Jen Bekman is vying for a panel spot at SXSW ‘09. You can help her secure this place by casting a vote for her proposal:

Curating the Crowd-Sourced World

Type: Panel
Presenter: Jen Bekman, 20×200 | Jen Bekman Projects, Inc.
Description: With all the stuff we weed through online, good filters are crucial. Who’s best-suited to determine what’s best – curators or the crowd? People have their religion about one or the other, however this panel will focus on the overlap, the grey areas and how curating and crowd-sourcing enrich each other.

Voting closes on August 29, so please, kind reader, give us a vote!

A Question of Time by Hey, Hot Shot! winner Kate Orne

Opening tonight, Friday August 8th, at Jen Bekman Gallery! The Hey, Hot Shot! winners are all set for their day in the sun! The show will be up through Saturday, August 23rd.

Winning photographers in the exhibition:

Juliane Eirich
Derek Henderson
Roc Herms Pont
Kate Orne
Colleen Plumb

Hope to see you there!

Jen Bekman Gallery
6 Spring Street
(between Elizabeth + Bowery)
New York, New York 10012

Gallery Hours:
Wednesday – Saturday | Noon – 6pm

Jen Bekman has been a busy bee out West for quite a while. She hosted a 20×200 party this week, and the week before she gave a talk at PSKF. You’d think it be high time for the little lady to return to NYC but no! This weekend (July 26th and 27th) Jen will be in Portland, Oregon to join a panel of reviewers for Photolucida’s Northwest Summer Portfolio Review.

For those of you in the Portland area, check out the Art Institute of Portland on Saturday, July 26 from 6 – 9pm. As part of the weekend Portfolio Review there will be an Portfolio Walk showcasing national and local emerging photographers.

If you see Jen, please send her back to New York straightaway, we miss her around here!

Christine Callahan image from Inheritance series

Jen Bekman artist Christine Callahan is part of a group show opening tonight at Heist Gallery. The curiously titled show, I’ll Be Your Mirror…So You Can Break Into Endless Shards “is an obvious reference to the mythic Velvet Underground song titled “I’ll be your mirror” in which Nico sang in her beautiful ingenue voice the first part of this title, it is equally a celebration of love, life, empathy, death and everything we may endure through a shared experience with another.”

Read more here.

Heist Gallery

27 Essex Street New York, New York
July 17 – August 10, 2008
Opening: Thursday, July 17, 6 – 8PM

Once again the tireless Jen Bekman boards an airplane and sets forth out into the wilds of the west to attend a conference dedicated to sharing and learning about new ideas in the creative community. Jen will take part in PSFK and join 25 other “senior professionals from the advertising, design, digital, entertainment, media and marketing industries” for a day of engaging and inspiring colloquiums.

If you are lucky enough to be in the San Francisco area, and are interested in attending (and why wouldn’t you be if you are reading this blog?!), you can grab yourself a ticket here.

Porsche by HHS! winner Juliane Eirich

Yippiee!

The winners of the first edition of Hey, Hot Shot! 2008 have been announced:

Juliane Eirich
Derek Henderson
Roc Herms Pont
Kate Orne
Colleen Plumb

The opening reception will be held on Friday, August 8. The show will be on view at Jen Bekman Gallery through August 23.

Jen Bekman Gallery Presents: Ornithology from Derrick Tan on Vimeo.

Good things are always happening at Jen Bekman Gallery, and this little video is proof. Jen Bekman herself walks you through the Ornithology group show which is currently gracing our walls.

Hopefully it will inspire you to come out and take a closer look.

The show is on view through August 2nd.

Jen Bekman Gallery
6 Spring St
(between Elizabeth + Bowery)

Gallery Hours:
Wednesday – Saturday | Noon – 6pm

 

Navigating the burgeoning Lower East Side art scene is a little challenging without a little help.  Jen Bekman Gallery generously produced a Google map to help eager seekers find what they are looking for.  Today’s edition of The New York Times acknowledged this endeavor as a great way to begin to orient seekers to the expanding art scene.

Read Mary Billard’s full article here.

