George Adams Projects is pleased to present “A Group Show,” featuring new works by Luke Francis Austin, Benjamin Staker, Virgil Warren, Marisha Falkovich, Sasha Brodsky, Rory Pipia, Sasha Miasnikova and Isaiah Acosta. The exhibition, on view downstairs at 38 Walker Street through October 19, marks the launch of the gallery’s renewed emphasis on supporting emerging artists. The show also includes works by Peter Saul and H.C. Westermann, two historically significant artists long associated with the gallery.
Luke Francis Austin (b. 1998) is an artist based in Brooklyn, New York. Austin earned a BFA from California Polytechnic University, San Louis Obispo, CA, in 2020. Working in the space between still life and the imaginary, Austin employs painting, drawing, and printmaking to investigate the nature of desire, queer dialects, and our relationship to images. Austin's work has been presented alongside numerous artists, most notably with Anonymous Gallery, and in the Brooklyn Museum through the Black Art Sessions facilitated by Eboni Haynes and hosted by Cassandra Press.
Benjamin Staker (b. 1994) is a Brooklyn-based artist and writer who received his MFA from the New York Academy of Art in 2024. Currently 2024-2025 Chubb Fellow at the New York Academy, Staker employs gestural expressionist techniques to distort traditional landscape, creating emotional maps that reflect the topography of the mind.
Virgil Warren (b. 2000) is a painter, illustrator, and comic artist based in New York. Warren earned an MFA from New York University in 2024. He works with a range of symbols derived from his experience growing up in the Bay Area, as well as historical archetypes.
Marisha Falkovich (b. 1993) in Moscow, Russia, is an artist based in Brooklyn. Falkovich recieved a BFA from NYU in 2014, and MFA from New York Academy of Art in 2023. Her practice consists of sculpture, animation, and drawing.
Sasha Brodsky (b. 1995) in Moscow, Russia, is an artist and musician based in Brooklyn. Brodsky received a BFA from the School of Visual Arts in 2018. His practice consists of works on fabric, small scale prints and drawings.
Rory Pipia (b. 1997) is an artist based in New York. Through graphic design, sculpture, installation, image-making, and designed objects, Pipia's work brushes up against the contours of nothingness. Pipia renders objects, both written and physical, to their simplest forms, interrogating the material limitations of an object.
Sasha Miasnikova (b. 1999, New York, NY) lives and works in New York. She received her BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2021. Recent group exhibitions include Upstate Art Weekend (Ghent, New York) with Macedonia Institute, and Iowa Projects (New York, NY) with Kira Scerbin and Emma Schwartz. She will be included in a forthcoming presentation at NADA Miami 2024 with Iowa Projects. She is a co-creator of Room Service, stocked off at Café Forgot (New York, NY), Lucky Jewel (New York, NY), and Everything Store (Chicago, IL.
Isaiah Acosta (b. 2000) is an artist based in Brooklyn, New York. Acosta received a BFA from University of California, Berkeley in 2022. He is a multidisciplinary artist mainly focused in sculpture and photography.