Derek Eller Gallery

Derek Eller Gallery Established in 1997, Derek Eller Gallery exhibits work by contemporary artists.

Now on view through February 22, 2025JOSEPH OLISAEMEKA WILSONHard Times and Silver Teeth at the Spicewood County CasinoD...
01/22/2025

Now on view through February 22, 2025

JOSEPH OLISAEMEKA WILSON
Hard Times and Silver Teeth at the Spicewood County Casino

Derek Eller Gallery is pleased to present a solo exhibition of new paintings by Joseph Olisaemeka Wilson entitled Hard Times and Silver Teeth at the Spicewood County Casino. For this show, Wilson tells a story set within a visionary casino, replete with masked and costumed gambler/performers and chimerical slot machine/animal hybrids which resemble altars. In this timeless context, Wilson’s poetic narrative walks the line between reality and imagination, and gambling becomes an allegory for life and love.

Oh, how fast it falls apart!
Lord, I’m in the red.
A shiver’s heading down my spine, and a fever’s in my head!
Poodie said to Lefty “say, what makes your spirit sing?” Lefty overturned his cards;
the man had pocket kings.
I left my wife and crying babe, my cabin in Des Moines.
I’m running into trouble,
And I’m running out of coin!
I took a younger lover
I thought that she’d be true
Her skin was clear, her eyes were brown, she left me feeling blue!
Perhaps you’ll find a diamond gemstone buried in the sand
Or perhaps you’ll lose your fortune, depending on your hand!

(Text by Joseph Olisaemeka Wilson)

Joseph Olisaemeka Wilson (b. 1999, Los Angeles, CA) has lived and worked in New York since 2017. Recent solo exhibitions include Vielmetter Los Angeles; Asia Art Center Taipei; Tiwani Contemporary in London and Fergus McCaffrey in St. Barth. His work has been included in group shows at Palo Gallery, New York, Fergus McCaffrey, Tokyo, and Lyles & King, New York.

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Image:
Joseph Olisaemeka Wilson
Chapel of Love, 2024
oil on linen
24 x 20 inches


Now on view through February 22, 2025JOSEPH OLISAEMEKA WILSONHard Times and Silver Teeth at the Spicewood County CasinoD...
01/21/2025

Now on view through February 22, 2025

JOSEPH OLISAEMEKA WILSON
Hard Times and Silver Teeth at the Spicewood County Casino

Derek Eller Gallery is pleased to present a solo exhibition of new paintings by Joseph Olisaemeka Wilson entitled Hard Times and Silver Teeth at the Spicewood County Casino. For this show, Wilson tells a story set within a visionary casino, replete with masked and costumed gambler/performers and chimerical slot machine/animal hybrids which resemble altars. In this timeless context, Wilson’s poetic narrative walks the line between reality and imagination, and gambling becomes an allegory for life and love.

Oh, how fast it falls apart!
Lord, I’m in the red.
A shiver’s heading down my spine, and a fever’s in my head!
Poodie said to Lefty “say, what makes your spirit sing?” Lefty overturned his cards;
the man had pocket kings.
I left my wife and crying babe, my cabin in Des Moines.
I’m running into trouble,
And I’m running out of coin!
I took a younger lover
I thought that she’d be true
Her skin was clear, her eyes were brown, she left me feeling blue!
Perhaps you’ll find a diamond gemstone buried in the sand
Or perhaps you’ll lose your fortune, depending on your hand!

(Text by Joseph Olisaemeka Wilson)

Joseph Olisaemeka Wilson (b. 1999, Los Angeles, CA) has lived and worked in New York since 2017. Recent solo exhibitions include Vielmetter Los Angeles; Asia Art Center Taipei; Tiwani Contemporary in London and Fergus McCaffrey in St. Barth. His work has been included in group shows at Palo Gallery, New York, Fergus McCaffrey, Tokyo, and Lyles & King, New York.

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Image:
Joseph Olisaemeka Wilson
1899 Ghost Rider, 2024
oil on linen
20 x 24 inches


Now on view through February 22, 2025JOSEPH OLISAEMEKA WILSONHard Times and Silver Teeth at the Spicewood County CasinoD...
01/17/2025

Now on view through February 22, 2025

JOSEPH OLISAEMEKA WILSON
Hard Times and Silver Teeth at the Spicewood County Casino

Derek Eller Gallery is pleased to present a solo exhibition of new paintings by Joseph Olisaemeka Wilson entitled Hard Times and Silver Teeth at the Spicewood County Casino. For this show, Wilson tells a story set within a visionary casino, replete with masked and costumed gambler/performers and chimerical slot machine/animal hybrids which resemble altars. In this timeless context, Wilson’s poetic narrative walks the line between reality and imagination, and gambling becomes an allegory for life and love.