Our Summer group show, Ornithology, is opening in less than a week. Mark your calendar and we’ll look for you Wednesday night from 6-8pm to celebrate the talents of these 14 dazzling artists:

Echo Eggebrecht | Todd Forsgren | Laura Levine | Carrie Marill | Christina Muraczewski |Victoria Neel | Lamar Peterson | Jason Polan | Amy Ross | Alec Soth | Amy Stein | Keith Taylor | Bert Teunissen | Luke Stephenson

Jen Bekman Gallery
6 Spring St
(between Elizabeth + Bowery)

Gallery Hours:
Wednesday – Saturday | Noon – 6pm

Ornithology will be on view view June 25 – August 2, 2008

 

 

 

The indefatigable Jen Bekman is currently in Madrid, Spain to attend and participate in PHoto España. While there Jen will join a Photography Review panel of photography critics, gallerists, editors and collectors to critique the work of 70 finalists.

Two 20×200 photographers Jessica Bruah and Birthe Piontek have been selected to share their work to the panel and to vie for a shot at a solo show at the next edition of PHoto España.

Buena suerte ladies!

 

All art-world insiders worth their salt will tell you the same thing: Art is first and foremost about what you like. That’s you and your taste, not that of the gallery owner, the press or the museums.  “I think it’s really important to buy what you love,” says Bekman.

By Allison Williams 

Time Out New York Jun 4–10, 2008

Read full article

Jen Bekman and Omar Wasow at the Griffin Museum’s Focus Awards dinner in Winchester, MA.

A warm congratulations to you, Miss Bekman! On May 8th Omar Wasow presented Jen Bekman with the Griffin Photography Museum’s Rising Star Award celebrating her Web savvy commitment to redefining gallery culture. 

PDN’s Jill Waterman filed a report on the ceremony:

The sexiest Internet executive (according to People Magazine), cyber guru Omar Wasow, awarded the Rising Star honor to innovative New York gallerist Jen Bekman, noting that with her latest online exhibition 20×200 Bekman has shipped more than 11,000 prints, to make this exhibit “the gateway drug to the artworld”.

 Read the full entry on the PDN Pulse Blog.

Five More Years @ Jen Bekman

Belated Happy New Year greetings! 2008 is off to a great start for Jen Bekman Gallery.

I’m most happy to announce that we’ve renewed our lease at 6 Spring St! We are looking forward to 5 more years in the ‘hood, which has become quite the art destination, thanks to the recent opening of The New Museum and the arrival of scads of excellent new galleries.

Read on for updates on Friday’s Ne Plus Ultra opening, a Sunday reception at Joe, media mentions and other upcoming events.

Ne Plus Ultra, the Hey, Hot Shot! Annual Opens Fri. 2.8 | 6pm-8pm

Image Credit: Untitled from the series Sub Rosa (2006) by Birthe Piontek

Ne Plus Ultra, the Hey, Hot Shot! Annual, opens @ Jen Bekman Gallery on Friday February 8th, 2008. The reception is from 6pm-8pm, and as always frosty beer beverages will be provided by Crumpler.

Please join me and all of this year’s Ultras at the reception:

Nina Berman
Karolina Karlic
Brad Moore
Birthe Piontek

The exhibition will remain on view through Saturday March 15th, 2008. (The gallery’s official 5 year anniversary!)

Jen Bekman Gallery
6 Spring St
(between Elizabeth + Bowery)
NYC NY 10012
ph: +1.212.219.0166

Joe’s NYC: jen@joe Presents Photographs by Joseph O. Holmes

Image Credit: Broadway (2007) by Joseph O. Holmes

Please join photographer Joe Holmes, Joe proprietor Jonathan Rubinstein and me on Sunday, February 10th, 2008 from 3-5 pm at a reception for Joe’s NYC, the latest installment of our ongoing series jen@joe:

Joe
9 E 13th St.
(between University Place and 5th Avenue)

The exhibition, Joe’s NYC, is comprised of 29 NY-centric prints and will remain on view through April 25th, 2008.

The prints are available in three very affordably priced sizes and will be available exclusively online at jenatjoe.com.

We’ll be hosting other jen@joe events throughout the exhibition. Sign up for the jen@joe newsletter to stay up to date on announcements.

Points of Interest: Online + Elsewhere

Image Credit: White Ice by Tema Stauffer. Read about it on the 20×200 blog.A portion of the proceeds from this edition will benefit The Art Shanty Projects.

As if two openings in one week weren’t enough, there are plenty of other things keeping me busy over the next few months.

20×200 continues apace with two new editions each and every week. Be sure to sign up for our mailing list to get advance notice on new editions.

I’m packing my long johns and heading off to Minneapolis for a few art-filled days (and nights.) I’ll be doing portfolio reviews (afternoon) and a presentation (evening) at the Minnesota Center for Photography on Monday, February 18th.

