Welcome to Pleiades Gallery
Founded in 1974, by artists seeking an alternative to the constraints dictated by the commercial gallery world.
Now located in
the Landmark Arts Building
547 W27th St. # 304, NY, NY 10001
Open Noon - 6 pm, Tuesday - Saturday
Presenting…
Tatjana Krizmanic
Caffè Sospeso: The Generosity of Seeing
October 28 - November 22
Artist’s Reception: Saturday, November 15, 4-7:30 pm
The reception will include live jazz music featuring the luminous voice of Jean Ramirez,
weaving jazz and memory into a celebration of light and sound.
ABOVE: Tatjana Krizmanic, Sunday, 24x36 inches, Oil on Canvas
Caffè Sospeso the first New York solo exhibition by internationally recognized artist Tatjana Krizmanic.
Inspired by the Neapolitan tradition of caffè sospeso—leaving a cup of coffee paid for in advance so a stranger might be quietly uplifted—Krizmanic transforms this simple gesture of generosity into a visual language of empathy, intimacy, and shared human experience.
Rooted in Post-Impressionist color and Expressionist gesture, Krizmanic’s figurative paintings inhabit the space between tradition and immediacy. Still lifes, interiors, and scenes of human presence unfold as lyrical offerings—moments suspended, waiting to be received. Each canvas becomes a small act of giving, distilling the fleeting into something lasting, and the personal into something universal.
“Painting, for me, is an act of generosity,” says Krizmanic. “Like a sospeso, each work carries the hope that it will brighten someone’s day, connect them to a memory, or simply remind them of beauty.”
Up Next…
Katie Simmons:
Collapsing and Coalescing:
Making-With In the Anthropocene
November 25- December 20
Artist’s Reception: Friday, November 28th from 3-6 pm
ABOVE: Katie Simmons, Lupinus Littoralis
Colorado-based Katie Simmons creates drawings centered on the parallels she observes between the exploitation and commodification of the natural world and female bodies in the Anthropocene. Using natural dyes and fibers, Katie works with materials in a way that promotes their agency and vitality. Atop dyed surfaces, she then creates drawings of bodily ecosystems in ballpoint pen. Her work seeks to flatten hierarchies, embrace radical care, and explore making kin in our modern era.
Coming soon…
Chill
Featuring Seven Gallery Artists
December 23 - January 17
Reception: Saturday, January 3, 3-6 pm
Chill is an opportunity to view the diverse artworks of seven Pleiades artists, in person.
Click through to see some of their works online:
Frederick Ballet, Ellen Bradshaw, Joan Gantz, Lisa Ocasio Hirkaker, Carol Nussbaum, Suyapa Quinn, and Joyce Weidenaar.
CALL FOR ARTISTS!
Pleiades is currently reviewing applications for membership. Visit our membership page to learn more.
Spanning more than fifty year years, Pleiades Gallery is one of the oldest and most well established galleries in New York City. Founded in Soho in 1974 by a group of like minded artists, the gallery moved to the heart of Chelsea in 2000 half a block from the High Line, located among the most prestigious galleries in Manhattan. Pleiades Gallery has developed into a Chelsea institution with high standards that are continuously refreshed by new artists representing a diversity of styles, ages and viewpoints and that are creating work across a broad range of mediums.
Throughout the year the gallery hosts solo shows, curated group shows and juried shows. The gallery has hosted some of the world’s finest artists including Willam Behnken, who was a founding member, and Renee e. Rubin, both of whom have works in major museums including MoMA, the Met and Brooklyn Museum. Many of the gallery’s artists have been selected to participate in competitions juried by curators of prominent institutions and museums throughout the world.
The gallery spotlights artistic movements and artists who are notable for creating work that crosses genres and borders, generational contexts and artistic disciplines, reflecting a broad range of sensibilities from realistic to abstract. Pleiades Gallery continually shows inspiring work of high quality contemporary artists. The gallery offers opportunities for both established and emerging artists and welcomes them to submit their work for consideration. The spirit of commitment to the artists and the art that guided the gallery from the beginning remains true today and as we look ahead to the next fifty years.
