Outsider Art Fair 2005
Metropolitan Pavilion, New York
February 27 - March 2, 2025
Untitled (Figures with Blue Eyes) - Double Sided, ca. 1950s
Colored pencil on paper
Courtesy Ricco Maresca Gallery
Figures, Construction, Black, Brown and Red, 1939/42
Pencil, poster paint on cardboard
Courtesy of Fleisher Ollman Gallery
New Yorker Haven, 1925
Colored pencil and graphite on paper
Courtesy Ricco Maresca Gallery
The 33rd edition of Outsider Art Fair (OAF), the premier fair dedicated to Self-Taught Art, art brut, and Outsider Art, features 66 exhibitors from 40 cities in 9 countries at the Metropolitan Pavilion.
Visitors to the fair can expect to see art by acknowledged masters such as Henry Darger (1892–1973), William Edmondson (1874–1951), Augustin Lesage (1876–1954), Judith Scott (1943-2005), and Bill Traylor (1854-1949), as well as works by living artists such as Noviadi Angkasapura, JJ Cromer, Shuvinai Ashoona, M’onma, Julian Martin, Margot, Dan Miller and Leopold Strobl.
OAF 2025 welcomes back renowned dealers like Fleisher/Ollman Gallery (Philadelphia), which will be devoting its entire presentation to works from the estate of long-time American Folk Art Museum board member Audrey B. Heckler. It will include examples by James Castle (1899-1977), Sam Doyle (1906-1985), Howard Finster (1916-2001), Martín Ramírez (1895-1963), and Bill Traylor. Ricco/Maresca Gallery (New York) will present works from the collection of advertising pioneer Robert M. Greenberg. Built over more than 40 years, this collection holds superb works by Darger, Traylor, and Adolf Wölfli (1864-1930), among others. Aarne Anton/Nexus Singularity (New York), Cavin-Morris Gallery (New York), Marion Harris (Connecticut and New York), all of whom have exhibited with OAF since its founding, make their returns, and after a five-year hiatus, original exhibitor Henry Boxer (London) will also be on hand.
Bichos
Courtesy Simões de Assis and Estudio em Obra.
Untitled
Courtesy Galerie Estação and João Libertato
Outsider Art Fair 2005's Curated Space, Follow My Moves, will be an exhibit of Self-Taught art from Brazil, curated by São Paulo-based Mateus Nunes, and will feature works by renowned artists such as Amadeo Luciano Lorenzato (1900–1995), Chico da Silva (1910–1985), Conceição dos Bugres (1914-1984), and Maria Lira Marques (b. 1945).
Other booth highlights include paintings by Maurice Sullins (1910–1995) at Hana Pietri (Chicago), paintings by manga artist Takashi Nemoto at Akio Nagasawa Gallery (Tokyo), and works from Canadian Arctic and by other contemporary Inuit artists at Feheley Fine Arts (Toronto). Zürcher Gallery will feature a solo show of drawings by American poet Ted Joans (1928-2003) and James Barron will exhibit the work of Janet Sobel (1893–1968), whose abstract paintings were championed by Peggy Guggenheim in the 1940s and were recently featured in a solo exhibition at Houston’s Menil Collection.
OAF 2025 will welcome eighteen first-time exhibitors, including Akio Nagasawa Gallery (Tokyo), BravinLee Programs (New York), Court Tree Collective (Brooklyn), Diamond (New York), Espacio KB (Bogota), Elza Kayal Gallery (New York), The FolkArtwork Collective (Des Moines, Iowa), Hughes at Olsen (Sydney, Australia), Interact Center for Visual & Performing Arts (St. Paul, MN), Gallery jones (Vancouver), Galerie Kahn (Ars-en-Ré, France), Keith De Lellis Gallery (New York), Modesti Perdriolle Gallery (Brussels), Claire Oliver Gallery (New York), Pan American Art Projects (Miami), Peninsula Art Space (New York), Plataforma ArtBase (Mexico City), and Van Der Plaas (New York).
“The 2025 Outsider Art Fair is a testament to the rich diversity of our field, and as always, embraces art from the fringes,” said Andrew Edlin, the fair’s owner. “As the art world continues to catch on to the power of the work our exhibitors have been championing for decades, a new generation of OAF dealers is discovering artists who will become part of the canon in years to come.”
OUTSIDER ART FAIR 2025 EXHIBITORS
Aarne Anton/Nexus Singularity (Pomona, NY)
Akio Nagasawa Gallery (Tokyo)
Bill Arning Exhibitions (Kinderhook, NY)
Arts of Life/Circle Contemporary (Chicago)
bg Gallery (Los Angeles)
James Barron Art (Kent, CT)
Margaret Bodell/ Revival Arts (Milford, CT)
Henry Boxer Gallery (London)
BravinLee Programs (New York)
Norman Brosterman (New York)
Cavin-Morris Gallery (New York)
Center for Creative Works (Wynnewood, PA)
Court Tree Collective (Brooklyn)
Creative Growth Art Center (Oakland, CA)
Creativity Explored (San Francisco)
M. David & Co. (Brooklyn)
Diamond (New York)
dieFirma (New York)
Dutton (New York)
Andrew Edlin Gallery (New York)
Elza Kayal Gallery (New York)
Espacio KB (Bogotá)
Feheley Fine Arts (Toronto)
Fleisher/Ollman Gallery (Philadelphia)
The FolkArtwork Collective (Des Moines, IA)
Fountain House (New York)
Hana Pietri Presents (Chicago)
Harman Projects (New York)
Marion Harris (New York and CT)
Hughes at Olsen (Sydney, Australia)
Interact Center for the Visual and Performing Arts (St. Paul, MN)
Gallery Jones (Vancouver)
Galerie Kahn (Ars-en-Ré, France)
Kishka Gallery & Library (White River Junction, VT)
koelsch gallery (Houston)
Yukiko Koide Presents (Kyoto, Japan)
LAND Gallery (Brooklyn)
Jennifer Lauren Gallery (Manchester, UK)
Keith De Lellis Gallery (New York)
Galerie Pol Lemétais (Toulouse, France)
Lindsay Gallery (Columbus, OH)
Joshua Lowenfels Works of Art (New York)
Magic Markings (New York)
Modesti Perdriolle Gallery (Brussels)
North Pole Studio (Portland, OR)
Northern Daughters (Vergennes, VT)
Claire Oliver Gallery (New York)
Pan American Art Projects (Miami)
Peninsula Art Space (New York)
Plataforma ArtBase (Montreal / Mexico City)
Portrait Society Gallery (Milwaukee)
Steven S. Powers (New York
PULP (Holyoke, MA)
Pure Vision Arts (New York)
Ricco/Maresca Gallery (New York)
Ritsch-Fisch Galerie (Strasbourg, France)
The Ruffed Grouse Gallery (Narrowsburg, NY)
SAGE Studio (Austin, TX)
SARAHCROWN (New York)
Shelter Gallery (New York)
SHRINE (Los Angeles /New York)
Stellarhighway (Brooklyn)
Stewart Gallery (Boise, ID)
Van Der Plas Gallery (New York)
Wilsonville (East Hampton, NY)
Zürcher Gallery (New York)
NOT IN NEW YORK?
The Online Viewing Room of the OAF 2025
will be live on February 27th
OUTSIDER ART FAIR 2025
Metropolitan Pavilion
125 West 18th Street New York, NY 10011