I’m also looking forward to attending The Art Shanty Projects and the opening of World’s Away at The Walker Art Center. Another show I won’t be missing is Ultra Karolina Karlic’s exhibition at Franklin Art Works.

In quick succession after that: Santa Fe, where I’m honored to be jurying Center’s Singular Image Prize for color photography, Austin, where I’m speaking on a panel at South By Southwest and Houston, where I’ll be reviewing portfolios at Fotofest.

Points of Interest: Online + In Print

Image Credit: Foam Magazine #13 / searching

If you love photography and find yourself in Amsterdam, be sure not to miss the Foam Fotografie Museum, an amazing vibrant venue for exhibitions of established and emerging photographers.

The most recent issue of Foam Magazine, their gorgeous quarterly magazine, includes Jen Bekman: Gallery Without Walls, a long format interview with me by writer Eric Miles, accompanied by portraits from the very excellent Stefan Ruiz.

We have lots of other great media in the pipeline. Some is still a secret, but be on the lookout for Jen Bekman Projects, especially 20×200, in a diverse array of publications including Wired, Redbook and The Artist Magazine.

Also on the horizon: big (exciting! awesome!) changes are in store for Hey, Hot Shot! in 2008.

Stay tuned, and stay up to date: bookmark our blogs, or subscribe to their RSS feeds:

Jen Bekman News Blog
The Hey, Hot Shot! Blog
The 20×200 Blog
Personism (my personal blog.)

Most of all, we’d love to see you in person! Come visit us at the gallery:

Jen Bekman Gallery
6 Spring St (between Elizabeth + Bowery)
NYC 10012
+1.212.219.1066

Gallery Hours:
Wednesday – Saturday | Noon – 6pm

Burning Stubble by Beth Dow | 16” x 16” | platinum palladium print | edition of 25

Please join us on Friday November 2nd, from 6pm-8pm, at an opening reception for Beth Dow’s exhibition of black and white photographs, Fieldwork. The exhibition will remain on view through Saturday December 8th, 2007.

Jen Bekman Gallery
6 Spring Street
(between Elizabeth + Bowery)
New York NY 10012

View additional images | Read artist’s statement

Installation Shot from Obsessive Consumption on view at Jen Bekman Gallery until October 27.

Please join us at Jen Bekman Gallery this Saturday, October 20 , from 3pm-5pm, where we’ll be hosting an artist talk and book signing from this week’s 20×200 artists, Michael Perry and Kate Bingaman-Burt.

Kate Bingaman-Burt will be talking about her current exhibition, Obsessive Consumption. She’ll be joined by Michael Perry author of Hand Job: A Catalog of Type, which happens to include some work by KBB herself.

Hand Job: A Catalog of Type published by Princeton Architectural Press.

Kate and Mike will talk about art, design, typography and books. Copies of the book will be available for purchase during the event. If you’d like to reserve a copy in advance, send an email to rsvp@jenbekman.com.

Check out Mike’s drawing and Kate’s photo. [Her superb illustration is still available for purchase.]

You can read up on the editions on the 20×200 blog.

See you Saturday!

Postcard Image from Obsessive Consumption.

Welcome back from the weekend, everyone. Kate’s opening was a great success and for those of you who could not make it, we missed you. The show runs until October 27 and the gallery is open from Wednesdays – Saturdays, noon to 6pm and you can come see us anytime during those times to get your dose of Obsessive Consumption. You can see photos of Kate in action as she installs and of the wondrous opening on her Flickr stream. Also, be sure to stay tuned to Kate’s blog: What Did You Buy Today? if you do not already do so, as there are sure to be juicy updates and treats in the next while as she gets back into action.

Also in other news, Jen will be talking about her work at the gallery, Hey, Hot Shot! and her latest project, 20×200 at an event this Wednesday at 6:30pm at the Apple Store in Soho, sponsored by Gothamist and nyc.photobloggers.org. Among the other participants, Jen will be joined by Hey, Hot Shot! ne plus ultra, Joe Holmes and Eliot Shepard, who had a solo show with Jen back in Spring 2005.

Admission is free, and seats are limited on a first come, first serve basis. It should be a great evening with a lot of great discussion and an informative chat, no doubt. Hope to see you there!

