gowda, Yamini Nayar – Arrested Views 2009.
Haeri Yoo – Pain Patch Fall 2008.
Thomas Erben at Chatterjee & Lal, Mumbai, 2008.
Ashok Sukumaran – Glow Positioning System and Other Forms of Address, 2008.
Contemporary Art from Pakistan 2007, 2010.
Chitra Ganesh – Upon Her Precipice 2007.
Tejal Shah – What are You? 2006.
Dona Nelson – Brain Stain 2006 and in situ: paintings 1973 – present 2008.
Jutta Koether – I Is Had Gone 2005.
Contemporary Art from India, 2004.
Fang Lijun – Woodcuts 2004.
Senga Nengudi – Répondez s’il vous plait: Nylon Mesh Pieces, 1975-77 2003.
Tom Wood – The Bus Project 2000 and Looking for Love 2002.
Preston Scott Cohen – Toroidal Architecture 2001.
Helena Almeida – Pintura Habitada 2001.
Adrian Piper – Early Drawings and Other Works 2000/01.
Oladélé Ajiboyé Bamgboyé – The Unmasking, Part II, 2000.
Adrian Piper – The Mythic Being 1999.
Adrian Piper – Food for the Spirit 1997/98.
Lorraine O’Grady – Photo Images 1980-91, 1993.
In addition to the rigorous exhibition schedule, throughout the years Thomas Erben Gallery has actively participated in major art fairs across the US and Europe. The gallery has also fostered ties with other prominent galleries, as well as major public institutions including MoMA, The Whitney Museum of American Art, San Francisco MoMA, The Walker Art Center, MoCA Los Angeles, Fogg Art Museum, Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum and internationally The Serralves Museum, Porto, Portugal, as well as the Devi Art Foundation, New Delhi, to name a few.
2019/2020
THREE SPACES for TIME Yamini Nayar. Feb 13 – Mar 28, 2020
Middle European Mysticism Juraj Bartusz, Jiří David, Viktorie Langer, Štefan Papčo and Jitka Válová. January 9 - February 8, 2020
Caput Mortuum Elaine Stocki. November 21- December 20, 2019
Tears in Abstraction Mike Cloud. September 12 – November 9, 2019
2018/2019
Pleasure in Precariousness Sarah Faux, Haley Josephs, RJ Messineo, Wang Chen. Jun 27 - Jul 26
C&A Marcus Weber. May 16 - June 22, 2019
out on a limb Jason Eberspeaker, Martin Maeller & Stanley Rosen. April 11 - May 11, 2019
Stained Glass Cliff Jackie Gendel. February 21 - April 6, 2019
I have only one language; it is not mine Mithu Sen. January 12 - February 16, 2019
Permeable/Resistant: Recent Drawings and Paintings Harriet Korman. Nov 1 - Dec 22, 2018
so much the less complete Aditi Singh. September 14 - October 27, 2018
2017/2018
Spirited Densities Ryan McLaughlin, Zach Nader, Ferdinand Penker, Emma Webster.
June 28 – July 27, 2018
June 28 – July 27, 2018
Labyrinth of Rebellion Róza El-Hassan. May 24 - June 23, 2018
Adalbertstraße, Krazy Kat und Artforum-Leser Marcus Weber. April 5 - May 19, 2018
Quilt painting Mike Cloud. February 22 – March 31, 2018
are you dead, yet? Horst Ademeit, Jason Eberspeaker, Kahlil Robert Irving, Mira Schor.
January 11 –February 10, 2017. Extended to February 17
January 11 –
Problems and Solutions Kathrin Sonntag. November 9 – December 22, 2017
Hard Sauce Hanneline Røgeberg. September 14 - November 4
2016/2017
Jackie Gendel Jackie Gendel. September 8 - October 29, 2016
Clark House Initiative: One day Pop-Up Show & Performance Lecture . October 18, 2016
Hoar Frost Elaine Stocki. November 3 - December 16, 2016
Los Angeles Bound Diedrick Brackens - Thomas Lawson - Tiffany Livingston - Mark Roeder.
