Life is overwhelming. An art fair shouldn’t be.
As I head to my first Outsider Art Fair, the 30th annual, I wanted to compile a list of galleries I wanted to see with the artworks they will be showing and where these beautiful works are.
I don’t know if this is helpful. As I said, I’ve never been to the Outsider Art Fair. I’ve never been to the Metropolitan Pavilion. Hell, I just remembered I’ve never been to New York City.
Here’s about two dozen of the 50+ exhibitors represented at this year’s fair:
| EXHIBITORS (with link to online viewing room) | BOOTH # | ARTISTS |
| Andrew Edlin Gallery | D14 | Susan Te Kahurangi King, Roy Ferdinand, Marcel Bascoulard, Ray Materson, Pearl Blauvelt, James Castle, Agatha Wojciechowsky and more |
| Carl Hammer Gallery | B6 | Bill Traylor, Frank Jones, Lee Godie, Henry Darger, Josepth Yoakum and more |
| Cavin-Morris Gallery | B22 | Davood Koochaki, Caroline Demangel, Ilija Bosilj, Minnie Evans, Gregory van Maanen, Sarvenaz Farsian, and more |
| Creative Growth Art Center | C19 | Monica Valentine, Dan Miller, Ron Veasey, Latefa Noorzai, Lauren Dare, and others |
| Creativity Explored | C2 | Evelyn Reyes, John Patrick McKenzie, Vincent Jackson, Nubia Ortega, Daniel Green, Joseph “JD” Green, and Camille Holvoet |
| Electric Lady Studios | D13 | Daniel Johnston |
| Fleisher/Ollman | A5 | Philadelphia Wireman, Frank Jones, Joseph Yoakum, Pearl Blauvelt, James Castle, Eugene Von Bruenchenhein and more |
| Fountain House Gallery | D11 | Angela Rogers, Alyson Vega, and Roger Jones |
| Galerie Polysémie | D20 | Anne-Marie Grgich, David Mazin, Alexander Lobanov, and more |
| Hill Gallery | C13 | Ralph Fasanella, Minnie Evans, Eddie Arning, L.C. Spooner, and Aghassi George Aghassian |
| Hirschl & Adler Modern | B8 | Bill Traylor, James Castle, James Edwards Deeds, and Jeanne Brousseau |
| James Barron Art | D5 | Norris Embry, Sidival Fila, Vera Girivi, Elisabetta Maestro, Winfred Rembert, Sara Sebastianis, Reza Shafahi, Ashley Shapiro, Janet Sobel, Elisabetta Zangrandi |
| Jennifer Lauren Gallery | C14 | Shinichi Sawada, Valerie Potter, Agatha Wojciechowsky, Jesse James Nagel, Makota Okawa, Cara Macwilliam, Shinya Fujii, and Chris Neate |
| Joshua Lowenfels Works of Art | D17 | Unidentified British military officer |
| Koelsch Gallery | C18 | Bruce Lee Webb, Steve Sachs, William Ruhle, W. Tucker, Sally Bennett and more |
| LAND Studio & Gallery | D2 | Byron Smith, Christine Lewis and Robert Latchman and select LAND artists |
| Lindsay Gallery | C11 | William Hawkins, Mary T. Smith, Emery Blagdon, and more |
| Nexus Singularity | B4 | Ionel Talpazan, Terry Turrell, Julia Sisi, JJ Cromer, Ellsworth McComb and more |
| Portrait Society Gallery | D8 | Eugene Von Bruenchenhein, Della Wells, John Tyson, M. Winston, Rosemary Ollison |
| Project Onward | C8 | Richard Willis, Kareem Davis, John Behnke, and Kenneth Williams |
| Pure Vision Arts | D1 | Armando Nuñez, Oscar Azmitia, Susan Brown, Chase Ferguson, Simone Johnson, and Walter Mika |
| Ricco / Maresca | A11 | Martín Ramírez, William Hawkins, Thornton Dial, Henry Darger, Bill Traylor, George Widener, James Castle, Eddie Arning, and more |
| SAGE Studio | A1 | Rick Fleming, King Nobuyoshi Godwin, and Anthony Coleman |
| Shelter Gallery | D3 | Nicole Appel and Charles Simmons |
| SHRINE | C7 | Minnie Evans, Bill Traylor, Hawkins Bolden, Juanita Rogers |
| SPACES Archives | A2 | Seymour Rosen |
| Steven Powers | D6 | Charles Jarm, Richard Nisbett, John Roeder, George E. Morgan, Emile Branchard, and Edwin Lawson |
| Tierra del Sol Gallery | B1 | Douglas Allen, Marlena Arthur, Karen Goldstein, Aura Herrera, Abraham Khan, Dru McKenzie, and Hugo Rocha |
| Yukiko Koide Presents | A8 | Morka Inada, Yuki Fujioka, Kunizo Matsumoto, Yuichiro Ukai |