You can find the full invite, here or find more information from the official press release, along with info on location and details below:

September 26, 2007 @ 6:30 PM
at the SoHo Apple Store
103 Prince Street @ Greene (map)
After Party Merc Bar

NYCPB’s Featured Photobloggers
Eliot Shepard Eliot Shepard
Jay Parkinson Dark Shapes Prowl
Joe Holmes Joe’s NYC
Matt Weber Urban Photos
Red deLeon 990000

And a special presentation by Jen Bekman of 20×200, Hey Hot Shot, and the Jen Bekman Gallery

Sponsors
Gothamist and nyc.photobloggers.org
Hosted by Jake Dobkin.

As regular blog readers know, Nina Berman’s recent exhibition Purple Hearts, got an amazing review in The New York Times, which was followed by two additional listings in subsequent weeks and an overwhelmingly fantastic array of international press.

20×200 has been getting some attention as well. You can check out our media mentions to date on the 20×200 blog. Also look for us in the current issue of Dwell and the upcoming issue of Ready Made.

In her free time, Jen’s been pursuing her own journalistic endeavors. Look for her interview with photographer Alec Soth in the Fall issue of photo-eye Booklist.

To stay up to date on all the various Jen Bekman Projects, bookmark our blogs, or subscribe to their RSS feeds:

Jen Bekman News Blog

The Hey, Hot Shot! Blog

The 20×200 Blog

Personism (Jen’s personal blog.)

Enough with the virtual, let’s get real – the best way to have the Jen Bekman experience is live and in person. Come visit us at the gallery:

Jen Bekman Gallery
6 Spring St (between Elizabeth + Bowery)
NYC 10012
+1.212.219.1066

Gallery Hours:
Wednesday – Saturday | Noon – 6pm

The inimitable and indefatigable Kate Bingaman-Burt, a 2006 Ultra, makes her New York City solo debut at Jen Bekman later this month.

Kate’s taking over the space with her paintings, drawings, sculptures and installations – join us at her opening on Friday, September 21st.

Can’t wait till then? Kate’s I Bought All of These is one of the inaugural editions over on 20×200.

Also, Ms. Kate is a media darling. You can currently see her work or writings about her work in the New York Times, Print Magazine, Adorn Magazine, Hand Job! A Catalog of Type, Lodown 55, The Artist’s Guide to Making Money, The Crafter Culture Handbook, How Magazine and Becoming a Digital Designer.

Netdiver included Obsessive Consumption on their Best of the Year / 2006 list as well and Coudal Partners has featured Kate on a number of occasions.

20×200 is a new Jen Bekman Project. We offer original limited edition artworks at ridiculously affordable prices – prints and photographs for as little as $20 each.

We’ve stocked up on the equivalent of 3 weeks worth of editions to give people an idea of the range of work we’ll be showing. You’ll see work from familiar gallery artists like Amy Ross, Tema Stauffer and our favorite obsessive consumer, Kate Bingaman-Burt. There will be lots of new artists to check out too – for our preview we’re offering a great print from painter Jennifer Sanchez. (And as it will always be, the original painting is available too!)

We might still have some kinks and/or hiccups along the way, so please bear with us in these early days. If something doesn’t seem to work quite right, or is confusing, or if you see a typo: do drop a note to hello AT 20×200 DOT com and let us know about it.

Many, many, many thanks to Raul Gutierrez, David Yee, Alison Grippo, Jeff Kirsch and the fine folks at Little Jacket. I have never worked with such an amazing, talented crew of people. Read more about the 20×200 team on the About Us page.

Hey, Hot Shot! Summer 2007 Edition

Please join us at an opening reception in honor of the Summer ‘07 edition Hot Shots:

Jen Bekman Gallery
6 Spring St (between Elizabeth + Bowery)
NYC 10012

Opening Reception
Wednesday September 12, 2007 | 6pm – 8pm

Tasty beverages provided by Crumpler, makers of excellent bags, in particular excellent photo bags.

Exhibition is on view:
Thursday through Sunday, September 13 – 17, 2007
Gallery hours:
Noon – 6pm.

Learn more about this season’s Hot Shots on the Official Hey, Hot Shot! Blog:
Dan Boardman
Afshin Dehkordi
Rachael Dunville
Jonathan Gitelson
Shuli Hallak
Beth Herzhaft
Gregory Krum
Kalpesh Lathigra
Ari Salomon
Willamain Somma

Check out a Selections from the Winners.(via a Flickr photoset)
Visit the Hey, Hot Shot! web site.

Mosaic Image Credits