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:
Frank WANG Yefeng, The Levitating Perils #2

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