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Derek Eller Gallery, 38 Walker Street, New York, NY (2026)

10/20/2026

NOW ON VIEW

EJ Hauser
Sun Water Sky
October 16 – November 14, 2026

Derek Eller Gallery is pleased to present a solo show of new work by EJ Hauser entitled Sun Water Sky. Inspired by natural phenomena, guided by a process that begins with drawing, and mindful of the act of observation, Hauser makes paintings which fluidly exist between abstraction and representation, combining the graphic symbolism of repeated motifs with the gestural language of poetry.

EJ Hauser (b. 1967; Peru, IL; lives and works in NYC and Ulster County, NY). They have had solo exhibitions at Haverkampf Leistenschneider, Berlin, Germany (2023); Parrasch Heijnen, Los Angeles (2023); Anton Kern, New York (2022); and Regina Rex, New York (2017), among others. They have also participated in group exhibitions at Anton Kern Gallery, New York (2025); Orwell’s Garden, Brooklyn (2024); Tops Gallery, Memphis (2022); The Pit, Los Angeles (2021); PALFREY, London, UK (2021); Olympia Art, New York (2021); and Shrine and Sargent’s Daughter’s, New York (2019). In the Fall of 2026 Hauser will lead an Atelier at the New York Studio School. This will be their fourth solo exhibition at the Gallery.

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Image:
Lilac Waves, 2026
oil on canvas
20 x 16 inches

10/16/2026

North Room: David Kennedy Cutler
Vessels
October 16 – November 14, 2026
Opening Reception: Friday, October 16, 6–8 pm

10/15/2026

EJ Hauser
Sun Water Sky
October 16 – November 14, 2026
Opening Reception: Friday, October 16, 6–8 pm

Derek Eller Gallery is pleased to present a solo show of new work by EJ Hauser entitled Sun Water Sky. Inspired by natural phenomena, guided by a process that begins with drawing, and mindful of the act of observation, Hauser makes paintings which fluidly exist between abstraction and representation, combining the graphic symbolism of repeated motifs with the gestural language of poetry.

EJ Hauser (b. 1967; Peru, IL; lives and works in NYC and Ulster County, NY). They have had solo exhibitions at Haverkampf Leistenschneider, Berlin, Germany (2023); Parrasch Heijnen, Los Angeles (2023); Anton Kern, New York (2022); and Regina Rex, New York (2017), among others. They have also participated in group exhibitions at Anton Kern Gallery, New York (2025); Orwell’s Garden, Brooklyn (2024); Tops Gallery, Memphis (2022); The Pit, Los Angeles (2021); PALFREY, London, UK (2021); Olympia Art, New York (2021); and Shrine and Sargent’s Daughter’s, New York (2019). In the Fall of 2026 Hauser will lead an Atelier at the New York Studio School. This will be their fourth solo exhibition at the Gallery.

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Image:
One Summer Day, 2026
oil on canvas
14 x 11 inches

10/10/2026

LAST CHANCE

Julia Bland
If Blue is a Holy Color
On view through Saturday, October 10, 2026

Derek Eller Gallery is pleased to present a solo show of new work by Julia Bland entitled If Blue is a Holy Color. This exhibition will feature textile-painting hybrids and hanging sculptures, which Bland creates through a process of hand-weaving, dying, braiding, embroidering, painting, and embedding with personal fabrics. A video shot in 8mm film depicts process as both ritual and narrative.

The architecture of Bland’s composition emerges through an intuitive process of assembly, de-assembly, gathering, and sorting. Structure, composition, geometry and pattern accumulate into recognizable form. Woven patterns in pastel colors evoke the cheery gingham of a picnic blanket and the hard-edged grid, a trope of abstract painting. The iconic stripes of a Medline baby blanket are braided together, dyed, and sewn alongside graphic strips of canvas invoking candy stripes or a flag. From this ordered chaos, ancient Jewish symbols emerge (ladder, star, boat) within the context of broader social and historic meaning. Symbolism and abstraction oscillate in a familiar pattern. Bland uses this framework to explore parallel conundrums: the particular and the universal, beauty and the sublime, seduction and redemption.

Bland’s hanging sculptures approach structure and symbolism in the form of a ladder. Referencing Jacob’s dream or the harrowing escape scenes depicted in childhood cartoons, they evoke the possibility of transcendence and the desire for escape. The ladder exemplifies the literalness of meaning in textile. The object performs its meaning materially in the interconnectedness of its woven form and metaphorically in its role in human life as both carrier and protector.

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Image:
Red Steps, 2026
bedsheets, clothes, canvas, fabric dye, linen threads, wood
131 x 7 x 7 inches

10/09/2026

LAST CHANCE

North Room: Antone Könst
Curtsy
On view through Saturday, October 10, 2026

Derek Eller Gallery is pleased to present Curtsy, an exhibition of new paintings by Antone Könst. In this series, Könst examines the expressive and symbolic potential of the curtsy, proffering the pose as a vehicle for contemplation, imagination, and emotional resonance.

The figures in Könst’s paintings stand mid gesture in an atmosphere of unknowns, their expressions responding to the potential of an uncertain resolution. At times defiant and resolute or curious and coy, they resist fixed narratives. In one painting titled Spinner, the subject appears unyielding, perhaps rebelling against the diminutive gesture. The cylindrical perspective pushes her gaze upwards, but at whom is she gazing? A mirror, an unseen presence, or perhaps the viewer? Her arms are uncannily outstretched to the ends of her dress, displaying a flowery mix of pastels with dapples of pale yellow spiraling out from the center.

