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Artist Namwon Choi represented by Pentimenti, Philadelphia, PA.

ARTIST REPRESENTATION | NAMWON CHOI | Pentimenti

Pentimenti is proud to announce the representation of Georgia-based artist Namwon Choi. Namwon is known for her hyper-photorealistic landscape paintings, rendered in ultramarine blue gouache and acrylic on boldly geometric wooden panels. Over the past decade, Choi has developed a focused visual language centered on highways and skies. Her works offer a contemporary reinterpretation of traditional Korean painting techniques. With a meticulous and detail-oriented process, Choi creates immersive scenes that reveal beauty in the everyday. Her works often serve as unconventional family portraits, rooted in personal narratives of travel and shared moments with loved ones.
June 11, 2025
An art exhibit features the work of Jackie Milad. Artist Jackie Milad represented by Pentimenti, Philadelphia, PA.

MUSEUM EXHIBITION | JACKIE MILAD | The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MD

Jackie Milad’s work “Abracadabra (Abuelita’s Bowl)” and “Ya Habibti, Ta’ala (2025)” are the first ever contemporary interventions in the Walters’ Ancient Egyptian galleries. Milad has created two large-scale mixed-media collages that are on view alongside the row of royal heads in the Egyptian Royal Power gallery.

MUSEUM EXHIBITION | TED LARSEN | New Mexico Museum of Art / Vladem Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM

Ted Larsen's work “Slap” is currently on view at the New Mexico Museum of Art / Vladem Contemporary in Santa Fe, NM. “Slap” is part of the museum’s permanent collection.
A circular arrangement of footballs with a central cluster of black and yellow basketballs. Artist Brandon J. Donhue-Shipp represented by Pentimenti, Philadelphia, PA.

AWARD | BRANDON J. DONAHUE-SHIPP | Cordish Collection Awardee, Hanover, MD

In honor of Black History Month, the Cordish Collection hosted its inaugural group exhibition, “Reflections of Joy: Celebrating African American Art in Maryland.” The exhibition highlighted the powerful theme of Black joy, showcasing resilience and the strength that comes from overcoming challenges. Brandon's “Basketball Bloom (AD)” was chosen to be included in this prestigious collection, supported by Live! Casino and Hotel.

INSTITUTION ACQUISITION | TED LARSEN | Stanlee and Gerald Rubin Center for the Visual Arts at the University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX

The Lannan Foundation donated Larsen's work, “Lady Man” to the Stanlee and Gerald Rubin Center for the Visual Arts at the University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX.
Logo for Society for Caribbean Studies (UK), featuring colorful circular dots and elegant black script text. Artist La Vaughn Belle represented by Pentimenti, Philadelphia, PA.

AWARD | LA VAUGHN BELLE | Bridget Jones Caribbean Arts Award

La Vaughn Belle is a recipient of the Bridget Jones Caribbean Arts Award. The Bridget Jones Caribbean Arts Award, established in 2000, is presented annually to an early-career or established Caribbean arts practitioner from any part of the Caribbean. The award supports their engagement with scholarship and UK-based Caribbean scholars by providing an opportunity to present their work at the annual Society for Caribbean Studies conference.

MUSEUM ACQUISITION | TED LARSEN | NMSU Art Museum, Las Cruces, NM

The Lannan Foundation donated Larsen's work, “Genuine Imitation” to the NMSU Art Museum, Las Cruces, NM.
A colorful ceramic scupultures with four vertical panels, featuring melting drip shapes in shades of yellow, orange, peach, and brown. Artist Lauren Mabry represented by Pentimenti, Philadelphia, PA.

INSTITUTION ACQUISITION | LAUREN MABRY | John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI

"Melon Flow State (Orange, Yellow, Pink)" by Lauren Mabry has been acquired by the John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI for its permanent collection.

A wooden table with four decorated plates, a pink apple, a pear, two pear halves, a pink flower in a jar, and a red and white checkered napkin. Artist Anne Buckwalter represented by Pentimenti, Philadelphia, PA.

