10 Buzzworthy Artists from New York Art Week

Surveying the five art fairs that took place in New York over the past week, Galerie has rounded up two standout artists from each of the following venues: Frieze New York (May 1-5) at the Shed, Esther (May 1-4) at Estonian House, Future Fair (May 1-4) at Chelsea Industrial, NADA New York (May 2-5) at 548 West, and 1- 54 New York (May 1-4) at the Starrett-Lehigh Building.

 

Highlighting artworks in a variety of media, there were compelling ceramics, paintings, photographes, assemblages, and collages. Below, discover the curated selection of works by the most buzzworthy artists from New York Art Week.

 

 

A self-taught artist with a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics and a Certificate in African Studies from Smith College, Beck Lowry makes intricate, painted weavings presented in handmade frames, mixed media collages on used ledger paper, and carved wooden sculptures embellished with threads, fabric, and oil paint. The daughter of a carpenter father and a mother who was a jeweler, Lowry grew up learning how to throw pots, sew, weld, and make stained glass but chose a more practical path after watching their parents struggle financially. Leaving a full-time job 12 years ago, they returned to art, regularly working out of a converted garage studio behind their house in Connecticut to create beautifully crafted pieces. Exhibiting six mixedmedia weavings in carved plywood frames at the Future Fair, Lowry is interested in continuing the lineage of laborers with her assemblages that marvelously mix found fabrics, threads, and paint with an intuitive flair.