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The gallery is incorporated as a non-profit organization of representational and non-representationa

Blue Mountain Gallery, founded in 1980, is located in the heart of New York City’s Chelsea art district. The original mission of the Blue Mountain Gallery was to show the work of strong representational painters and to stimulate the representational tradition of painting which was almost totally absent from New York’s commercial galleries in 1980. Over the years the mission has grown to include bo

th representational and abstract painters. To accomplish this, the members regularly view the slides of artists for inclusion in the gallery, exhibit their work and invite the public to openings of the shows and educational talks. The gallery has held public poetry readings by such notable poets as the late Kenneth Koch, collaborations between poets and painters with the poets reading their work, talks by the late film maker and member, Rudy Burckhardt, and occasional dance recitals. In the last few years it has held an annual juried exhibition as well as an annual small works invitational to encourage larger community involvement for new and emerging artists and has shown artists from Germany and Finland and participated in an exchange show with the Galerie Mani in Berlin. Over the last 30 years, Blue Mountain Gallery has provided artists a gathering place of ideas where painters can communicate visually and verbally and find the support and inspiration of their peers. The Gallery’s longevity in the ever-changing and chaotic world of New York galleries is witness to its value and to the loyal dedication of its members.

08/23/2026

Marykate O'Neil
BFF's Real and Imaginary
September 8 - October 3, 2026
Opening Reception: September 10 5-8 pm

The subject matter of my paintings reflect my life experience; even if that is not 'real life'. As the majority of my day and daily interactions occur only through a screen. The day job, staring all day at a screen; only to turn to a different screen at night, to stream more 'content'. The phone. The laptop, The iPad. The ‘zoom’ calls. Emails. Texts. Tweets. The streaming service. The FB ‘friends’. The Instagram ‘followers’. The TikTok. The computer screen. The phone screen. The computer screen. It all feels a bit like the Jetsons meets the 'Boy in the Plastic Bubble’.

Marykate’s paintings are colorful, alive with texture and have an intuitive sense that is often simultaneously representational and expressionistic. Subversive humor and playfulness infuse her work. Every gesture is made into an artistic experience embracing the pop culture of the everyday. Marykate’s painting practice is closely related to her music, “The more I paint, I feel like my paintings look like my songs sound. In both arenas, I am drawn to small everyday moments that stick to you – the ones where contradictions sit comfortably side by side each other.”

Marykate grew up in a small New England town and currently lives in NYC. In addition to painting and songwriting, O'Neil has long been involved in civil rights. She earned her B.A. in philosophy from Boston University; M.A. in education policy and politics from Columbia University and J.D. from the University of Connecticut. Marykate has studied painting at the Art Student's League of New York, the New York Studio School, Parsons and Mass Art.

"Marykate O'Neil's paintings speak to her aesthetic of solitude in the digital age...I stood for a moment at her painting and felt represented" - Hyperallergic

https://www.marykateoneil.com

08/19/2026

Guest exhibition:
World Fine Art
Curated by O'Delle Abney
August 18-22, 2026
Reception: August 20th 6-8 pm

08/16/2026

Coming Tuesday for one week only!
Guest exhibition: World Fine Art
Curated by O'Delle Abney
August 18-22, 2026
Reception: August 20th 6-8 pm

08/10/2026

SUMMER 2026 JURIED EXHIBITION
RANDY WILLIAMS, Juror

July 28 - August 15, 2026

Blue Mountain Gallery is pleased to present 39 artworks by 38 artists selected by Randy Williams for this year's summer juried exhibition. The artists, drawn from just over three hundred applicants from the United States and abroad, work in a wide range of media, including oil, acrylic, pastel, photography and mixed media. The exhibition is accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue and will remain on view through August 15, 2026.

EXHIBITING ARTISTS
Emily Barnett, Amina Bradley, Sarah Cancienne, Barbara Cantatore, Lauren Cassidy, Camila Chaves Cortes, Mashiul Chowdhury, Jane Cohen, Colleen Coleman, Carey Conaway, Anne de Villemejane, Jacqueline Donadeo, Deborah Eck, Laurie Fader, Jason Franz, Shinobu Habauchi, Joseph Holsapple, Carol Holtz, Patricia Hutchinson, Casey Inch, Pamela Jennings, Barry Katz, PQHAÜS, Oxana Kovalchuk, Daniella LaGaccia, David LaPalombara, Serge Marchetta, Ian Mood, Kathy A. Moore, Sharilyn Neidhardt, Oscar Peterson, Andrew Rieder, Masha Ryskin, Darren Taylor, Monica Tiulescu, C. Fred Tyner, Anna Vakar, Andrew Werth

ABOUT THE JUROR – RANDY WILLIAMS (b. 1947, New York City) is a distinguished visual artist and educator whose dual career bridges active studio practice and innovative arts education. He is Professor of Studio Art and Art Education at Manhattanville University and a long-time educational consultant and instructor at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He also serves as Artistic Director of the New York State Summer School of the Visual Arts, where he has mentored emerging artists for over three decades.

Williams’ artwork, often exploring the intersections of materiality, history, and identity, has been the subject of more than thirty-five solo exhibitions and included in over 100 group exhibitions nationally and internationally. His work is held in numerous private collections.
He holds degrees in Art Education from New York University and Sir George Williams University in Montreal. His honors include a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship to the American Academy in Rome, fellowships from the New York State Council on the Arts and the New York Foundation for the Arts, and the Manhattanville University Excellence Award (1995, 2007).
More information: https://randywilliams.net/

07/26/2026

SUMMER 2026 JURIED EXHIBITION
RANDY WILLIAMS, Juror

July 28 - August 15, 2026
Reception: Thursday, July 30, 6 – 8 pm

Blue Mountain Gallery is pleased to present 39 artworks by 38 artists selected by Randy Williams for this year's summer juried exhibition. The artists, drawn from just over three hundred applicants from the United States and abroad, work in a wide range of media, including oil, acrylic, pastel, photography and mixed media. The exhibition is accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue and will remain on view through August 15, 2026.