MUSEUM EXHIBITION | ANNE BUCKWALTER | Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, ME 

Anne Buckwalter is presenting her work in a solo museum exhibition titled "Manors". The exhibition features new paintings alongside two site-specific murals, each examining the interplay between intimacy and the quiet cadence of daily routines. 
February 15 - September 21, 2025
Abstract colorful artwork with black maze-like lines, masks, and various bright shapes and patterns on fabric. Artist Jackie Milad represented by Pentimenti, Philadelphia, PA.

INSTITUTION ACQUISITION | JACKIE MILAD | Skokie Public Library, Skokie, Illinois

Jackie Milad's "An Undoing 2" is now part of the permanent art collection at the Skokie Public Library, Skokie, IL.
Colorful ceramic boots and sculptures displayed on wooden pedestals. Artist Lauren Mabry represented by Pentimenti, Philadelphia, PA.

MUSEUM EXHIBITION | LAUREN MABRY | John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI

Lauren Mabry's work is on view in "Clocking In: 2024 Arts/Industry Residents", a group exhibition highlighting artists participating in the prestigious Kohler Co. residency program.

March 16, 2024 - March 2, 2025
Havana Biennial 2024-2025, featuring stylized African American and American artists. Artist La Vaughn Belle represented by Pentimenti, Philadelphia, PA.

MUSEUM EXHIBITION | LA VAUGHN BELLE | Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, 15th Biennial de La Habana, Havana, Cuba

La Vaughn Belle is presenting her work in the group exhibition "La tradición se rompe pero cuesta / Breaking From Tradition Isn’t Free" at the 15th Biennial de La Habana. This exhibition marks the first collective exhibition of Caribbean art organized by the National Museum. Belle is presenting a wall sculpture, "On the Service to the Kingdom", at Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes. 
November 16, 2024 - February 28, 2025
Canvas Rebel article about Pentimenti

PRESS | CANVAS REBEL | Christine Pfister

Christine Pfister, Director of Pentimenti, was featured in an interview with Canvas Rebel, an online publication that highlights artists, creatives, and entrepreneurs. Canvas Rebel offers its readers a dynamic platform where professionals can share their stories.
December 16, 2024

ART SPIEL article about Pentimenti.

PRESS | ART SPIEL | To Be Bound By Place and Lore

Art Spiel highlighted our exhibition "To Be Bound By Place and Lore" in its article "Art Spiel Picks: Philly Exhibitions for November 2024."
November 25, 2024
Cooper Hewitt exhibition in New York, NY. Artist La Vaughn Belle represented by Pentimenti, Philadelphia, PA.

MUSEUM EXHIBITION | LA VAUGHN BELLE | Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York, NY

La Vaughn Belle presents three large-scale sculptures, "The House That Freedoms Built",  inspired by the vernacular architecture of Saint Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The exhibition "Making Home- Smithsonian Design Triennial" is the seventh installment in the Smithsonian Design Triennial series, presenting over 30 artists at the Cooper Hewitt. This show focuses on the concept of "home" and how art shapes the emotional and physical aspects of domestic life in the United States, its territories, and tribal nations. 
November 2, 2024 - August 10, 2025
A digital gallery website titled ART SY featuring six different art exhibition thumbnails with titles and locations. The shows include Myriad at Swivel Gallery, Matter of Fact at Whitehouse Gallery, To Be Bound By Place and Lore at Pentimenti Gallery, Bradley Ertaskiran at Art Toronto 2024, As She Is at Soho Revue, and Entangled at Berry Campbell Gallery.

PRESS | ARTSY EDITORIAL | To Be Bound Be Place And Lore

Artsy has featured our exhibition "To Be Bound By Place and Lore" under their "Featured Shows" section, chosen by Artsy’s curatorial team.
October 21, 2024
Open book showing a black and white photo of a man standing against a door and a page with colorful abstract art and biographical text about artist Raymond Saá.