January 12 - February 18, 2017
January 12 - February 18, 2017
Weather Trust / Between Stars: Offer Balancing Scenarios Ali Van. February 23 - March 18, 2017
models stand close to the paintings Dona Nelson. March 23 - May 6 (extended through May 20)
Photography Out of Germany Sofia Hultén, Annette Kelm, Heinz Peter Knes, Alwin Lay, Michael Schmidt, Kathrin Sonntag, Tobias Zielony. May 25 - June 24, 2017
Painting in due time Scott Anderson, Lydia Dona, Denzil Hurley, Harriet Korman, Hanneline Røgeberg, Marcus Weber. June 29 - July 28, 2017
2015/2016
New Paintings Dona Nelson. September 17 – October 31, 2015.
(Re)Set November 12 – December 19, 2015.
All that is left behind Aditi Singh. January 7 – February 13, 2016.
Painting Forward Joan Brown, Charles Garabedian, Jackie Gendel, Haley Josephs, Kyle Staver. February 18 – April 2, 2016.
Cut Christoph Girardet & Matthias Müller. April 7 – May 14, 2016.
Garden Coup Bahar Behbahani. May 19 – June 25, 2016.
Soft Haze Xinyi Cheng, Nabuqi, Ali Van. July 7 – August 5, 2016
2014/2015
Bad Faith and Universal Technique Mike Cloud. September 11 – October 25, 2014.
Roza-El-Hassan October 30 – December 13, 2014.
God Don't Like Ugly Schandra Singh. January 8 – February 14, 2015.
The Parting of the Clouds Barry Gerson. February 19 – March 21, 2015.
Girl and Spiders Rose Wylie. April 2 – May 9, 2015.
Outside In Pablo Bartholomew. May 15 – June 20, 2015.
Yevgeniya Baras - Carolin Eidner - Adelhyd van Bender June 25 – July 24, 2015.
2013/2014
Curriculum Mortis Barbad Golshiri. September 7 – October 26, 2013.
an axe for a wing-bone Yamini Nayar. November 7 – December 21, 2013. Project space: Paul Doran and Shanna Waddell.
( it's like ) roadside stuffed animals Shanna Waddell. January 9 – February 8, 2014.
'Balika Mela' and 'Jannat' Gauri Gill. February 27 – March 29, 2014.
Phigor Dona Nelson. April 3 – May 24, 2014.
The Palms Elaine Stocki. May 29 – June 28, 2014.
On Permanence and Change Barry Gerson, Duy Hoang, Nandita Raman and Giovanna Sarti.
July 1 – 25, 2014.
July 1 – 25, 2014.
2012/2013
Women Jenny Scobel. September 20 – October 27, 2012.
Running Pit Haeri Yoo. November 15, 2012 – January 12, 2013.
Performances 1976 - 81 Senga Nengudi. January 17 – February 23, 2013.
Paint as Figure Kohei Akiba, Jonathan Delachaux, Jennifer Packer, Schandra Singh, Zheng Wei. February 28 – April 6, 2013.
Look Newsha Tavakolian. April 11 – May 11, 2013.
Men and Women Tom Wood. May 16 – July 12, 2013.
2011/2012
of certain instability Whitney Claflin, Harriet Korman, Nolan Simon, Hans-Peter Thomas aka Bara. September 15 – October 22, 2011.
Head Space Yamini Nayar. October 27 – December 3, 2011.
Iran via Video Current a screening curated by Amirali Ghasemi and Sandra Skurvida. December 13 – 17, 2011.
New Selections: South Asia Vinod Balak, Faiza Butt, Hasan Elahi, Anoka Faruqee, Koshal Hamal, Ehsan ul Haq, Sreshta Rit Premnath, Schandra Singh. January 10 – February 11, 2012.
"If your feet were anchored to the beach and the tide came in and covered your head, could you hold your breath until the tide went out again?" Yuh-Shioh Wong. February 16 – March 24, 2012.
That This Is Lauren Luloff, Cassie Raihl, William Santen. March 29 – April 28, 2012.
Waltz; Yve Laris Cohen. May 4 – 19, 2012.
As Long As You Get To Be Somebody's Slave, Too Whitney Claflin. May 24 – July 13, 2012.
2010/2011
Handshakes Elaine Stocki, Whitney Claflin, Ian Campbell. September 9 – October 9, 2010. Project space: Shanna Waddell.
What with What Rose Wylie. October 14 – November 13, 2010.
