Conceptually minded, Thomas Erben Gallery strives to either rediscover or expose work that contributes to contemporary discourse and expands beyond the boundaries of the artists’ chosen media.
Thomas Erben began his professional involvement in the art world in 1989 as a private dealer focusing on contemporary American art. In 1993, he began organizing exhibitions in his private space, which led to the opening of Thomas Erben Gallery, located, until 2000, on Broome Street in SoHo. His inaugural exhibition in September of 1996 was an installation by Senga Nengudi. From the outset, the program has been multidisciplinary and internationally oriented, showcasing emerging as well as established artists.
Pivotal exhibitions at the gallery include:
group show
Feminism and the Legacy of Surrealism, 2022
| Janice Nowinski
Recent Paintings, 2021
| Stefan Sagmeister
Beautiful Numbers, 2021
| Dona Nelson
Stretchers Strung Out On Space, 2021
| Harriet Korman
Notes on Painting: 1969 – 2019, 2020
| group show
ecofeminism(s), 2020
| Mike Cloud
Tears in abstraction, 2019
| Harriet Korman
Permeable/Resistant: Recent Drawings and Paintings, 2018
| Aditi Singh
So much the less complete, 2018
| Mike Cloud
Quilt painting, 2018
| Kathrin Sonntag
Problems and Solutions, 2017
| group show
Photography Out of Germany, 2017
| Dona Nelson
models stand close to the paintings, 2017
| group show
Painting Forward, 2016
| group show
Soft Haze, 2016
| Aditi Singh
All that is left behind, 2016
| Dona Nelson
New Paintings, 2015
| Rose Wylie
Girl and Spiders, 2015
| Mike Cloud
Bad Faith and Universal Technique, 2014
| Gauri Gill
‘Balika Mela’ and ‘Jannat’, 2014
| Dona Nelson
Phigor, 2014
| Yamini Nayar
an axe for a wing-bone, 2013
| Barbad Golshiri
Curriculum Mortis, 2013
| Newsha Tavakolian
Look, 2013
| Senga Nengudi
Performances 1976 – 81, 2013
| Yve Laris Cohen
Waltz, 2012
| group show
Iran Via Video Current, 2011
| Yamini Nayar
Head Space, 2011
| group show
Focus Shanghai, 2010
| Rose Wylie
What with What, 2010
| Barbad Golshiri
Nothing Is Left To Tell, 2010
| group show
Thomas Erben at Travancore Palace, 2009
| group show
Looped and Layered – A Selection of Contemporary Art from Tehran, 2009
| Sheela Gowda, Yamini Nayar
Arrested Views, 2009
| group show
Thomas Erben at Chatterjee & Lal, 2008
| Krishna Reddy
A Life's Movement, 2008
| Dona Nelson
in situ, 2008
| Ashok Sukumaran
Glow Positioning System and Other Forms of Address, 2008
| group show
Contemporary Art from Pakistan, 2007
| Chitra Ganesh
Upon Her Precipice, 2007
| Tejal Shah
What are You?, 2006
| Dona Nelson
Brain Stain, 2006
| Senga Nengudi
Asp-rx, 2005
| Jutta Koether
I Is Had Gone, 2005
| group show
Contemporary Art from India, 2004
| Fang Lijun
Woodcuts, 2004
| Senga Nengudi
Répondez s’il vous plaît, Nylon Mesh Pieces, 1975-77, 2003
| Tom Wood
Looking for Love, 2002
| Adrian Piper
Early Drawings and Other Works, 2001
| Preston Scott Cohen
Toroidal Architecture, 2001
| Helena Almeida
Pintura Habitada, 2001
| Tom Wood
The Bus Project, 2000
| Oladélé Ajiboyé Bamgboyé
The Unmasking, Part II, 2000
| Adrian Piper
The Mythic Being, 1999
| Lorraine O'Grady
Studies, 1998
| Adrian Piper
Food for the Spirit, 1997/98
| Lyle Ashton Harris
Early Works 1987-88, 1997
| Senga Nengudi
Wet Night – Early Dawn – Scat-Chant – Pilgrim’s Song, 1996
| Lorraine O’Grady
Photo Images 1980-91, 1993