We are pleased to be participating in the Tribeca Gallery Walk to celebrate the current exhibitions throughout the neighborhood.  Join us and over 47 other galleries on Saturday, May 21 from 12-6 PM.  This event is free and open to the public, and no reservations are required.  

LAUNCH F18 is delighted to announce the addition of artist duo CHIAOZZA to the gallery roster.  CHIAOZZA joins the gallery's programming ahead of their upcoming solo art fair presentation at Future Fair New York 2022.  The gallery is thrilled to continue to support such talented artists whose remarkable paintings, sculptures and public installations have connected with people throughout the world.  

On view now through September 11, 2022 is Meena Hasan in the 2022 New England Triannial at the deCordova Sculpture Park & Museum in Lincoln, MA.  Hasan is featured alongside 25 remarkable artists focusing on working artists living in New England and the east coast.

Join us on Thursday, March 3rd at 7 PM for a special book signing with photographer, Paul Guilmoth. The artist will be singing copies of their recent publication, At Night Gardens Grow, printed by Stanley Barker Books in London. Limited copies are available for the signing, but for more information and to see how you can purchase a copy visit launchf18shop.com for further information.  This event is free and open to the public.

On view at Miami University from January 18 - March 11, 2022 is the Finalist Exhibition, including two large scale works by Meena Hasan.  Hosted in the Hiestand Galleries, in Oxford, OH, this exhibition was curated by José Carlos Diaz, the Chief Curator at The Andy Warhol Museum.

Didi Rojas was recently the focus of the Vice article How One Artist Turned a Mess into a Masterpiece by writer Alex Norcia.  Visit Vice.com to read the entire piece by Norcia, capturing Rojas' remarkable ceramic work, and small sneak peek at her upcoming show with the gallery in May 2022. 

On view now from December 9 - December 18 at Greene Naftali (New York) is The Foundation for Contemporary Arts benefit exhibition, featuring Meena Hasan's 2019 painting, Picking Split Ends.  This year, Harlem-based visual artist, writer, and performer Sonia Louise Davis was invited to curate the benefit exhibition and included work by 106 participating artists.  

Didi Rojas will be exhibiting in the group exhibition, Buscando Recuerdos at Hashimoto Contemporary in New York, NY.  The exhibition is curated by Jennifer Rizzo, and includes work from ten internationally recognized artists.  Buscando Recuerdos opened on November 20 and remains on view through December 11, 2021.

Meena Hasan will be presenting as a guest lecturer at Boston University on Monday, September 20th. Hosted by the MFA programs in Painting, Sculpture, and Graphic Design at Boston University, the Tuesday Night Lecture Series brings practicing artists and curators to Boston University to present their work. This Tuesday Night Lecture Series will be held at 5:30 PM in Room 410, 808 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA.

LAUNCH F18 incredibly excited to launch a new video on artist, Jack Pierson, focusing on a conversation about his text based sculptures in addition to his work at large. Directed by Brett Lenhoff, and edited by Ronan Babbitt, these incredibly talented film makers captured a unique discussion, and intimate look at his recent sculpture, BECAUSE YES, which will be featured at NADA x Foreland 2021.

In collaboration with the artist, LAUNCH F18 is delighted to participate in the release of Bobby Davidson's NFT, New American Landscape.  Davidson's NFT release is in conjunction with his current online viewing room, Parasitic Capacitance.  New American Landscape will be released to the public on Wednesday, August 4 at 2 PM (Eastern) and marks the first ever NFT collaboration for the gallery.  For more information  and to join the conversation in an Artist Spotlight, join us on August 4 from 2-4 PM with NFTs.TIPS Club on Clubhouse.

LAUNCH F18 is absolutely delighted to be participating in the upcoming NADA x Foreland 2021, taking place August 28-29 in Catskill, New York.  We are honored to present a work by Jack Pierson for this first ever event, taking place in partnership with Upstate Art Weekend.  Foreland is a new arts campus in upstate New York and will feature artwork installed in a historic industrial building in the center of Catskill, New York.

On view at the Botanical Garden Košice in Slovakia is a new exhibition and installation of paintings by Andrej Dubravsky.  Scattered throughout the gardens and greenhouses are a series of stunning new works by Dubravsky, playfully interacting with his longtime love and passion of nature and gardens.  Soil and Insect is on view now through August 31, 2021. 

Working in collaboration with Little Sun, B.D. Graft has partnered with the organization to create a new series of t-shirts to raise money for affordable power in communities without access.  50% of all of the proceeds from this fashion collection will be shared with Little Sun and their social causes.

Didi Rojas was asked to create a ceramic edition of the Reebok Classic Leather Legacy 'Toast' sneaker for ASOS and their new Reebok Toast Pack collection.  The video was presented as an adversitment for Reebok Europe and captures a fun a playful look at Didi's ceramic and shoe building process.