Focus Shanghai Lu Chunsheng, Birdhead. November 18 – December 18, 2010.
QuietlyLoud Natasha Conway, Alisha Kerlin, Cassie Raihl. January 6 – February 18, 2011.
"Misshapen Chaos of Well-seeming Forms!" Shanna Waddell. February 17 – March 19, 2011.
Unseen, unheard, unexplained PAT. March 24 – April 30, 2011.
15 Years Thomas Erben May 6 – June 4, 2011.
Drawings - Videos - Photographs Nadia Khawaja. June 9 – July 22, 2011.
2009/2010
John Finneran, Leeza Meksin, Christopher Quirk September 17 – October 31, 2009.
A Selection from Travancore Ajit Chauhan, Chitra Ganesh, Matthias Müller, Yamini Nayar, Srestha Rit Premnath, Mahbub Shah, Kiran Subbaiah, Haeri Yoo. November 12 – December 19, 2009.
New Art from Pakistan Noor Ali Chagani, Amna Hashmin, Ayesha Jatoi, Ismet Khawaja, Nadia Khawaja, Murad Khan Mumtaz, Seema Nusrat, Lala Rukh. January 7 – February 20, 2010.
Animate Matter Pia Maria Martin, Dona Nelson, Richard Staub, Rose Wylie. February 25 – April 3, 2010.
Nothing Is Left to Tell Barbad Golshiri. April 15 – May 15, 2010.
Body Hoarding Haeri Yoo. May 20 – July 2, 2010.
I Can Explain Everything Ala Dehghan. July 8 – August 6, 2010. Project space: Newsha Tavakolian.
2008/2009
A Life's Movement, Krishna Reddy. September 17 – November 1, 2008.
Pain Patch Haeri Yoo. November 7 – December 6, 2008.
Hadassah Emmerich, Chitra Ganesh, Dona Nelson, Haeri Yoo. December 16, 2008 – February 1, 2009.
back, forth and round about Vijai Patchineelam, Sreshta Rit Premnath, Jaret Vadera. February 19 – March 21, 2009. Project space: Rafil Kroll-Zaidi.
Arrested Views Sheela Gowda, Yamini Nayar. April 7 – May 9, 2009.
Looped and Layered - Contemporary Art from Tehran Mohsen Ahmadvand, Ala Dehghan, Bita Fayyazi, Siamak Filizadeh, Shahab Foutohi, Amirali Ghasemi, Barbad Golshiri, Ramin Haerizadeh, Rokni Haerizadeh, Khosrow Hassanzadeh, Farshid Maleki, Sadegh Tirafkan. May 14 – July 10, 2009.
Moment as Monument Hemali Bhuta, Ajit Chauhan, Siamak Filizadeh, Chitra Ganesh, Barbad Golshiri, Matthias Müller, Yamini Nayar, Vijai Patchineelam, Srestha Rit Premnath, Mahbub Shah, Kiran Subbaiah, Jaret Vadera, Haeri Yoo. Travancore Palace, New Delhi, August 18 – 25, 2009.
2007/2008
Psychic Inheritance, Glen Fogel, Ryan McCartney, Andy Rogers. September 20 – October 27, 2007.
Chen Ke - Li Jikai - Wei Jia November 1 – December 8, 2007.
First Left, Second Right Abhishek Hazra, Yamini Nayar, Kiran Subbaiah. December 18, 2007 – February 2, 2008.
This Jackie, Jason Eberspeaker. February 7 – March 15, 2008. Project space: Holes and Haloes – Paul Schiek.
Glow Positioning System and Other Forms of Address, Ashok Sukumaran. March 20 – April 19, 2008.
in situ: paintings 1973 - present Dona Nelson. April 24 - May 31, 2008.
Chatterjee & Lal at Thomas Erben, New York, Nikhil Chopra, Mansi Bhatt, Sadanand. June 27 – July 10, 2008.
By All Means: Works from South Asia and its Diaspora, Bani Abidi, Sarnath Banerjee, Rohini Devasher, Chitra Ganesh, Sunil Gupta, Naeem Mohaiemen, Yamini Nayar, Ashim Purkayastha, Kiran Subbaiah, Ashok Sukumaran. Scope Museum Presents, Basel, June 3 – 8, 2008.