Oh, how fast it falls apart!
Lord, I’m in the red.
A shiver’s heading down my spine, and a fever’s in my head!
Poodie said to Lefty “say, what makes your spirit sing?” Lefty overturned his cards;
the man had pocket kings.
I left my wife and crying babe, my cabin in Des Moines.
I’m running into trouble,
And I’m running out of coin!
I took a younger lover
I thought that she’d be true
Her skin was clear, her eyes were brown, she left me feeling blue!
Perhaps you’ll find a diamond gemstone buried in the sand
Or perhaps you’ll lose your fortune, depending on your hand!

(Text by Joseph Olisaemeka Wilson)

Joseph Olisaemeka Wilson (b. 1999, Los Angeles, CA) has lived and worked in New York since 2017. Recent solo exhibitions include Vielmetter Los Angeles; Asia Art Center Taipei; Tiwani Contemporary in London and Fergus McCaffrey in St. Barth. His work has been included in group shows at Palo Gallery, New York, Fergus McCaffrey, Tokyo, and Lyles & King, New York.

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Image:
Joseph Olisaemeka Wilson
Sarabande, 2024
oil on canvas
71 x 51.75 inches


Now on view through February 22, 2025JOSEPH OLISAEMEKA WILSONHard Times and Silver Teeth at the Spicewood County CasinoD...
01/15/2025

Now on view through February 22, 2025

JOSEPH OLISAEMEKA WILSON
Hard Times and Silver Teeth at the Spicewood County Casino

Derek Eller Gallery is pleased to present a solo exhibition of new paintings by Joseph Olisaemeka Wilson entitled Hard Times and Silver Teeth at the Spicewood County Casino. For this show, Wilson tells a story set within a visionary casino, replete with masked and costumed gambler/performers and chimerical slot machine/animal hybrids which resemble altars. In this timeless context, Wilson’s poetic narrative walks the line between reality and imagination, and gambling becomes an allegory for life and love.

Oh, how fast it falls apart!
Lord, I’m in the red.
A shiver’s heading down my spine, and a fever’s in my head!
Poodie said to Lefty “say, what makes your spirit sing?” Lefty overturned his cards;
the man had pocket kings.
I left my wife and crying babe, my cabin in Des Moines.
I’m running into trouble,
And I’m running out of coin!
I took a younger lover
I thought that she’d be true
Her skin was clear, her eyes were brown, she left me feeling blue!
Perhaps you’ll find a diamond gemstone buried in the sand
Or perhaps you’ll lose your fortune, depending on your hand!

(Text by Joseph Olisaemeka Wilson)

Joseph Olisaemeka Wilson (b. 1999, Los Angeles, CA) has lived and worked in New York since 2017. Recent solo exhibitions include Vielmetter Los Angeles; Asia Art Center Taipei; Tiwani Contemporary in London and Fergus McCaffrey in St. Barth. His work has been included in group shows at Palo Gallery, New York, Fergus McCaffrey, Tokyo, and Lyles & King, New York.

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Image:
Joseph Olisaemeka Wilson
Girl from the Circus, 2024
oil on board
11 x 14 inches


Now on view through February 22, 2025JOSEPH OLISAEMEKA WILSONHard Times and Silver Teeth at the Spicewood County CasinoD...
01/14/2025

Now on view through February 22, 2025

JOSEPH OLISAEMEKA WILSON
Hard Times and Silver Teeth at the Spicewood County Casino

Derek Eller Gallery is pleased to present a solo exhibition of new paintings by Joseph Olisaemeka Wilson entitled Hard Times and Silver Teeth at the Spicewood County Casino. For this show, Wilson tells a story set within a visionary casino, replete with masked and costumed gambler/performers and chimerical slot machine/animal hybrids which resemble altars. In this timeless context, Wilson’s poetic narrative walks the line between reality and imagination, and gambling becomes an allegory for life and love.

Oh, how fast it falls apart!
Lord, I’m in the red.
A shiver’s heading down my spine, and a fever’s in my head!
Poodie said to Lefty “say, what makes your spirit sing?” Lefty overturned his cards;
the man had pocket kings.
I left my wife and crying babe, my cabin in Des Moines.
I’m running into trouble,
And I’m running out of coin!
I took a younger lover
I thought that she’d be true
Her skin was clear, her eyes were brown, she left me feeling blue!
Perhaps you’ll find a diamond gemstone buried in the sand
Or perhaps you’ll lose your fortune, depending on your hand!

