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Sandra Gering is an American gallerist, curator, and art dealer specializing in modern and contemporary art. She currently owns and operates Sandra Gering Inc., located on the Upper East Side in New York City, NY.
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Biography
Born in Washington, D.C., Gering studied Art and Arts Administration at The New School and New York University. While still a student, Gering began selling art out of her home in Oyster Bay, Long Island. In 1988, she moved to Manhattan and began organizing exhibitions in her West Village townhouse. This period was notable for introducing long-lasting relationships with artists Dove Bradshaw and William Anastasi, as well as the architect Simon Ungers.
Career
Gering opened her first gallery in 1991 on Broome Street in Soho. These early years featured exhibitions by influential conceptual artists such as Janine Antoni, Orlan, Xavier Veilhan, Jose Antonio Hernandez-Diez and George Condo. In 2001, she relocated to New York’s Chelsea neighborhood, adding a new focus on technology and diverse media artists such as John F. Simon Jr., Leo Villareal, Jane Simpson, Craig Kaufman, Matthew McCaslin, Vincent Szarek, David Tremlett, and designer Karim Rashid. From 2006 to 2013, Gering partnered with the Madrid gallerist Javier Lopez, expanding & relocating the gallery to the historic Crown Building on Fifth Avenue and 57th Street, its large exhibition space designed by the architect Joel Sanders. Gering & Lopez Gallery added pop-influenced artists & exhibitions during this period, including KAWS, Ryan McGinness, Peter Halley, David Levinthal, Michael Bevilacqua and Todd James.
Sandra Gering Inc. is currently located at 14 East 63rd Street in Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Gering has strategically positioned herself as both a gallery and a launching pad for national and international projects. She continues to promote and exhibit emerging and mid-career talent, while expanding her focus to include the management of activities outside of a typical gallery environment. Gering is a member of the Art Dealers Association of America (ADAA), ArtTable, ARCO’s International Organizing Committee, and is on the Board of Directors for Art OMI/The Fields Sculpture Park. Gering maintains a presence in a variety of international art fairs. She participates in panel discussions on contemporary art at venues ranging from the Whitney Museum to the National Arts Club, and is a frequent contributor to arts related fundraisers such as the Stephen Petronio Dance Company. Always a proponent of Conceptual Art and interdisciplinary practices, Gering champions the work of artists, designers, filmmakers and architects whose range spans the boundaries of any given field.
Other Projects
Friends of E.1027: In 1998, Sandra Gering founded Friends of E.1027, an organization dedicated to raising funds and awareness for the restoration and preservation of E.1027: Eileen Gray’s seminal landmark house in Roquebrune-Cap Martin in the south of France. The modernist villa was designed and built by Gray and Jean Badovici between 1926 and 1929. Gray - a pioneer of the Modern Architecture movement - combined built-in furniture and specific spatial planning to engage the user with the building and site, incorporating the sun and the sea into the very experience of the house.
Arriving at the site in 1998, Sandra found the house in a state of disrepair after years of neglect and vandalism. Largely thanks to Sandra’s efforts, this often overlooked architectural treasure was purchased by the Conservatoire du littoral, a coastal conservancy agency, and was subsequently classified as a French National Cultural Monument in 2000, which insures its survival and recognition as an important site in the world of architecture and design. Friends of E.1027 has earned not-for-profit status as a sponsored project of the New York Foundation for the Arts, and continues to work closely with the French government and the township of Roquebrune-Cap Martin. Friends of E.1027 will open to the public 2015 as The Eileen Gray Museum, and has a long-term goal of creating a study center and travel grant for architecture and design students.
Additional
In 2013, Gering appeared in Jay-Z’s “Picasso Baby” performance art film, alongside other notable art industry figures.