Thomas Erben at Chatterjee & Lal, Mumbai, Chitra Ganesh, Matthias Müller, Yamini Nayar, Dona Nelson, Krishna Reddy, Mahbub Shah, Kiran Subbaiah, Ashok Sukumaran, Haeri Yoo. Chatterjee & Lal, Mumbai, August 7 – August 30, 2008.
2006/2007
Brain Stain Dona Nelson. September 7 – October 21, 2006.
An Inch of Truth, Joshua Cardoso, Jason Eberspeaker, Carsten Fock, Daniel Gordon. November 2 – December 22, 2006. Project space: Haeri Yoo.
Pia Maria Martin, Haeri Yoo, Yuh-Shioh Wong January 11 – February 10, 2007.
The View from Bed, Deanna Maganias. February 15 – March 17, 2007. Project space: Jonathan Delachaux.
Nicola Durvasula, March 23 – April 21, 2007. Project space: Tejal Shah.
Upon Her Precipice Chitra Ganesh. May 3 – June 9, 2007.
Contemporary Art from Pakistan Huma Mulji, Bani Abidi, Naiza Khan, Hamra Abbas, Rashid Rana, Mahbub Shah, Zahoor Ul Akhlaq, Muhammad Zeeshan. June 28 – August 3, 2007.
2005/2006
Asp-Rx Senga Nengudi, October 20 – December 10, 2005.
Season of No Orient, Joshua Cardoso. December 15, 2005 – January 21, 2006.
Nicola Durvasula, Chitra Ganesh, Tejal Shah. January 26 – February 18, 2006.
Die Heilige Familie (The Holy Family), Blalla Hallmann. March 2 – April 15, 2006.
Landscapes Towards a Supreme Fiction, Jyothi Basu. April 19 – May 20, 2006.
What are You? Tejal Shah. May 25 – June 29, 2006.
Personal Space: New Perspectives from China, Kan Xua, Ma Daha, Shu Hao, Qui Zhijie, Wang Peng, Wang Wei, Yixiangju, Zhuang Hui. June 19 – July 28, 2006. Curator: Mathieu Borysevicz.
2004/2005
Future Days, Oliver Lanz. September 9 – October 23, 2004.
Contemporary Art from India, Gautam Bhatia, Anita Dube, Sheela Gowda, Jitish Kallat, Reena Saini Kallat, Bharti Kher, Sonia Khurana. October 29 – December 18, 2004.
Sleepy Haven, Matthias Müller. January 6 – February 12, 2005.
Iteration Jenny Scobel. February 17 – March 26, 2005.
I Is Had Gone Jutta Koether. April 2 – May 7, 2005.
Aphelion, Raha Raissnia. May 13 – June 18, 2005.
Is-ness, Thomas Florschütz, Rashawn Griffin, Lynn Marie Kirby. June 30 – July 29, 2005.
2003/2004
Répondez s'il vous plait: Nylon Mesh Pieces, 1975-77 Senga Nengudi. September 4 – October 18, 2003.
Intrusion & Séparation, Vincent Geyskens. October 23 – December 6, 2003.
Woodcuts Fang Lijun. January 9 – February 21, 2004.
New Building, TAMA and Other Forms, Preston Scott Cohen. March 6 – April 17, 2004.
Epitaphios, Raha Raissnia. April 22 – June 5, 2004.
Contemporary Art from China, Chen Lingyang, Fang Lijun, Yang Shaobin, Yin Xiuzhen. June 10 – July 30, 2004.
2002/2003
STARDUST – new wall drawings, Vargas-Suarez Universal. September 19 – October 26, 2002.
Looking for Love Tom Wood. September 9 – November 4, 2002.
Ron Amstutz, Vincent Geyskens, Matthias Müller. January 18 – February 22, 2003.
do the collapse, Sarah Emerson. February 28 – April 12, 2003.
Batlle Pagk, Jay Batlle, Paul Pagk. April 15 – May 31, 2003. Curator: Adrian Dannatt.
Ingots Jenny Scobel. June 5 – July 25, 2003.
2001/2002
New Photographs, Sarah Rossiter. September 8 – October 27, 2001.
Toroidal Architecture Preston Scott Cohen. November 3 – December 22, 2001.
