NOoSPHERE Arts

About

NOoSPHERE Arts (est. 2011) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded by Norwegian-born visual artist Sol Kjøk. Dedicated to bringing artists from elsewhere to New York, we are a mobile platform that produces and presents public arts programming across several venues around town. Our team of artists and curators offers the U.S. audience access to current art from other countries and bring creative people together for artistic cross-pollination and transnational collaborations. NOoSPHERE Arts opened its first presentation platform on February 4, 2011 in a storefront location on Houston Street on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. For five full years, the NOoSPHERE team staged exhibitions, performances, screenings, readings, workshops, and concerts in this original gallery space. At present, most NOoSPHERE Arts productions are hosted at several interrelated Brooklyn venues — Last Frontier NYC, Kingsland Wildflowers, and Mothership NYC — under the aegis of the organization in our continued commitment to bringing art from elsewhere to NYC. UPCOMING: WE ARE NATURE Wildflower Summer series (September 2020) - the two events will make full use of the unique stage setting of Kingsland Wildflower Bird Sanctuary to engage a diverse audience in environmental efforts through art. PAST EXHIBITIONS: REPOPULATIONS Sept 21-29, 2019 NOoSPHERE Arts presents REPOPULATIONS, a group exhibition and series of performances opening during Kingsland Wildflowers' Fall Festival, taking place during Climate Week 2019. Curated by Daniela Holban, the show will feature works by 20+ artists. REPOPULATIONS examines the parallels between declining local natural habitats within the Greenpoint landscape: Native plant and wildlife alongside the artists' populations have become depleted over time due to the neglect and contamination of their ecosystems by both industrial and property development. A commentary on a microcosm of a greater global crisis, the exhibition addresses the importance and celebrates the repopulation efforts of these ecosystems in several ways – by presenting a selection of artists working in the area as well as showcasing artworks that comment on environmental themes.  With Works by: Jon Barraclough, Marijke Brinkhof, Juliet Jane, Maki Kaoru, Aomi Kikuchi, Sol Kjok, Tom Koken, Sjaak Kooij, Ofra Lapid, Till Lauer, Allison Maletz, Julianne Nash, Agata Nowicka, Brian Rattiner, Beau Bree Rhee, Noam Shoan, Asia Sztencel, Adriano Valeri, Ingvild Waerhaug, Martynka Wawrzyniak, Albin Wiberg, Alex Wolkowicz and Gabriel Zimmer. The exhibition is sponsored by Broadway Stages, a generous arts patron whose support allows a multitude of displaced artists renewed access to the former manufacturing plants where the creative tribe once thrived. A portion of the proceeds will benefit Kingsland Wildflowers and NOoSPHERE Arts. Opening Hours: Saturday-Sunday 12-6 pm; & by appointment (any other time) Broadway Stages Gallery (Level M20) 520 Kingsland Avenue, Brooklyn