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Brooklyn, NY 11216
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Several years ago, Ivy N. Jones founded Welancora Gallery, in a 19th century brownstone, in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, New York. In 2014, the gallery began operating full-time. Since its inception, Welancora has established itself as a unique entity by mounting exhibitions in a non-traditional space, while also serving as an access point for exhibitions and programming for the local community. Welancora maintains an intergenerational program with a focus on contemporary art, in all media, by artists of color.
Artists Represented:
Aisha T. Bell
Chris Cook
King David
Oasa DuVerney
Carl E. Hazlewood
Renluka Maharaj
Na'ye Perez
Helen Evans Ramsaran
Works Available By:
Tamia Alston-Ward
Antonio Carreño
Debra Cartwright
Grace Lynne Haynes
Madjeen Isaac
Julian Jamaal Jones
William Maxen
Tyrone Mitchell
Chris Watts
Deborah Willis
Renluka Maharaj
Na'ye Perez
Helen Evans Ramsaran
Aisha T. Bell
Chris Cook
King David
Oasa DuVerney
Carl E. Hazlewood

 

 
Photo of the Front of the Gallery, 2023 Photo Credit: Carey Whittier
Behold Exhibition Installation Shot, October 2021-January 2022
Photo of Ivy, 2023 Photo Credit: Elliott Jerome Brown, Junior
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Current Exhibition

Antonio Carreño, Chris Cook, King David, Grace Lynne Haynes, Madjeen Isaac, Julian Jamaal Jones, Will Maxen, Otto Neals, Na’ye Perez, and Helen Evans Ramsaran

Reimagining Kinship



May 8, 2025 - July 31, 2025
Welancora Gallery is pleased to present Reimagining Kinship, a group exhibition of work by Antonio Carreño, Chris Cook, King David, Grace Lynne Haynes, Madjeen Isaac, Julian Jamaal Jones, Will Maxen, Otto Neals, Na’ye Perez, and Helen Evans Ramsaran. The opening reception will take place on May 8 from 6:00 pm -8:00 pm at our temporary project space at 410 Jefferson Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11221. Encompassing a wide array of mediums, this exhibition presents a more nuanced and expansive view of the concept of motherhood. Existing outside the boundaries of gender and biological family, the works on view meditate upon nature as a vital and nurturing source, memory, tradition, the circle of life, community, intimacy, mythologies and alternate realities. In allowing the difficulties of these relationships to peek through, these artists shed the idea of motherhood as an inherently western idealized image in search of a multilayered and authentic depiction.