Substatic, Sarah Emerson, Bernhard Fuchs, Jeff Grant. January 12 – March 9, 2002.
Accrochage, Helena Almeida, Oladélé Ajiboyé Bamgboyé, Sarah Emerson, Jeff Grant, Sarah Rossiter, Jenny Scobel. March 15 – April 13, 2002.
The Hair or The Man (c. 1994) and Blink (2001): Two video projections, Oladélé Ajiboyé Bamgboyé. April 20 – June 1, 2002.
Paintings, Naofumi Maruyama. June 8 – July 26, 2002.
2000/2001
The Bus Project Tom Wood. September 9 – November 4, 2000.
Painting, Sara Kane, Jackie Saccoccio, Rachel Urkowitz. November 9 – December 5, 2000.
Early Drawings and Other Works Adrian Piper. December 7, 2000 – January 20, 2001.
Marat, Seth Edenbaum. January 27 – March 10, 2001.
Works from 1995 – present, Jenny Scobel. March 17 – April 28, 2001.
Pintura Habitada and other works, 1975 – present Helena Almeida. May 3 – June 9, 2001.
Paintings, Thomas Pihl. June 14 – July 27, 2001.
1999/2000
14 Portraits of an Actor and Other Recent Works, Seth Edenbaum. September 9 – November 20, 1999.
Accrochage – Part I, Seth Edenbaum, Lorraine O'Grady, Adrian Piper, Sarah Rossiter. December 4, 1999 – January 8, 2000.
Accrochage – Part II, Oladélé Ajiboyé Bamgboyé, Seth Edenbaum, Adrian Piper, Sarah Rossiter. September 12 – October 31, 1998.
The Unmasking, Part II, Oladélé Ajiboyé Bamgboyé. April 13 – June 10, 2000.
Andrej Monastyrskij, Dona Nelson, Vargas-Suarez Universal, Tom Wood June 14 – July 28, 2000.
1998/1999
Studies, Lorraine O'Grady. September 12 – October 31, 1998.
The Mythic Being, 1972-1975 Adrian Piper. November 7, 1998 – January 23, 1999.
Aaron Brewer, Cecilia Edefalk, Seth Edenbaum, Katharina Grosse. January 28 – March 6, 1999.
YURI-G, Sarah Rossiter. March 11 – April 30, 1999.
Sunday Morning, Hubert Schmalix. May 6 – June 12, 1999.
Oladélé Ajiboyé Bamgboyé, Seth Edenbaum, Lorraine O'Grady, Adrian Piper, Sarah Rossiter, Hubert Schmalix. June 17 – July 24, 1999.
1997/1998
Populated Air: Seated as on Thrones, the Chorus of Before, Calls Down to Us – Be Careful, Mind Your Way, This Way, This Way Senga Nengudi. September 11 – October 11, 1997.
Yasmin und Iris, Hubert Schmalix. October 23 – December 6, 1997.
Food for the Spirit – July 1971 Adrian Piper. December 11, 1997 – January 31, 1998.
Velocity, Sarah Rossiter. February 5 – March 28, 1998.
New Paintings, Drawings, and a Photograph, Seth Edenbaum. April 14 – May 30, 1998.
Jesus Canovas, Seth Edenbaum, Dona Nelson. June 18 – July 25, 1998.
1996/1997
Luke Gray, Senga Nengudi, Sarah Rossiter. June 6 – July 28, 1996.
Wet Night, Early Dawn, Scat-Chant, Pilgrim's Song Senga Nengudi. September 5 – November 9, 1996.
Part I: In Amerika...., Sarah Rossiter. November 16 – December 18, 1996.
Part II: I Object, Sarah Rossiter. January 16 – February 15, 1997.
Accrochage, Seth Edenbaum, Jackie Ferrara, Senga Nengudi, Andrea Zittel. February 22 – March 22, 1997.
Recent Paintings, Seth Edenbaum. March 27 – May 3, 1997.
Early Works 1987-88 (The White Face Series), Lyle Ashton Harris. May 10 – June 21, 1997.
Paintings, Seth Edenbaum, Sigmar Polke, Hubert Schmalix. June 26 – July 26, 1997.
1993
Photo Images 1980-91, Lorraine O'Grady. November 4 – December 4, 1993.
