TRANS> area is a non profit exhibition space in Chelsea. It offers artists their first solo exhibition.  

TRANS>area opened its doors on February 20, 2002. Designed by John Keenan and Terry Riley of Keenan & Riley Architects, it is located on the fifth floor of 511 West 25th Street.TRANS>area originates and co-organizes 5-8 exhibitions per year, in addition to organizing off-site exhibitions and events throughout the world.  

TRANS> area off site projects:

A Smile Without a Cat (Celebration of Annlee’s Vanishing)

Inauguration night, Art Basel Miami Beach, December 4th, 2002

by Pierre Huyghe and Philippe Parreno,

This was Annlee’s last manifestation-- her silhouette sparkled and dissipated in a series of fireworks over the skies of Miami Beach-- as she disappeared from the kingdom of representation.

TRANS>UTOPIA Shelter, Venice Biennial, 2003

A collaboration between artists Anri Sala and Edi Rama.  

In 2001, Edi Rama, artist and mayor of Tirana, began to add color to buildings in the city of Tirana; these blocks of bright color became a visual manifestation of the possibility and need for change. The TRANS>UTOPIA Shelter is a depiction of this project, and a means of disseminating this gesture for change. 

Recently, TRANS>area has agreed to a partnership with Moore Space, a new non-profit arts organization in Miami’s Design District founded under the initiative of Arts Patrons/Activists Rosa de la Cruz and Craig Robbins. A selection of TRANS>area’s exhibitions will travel to their site. 

TRANS>area programming is generously supported by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and Rosa and Carlos de la Cruz.

about PARTICIPANT INC 

Overview

PARTICIPANT INC is a not-for-profit alternative art space, dedicated to the presentation of artists' work in all mediums.

 Programming

Past Programming, Off-site projects 2002:

Le Tigre benefit performance at Warsaw, with special guests Antony and the Johnsons, Thalia Zedek, and Eileen Myles (January 2002).
 Antony and the Johnsons
Inaugural SeasonVirgil Marti, GROW ROOM
Laura Parnes, Hollywood Inferno (Episode One)
Kathe Burkhart, Numbers & Letters
Lovett/Codagnone, "Wenn ich mir was wünschen dürfte…"
Kim Gordon, STAIRWAY (IS IT MY BODY?)
SCOUT literary performances curated by Eileen Myles, including
Juliana Snapper, Jordana Rosenberg, and Samuel Delany
Charles Atlas, INSTANT FAME!  

Current Season:

Michel Auder, Secret Sharer
Rachel Lowther, Castle Spike
Kathleen White 

Our visual art exhibitions, electronic media and film programs are made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency. 

PARTICIPANT INC has received generous support from the Harriett Ames Charitable Trust, The MAT Charitable Foundation, the Pfizer Foundation Matching Gifts Program, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and numerous individuals.