PRESS | CC | Raymond Saá

Raymond Saá was featured in issue #36 of "Contemporary Collage" magazine in a 16-page spread highlighting his artistic practice, methods, and work. Known for his vibrant collages, Saá explores themes of identity and memory, drawing on his Cuban heritage.
Art exhibit featuring torn and collaged paper artworks on a gallery wall, with a red informational panel titled 'Come Quit or Rapture'.

MUSEUM EXHIBITION | LA VAUGHN BELLE | Michael C. Carlos Museum, Atlanta, GA

La Vaughn Belle's solo exhibition "Come Ruin or Rapture" at the Michael C. Carlos Museum. This exhibition featured works from two of Belle's series "Storm (in the time temporary and spatial collapse)" and "Storm (how to imagine tropicalia as monumental)".
September 19 - December 8, 2024
Large outdoor advertisement featuring a woman in a yoga pose on a dark background, with MSU and BAM logos in the bottom left corner.

MUSEUM EXHIBITION | LA VAUGHN BELLE | MSU Broad Art Museum, East Lansing, MI

La Vaughn Belle's group exhibition, "Puerto Rico and The Survival of a People", represented a collage of overlapping histories of colonialism, resistance, and survival. 
August 31, 2024- February 2, 2025
A decorative sculpture of a bird standing on a circular base covered with shattered glass pieces.

MUSEUM EXHIBITION | LA VAUGHN BELLE | Clark Atlanta University Museum, Atlanta, GA

La Vaughn Belle's solo exhibition, "A Haunting Between Us", featured works from her series "Swarm". This exhibition included transformed photographic images inspired by the Danish West Indies, alongside "Sovereign", a medium-scale sculpture that adds depth to the experience. 
September 10 - December 13, 2024
A black and white sketch of a rocky landscape with some pink floral designs in the corners.

INSTITUTION EXHIBITION | KIKI GAFFNEY | The McLanahan and Sheetz Art Galleries, Altoona, PA

Kiki Gaffney's exhibition, "Symphonic Worlds", opened at The McLanahan and Sheetz Galleries. This exhibition explores the natural world through a unique blend of conceptual and abstract ideas. 

October 31 - December 14, 2024
Three circular, flower-like wall decorations made of overlapping petal-shaped elements in shades of orange, brown, and gray on a white gallery wall.

INSTITUTION EXHIBITION | BRANDON J. DONAHUE-SHIPP | KOHL GALLERY, Chestertown, MD

Brandon J. Donahue-Shipp's group exhibition, "Freestyle" opened at Kohl's Gallery. This exhibition featured his "Basketball Bloom" series, which explores transformation, resilience, and the reinvention of dreams. 
September 5, - October 19, 2024
A webpage with the headline "Six Art Shows to Visit in Philadelphia This Fall" and an image of a table with a floral pattern, a decorative plate with a butterfly design, a spoon on a green napkin, and embroidered cloths, set against a background with a light green fabric with small green leaves and a dark blue and black checkered item.

PRESS | HYPERALLERGIC | To Be Bound By Place And Lore

Hyperallergic featured our exhibition "To Be Bound By Place and Lore" in an article as one of the "Six Art Shows to Visit in Philadelphia This Fall."
September 15, 2024
A mathematical expression with the letter P under a horizontal line and the letter K above the line.

AWARD | STEVEN BARIS | Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant

Through its artist grants, the Foundation provided financial resources for artists to create new work, acquire supplies, rent studio space, prepare exhibitions, attend a residency, and offset living expenses, allowing them to better pursue their art.
July 11, 2024
A woman with short dark hair and glasses cutting a piece of paper with printed illustrations in an art studio. She is wearing a black long-sleeve shirt and is focused on her work, with colorful artwork and art supplies visible in the background.

AWARD | JACKIE MILAD | Rubys Artist Grant

Jackie Milad has been named the 2024 Alumni Awardee by Rubys Artist Grants.
The Ruby's were established in 2013 to provide project-based support for individual artists. The goal of the program is to provide meaningful support to individual artists to allow for the creation of new work. The Rubys supports the notion of risk-taking (in practice, content, process, and/or outcome) and equally values artistic integrity, strong ideas, feasibility, and communal meaning.
July 10, 2024
Woman with short blonde hair working on colorful abstract artwork at a large table, with crumpled and layered paper art pieces on the wall behind her.