(Text by Joseph Olisaemeka Wilson)

Joseph Olisaemeka Wilson (b. 1999, Los Angeles, CA) has lived and worked in New York since 2017. Recent solo exhibitions include Vielmetter Los Angeles; Asia Art Center Taipei; Tiwani Contemporary in London and Fergus McCaffrey in St. Barth. His work has been included in group shows at Palo Gallery, New York, Fergus McCaffrey, Tokyo, and Lyles & King, New York.

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Image:
Joseph Olisaemeka Wilson
Ursula, 2024
oil on canvas
66 x 59 inches


Jiha Moon’s work “Tiger Banana” is featured in the exhibition The Shape of Power, currently on view at the Smithsonian A...
01/13/2025

Jiha Moon’s work “Tiger Banana” is featured in the exhibition The Shape of Power, currently on view at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C.


JOSEPH OLISAEMEKA WILSONHard Times and Silver Teeth at the Spicewood County CasinoJanuary 10 – February 22, 2025Opening ...
01/10/2025

JOSEPH OLISAEMEKA WILSON
Hard Times and Silver Teeth at the Spicewood County Casino
January 10 – February 22, 2025
Opening Reception: Friday, January 10, 6–8 pm

Derek Eller Gallery is pleased to present a solo exhibition of new paintings by Joseph Olisaemeka Wilson entitled Hard Times and Silver Teeth at the Spicewood County Casino. For this show, Wilson tells a story set within a visionary casino, replete with masked and costumed gambler/performers and chimerical slot machine/animal hybrids which resemble altars. In this timeless context, Wilson’s poetic narrative walks the line between reality and imagination, and gambling becomes an allegory for life and love.

Oh, how fast it falls apart!
Lord, I’m in the red.
A shiver’s heading down my spine, and a fever’s in my head!
Poodie said to Lefty “say, what makes your spirit sing?” Lefty overturned his cards;
the man had pocket kings.
I left my wife and crying babe, my cabin in Des Moines.
I’m running into trouble,
And I’m running out of coin!
I took a younger lover
I thought that she’d be true
Her skin was clear, her eyes were brown, she left me feeling blue!
Perhaps you’ll find a diamond gemstone buried in the sand
Or perhaps you’ll lose your fortune, depending on your hand!

(Text by Joseph Olisaemeka Wilson)

Joseph Olisaemeka Wilson (b. 1999, Los Angeles, CA) has lived and worked in New York since 2017. Recent solo exhibitions include Vielmetter Los Angeles; Asia Art Center Taipei; Tiwani Contemporary in London and Fergus McCaffrey in St. Barth. His work has been included in group shows at Palo Gallery, New York, Fergus McCaffrey, Tokyo, and Lyles & King, New York.

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Image:
Joseph Olisaemeka Wilson
Three Gamblers, 2024
oil on linen
67.5 x 79.25 inches


LAST CHANCEJIHA MOONFool’s MoonNow on view through Saturday, December 21, 2024“The title Fool’s Moon comes from my child...
12/21/2024

LAST CHANCE

JIHA MOON
Fool’s Moon
Now on view through Saturday, December 21, 2024

“The title Fool’s Moon comes from my childhood memories of making wishes while gazing at the full moon on Lunar New Year’s Day in Korea. During those moments, we hoped for good health and happiness in the days ahead. This ritual has become a habit for me, and every time I see the full moon, I engage in wishful thinking. It’s not religion, totemism, or witchcraft—but in some ways, it might be a little of all three.

I’m presenting acrylic paintings on Hanji paper, hybrid ceramic paintings, ceramic sculptures, and Korean Bojagi which are quilt painting collaborations I made with my 97-year-old grandmother. I incorporate iconic images, shapes, and colors to convey my wishful thinking during these chaotic times. The powerful Korean Haetae—a mythical hybrid creature—is reimagined as my silly, helpless poodles in a large painting on paper titled Blue Haetae. In my ceramic piece Banana Wreath, rotten banana peels symbolize the aging process, especially that of a woman’s skin, and I seek to glorify this transformation by using crystal glaze.

In Nocturne (American Beautyberry), I use banana peels as symbols of second-generation Asian Americans—pejoratively compared to bananas, yellow on the outside and white on the inside—who are taught by their elders to survive through assimilation. These figures are camouflaged within night scenes, accented with the hues of American beautyberry. Additionally, I reference the Korean drag queen Kimchi and Keanu Reeves, whose life quotes resonate deeply with me, borrowing their voices to tell my story.

In today’s vulnerable climate, I feel that we are all fools, clinging to hope and making wishes—sentiments I capture and reflect upon through the works in this exhibition.”