Könst describes his paintings as “Rube Goldberg machines”, assembled from an unpredictable accumulation of symbols, gestures, and conditions which coalesce into a clear form. This interplay between intention and improvisation extends to the garments as well. Dresses become stages where formal, symbolic, and painterly concerns converge, blurring the line between spiritual abstraction and whimsy. Can a dress be a fire, a bed of pearls, or an inversion of logic while remaining an act of pageantry? Guided by both rigorous attention and intuitive freedom, Könst allows each painting to unfold according to its own internal logic, balancing speed and deliberation, illusion and fact, specificity and genre. “They are batteries of my attention,” Könst says, “and hopefully are a power bank for viewers.”

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Image:
Delft, 2026
oil on linen
30 x 24 inches

10/08/2026

LAST CHANCE

Julia Bland
If Blue is a Holy Color
On view through Saturday, October 10, 2026

Derek Eller Gallery is pleased to present a solo show of new work by Julia Bland entitled If Blue is a Holy Color. This exhibition will feature textile-painting hybrids and hanging sculptures, which Bland creates through a process of hand-weaving, dying, braiding, embroidering, painting, and embedding with personal fabrics. A video shot in 8mm film depicts process as both ritual and narrative.

The architecture of Bland’s composition emerges through an intuitive process of assembly, de-assembly, gathering, and sorting. Structure, composition, geometry and pattern accumulate into recognizable form. Woven patterns in pastel colors evoke the cheery gingham of a picnic blanket and the hard-edged grid, a trope of abstract painting. The iconic stripes of a Medline baby blanket are braided together, dyed, and sewn alongside graphic strips of canvas invoking candy stripes or a flag. From this ordered chaos, ancient Jewish symbols emerge (ladder, star, boat) within the context of broader social and historic meaning. Symbolism and abstraction oscillate in a familiar pattern. Bland uses this framework to explore parallel conundrums: the particular and the universal, beauty and the sublime, seduction and redemption.

Bland’s hanging sculptures approach structure and symbolism in the form of a ladder. Referencing Jacob’s dream or the harrowing escape scenes depicted in childhood cartoons, they evoke the possibility of transcendence and the desire for escape. The ladder exemplifies the literalness of meaning in textile. The object performs its meaning materially in the interconnectedness of its woven form and metaphorically in its role in human life as both carrier and protector.

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Image:
Woven In the Reeds, 2025
hand woven and dyed textiles, linen threads, canvas, bedsheets, fabric dye, oil paint
98 x 112 inches

10/07/2026

LAST CHANCE

North Room: Antone Könst
Curtsy
On view through Saturday, October 10, 2026

Derek Eller Gallery is pleased to present Curtsy, an exhibition of new paintings by Antone Könst. In this series, Könst examines the expressive and symbolic potential of the curtsy, proffering the pose as a vehicle for contemplation, imagination, and emotional resonance.

The figures in Könst’s paintings stand mid gesture in an atmosphere of unknowns, their expressions responding to the potential of an uncertain resolution. At times defiant and resolute or curious and coy, they resist fixed narratives. In one painting titled Spinner, the subject appears unyielding, perhaps rebelling against the diminutive gesture. The cylindrical perspective pushes her gaze upwards, but at whom is she gazing? A mirror, an unseen presence, or perhaps the viewer? Her arms are uncannily outstretched to the ends of her dress, displaying a flowery mix of pastels with dapples of pale yellow spiraling out from the center.

Könst describes his paintings as “Rube Goldberg machines”, assembled from an unpredictable accumulation of symbols, gestures, and conditions which coalesce into a clear form. This interplay between intention and improvisation extends to the garments as well. Dresses become stages where formal, symbolic, and painterly concerns converge, blurring the line between spiritual abstraction and whimsy. Can a dress be a fire, a bed of pearls, or an inversion of logic while remaining an act of pageantry? Guided by both rigorous attention and intuitive freedom, Könst allows each painting to unfold according to its own internal logic, balancing speed and deliberation, illusion and fact, specificity and genre. “They are batteries of my attention,” Könst says, “and hopefully are a power bank for viewers.”

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Image:
Pond Flame Plum, 2026
oil on linen
50 x 65 inches

10/06/2026

LAST CHANCE

Julia Bland
If Blue is a Holy Color
On view through Saturday, October 10, 2026

Derek Eller Gallery is pleased to present a solo show of new work by Julia Bland entitled If Blue is a Holy Color. This exhibition will feature textile-painting hybrids and hanging sculptures, which Bland creates through a process of hand-weaving, dying, braiding, embroidering, painting, and embedding with personal fabrics. A video shot in 8mm film depicts process as both ritual and narrative.

The architecture of Bland’s composition emerges through an intuitive process of assembly, de-assembly, gathering, and sorting. Structure, composition, geometry and pattern accumulate into recognizable form. Woven patterns in pastel colors evoke the cheery gingham of a picnic blanket and the hard-edged grid, a trope of abstract painting. The iconic stripes of a Medline baby blanket are braided together, dyed, and sewn alongside graphic strips of canvas invoking candy stripes or a flag. From this ordered chaos, ancient Jewish symbols emerge (ladder, star, boat) within the context of broader social and historic meaning. Symbolism and abstraction oscillate in a familiar pattern. Bland uses this framework to explore parallel conundrums: the particular and the universal, beauty and the sublime, seduction and redemption.

Bland’s hanging sculptures approach structure and symbolism in the form of a ladder. Referencing Jacob’s dream or the harrowing escape scenes depicted in childhood cartoons, they evoke the possibility of transcendence and the desire for escape. The ladder exemplifies the literalness of meaning in textile. The object performs its meaning materially in the interconnectedness of its woven form and metaphorically in its role in human life as both carrier and protector.

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Image:
Winter Sky, 2026
linen and cotton threads, oil paint, fabric dye, gold leaf
66 x 90 inches

10/02/2026

JAMESON GREEN
Leery Eaters, 2026
oil on linen
60 x 55 inches

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