EAST/WEST: CO-FOUNDERS BIO
EAST Coast Co-Founder Leah Stuhltrager of Dam, Stuhltrager
Founded in 1998, Dam, Stuhltrager is a contemporary art gallery in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The gallery is known as an incubator of emerging talent and for groundbreaking exhibitions that incorporate technology.
Dam, Stuhltrager's nine artists have provided public installations to Lincoln Center (New York), Coachella (Indio), E-Halle (Basel), Convention Center (Istanbul), Circulo de Bellas Artes (Madrid) and The Hermitage Museum (St Petersburg). This September, their artists go on an expedition with the Farm Foundation (Arctic Circle), install public work at the Oriental Pearl Tower (Shanghai) and head to museums across the US.
WEST Coast Co-Founder Paul Middendorf of galleryHOMELAND
Founded in 2005, galleryHOMELAND is 501(c)3 non-profit fostering cutting edge and challenging concepts in art. Our goal is to work closely with the community to provide some of the finest exhibitions and projects for Portland's creative economy. galleryHOMELAND contributes to the contemporary arts in Portland through the cross-pollination of regional, national, and international art and artists.
galleryHOMELAND's nine emerging and mid-career artists are nationally represented and internationally exhibited showing work in museums, gallery exhibitions and art fairs around the world. Istanbul Biennale (Istanbul), Shibuya O-Nest (Tokyo), Aqua (Miami), Tacoma Art Museum (Tacoma, WA), Portland Art Museum (Portland, OR).