-Jiha Moon

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Image:
Red Skirt, 2024
porcelain, mason stain, underglaze, glaze, enamel
16 x 8.5 x 8.5 inches


LAST CHANCEJIHA MOONFool’s MoonNow on view through Saturday, December 21, 2024“The title Fool’s Moon comes from my child...
12/19/2024

LAST CHANCE

JIHA MOON
Fool’s Moon
Now on view through Saturday, December 21, 2024

“The title Fool’s Moon comes from my childhood memories of making wishes while gazing at the full moon on Lunar New Year’s Day in Korea. During those moments, we hoped for good health and happiness in the days ahead. This ritual has become a habit for me, and every time I see the full moon, I engage in wishful thinking. It’s not religion, totemism, or witchcraft—but in some ways, it might be a little of all three.

I’m presenting acrylic paintings on Hanji paper, hybrid ceramic paintings, ceramic sculptures, and Korean Bojagi which are quilt painting collaborations I made with my 97-year-old grandmother. I incorporate iconic images, shapes, and colors to convey my wishful thinking during these chaotic times. The powerful Korean Haetae—a mythical hybrid creature—is reimagined as my silly, helpless poodles in a large painting on paper titled Blue Haetae. In my ceramic piece Banana Wreath, rotten banana peels symbolize the aging process, especially that of a woman’s skin, and I seek to glorify this transformation by using crystal glaze.

In Nocturne (American Beautyberry), I use banana peels as symbols of second-generation Asian Americans—pejoratively compared to bananas, yellow on the outside and white on the inside—who are taught by their elders to survive through assimilation. These figures are camouflaged within night scenes, accented with the hues of American beautyberry. Additionally, I reference the Korean drag queen Kimchi and Keanu Reeves, whose life quotes resonate deeply with me, borrowing their voices to tell my story.

In today’s vulnerable climate, I feel that we are all fools, clinging to hope and making wishes—sentiments I capture and reflect upon through the works in this exhibition.”

-Jiha Moon

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Image:
Haetae (sunrise), 2024
porcelain, underglaze, glaze
12 x 13.5 x 8 inches


LAST CHANCEJIHA MOONFool’s MoonNow on view through December 21, 2024“The title Fool’s Moon comes from my childhood memor...
12/17/2024

LAST CHANCE

JIHA MOON
Fool’s Moon
Now on view through December 21, 2024

“The title Fool’s Moon comes from my childhood memories of making wishes while gazing at the full moon on Lunar New Year’s Day in Korea. During those moments, we hoped for good health and happiness in the days ahead. This ritual has become a habit for me, and every time I see the full moon, I engage in wishful thinking. It’s not religion, totemism, or witchcraft—but in some ways, it might be a little of all three.

I’m presenting acrylic paintings on Hanji paper, hybrid ceramic paintings, ceramic sculptures, and Korean Bojagi which are quilt painting collaborations I made with my 97-year-old grandmother. I incorporate iconic images, shapes, and colors to convey my wishful thinking during these chaotic times. The powerful Korean Haetae—a mythical hybrid creature—is reimagined as my silly, helpless poodles in a large painting on paper titled Blue Haetae. In my ceramic piece Banana Wreath, rotten banana peels symbolize the aging process, especially that of a woman’s skin, and I seek to glorify this transformation by using crystal glaze.

In Nocturne (American Beautyberry), I use banana peels as symbols of second-generation Asian Americans—pejoratively compared to bananas, yellow on the outside and white on the inside—who are taught by their elders to survive through assimilation. These figures are camouflaged within night scenes, accented with the hues of American beautyberry. Additionally, I reference the Korean drag queen Kimchi and Keanu Reeves, whose life quotes resonate deeply with me, borrowing their voices to tell my story.

In today’s vulnerable climate, I feel that we are all fools, clinging to hope and making wishes—sentiments I capture and reflect upon through the works in this exhibition.”

-Jiha Moon

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Image:
Fetch, 2024
acrylic, silk, Hanji, found fabric
29.25 x 33 inches


LAST CHANCE NORTH ROOM: KEVIN LOWENTHALMannequins in AudienceNow on view through December 21, 2024 Derek Eller Gallery i...
12/16/2024

LAST CHANCE

NORTH ROOM: KEVIN LOWENTHAL
Mannequins in Audience
Now on view through December 21, 2024

Derek Eller Gallery is pleased to present a solo exhibition of new paintings by Kevin Lowenthal entitled Mannequins In Audience in the North Room. With a background in weaving and textile, Lowenthal encrusts his surfaces with a textured mixture of cotton and layered oil paint, creating a rich, fibrous ground on which to build worlds, investigate forms, and uncover signifiers.