EXHIBITING ARTISTS
Emily Barnett, Amina Bradley, Sarah Cancienne, Barbara Cantatore, Lauren Cassidy, Camila Chaves Cortes, Mashiul Chowdhury, Jane Cohen, Colleen Coleman, Carey Conaway, Anne de Villemejane, Jacqueline Donadeo, Deborah Eck, Laurie Fader, Jason Franz, Shinobu Habauchi, Joseph Holsapple, Carol Holtz, Patricia Hutchinson, Casey Inch, Pamela Jennings, Barry Katz, PQHAÜS, Oxana Kovalchuk, Daniella LaGaccia, David LaPalombara, Serge Marchetta, Ian Mood, Kathy A. Moore, Sharilyn Neidhardt, Oscar Peterson, Andrew Rieder, Masha Ryskin, Darren Taylor, Monica Tiulescu, C. Fred Tyner, Anna Vakar, Andrew Werth

ABOUT THE JUROR – RANDY WILLIAMS (b. 1947, New York City) is a distinguished visual artist and educator whose dual career bridges active studio practice and innovative arts education. He is Professor of Studio Art and Art Education at Manhattanville University and a long-time educational consultant and instructor at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He also serves as Artistic Director of the New York State Summer School of the Visual Arts, where he has mentored emerging artists for over three decades.

Williams’ artwork, often exploring the intersections of materiality, history, and identity, has been the subject of more than thirty-five solo exhibitions and included in over 100 group exhibitions nationally and internationally. His work is held in numerous private collections.
He holds degrees in Art Education from New York University and Sir George Williams University in Montreal. His honors include a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship to the American Academy in Rome, fellowships from the New York State Council on the Arts and the New York Foundation for the Arts, and the Manhattanville University Excellence Award (1995, 2007).
More information: https://randywilliams.net/

07/18/2026

Hank Blaustein: Drawings and Watercolors
July 7 - 25, 2026

Artist present on Saturdays and by appointment

Brooklynite Hank Blaustein will be exhibiting his drawings and watercolors at the Blue Mountain Gallery from July 7th - July 25th.
Passionate about drawing for as long as he can remember, Blaustein says, “I am an artist/journalist; my goal is to spontaneously capture on paper people, places, and things that draw me to them.”

Hank Blaustein was born November 16, 1937 in Crown Heights Brooklyn, the borough he still calls home. He concentrated his studies in art at Midwood High School, and at New York University where, in 1958, Blaustein earned a BA in Fine Arts. Drawing passionately ever since he could hold a pencil, Hank's subjects are people, places, and things that draw him to them. His objective is to spontaneously capture their essence on paper in pencil, pen, and watercolor.

Blaustein's work has been exhibited in both the U.S. and Europe. As an illustrator, Hank's work has appeared on the pages of The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Village Voice, Newsday, Barron's, and Grant's Interest Rate Observer. Blaustein has illustrated several books as well, and published books of drawings of some of his passions - music, Italy, and Brooklyn life. He's an aficionado of Italian opera, classic movies, loves to sing, dance, travel, and is quite the raconteur. By some quirk of fate, Blaustein's talent as a linguist led to a 28-year stint as a high school Spanish teacher, which dovetailed along the way with the life of Hank Blaustein, the artist.

Blaustein’s work can be seen at www.hankblaustein.com.

07/07/2026

Hank Blaustein: Drawings and Watercolors

July 7 - 25, 2026
Reception Thursday July 9, 5-8 pm
Artist present on Saturdays and by appointment

Brooklynite Hank Blaustein will be exhibiting his drawings and watercolors at the Blue Mountain Gallery from July 7th - July 25th.
Passionate about drawing for as long as he can remember, Blaustein says, “I am an artist/journalist; my goal is to spontaneously capture on paper people, places, and things that draw me to them.”

Hank Blaustein was born November 16, 1937 in Crown Heights Brooklyn, the borough he still calls home. He concentrated his studies in art at Midwood High School, and at New York University where, in 1958, Blaustein earned a BA in Fine Arts. Drawing passionately ever since he could hold a pencil, Hank's subjects are people, places, and things that draw him to them. His objective is to spontaneously capture their essence on paper in pencil, pen, and watercolor.

Blaustein's work has been exhibited in both the U.S. and Europe. As an illustrator, Hank's work has appeared on the pages of The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Village Voice, Newsday, Barron's, and Grant's Interest Rate Observer. Blaustein has illustrated several books as well, and published books of drawings of some of his passions - music, Italy, and Brooklyn life. He's an aficionado of Italian opera, classic movies, loves to sing, dance, travel, and is quite the raconteur. By some quirk of fate, Blaustein's talent as a linguist led to a 28-year stint as a high school Spanish teacher, which dovetailed along the way with the life of Hank Blaustein, the artist.

Blaustein’s work can be seen at www.hankblaustein.com.

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547 W 27th Street, Suite 200
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10001

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Tuesday	11am - 6pm
Wednesday	11pm - 6pm
Thursday	11am - 8pm
Friday	11pm - 6pm
Saturday	11pm - 6pm

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Website

http://www.bluemountaingallery.org/

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