MUSEUM ACQUISITION | LA VAUGHN BELLE | 21c Museum Hotels, Louisville, KY 

Pentimenti is thrilled to announce that 21c Museum Hotels has acquired "Swarm (002_2023)" from La Vaughn Belle's solo exhibition 𝙀𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙨𝙤, 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙧𝙤𝙧 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙞𝙧 at Pentimenti, for their permanent collection.
May 18, 2024
Two abstract, portrait-style artworks side by side, one predominantly blue and one beige, featuring stylized human faces with geometric shapes and decorative borders.

PRESS | ARTSY EDITORIAL | Jacob Feige 

Jacob Feige’s solo exhibition was highlighted on Artsy’s Editorial page as a featured “show to see”.
May 2, 2024
Colorful abstract art installation with pink and blue wire-like sculptures hanging on a white wall.

PRESS | ARTSY EDITORIAL | Jackie Milad

Undoing the knotted parts, by Jackie Milad, was selected as one of "5 Standout Shows to See at Small Galleries This March" by Artsy’s Maxwell Rabb.
March 15, 2024
Colorful mixed media collage with hand-drawn and cut-out images, abstract shapes, bright colors, and some photographic elements.

PRESS | BMOREART | Jackie Milad 

BmoreArt celebrated Jackie Milad in their article "Seven Baltimore-Based Artists on the Rise — and on Display Across the Nation." The article highlights Milad's inaugural exhibition at Pentimenti.
March 10, 2024
A black-and-white photo of a cluttered living room floor with toys, books, and children's items scattered around, including dolls, a toy shopping cart, toy vehicles, books, and assorted small objects. The photo has handwritten text at the bottom that says, 'June 10, 1979 Living Room.'

PRESS | ARTSCOPE | Judy Gelles

Judy Gelles and her photograph “Self Portrait Watching the Soaps” were featured in a review in "Artscope" magazine about the exhibition “Unfinished Business” at Newport Art Museum. The article explores how Gelles' work encapsulates the complexities of making art as a woman artist.
March 1, 2024
A woman standing in front of a square abstract artwork with black, blue, yellow, and beige colors, inside an art gallery with wooden flooring.

PRESS | BOLD JOURNEY | Christine Pfister

Pentimenti’s Director, Christine Pfister, was interviewed by "Bold Journey". This LA-based online magazine centers its attention on the narratives, experiences, and insights woven by communities-at-large—knowledge that are worth more than all of the wealth in the world.
February 13, 2024
Colorful graffiti mural featuring a woman with braids, tropical fruits including pineapple and coconut, a rainbow-colored background with palm trees and birds, and abstract shapes.

PRESS | HYPERALLERGIC | Brandon J. Donahue-Shipp

Brandon’s mural was featured in a "Hyperallergic" article celebrating the Harriet Tubman Cultural Center’s recent Project of the Year Award. 
January 31, 2024
Mixed media collage artwork resembling a skull with a prominent eye in the center, featuring vibrant colors and various textures, framed on a white background.

AWARD | JACKIE MILAD | Creative Capital Award 

Creative Capital’s mission is to advance artistic freedom of expression by funding underserved, risk-taking artists in the creation of new work. Known as the “gold standard in artist support,” Creative Capital Awards are made via a democratic, national open-call process, and provide grantees with unrestricted project grants, professional development, and community-building services to foster sustainable careers. Out of 5,600 applicants, Jackie was chosen as one of 54 artists.

January 22, 2024
A painting of an ancient Greek vase with a black figure design, set against a cosmic background with stars and blue light beams, framed with terracotta-colored border and decorative stones.

MUSEUM ACQUISITION | EMILY WEINER | PAFA Museum, Philadelphia, PA

Pentimenti is delighted to have played a pivotal role in facilitating the museum acquisition of Emily Weiner's painting, "Paradox", (2023) which will now find its permanent home at the PAFA (Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts) Museum.
January 18, 2024