Confined to liminal, compact interiors, Lowenthal’s architectural dreamscapes are often inhabited by lingering, faceless figures. Provoking a sense of theatricality, curtains frame each scene, setting the stage for domestic interiors bound together in one enigmatic space. In “2 Blonde Mannequins In Conversation”, the pattern of the figures’ hair matches that of the curtains. Rather than acting as hard, definitive boundaries, the curtains appropriate the fluidity of hair. This malleable relationship of forms ignites a cyclical reinforcement of performance and body, of object and texture. The settings in which these shapes and objects exist possess a vastness akin to a free-roam video game where viewers can choose to stay within the limits of a prefabricated narrative or enter portals that go beyond.

Kevin Lowenthal (b. 1994, Philadelphia, PA) lives and works in New York, NY. Lowenthal received a BFA from Maryland Institute College of Art. Lowenthal recently had a solo exhibition at 243 Luz in Margate, UK. Recent group exhibitions include Brigette Mulholland, Paris, France; Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY; and Ruby/Dakota, New York, NY. This will be his first solo exhibition in New York City.

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Image:
KEVIN LOWENTHAL
Through the Window, 2024
oil on cotton on linen
40 x 32 inches


Julia Bland’s exhibition “Rivers on the Inside” was selected by Glenn Adamson as one of best fiber art shows of 2024 in ...
12/14/2024

Julia Bland’s exhibition “Rivers on the Inside” was selected by Glenn Adamson as one of best fiber art shows of 2024 in Art in America



JIHA MOONFool’s MoonNow on view through December 21, 2024“The title Fool’s Moon comes from my childhood memories of maki...
12/13/2024

JIHA MOON
Fool’s Moon
Now on view through December 21, 2024

“The title Fool’s Moon comes from my childhood memories of making wishes while gazing at the full moon on Lunar New Year’s Day in Korea. During those moments, we hoped for good health and happiness in the days ahead. This ritual has become a habit for me, and every time I see the full moon, I engage in wishful thinking. It’s not religion, totemism, or witchcraft—but in some ways, it might be a little of all three.

I’m presenting acrylic paintings on Hanji paper, hybrid ceramic paintings, ceramic sculptures, and Korean Bojagi which are quilt painting collaborations I made with my 97-year-old grandmother. I incorporate iconic images, shapes, and colors to convey my wishful thinking during these chaotic times. The powerful Korean Haetae—a mythical hybrid creature—is reimagined as my silly, helpless poodles in a large painting on paper titled Blue Haetae. In my ceramic piece Banana Wreath, rotten banana peels symbolize the aging process, especially that of a woman’s skin, and I seek to glorify this transformation by using crystal glaze.

In Nocturne (American Beautyberry), I use banana peels as symbols of second-generation Asian Americans—pejoratively compared to bananas, yellow on the outside and white on the inside—who are taught by their elders to survive through assimilation. These figures are camouflaged within night scenes, accented with the hues of American beautyberry. Additionally, I reference the Korean drag queen Kimchi and Keanu Reeves, whose life quotes resonate deeply with me, borrowing their voices to tell my story.

In today’s vulnerable climate, I feel that we are all fools, clinging to hope and making wishes—sentiments I capture and reflect upon through the works in this exhibition.”

-Jiha Moon

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Image:
What Happens When We Die?, 2024
earthenware, underglaze, glaze
15.75 x 16.5 x 5 inches


Hrag Vartanian picks Jiha Moon: Fool’s Moon as one of 10 NYC Art Shows to See in December on HYPERALLERGIC
12/12/2024

Hrag Vartanian picks Jiha Moon: Fool’s Moon as one of 10 NYC Art Shows to See in December on HYPERALLERGIC



DAVID KENNEDY CUTLEREnsemble II, 2024Inkjet transfer, acrylic, and clear coat on canvas, armature wire95.25 x 73.75 x 4 ...
12/11/2024

DAVID KENNEDY CUTLER
Ensemble II, 2024
Inkjet transfer, acrylic, and clear coat on canvas, armature wire
95.25 x 73.75 x 4 inches


Dan Fischer’s drawings are currently being featured at The Bunker Artspace in West Palm Beach, FL
12/10/2024

Dan Fischer’s drawings are currently being featured at The Bunker Artspace in West Palm Beach, FL



AREUM YANGPersian Blue Air, 2024acrylic, oil, fabric collage, oil pastel, pencil on poly cotton70 x 80 inches
12/09/2024

AREUM YANG
Persian Blue Air, 2024
acrylic, oil, fabric collage, oil pastel, pencil on poly cotton
70 x 80 inches


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