Westside Exposure: 
Whitney Staff Art Show
Aug 3–23, 2023

From its origins in Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney’s Greenwich Village studio in 1914 to its relocation to the Meatpacking District in 2015, the Whitney Museum of American Art has always sought to support living artists at critical moments in their careers. Many of the Museum’s staff members, who make the Museum’s exhibitions, programs, publications, and day-to-day operations possible, are artists themselves. For the sixth time in its history, the Whitney Staff Art Show will be held in a public space, offering staff an opportunity to share their work and deepen connections with one another as well as a wider audience. 

Opening Reception
August 3, 2023
6–8 pm

Gallery Hours
August 3–23, 2023
Wednesday–Sunday, 1–6 pm

Westside Exposure is organized by colleagues from various departments throughout the Museum.

The word "Westside" in black and "Exposure" in blue.
The word "Westside" in black and "Exposure" in blue.

Westside Exposure 2023

Artist Participants

Stephanie Alifano
Liam Allan
Scarlet-Frances Alonzo
Emma Bahati Karim
Max Rose Bell
Mitsuko Brooks 
Reagan Brown
E Burgos
Beatriz Cifuentes
Heather Cox
Stephanie Cruz Mendez
Veronica Dannis-Dobroczynski
Derrick Charles & Ashley Wang
Mar Claudio
Angela Dizon
Sage Donahue
Jayling Drowne Rodriguez
Sarah Fortini
Emma Gabel
Judith Neffertiti Gallegos
Viridiana Garcia Choy
Armando Jaramillo Garcia
John Gaudio
Jesse Gelaznik
Nora Gomez-Strauss
Kathleen Ruston
Dina Helal
William Hempel
Faith Henderson
Zora Ilunga-Reed
Junichiro Ishida
Emily Jacoby
Jennifer Jhagroo
Caitlin Jones
Jessica Jules
Emi Kabashima
Thomas Kotik
Christine Lin
Brian Lloyd
Rob Lomblad
Eleanor Lovinsky
Doug Madill
Elissa Medina Mejia
Kristyna and Marek Milde
Zack Millicent
Aleyana Mitchell
David Sebastian Morales
Meer Musa
Maria Nielsen
William Norton
Justin Ortiz
Laura Pitt
Sandra Jewel Pomeleo-Fowler
Eliza Proctor
Bronwyn Roe
Joshua Rosenblatt
Cythali Sapuis
Lisa F. Saunders
Josie Schoen
Dyeemah Simmons
Lizzi Skalka
Elisabeth Skjærvold
Nathan J. Smith
Summer Surgent-Gough
Josephine Tam
Joseph Teliha
Eva Tenby
David Tufino
YuYu
Eric Vermilion
Cynthia Laureen Vogt
Ashley Wang
Josh Wertheimer
Christopher Zarcadoolas

Selection of Works

Pearls embroidered onto white fabric in circular shapes.
Pearls embroidered onto white fabric in circular shapes.

Sarah Fortini, Mother of Pearl, 2023. Acrylic paint and embroidery thread on canvas, 10 × 10 in. (25.4 × 25.4 cm). Image courtesy the artist

An abstract painting with a white figure against a green, purple, and red background.
An abstract painting with a white figure against a green, purple, and red background.

Nathan J. Smith, Portrait of Child, David, 2022. Oil on canvas, 40 × 30 × 1.25 in. (101.6 × 76.2 × 3.2). Image courtesy the artist

A black ink print of a sea bass fish on white parchment.
A black ink print of a sea bass fish on white parchment.

Nora Gomez-Strauss, Black sea bass. Montauk, NY., 2023. Gyotaku (fish ink print), 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm). Image courtesy the artist

An oval shaped image of multiple circular mirrors clustered together.
An oval shaped image of multiple circular mirrors clustered together.

Heather Cox, Mirror, 2022. Photographs, adhesive, and staples, 37 × 27 in. (94 × 68.6). Image courtesy the artist

A black and white photograph of a woman laying on her side on a bed gazing at the camera.
A black and white photograph of a woman laying on her side on a bed gazing at the camera.

Aleyana Mitchell, Guardian Angel, 2022. Inkjet print, 24 × 30 in. (61 × 76.2 cm). Image courtesy the artist

White unicorns on a vivid purple background with the word "angst" scrawled over them repeatedly in black.
White unicorns on a vivid purple background with the word "angst" scrawled over them repeatedly in black.

E Burgos, Le Nivero Archives : äNG(k)st, 2020. Print (clothing design), 40 × 40 in. (101.6 × 101.6 cm). Image courtesy the artist

A photograph on a woman in a hospital bed with electrodes connected to her head surrounded by smaller abstract photographs. On the right of the photographs is a poem.
A photograph on a woman in a hospital bed with electrodes connected to her head surrounded by smaller abstract photographs. On the right of the photographs is a poem.

Armando Jaramillo Garcia, "She's Okay", 2023. Archival pigment print, 15 × 21 × 2 in. (38.1 × 53.3 × 5.1 cm). Image courtesy the artist

A painting of an orange abstract background with a white figure who vaguely resembles the Statue of Liberty with a taped sign on top that says "thank you!"
A painting of an orange abstract background with a white figure who vaguely resembles the Statue of Liberty with a taped sign on top that says "thank you!"

Justin Ortiz, Thank You!, 2023. Oil, acrylic, colored pencil, pen, and tape on canvas, 16 × 12 × 1/2 in. (40.6 × 30.5 × 1.3 cm). Image courtesy the artist

A black and white photograph of the Italian countryside with contrasting clouds.
A black and white photograph of the Italian countryside with contrasting clouds.

Reagan Brown, Le Bagnaie, Italy, 2018. Digital inkjet print, 6 × 7 1/2 in. (15.2 × 19.1 cm). Image courtesy the artist

An abstract long vertical painting that is made up of silver swirls that look like a figure.
An abstract long vertical painting that is made up of silver swirls that look like a figure.

Ashley Wang, Bathe, 2023. Ink and acrylic paint on brown paper, 40 × 40 × 2 in. (101.6 × 101.6 × 5.1 cm). Image courtesy the artist

On the Hour

A 30-second online art project:
Maya Man, A Realistic Day In My Life Living In New York City

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